The Holiday Season is HERE at Disney’s Hollywood Studios, which means it’s time for a FLURRY of FUN!!
Hollywood Studios is ready for the Holidays!
From now through January 6, 2019, practically the entire park will be celebrating the season! Food, fireworks, and festive decor (and MORE) have transformed Hollywood Studios into a Holiday Winter Wonderland… and that includes this year’s new addition to the park, Toy Story Land!
Toy Story Land for the Holidays!
The event has been in soft opening for just a couple of days, so we’ve actually had a chance to take in LOTS of the sights, sounds, and tastes. But as of TODAY, it’s all official!
Mickey Shortbread Cookies
So get ready for The Most Wonderful Time of the Year at Hollywood Studios!
Moving Billboards Are Back on Sunset Boulevard
A Flurry of FOOD
Once again this year, all sorts of additional Season’s EATINGS are available throughout the park!
Chocolate Mousse Present
We took you on a Flurry of Fun food tour with reviews on Tuesday (you can see it all here!), but in case you missed it, here is a glimpse at a few of our favorites from the Flurry, with links to individual reviews below!
A new Lunch Box Tart has made its way to Woody’s Lunch Box in Toy Story Land: the Cran-Apple Cinnamon Lunch Box Tart!
Cinnamon Cran-Apple Lunch Box Tart
And the Spiked Hot Cocoa Flight has returned to Fairfax Fare and Dockside Diner, but with a few new spirits for 2018.
Hot Cocoa Flight
Your trio of creamy, chocolately, goodness is made up of Baileys and Hot Chocolate with cinnamon, Vanilla Vodka and Hot Chocolate, and Cherry Bourbon and Hot Chocolate.
Chocolate fans will also enjoy the gorgeous Chocolate Chestnut Pinecone at Backlot Express.
Chocolate Chestnut Pinecone
The Eggnog Panna Cotta at Catalina Eddie’s was a fun surprise.
Eggnog Panna Cotta
And the Santa Macarons at Oasis Canteen are super festive!
Santa Macarons
The Holidays in Toy Story Land
Sure, it’s kind of like Christmas all year long in Toy Story Land, what with the colorful, larger-than-life lightbulbs strung throughout the Land no matter when you visit.
Jessie strolling through Toy Story Land!
But the scene has been enhanced for the holidays with decorations reminding you that you have shrunk down to the size of a toy when you enter Toy Story Land!
Holiday Cookie Hamm
Alien Ornaments
Woody’s Lunch Box with Popcorn Garland
And Woody, Jessie, and Buzz are ready to meet and greet guests in their new holiday costumes!
Buzz Lightyear
Woody
Jessie
See all of Toy Story Land during the holidays here!
Decorations at Echo Lake and Beyond
Echo Lake
is also getting into the spirit again this year with even more holiday decor!
Hollywood Studios Christmas Tree at Echo Lake
Decor around Echo Lake
And just across the way near The Hollywood Brown Derby, even more vintage decorations help set the atmosphere.
Vintage Decorations
Vintage Decorations
Good ol’ Gertie — of Dinosaur Gertie’s Ice Cream of Extinction — is bringing back her Santa hat for the occasion.
Holiday Gertie
Holiday Gertie at Hollywood Studios!
Tree Lighting takes place at dusk each evening.
Tree Lighting
And the view is lovely!
Hollywood Studios Christmas Tree at Echo Lake
Sunset Seasons Greetings
Be sure to spend some time in the evening strolling along Sunset Boulevard to take in Sunset Seasons Greetings!
Sunset Seasons Greeting sign
For the second year in a row, The Hollywood Tower of Terror Hotel is transformed every evening with projections featuring holiday scenes.
Projections on Tower of Terror
And this year, Sunset Seasons Greetings has been enhanced with more lasers to light up the merry atmosphere.
Sunset Seasons Greeting
Mickey and Minnie, Toy Story pals, the Swedish Chef from The Muppets, and everyone’s favorite snowman, Olaf, set the yuletide scene as the moving billboards surrounding you play their seasonal stories.
Joyous Tidings to You
And, by way of a little Disney magic, you can enjoy snow in Florida throughout the night!
SNOW!!
Jingle Bell, Jingle BAM!
The Jingle Bell, Jingle BAM! nighttime spectacular lights up the skies with festive fireworks set to holiday music and projections to cap off each night of the Flurry!
Jingle Bell, Jingle BAM!
Holiday moments from Disney films are interspersed with visits from Wayne and Lanny from the Prep & Landing holiday TV special.
And if you’d like to guarantee your spot as well as enjoy a holiday-themed array of desserts, you can check out information for the Jingle Bell, Jingle BAM! Dessert Party here.
Jingle Bell, Jingle BAM! Dessert Party
Jingle Bell, Jingle BAM! Dessert Party setting
Minnie’s Holiday Dine
Echo Lake is where you’ll fine Hollywood & Vine. This table service restaurant is currently hosting Minnie’s Holiday Dine daily during both lunch AND dinner.
Minnie’s Holiday Dine
Minnie, Mickey, Donald, Daisy, and Goofy don their holiday finery to mix and mingle with guests enjoying a full buffet, complete with festive dishes.
Daisy Duck
Read our full review of Minnie’s Holiday Dine here!
Meet and Greet with Santa Claus
Want to share your Christmas wish with Santa Claus? Jolly Old Saint Nick is available for meet and greets and photos at Once Upon a Time on Sunset Boulevard through December 24th.
Sunset Boulevard
The photo setting is, of course, picture perfect!
Santa Meet and Greet area
Meet Santa Claus!
And remember, since Santa will be a wee bit busy starting midnight on Christmas Eve, Santa Goofy will begin to greet guests instead from December 25th through December 31st.
Santa Goofy
The Flurry of Fun is on our list of Disney World Holiday Must-Dos! See everything else on the list in our DFB YouTube Video!
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Hi, do you know if Flurry of Fun always starts the sameness night as the first Mickey’s Very Merry Christmas Party? We timed out holiday so we would be there for the first party as they’re normally on Thursday but the dates have been released and it starts Friday and we leave that day. I’m hoping we can’t goto Flurry of Fun instead but I have a feeling it’ll start on Friday too? Thanks
Amanda, last year Flurry of fun started on November 8, and that was the same night as the first MVMCP. No official word on the start of Flurry of Fun in 2019, but we’ll post as soon as the dates are announced. Hopefully it’ll work out for you!
Thank you Sarah. I’ll keep an eye open for the dates, fingers crossed. Thanks again
Hi,
We leave Disney World at lunchtime on 8th November so unfortunately miss MVMCP and Flurry of Fun. However we have reservations for Minnie’s Holiday Dine at 11.30am just before we leave. I wonder if you could advise whether to spend the morning in MK or HS to get the most Christmas experience on our last day? I notice you said Flurry of Fun had a soft opening before the first official day so I was hoping we may be able to experience some of the Christmas features (snacks, TS characters dressed up, meet Santa etc) before the 8th? Thanks for any advice
Amanda, you’ll likely be able to enjoy the holiday decor at Hollywood Studios, which for the past couple of years has been retro and fun. So while there’s really nothing like Christmas in Magic Kingdom, you probably won’t miss out completely if you choose to go to DHS that morning. And you may, in fact, find some holiday treats available, too. (No guarantees, but it’s possible!)