Grand Floridian
Even though we stayed at Port Orleans Riverside this trip, our first stop was the Grand Floridian. We took a bus from Riverside to the Magic Kingdom, then hopped on the monorail straight for the Grand Floridian.
The Christmas tree there is HUGE. My iPhone 5 camera couldn't even capture a fraction of the beauty of any of the resorts' decorations, but unfortunately that's all I had with me.
Ean was overcome with emotion at the sight of this tree. He had never seen a Christmas tree so beautiful! A nice man came over and offered to take a picture of us with the tree since we were attempting to take a selfie in front of it, and were unable to get the tree in the photo with us since it was so huge.
The Grand Floridian also had a very cute and delicious looking gingerbread house next to the tree.
We spent a good hour at Grand Floridian before heading back to Riverside for the night (after driving 10 hours, we were exhausted!)
Port Orleans Riverside
The next morning, we stopped in the lobby of our resort to take some photos of the decorations before heading out for our day at Hollywood Studios.
I didn't get real good photos of the tree because we were in a hurry and I was quickly trying to snap the pic before some kids ran into my photo. I meant to go back and take better ones later, but never got around to it.
Fort Wilderness Lodge
After spending several hours in Hollywood Studios, we took a bus to the Fort Wilderness Lodge. I had never been to this resort before and was blown away at how huge and beautiful the lobby was. It reminded me a little bit of the Animal Kingdom Lodge, which I stayed at several years ago.
The balconies were all decorated up as well with wreaths and garland!
I loved the little details on the tree. It really honestly reminded me of being back home in the Smoky Mountains. I loved the cute teepee tents and woodland animal ornaments.
I thought the bridge was so adorable!!
After spending some time at the lodge, we took a bus back to Hollywood Studios to finish out the day with the Osborne Family Spectacle of Dancing Lights.
Beach Club
Day three of our Christmas honeymoon started off in Epcot touring the decorations around the World Showcase. We then walked over to the Beach Club resort to see what wonderful decorations they had there.
In their lobby, they also had a little gingerbread display. Theirs was a merry-go-round covered in chocolate-y goodness.
The tree at the Beach Club was more simple, as I think the gingerbread merry-go-round was their main focus. I loved the beachy theming of the tree, especially the cute little sea turtle ornament.
Yacht Club
We walked over to the Yacht Club from the Beach Club. Their tree was also more simple because they had a big train display set up. I remember a few years ago coming to Disney with my mom during Christmas time and we stayed at Yacht Club. We watched the train for a good long while because it is so intriguing! Ean and I didn't stay there quite as long, but we were mesmerized by the beauty of the display.
Boardwalk
And for our third resort of the day, we walked over to Boardwalk. We didn't go inside, so I don't know if they had anything set up in there, but outside in their little courtyard was a very beautifully decorated tree.
I loved how this one was decorated with the large balls and giant candy canes.
We had to go back to our hotel after spending a little more time in Epcot because we had the Mickey's Very Merry Christmas Party to get ready for!
Animal Kingdom Lodge
On our last full day of our trip, we spent the morning in Animal Kingdom before catching a bus over to the Animal Kingdom Lodge. We stayed here forever because we walked outside and just looked at the animals forever. I love the Animal Kingdom Lodge and would love to one day bring Ean back here and stay.
The tree in this one was also very huge and incredible. I loved the animal details!!
From the lodge, we caught a bus to the Magic Kingdom. From there we took the monorail to the Contemporary Resort. We did stop at the Polynesian Resort, but they had so much construction going on that we decided not to stay.
Contemporary Resort
At the Contemporary Resort we took some time to reminisce at Chef Mickey, as that's where we got engaged back in 2013!
We also stopped at the Contempo Cafe for a tasty Frozen inspired cupcake (I think it was chocolate peppermint flavored, or something like that).
The gingerbread display that the Contemporary Resort had was probably my favorite because it was Frozen!!
It was seriously SO CUTE.
During our short trip to Disney World last December, I'd say we knocked out a decent amount of resorts in our Christmas decorations resort tour. I'd love to see all the ones we missed. December is one of my absolute favorite times to visit Walt Disney World. We are trying to see if we can save up enough to go again this year so FINGERS CROSSED we can do that!!
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