Ward chose this drink — an original created by the owner — out of the 80 on the Smuggler’s Cove menu, because the staff ...

And instead of a boring old hot toddy or similar, we thought we’d go the route of stellar tiki ... bar. A classic Mai Tai ...

It’s the second year for this weekend-long tiki-palooza at the Caribe Royale Orlando and local tiki bars will be on hand with drinks and merch.

Inside, the space at 347 14th St. is covered in full-on Tiki decor with hut-like dried foliage above the bar, globes hanging from the ceiling in weathered fish nets and endless bottles of rum.