It’s the most wonderful time of the year in the most magical place on earth! Most of the theme parks and resorts get in on the holiday magic in one way or another. I’ve spent the last month and a half trying to get to as many of them as I could to see all of the amazing decorations, and so I could share them with all of you!
Disney’s Animal Kingdom is the least decked out of all the parks, but I feel like that’s how it should be. Most of their decorations can be found at the park’s entrance.
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Disney’s Hollywood Studios brought back their new Christmas show “Jingle Bell, Jingle BAM!” From last year and added a new projection show on the Tower of Terror of all things.
Epcot decided to keep some of the booths from Food and Wine around for their “Holidays Around the World” kitchens. There are fifteen kiosks with different holiday samplings from around the world.
Magic Kingdom saw the return of the “World Famous Jingle Cruise” for the fourth year in a row.
Disney Springs expanded their Christmas Tree Trail to twenty-five incredible trees! They also brought back Stitch’s Holiday Gift Hunt.
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The Grand Floridian Resort brought back its giant edible Gingerbread House with demonstrations and store inside. (Side Note: Don’t buy the Gingerbread cookies here. The ones in the parks are much more reasonably priced.)
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The Beach Club Resort had their own Gingerbread creation: a working carousel themed around Lilo and Stitch!
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The Yacht Club Resort had a huge miniature village, complete with Santa and Mickey Mouse.
The Swan Resort had a fireside scene with Santa, all made out of chocolate!
The other Disney resorts I went to were covered in garlands, trees and other decorations.
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Universal Orlando Resort really stepped up their Christmas Parade this year! They added in a bunch of their newly acquired Dreamworks characters, although I’m still upset Toothless was left out. They also brought Christmas to the Wizarding World of Harry Potter for the first time, which you can read the full report on.
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Last year SeaWorld brought Rudolph to Orlando for the first time, and this year was even bigger and better. The park opened up their festival booths with all sorts of special food and drink offerings, plus carnival style games and meet and greets. Rudolph gives the best hugs!
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What was your favorite holiday decoration you saw this year?
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