Christmas Treats At Jollywood Nights

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Jollywood Nights is my favorite holiday party at Disney World. There are fun shows to see, characters to meet, fantastic music, and a plethora of delicious sweets and treats. Here are the tempting dishes you can find at this year's party.

Sunset Boulevard

Hollywood Scoops 

• Kermit Mint Whirl: Green apple boba pearls and white chocolate cheesecake topped with mint chocolate chip ice cream and green M&M’S Milk Chocolate candies (Served in a souvenir cup) 🎄 
• Miss Piggy Strawberry Glam: Strawberry boba pearls and strawberry cheesecake topped with chocolate pearls, strawberry ice cream, and pink M&M’S Milk Chocolate candies (Served in a souvenir cup) 🎄 
• Yuletide Scoop: Vanilla Ice Cream with Kahlúa Coffee Liqueur and Stoli Vanilla Vodka topped with whipped cream and a cherry 🎄 

Anaheim Produce

• Gingerbread Bites 🥬 

Fairfax Fare 

• Holiday Turkey Popover: Roasted turkey and creamy mashed potatoes topped with gravy and cranberry chutney in a house-made popover 
• “Just the Sides” Popover: Macaroni & cheese and savory collard greens topped with cornbread crumbs in a house-made popover 

• Raspberry-Lemon Square: Lemon filling topped with raspberry powdered sugar and glazed raspberries (New) 
• Eggnog: Traditional eggnog with caramel swirl 🎄🧋

• Eggnog with Whisky: Traditional eggnog with Fireball Cinnamon Whisky and caramel swirl 🎄 
• Mistletoe Martini: Tito’s Handmade Vodka, St-Germain Elderflower Liqueur, and cranberry juice topped with fresh cranberries and mint leaves 

Rosie’s All-American Café

• Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas Mayor Sipper

KRNR The Rock Station 

• Arepas de Choclo: Sweet corn cakes with cheese topped with cilantro aïoli and served with jícama slaw 🎄 

• Churro Sundae: Churros topped with vanilla soft-serve, spiced apples, and spiced chocolate sauce 🎄 

• Spiced Apple Sangria: Fireball Cinnamon Whisky, red wine, apple cider, Minute Maid Orange Juice, and lemon and lime juices garnished with a star fruit chip 🎄 

• White Cranberry Margarita: Teremana Blanco Tequila, Grand Marnier Liqueur, white cranberry juice, lime juice, and simple syrup with a sugar rim and cranberries 🎄 

Pretzel Palooza 

• Guava and Cream Cheese Quesito: Cream cheese and guava baked in a flaky puff pastry 🎄 
• Gingerbread Bites 🥬

Snack Cart Across from Beverly Sunset Boutique (Annual Passholder Exclusive) 

• Blue Sparkling Cider: White cranberry juice, guava syrup, blue curaçao syrup, lime juice, and sparkling apple cider with a blue sugar rim and sugar snowflake 🎄🧋 
• Sparkling Snowflake Mimosa: White cranberry juice, guava syrup, blue curaçao syrup, lime juice, and champagne with a blue sugar rim and sugar snowflake 🎄 

Hollywood Tower Hotel

The Trolley Car Café 

• Duffy Brownie: Chocolate brownie, cherries, and white chocolate chips decorated with fudge buttercream and topped with a caramel-chocolate Duffy paw print 
• Gingerbread Bites 🥬

Twilight Soirée at the Tip Top Club 

• Sparkling Pomegranate-Apple Cider: Pomegranate green tea topped with sparkling apple cider 🧋 
• 1939 Royale: Teremana Blanco Tequila, Cointreau Liqueur, desert pear, agave nectar, and lime juice topped with Domaine Ste. Michelle Brut (Served in a souvenir champagne flute) 
• Top Floor Daiquiri: Parrot Bay Coconut Rum, ube, lime juice, and a splash of shimmer (Served in a souvenir champagne flute) 

Hollywood Boulevard 

Jazzy Holidays at The Hollywood Brown Derby

• Charcuterie: House-made cured meats and accompaniments with blue cheese mousse and toasted sourdough 
• Chorizo Arancini with shaved Parmesan and salmorejo tomato sauce 
• Hamachi with caper aïoli, Dijon-avocado mousse, and citrus-champagne vinaigrette 
• Jazzy Sliders: Bison and pork, onion jam, and dulce gorgonzola cheese on a brioche roll 
• Pork Belly Bao: Korean barbecue, cucumber slaw, and soy vinaigrette 
• Shrimp Cocktail with house-made cocktail sauce and spicy avocado spread 
• Sticky Chicken Wings with sweet-and-spicy soy 
• Tofu Bao: Seared tofu, cucumber slaw, and soy vinaigrette 🥬 

