The holiday season at Disney World is pure magic. The lights, the treats, the music. It’s one of the best places to celebrate. Each year, many Disney Vacation Club resorts have extra special gingerbread displays for guests to enjoy. They are made from edible sweets and smell amazing. There are also delicious treats available for purchase at these festive displays. It’s worth planning a visit to see some of the gingerbread when you visit during the holidays. Disney has shared the gingerbread display dates and menus for 2024. We also got some by the numbers details about the construction of the gingerbread fun and menu items shared by Disney.

Disney Gingerbread Display Dates 2024

The Disney World holiday season starts around mid November each year.

Resort displays go up at different times.

Disney World Resort and holiday offeringGingerbread or holiday display start dateGingerbread house and treats at Disney’s Grand Floridian Resort & SpaNovember 6Contemporary gingerbread castle and treatsNovember 8Disney’s BoardWalk Inn gingerbread deli and treatsNovember 12Disney’s Beach Club Resort gingerbread carousel and treatsDate not yet shared Disney’s Wilderness Lodge holiday treats in lobbyNovember 21Disney's Animal Kingdom Lodge gingerbread zebra, giraffe and treatsNovember 24Disney World gingerbread displays 2024

Gingerbread House at Disney’s Grand Floridian Resort & Spa Opens 11/6/24

For many visitors, the Grand Floridian gingerbread house is the heart of the holiday season at Walt Disney World. Along with the beautiful tree, the gingerbread house creates a warm, wonderful, wintery atmosphere for all who visit the Grand Floridian lobby. This is a long standing tradition. In 2024 there is a 25th anniversary merchandise collection with a pin, ornament, cookie jar, magnet, tumbler, shirt, and more. 

Here are some fun facts Disney shared about the gingerbread house display at the Grand Floridian.

• The display includes white chocolate candy canes, edible snowflakes, sugar poinsettias and an 88-pound white chocolate Santa. 
• The gingerbread ingredients include a hearty 600 pounds of confectioners' sugar, 800 pounds of flour and 1050 pounds of honey. 
• The display features 700 pounds of chocolate and more than 10,000 pieces of gingerbread.
• Nearly 1000 hours were spent baking and making it all.
• There are 25 hidden Mickeys to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Grand Floridian gingerbread house.

Grand Floridian Gingerbread House Menu 2024

• Gingerbread Mickey 
• Gingerbread Shingle 
• Stollen Bread 
• Brownie Pop 
• Gingersnap Cookies 
• Gingerbread House Ornament 
• Gingerbread House 
• Gingerbread Cookie Bags imported from Germany 
• Gingerbread Loaf 
• Peppermint Bark 
• Grand Floridian Gift Box featuring assorted treats and a Santa Gnome Hot Cocoa Surprise that is exclusive to the Combo Box.

Contemporary Gingerbread Castle Opens 11/8/24

The Disney’s Contemporary Resort gingerbread castle display has a new Cinderella Castle Dream Lights overlay that was designed by Walt Disney Imagineers. The Dream Lights have not been on the real castle in years. This is the 13th year of the Contemporary gingerbread display. Fun facts include:

• The Contemporary gingerbread castle is 17 feet tall and 25 feet wide.
• Ingredients include 613 pounds of sugar, 1013 pounds of flour, 113 pounds of gingerbread spice, 51 pounds of chocolate and more than 4,000 gingerbread bricks.
• There are 13 hidden Mickeys and a 5 legged goat to find in 2024. 
• Merchandise includes Contemporary gingerbread pins, a cookie jar and an ornament.

Disney’s Contemporary Resort Gingerbread Display Menu 

• Linzer Cookie  
• Caramel Apple Cake with Gingerbread Streusel  
• Chocolate Hazelnut Log  
• Pistachio Cranberry and Cherry Cake  
• Santa Peppermint Hot Chocolate Tart  
• House-made Christmas Tree Butter Cookie 
• Winter Berry Freeze (Alcoholic floater available)  
• Frozen Hot Cocoa (Alcoholic floater available) 

Disney’s BoardWalk Inn Gingerbread Deli Opens 11/12/24

At BoardWalk you can see a mini version of The BoardWalk Deli. This deli is home to the bakery team who creates this display. There’s also a pin, cookie jar and ornament available here.

Disney’s BoardWalk Inn Gingerbread Display Menu 

• Holiday Mickey and Minnie Sugar Cookie  
• Mickey Caramel Corn Cookie  
• Gingerbread Loaf    
• Gingerbread Shingle

Animal Kingdom Lodge Gingerbread Giraffe and Zebra Opens 11/24/24

This is a newer display, celebrating four years in 2024. Disney’s Animal Kingdom Lodge has a baby gingerbread giraffe, named Ginger, and, Debra, a baby gingerbread zebra. You can see this sweet pair in the Jambo House lobby. There are "Gingeraffe" cookies and special drinks as well. The display is almost 7 feet tall and made with gingerbread, sugar dough and modeling chocolate by the Animal Kingdom Lodge bakery team.

New! Gingerbread Spaceship Earth Opens 11/29/24

New at Disney World this year, EPCOT has a Gingerbread Spaceship Earth. The EPCOT Festival Team, Walt Disney Imagineering and the EPCOT Pastry team partnered on this display that has dancing lights. Stop by CommuniCore Hall during the Epcot International Festival of the Holidays to see it.

Spaceship Earth Gingerbread at Epcot Facts

• The 8 foot tall Spaceship Earth gingerbread display took over 160 hours to build.
• The gingerbread Spaceship Earth is made of around 1000 gingerbread triangles.
• Ingredients include 240 pounds of honey dough, 100 eggs, 100 ounces of lebkuchen spice, 55 pounds of dark chocolate and 100 pounds of royal icing.
• It has 11 hidden Mickeys, representing the 11 World Showcase countries.

Disney’s Beach Club Resort Gingerbread Carousel

This is the 24th year of the Beach Club Resort gingerbread display. This year the spinning carousel is themed to Mickey’s Christmas Carol. Like other resorts, there is a pin, cookie jar and ornament available. Some fun facts:

• The Beach Club gingerbread carousel is made of chocolate, sugar and fondant with hand painted characters and handcrafted gingerbread shingles and snowflakes.
• Ingredients include 432 pounds of honey, 200 pounds of icing, 100 pounds of eggs and 2024 pieces of gingerbread.
• There are 24 gold hidden Mickeys throughout the display.

Disney’s Beach Club Resort Gingerbread Display Menu  

• Linzer Cookie 
• Spiced Orange and Cranberry Bundt Cake 
• Gingerbread Macarons 
• Hot Cocoa Brownie 
• Hannukah Sugar Cookie
• Stollen  
• Gingerbread House

Disney’s Wilderness Lodge Lobby Treats Available Starting 11/21/24

Over at Disney’s Wilderness Lodge, the main lobby has these special treats available for the season:

• Dark Chocolate Bar 
• Cheddar Gougère 
• Molasses Crackle Cookie  
• Cookie Box  

Can anyone visit the Disney gingerbread displays?

These 2024 Disney gingerbread displays are open to visit but you may not be able to park at the resorts. Parking at resorts is usually limited to guests with hotel and dining reservations. This is especially true at the busy Disney’s Grand Floridian Resort & Spa. Disney says visitors should park at the Transportation & Ticket Center and take the resort monorail to get to the Grand Floridian. You can also take Disney transportation, like busses, from the parks to get to the Grand and other resorts.

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