Joffrey’s Coffee and Tea Company has had a bee problem at Walt Disney World for years. Documented closures. Limited menus forced by bee activity. Cast members are dealing with uninvited guests of the six-legged variety on a recurring basis across multiple park locations. The Magic Kingdom kiosk had bee-related operational issues as recently as November 2025. And the EPCOT locations have had documented bee problems stretching back even further than that.
Disney just did something significant about it.
Three Joffrey’s kiosks at EPCOT have been fitted with windows and mesh screens, closing off the previously open sides of the booths and creating a physical barrier between the sweetened contents inside and the bee population that has been treating those contents as a reliable food source for the better part of several years.
Why Bees Love Joffrey’s
The appeal is not complicated. Joffrey’s kiosks are built around a visible syrup display, rows of flavored syrups arranged in open view as part of the ordering experience. Those syrups, which include sweet, floral, and fruit-based flavors, are exactly the kind of concentrated sugar source that bees are designed to find and return to. Put that display in an open-sided outdoor kiosk inside a theme park surrounded by landscaping, and you have created something that functions as a very effective bee advertisement.
The cast members working inside the kiosks and the guests trying to order from them have been dealing with the results of that situation for years. The new enclosures address the root of the problem rather than just managing it temporarily.
What Changed at Each Disney Location
The booth near Disney Traders previously had fully open sides and now has windows and mesh screens installed. The booth near The American Adventure has a screen in front of the donut case with ordering windows on the sides. There are also window frames designed to match the theming of the surrounding booth. The World Discovery booth has received similar white-framed windows. Though the theming match is slightly less precise than the American Adventure installation.
All three locations retain openings for guest communication and ordering. The mesh screens allow airflow without providing open access to bees. The existing metal covers that slide down over the sides of each kiosk overnight remain in place to cover the new windows and screens when the locations are closed.
Why This Matters at Disney
This is not a cosmetic change. Bee activity at Joffrey’s kiosks has caused real operational disruptions across the Walt Disney World property. This includes forced menu limitations and temporary closures. The enclosures protect the products, improve working conditions for cast members, and maintain the guest experience, in a way that recurring bee incidents were actively undermining.
Whether additional Walt Disney World Joffrey’s locations receive similar modifications has not been confirmed, but the possibility is real. The Magic Kingdom kiosk is already more enclosed than the EPCOT booths were before the recent changes, but it has still experienced bee-related issues. This suggests the problem is broader than any single location.
For EPCOT visitors, the three modified kiosks look different from how they appeared before, but operate exactly the same way. Guests can still order through the windows, and cast members can still communicate clearly. The bees just cannot get to the syrups anymore.