• Holiday Mickey Hot Cocoa: Hot Cocoa by Joffrey’s topped with whipped cream, caramel-chocolate brownie Mickey ears, and holiday sprinkles 🧋 
• The Sleigh Bell: Ginger beer, rosemary syrup, pomegranate, cranberry, and lime juice 🧋  
• Hollywood Lights: Captain Morgan Original Spiced Rum, Parrot Bay Coconut Rum, DOLE Pineapple Juice, and cranberry juice 

• Mocha Espresso Mint-tini: Tia Maria Cold Brew Coffee Liqueur, Bols Peppermint Schnapps Liqueur, Mozart Chocolate Liqueur, and vanilla cream garnished with chocolate and crushed peppermint mix 🎄 
• Old Fashioned: Knob Creek Kentucky Straight Bourbon, house-made orange syrup, and maraschino cherries 
• Peanut Butter Whiskey Cream: RumChata Cream Liqueur and Skrewball Peanut Butter Whiskey 

• Poinsettia Fizz: Grand Marnier Liqueur, cranberry juice, simple syrup, and prosecco garnished with frozen cranberries 🎄 
• Pomegranate Whisky Sour: Crown Royal Blended Canadian Whisky, pomegranate juice, and sweet-and-sour 

• Salted Caramel Hot Chocolate: Stoli Vanilla Vodka, Baileys Original Irish Cream Liqueur, salted caramel syrup, and Hot Cocoa by Joffrey’s garnished with whipped cream and caramel crispy pearls 🎄 
• Spiced Pear Martini: Grey Goose Vodka, spiced pear syrup, and lemon juice 
• Vodka Martini: Grey Goose Vodka and Dolin Dry Vermouth de Chambéry 

Animation Courtyard  

Market 

• Spring Rolls filled with buffalo chicken and served with jalapeño ranch dipping sauce 
• Mike-aroon: Toasted coconut cookie with green white chocolate and topped with a sugar eye 🎄 

• Bing Bong Candy Lemonade: Frozen strawberry lemonade slushy and butterfly pea flower tea topped with pink cotton candy and freeze-dried candy 🎄🧋
• Caramel-Apple Cider: Werther’s Original Caramel, apple cider, and cinnamon topped with Werther’s Original Caramel Popcorn 🎄🧋

• Caramel-Apple Cider with Moonshine: Werther’s Original Caramel, apple cider, cinnamon, and Ole Smoky Apple Pie Moonshine topped with Werther’s Original Caramel Popcorn 🎄 

Commissary Lane  

ABC Commissary

• Birria Taco: Shredded beef and Monterey Jack served with a beef consommé 
• Cauliflower Taco: Fried cauliflower dusted with chili-lime seasoning on top of a corn tortilla with diced onions, cilantro, and plant-based chipotle cashew crema 🧋 
• Empanadas with Street Corn: Chicken empanadas served with street corn salad topped with chili peppers, lime, and cotija 
• Yuca con Chicharrón: Fried pork belly, yuca fries, red pickled onions, and chili-lime seasoning with a yellow pepper aïoli 
• Taco ‘bout a Holiday Cookie!: Cranberry cheesecake-filled chocolate cookies dipped in cranberry-white chocolate topped with pistachio whipped cream, gold crispy pearls, chocolate holly leaf décor, and holiday sprinkles 
• Mexican Hot Cocoa Cheesecake: Holiday chocolate cookie streusel, whipped cinnamon-chocolate cheesecake, and spiced whipped cream topped with a sprinkle of cinnamon and mini marshmallows 
• Chicha Morada: Punch made with purple corn, pineapple, apples, cinnamon, and cloves garnished with a lime wheel 🎄🧋 
• Chicha Morada with Pisco: Punch made with pisco spirit, purple corn, pineapple, apples, cinnamon, and cloves garnished with a lime wheel 🎄 
• Coquito: Coconut cream, coconut milk, sweetened condensed milk, Bacardí Superior Rum, and Captain Morgan Original Spiced Rum topped with cinnamon 
• Oaxaca Old Fashioned: Flecha Azul Reposado Tequila, Del Maguey Vida Mezcal, agave nectar, and flavors of chocolate and orange served over ice and garnished with an orange wedge 

