What’s New at Disney World Hotels: Controversial Holiday Snacks and Gingerbread Masterpieces!

How’s it going everyone? We made it through another week, so here’s your update on what’s new at the Disney Hotels!

The Grand Floridian is GRAND.

There’s lots to cover this week, so let’s get started!

Disney’s Animal Kingdom Lodge

General Updates

This precious and alarmingly realistic Gingerbread Giraffe showed up for the holidays at Disney’s Animal Kingdom Lodge!

Animal Kingdom Lodge Ginger-affe!

Seriously, how cool is this?!

Click Here to see more Photos of the Ginger-affe!

Disney’s Polynesian Village Resort

Food Updates

We tried this super tasty Macadamia Nut Banana Bread at Kona Island in Disney’s Polynesian Village Resort!

Crunch!

We were pleasantly surprised at how much bread we got for just $3.49, and we loved the cinnamon flavor that complimented the banana and macadamia nuts!

Banana Macadamia Nut Bread

This treat is only available before 11AM at Kona, and we’ve seen it appear seasonally, so get it while you can!

Click Here to check out our Review of this Banana Macadamia Nut Bread

Disney’s Contemporary Resort

Food Updates

This super artsy and super yummy snack popped up at Contempo Cafe! It’s a Yule Log Cake, and we were impressed by the flavors AND looks of this treat!

Yule Log

The mint and chocolate flavors really popped in this cake, which is something we felt was lacking from last year! You can get this Yule Log for $5.49 now!

Click Here to see our Review of this Yule Log Cake!

Disney’s Fort Wilderness Resort

Food Update

There’s ANOTHER sweet treat that popped up at the resorts this week, and it’s none other than this Chocolate Turtle Brownie that we found at P&J’s Southern Takeout!

The Turtle Brownie!

This brownie wasn’t overly sweet, which is impressive considering it’s covered with caramel, walnuts, and chocolate chips! However, it did spark a debate over whether or not brownies should be more fudge-like or cake-like!

Brownie!

If you like your brownies on the moist side, you can skip this one, but it’s a hefty brownie for $4.29. 

Click Here to see our Review of this Brownie!

Merchandise Update

The Chip and Dale ears that we’re obsessed with are restocked and aren’t as sparse as we saw before, so grab these while you can!

More Chip and Dale Ears!

These are some of the most unique holiday ears we’ve seen this year, and we’re stoked they have more!

You’d be NUTS not to love these ears

If you wanna weigh in on the debate on whether or not these ears are cute, you can now purchase them for $39.99!

Click Here to see what we thought of these Chip and Dale ears!

Disney’s All Star Movies Resort

Construction Update

These walls went up in the lobby of All Star Movies, but they shouldn’t interfere with your check in too much!

But there’s still some work to be done

Earlier in the year, there was some construction on the side of the desks…

More desks opened up!

…but now this corner of All Star Movies is getting some love!

Disney’s Pop Century Resort

Food Update

The Rum Rum Reindeer drink we tried last year is back at Pop!

Rum Rum Reindeer

If you’re looking for a festive cocktail at this resort, now’s your time to try it! We had mixed feelings on it, but if you missed last year, now’s your time to give it a shot!

Click Here to see out Review of the Rum Rum Reindeer Drink! 

Disney’s Grand Floridian Resort

Merchandise Update

Frozen soaps just popped up in Basin White! Like the movie Frozen, the soaps themselves are room temperature!

Frozen soaps at Basin!

These soaps are super cute, and even though there is a debate on whether Frozen is actually a holiday movie, these soaps still make for a great gift!

Do you wanna build a bath bomb?

Find them at Basin.

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Disney’s Wilderness Lodge

Food Update

We tried this martini flight at Geyser Point Bar & Grill, and even started a trend!

Let’s go around the world by drinking martinis!

This flight took us around the world through martinis, and when people saw us drinking it, they started ordering it, too!

Martinis Around the World Flight

Each drink was super fun and unique — check out our full review for our thoughts!

Click Here to see our Review of this Martini flight!

Merchandise Update

It seems like Disney knows the holidays are coming up and that people need to buy gifts, because we have ANOTHER merch update! Wilderness Lodge just put out this table of merchandise inspired by the resort!

Wilderness Lodge Merch!

Decor like this is sure to get you in the holiday spirit!

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We had a great week exploring the Disney World resorts! That’s all the updates we have for this week, but stay tuned to DFB for all the latest Disney Parks news! We’ll be back next week for more updates from Disney World.

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Have you been to any Disney resorts this week? Let us know in the comments! 

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