Gingerbread Carousel Opens for 2024 Holiday Season at Disney's Beach Club Resort

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2024 Gingerbread Carousel at Disney's Beach Club Resort
Posted: Thursday November 14, 2024 9:35am ET by WDWMAGIC Staff

The Gingerbread Carousel has officially opened for the season, bringing a touch of holiday magic to Disney’s Beach Club Resort at Walt Disney World.

For the past 24 years, the life-sized Holiday Carousel has been a guest-favorite tradition, and this year is no different. The carousel actually spins, and each season the horses are decorated with a fresh theme. This year, the Yacht and Beach Bakery team has brought characters from "Mickey's Christmas Carol" to life in this holiday display.




The carousel is crafted from an impressive mix of ingredients: 432 pounds of honey, 200 pounds of icing, 100 pounds of eggs, and 2,024 pieces of gingerbread. Hand-painted characters and handcrafted gingerbread shingles and snowflakes adorn the carousel, and there's even a fun detail for sharp-eyed visitors—24 hidden gold Mickeys are scattered throughout the display.

If you want to take a piece of the holiday magic home with you, there are limited-edition souvenirs available, including a pin, a cookie jar, and a holiday ornament. You can also pick up some festive treats from the Gingerbread Display Menu at the resort:




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DCBaker3 hours ago

December 10 is the next Mickey’s Very Merry Christmas Party date that has now sold out. 4 dates remain available in November: 21, 22, 26, 27 5 dates remain available in December: 12, 13, 15, 17, 19

Brian4 hours ago

Bill the bus driver had Jollywood pegged seven years ago.

SplashJacket4 hours ago

I hear about WDW news exclusively on WDWMagic and random bus drivers, shame the latter isn’t an option, word of mouth just doesn’t capture the service they’re doing.

bmr15914 hours ago

Without looking, that empanada sounds awfully similar to the one from FArts and I’m not mad about it.

HauntedPirate5 hours ago

lentesta6 hours ago

@wdwmagic shout-out in this year's Jollywood Nights survey from Disney:

DCBaker7 hours ago

The Christmas tree has arrived at EPCOT: https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54138500357_6f93756397_k.jpg https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54139632868_236dc46b37_k.jpg

castlecake2.07 hours ago

Re new holiday entertainment at studios. It fills a void in a park desperately needing streetmosphere and these performers are all very talented but it’s obvious to me at least that they’re all third party. The production quality and proper theming isn’t there. Both the bands are really good but they don’t match their settings. It looks cheap.

jrhwdw8 hours ago

Correct, if Epcot plans a separate party Candlelight should stay the way it is, IMO....

networkpro8 hours ago

They are Cheryl's Cookies.

MisterPenguin8 hours ago

It isn't... other than the entrance cost of getting into EPCOT. Preferred seating and a meal at Candlelight is behind a paywall. You can still go to Candlelight in the free seats in the back.

jrhwdw9 hours ago

IDK........I think Epcot Holidays still need to be Public.....Candlelight SHOULD NOT be behind a Paywall!!! Granted, Epcot is missing LOW and POE Tag but that's not enough for a Separate Party, IMO....