On our last day of Disney access this year, we went to see more Christmas displays. At the Grand Floridian they put up a ridiculously tall and beautifully decorated Christmas tree in the atrium.
But pride of place goes to their life-size gingerbread house. The design is just about the same as last year, which is fine because once you get it right, you don't need to change it.
One change they did make was to leave a section of the roof off, so you can see inside from the surrounding balconies.
From here we to the Contemporary Resort to check out their gingerbread castle. This is an entirely different take on gingerbread construction - they created a 2-dimensional castle, following the simplistic style of "It's a Small World". Not nearly as impressive as the Grand Floridian's, but still a good effort.
The sign says there are 18 "hidden Mickeys" in this. I could only find one, but Randy walked over, glanced at it, and found the rest of them. They are teeny tiny golden Mickey shapes, stamped onto some of the gingerbread blocks. I would have never found these!
We took a quick ride on Soarin, split a sandwich for lunch, then walked over to the American Center to see their gingerbread creation. Although it includes the Capital, the Lincoln Memorial, and Washington's Monument, it's the smallest of the gingerbread displays. But it's much more detailed than the castle. I'm not sure how much "to scale" it is, but they did take a few liberties; the Freedom statue on the Capital has been replaced by Mickey Mouse, and the Monument is capped with a Mickey hat!
By then the forecasted rain was threatening to come in, so we power-walked through some light sprinkles to the car and headed home.
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