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Walt Disney World Hotels Prepare to Unveil This Year’s Gingerbread Displays
Nothing says “it’s the holidays at Walt Disney World” quite like the scent of freshly baked gingerbread wafting through resort lobbies. For 2025, five Walt Disney World resorts will debut their gingerbread displays once again, each with its own festive twist, colorful details, and sweet story to tell.
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This year’s lineup includes Disney’s Contemporary Resort, BoardWalk Inn, Beach Club Resort, Animal Kingdom Lodge, and — for the first time in six years — Wilderness Lodge.
Guests visiting the Contemporary Resort can expect the tradition to continue with a brand-new take on the shimmering gingerbread castle that’s graced the hotel for 14 seasons. Last year’s “Dream Lights Castle” incorporated actual strands of retired Cinderella Castle lights, and we can’t wait to see how the 2025 design sparkles.
Over at the BoardWalk Inn, the pastry team has become famous for transforming the lobby into a sugary seaside village. The 2024 display recreated the BoardWalk Deli in jaw-dropping detail, right down to its striped awnings and frosted “brickwork.” Expect another whimsical design this November.
The Beach Club Resort is celebrating a major milestone — 25 years of its rotating gingerbread carousel. Each year brings a new theme, and last year’s “Mickey’s Christmas Carol” motif had guests spinning with nostalgia.
Meanwhile, Animal Kingdom Lodge will once again fill its lobby with a gingerbread safari. Past creations include Ginger the Gingeraffe, Debra the Zebra, and Francisco the Flamingo — and this year’s mystery addition promises to keep the tradition wild.
Perhaps the most anticipated comeback, though, belongs to Wilderness Lodge, which returns to the gingerbread circuit after a six-year hiatus. The lodge first debuted a cozy log cabin display in 2019, and its reappearance this holiday season is sure to be a crowd-pleaser for anyone who loves a rustic dose of Christmas charm.
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The famous Grand Floridian Gingerbread House will not appear this year due to lobby construction, but with five other resorts joining in the fun, guests can still enjoy a full itinerary of sugary stops through January 1, 2026.
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