With Halloween just days away, the holiday season is on the horizon at Walt Disney World. While Christmas season festivities officially kick off on November 11th, we should start to see some activity in the select resort lobbies soon, as the culinary team brings to life the gingerbread displays.
Here’s a list of the gingerbread houses that guests will find this year at Walt Disney World, along with an all-new display for the 2023 holiday season:
- Disney’s Animal Kingdom Lodge
- Disney’s Beach Club Resort
- Disney’s BoardWalk Resort
- Disney’s Contemporary Resort
- Disney’s Grand Floridian Resort & Spa
- Disney’s Yacht Club Resort (featuring a new display)
Walt Disney World culinary teams spend up to seven months planning and building the displays. The culinary team at Disney’s Grand Floridian Resort & Spa starts mixing fragrant dough in May, letting it cure a full two months before it is baked.
Individual shapes, from shingles to Mickey cookies, are baked and decorated throughout the summer and then stored for “construction” in November. The house itself takes three days to build.
Construction begins shortly after Halloween.
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