All Ears® Guest Blog

My husband and I are back from celebrating the holidays at the happiest place on earth, Walt Disney World.

You may recall I began blogging prior to our trip in December. I had hoped to give live updates throughout the trip, but I ran into some technical difficulties. Now that I’m home, I’m ready to give you the full scoop.

Walt Disney World has so much to offer their guests for the holidays! As you can imagine, we had an absolutely amazing time. Disney, at Christmas, takes magical moments to a whole new level. I’ll start with the resorts and then get into the parks. There’s just so much to share.

Usually when people think about enjoying the holidays at Walt Disney World, they want to know all about the special events the parks have, during this time of the year. However, even if you’re not staying at one of Disney’s resorts, you should definitely take some time to visit them, and see how they get all decked out.

Each place has its very own major Christmas tree, specially decorated for that resort. In addition, some add a variety of other smaller Christmas trees, wreaths, garland, gingerbread houses. . .the list goes on and on.

Here’s the tree in the main lobby of our resort, POP Century:

You may notice that it has more traditional types of ornaments on it. Here are some of the parts, up close:

Then, there’s Grand Floridian, with its enormous tree that captures your attention right away, as you enter the main lobby:

As you can see, though the Grand Floridian is a huge resort, with many floors, the tree still manages to be the tallest object in the place. Then, as if that isn’t enough, they have a humongous Gingerbread House that is large enough to double as a store to sell, you guessed it, gingerbread and other holiday sweets and goodies:

Whenever we go to the Grand Floridian, I feel like I’m in the world’s largest and most gorgeous doll house, so it’s no wonder they also have this exquisite Gingerbread House.

Now, on to the Beach Club Resort! We didn’t make it over there this year, but they are known for their chocolate carousel. It looks like a full-size carousel, but is so beautiful that I couldn’t imagine eating any part of it. Here’s a shot of it:

On the floor of the carousel are miniature versions of Disney characters, with Mickey heads all around the base:

Next blog the Wilderness Lodge, Animal Kingdom Lodge and Polynesian Resort!

Rachel Basden