A Gingerbread House Birthday
The Gingerbread House at Disney’s Grand Floridian Resort celebrates its 25th birthday this year! Located in the center of the hotel lobby, this massive house is actually made of gingerbread and showcases dozens of hidden Mickeys. This year the chefs decided to make trees that are reminiscent of classic Disney characters. Pluto, Mickey, Minnie, Goofy, Donald, and Daisy trees are standing guard on the front balcony of the house. Also on the balcony is an 88 pound white chocolate Santa.
If you haven’t visited the life-sized gingerbread house, it stands 14 feet ( or two stories tall), and uses approximately a third of the hotel lobby. The ingredients list includes: 1050 pounds of honey, 800 pounds of flour, 600 pounds of chocolate, 600 pounds of powdered sugar, 140 pints of egg whites, 35 pounds of spices and unlimited imagination and Disney magic. That is quite a recipe.
Inside of the gingerbread house is a bake shop. Menu items available for purchase include: Gingerbread Mickey, Gingerbread shingle, stollen bread, chocolate chip cookie, gingersnap cookies, gingerbread cookie, gingerbread house ornament, gingerbread house, gingerbread cookie bags imported from Germany, gingerbread loaf, peppermint bark, Grand Holiday Bar (chocolate bar with a house pictured on it) and a Disney’s Grand Floridian gift box. Here is a picture of the menu:
A variety of gingerbread items are on the bake shop menu.
Lenny and I believe that gingerbread creations enhance the magic and whimsy of the Christmas holiday. We enjoy constructing a gingerbread house of various themes each year. Our black Friday tradition includes an assortment of gingerbread creations with the family. We are inspired by the talented Disney culinary artists.
This t-shirt celebrating the iconic Gingerbread House is available at the gift shop of the Grand Floridian.
We also noticed several tumblers, both stainless steel and plastic insulated with gingerbread logos and Disney characters. These are very similar to the tumblers below found on Amazon.
Many guests to both Disney’s Grand Floridian and Disney’s Magic Kingdom were sporting t-shirts and sweatshirts like these.
Lenny and I liked the Gingerbread themed Disney characters on this particular sweatshirt.
Overall, our visit to Disney’s Grand Floridian Gingerbread house was a fun experience. It is truly incredible to see what the Disney chefs continue to create each year. House 1999 (the house number is the year the first Gingerbread house was made) is a beautiful sight to see.
To visit the Grand Floridian gingerbread house, you need to park at the Magic Kingdom and take the monorail to the Grand Floridian. Parking is free to annual passholders and costs $30 for standard parking. Preferred parking is $45, $50, $55 per day. After parking, proceed to the transportation and ticket center and take the resort monorail to The Grand Floridian Hotel. The monorail stop is on the second floor and the gingerbread house is downstairs on the main level.
Other Disney resorts and even EPCOT are sporting their own gingerbread creations this year. Lenny and I can’t wait to show you the other gingerbread creations.
All the best,
Jennifer
