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Contemporary Sweets & Treats at Walt Disney World

2 December 2011 by Suzannah Otis 1 Comment

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Contemporary Mary Blair gingerbread tree
Contemporary Mary Blair gingerbread tree - my favorite display!

Yesterday we took a quick photo tour of Walt Disney World’s monorail resorts and their holiday decor. Today we’ll focus on what Disney’s Contemporary Resort is cooking up for guests who visit the Mary Blair-themed gingerbread tree in the Grand Canyon Concourse.

As you know, Mary Blair is the gifted artist responsible for so much within early Disney history, including the awe-inspiring murals on the fourth floor of Disney’s Contemporary Resort. Perhaps her most famous contribution is whimsical design of the “it’s a small world” attraction. As a tribute to Mary’s art, Disney has created a gingerbread tree in her style for the past 3 years. This display instantly became my favorite of the Disney resorts, surpassing even the giant gingerbread house at the Grand Floridian, simply because of the simplicity and tribute to Mary Blair.

The gingerbread tree has changed a bit since its first year, when it was just a plain tree with some frosting ‘snow’. Last year candy canes and ornaments were added with space for photo ops.  This year the tree has brighter ornaments, a hidden Mickey or two, and the “it’s a small world” background is now edged in lights, has a black backdrop, and Mr. Sun’s face moves as it does in the attraction. When the tree first appeared, all that was sold at the counter were gingerbread cookies in the shape and style of “it’s a small world” characters and a few other treats. Now there are quite the array of elegantly decorated and beautiful cookies and treats, in addition to a Contemporary Resort-shaped A-frame gingerbread house with white chocolate monorail inside! Let’s take a closer look:

 

Contemporary gingerbread treats
more views of the Contemporary gingerbread house
Contemporary gingerbread treats
side-view of the Contemporary gingerbread house
Contemporary gingerbread house
The Contemporary gingerbread house WITH monorail!
Contemporary gingerbread treats
Gingerbread men, and snowflake and bell-shaped sugar cookies, beautiful!
Contemporary gingerbread treats
Mickey cookies and frosted rice crispie treats
Contemporary gingerbread treats
Snowflakes again and chocolate-peppermint-covered chocolate cookies
Contemporary gingerbread treats
Christmas trees and snowflake gingerbread cookies
Contemporary gingerbread treats
Chocolate pops and chocolate-covered Oreo pops
Contemporary gingerbread treats
close-up of the adorable cupcake gingerbread cookies
Contemporary gingerbread treats
Gingerbread shingles, linzer cookies, gingerbread cupcake cookies and more!
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