Grand Avenue

Baseline Tap House  

• Macaroni & Cheese Croquettes: A blend of pepper jack, Gouda, and cheddar with spicy aïoli dipping sauce 
• Beer Margarita: Blend of Patrón Silver Tequila, Cointreau Liqueur, and lime juice topped with North Coast Brewing Co. Scrimshaw Pilsner served over ice 

Echo Lake

Backlot Express  

• Hickory Holiday Mac: Macaroni & cheese with burnt ends, crispy onions, and chili pepper sauce 🎄 

• Jolly Jam Slider: Angus burger with bourbon-garlic-bacon jam, smoky paprika aïoli, and chili pepper sauce served on a Hawaiian roll 🎄 
• Sleigh Bell Brussels Sprouts with bourbon-onion jam and crispy onions 🎄🥬

• Sweet Chili Cheer Chicken Slider: Chicken thighs tossed in sweet chili aïoli topped with Asian slaw and cilantro served on a brioche roll 🎄 

• Holly Jolly Bread Pudding: Warm bread pudding swirled with chocolate-hazelnut spread and topped with cherries, holiday sprinkles, and a chocolate gingerbread man 🎄 

• Figgy Pudding Martini: Figenza Mediterranean Fig Flavored Vodka, fig jam, agave, half & half, ginger beer, and allspice garnished with nutmeg 🎄 
• Dogfish Head 90 Minute IPA 🎄 
• Miller High Life Lager 🎄 

Dinosaur Gertie’s Ice Cream of Extinction 

• Christmas Gertie Cookie: Gertie sugar cookie with a Santa hat 

Dockside Diner 

• Loaded Samosas: Potato and pea-stuffed samosas with curried chickpeas, plant-based herb crema, and tomato-pomegranate chutney 🥬 
• Meatball and Polenta: Giant meatball with marinara and creamy cheese polenta 
• Christmas Tree Cookie Stack: Vanilla cookie stack filled with pistachio buttercream, cranberry, and raspberry jam topped with sprinkles and a yellow candy star 
• Sandy Claws Hot Cocoa: Hot Cocoa by Joffrey’s topped with cherry whipped cream 🧋 
• Stroopwafel Bourbon Coffee: Buffalo Trace Kentucky Straight Bourbon, salted caramel syrup, half & half, Joffrey’s Cold Brew Coffee, and caramel sauce garnished with crushed waffle 🎄 
• Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas Mayor Sipper

Epic Eats 

• S’mores Funnel Cake: Mini funnel cake topped with a giant roasted marshmallow, chocolate and marshmallow sauce, chocolate curls, and cinnamon cereal 
• Spicy Korean Chicken Funnel Cake: Mini funnel cake topped with spicy Korean fried chicken and pickled slaw 
• Warm Spiced Chai Cocktail: Twinings Chai Tea, RumChata Cream Liqueur, vanilla, and cinnamon 

Tune-In Lounge 

• Holiday Dill-light: Hendrick’s Original Gin, John D. Taylor’s Velvet Falernum Liqueur, St-Germain Elderflower Liqueur, lime juice, pickle juice, chili-lime rim, and pickle garnish 🎄 
• Tropical Tidings: Parrot Bay Coconut Rum, Bols Blue Curaçao Liqueur, Bols Peach Schnapps Liqueur, white cranberry juice, and ginger beer with a shredded coconut rim 🎄 
• Winter Spice Long Island Iced Tea: Tito’s Handmade Vodka, Hendrick’s Original Gin, Bacardí Superior Rum, Corazón Blanco Tequila, Cointreau Liqueur, lime juice, cinnamon syrup, cranberry juice, and Sprite with a lemon wheel 🎄 
• In Holiday Fashion: Buffalo Trace Kentucky Straight Bourbon, rosemary syrup, cranberry and lime juices, and cinnamon 
• Sugar Cookie Martini: Stoli Vanilla Vodka, Baileys Original Irish Cream Liqueur, and Disaronno Originale Liqueur mixed with milk and sugar topped with a sugar cookie and holiday sprinkles 

Grand Avenue

Ice Cold Hydraulics 

• Gingerbread Bites 🥬 
• Jolly Gingerbread Mini Churros: Gingerbread churros with chocolate-hazelnut sauce and holiday sprinkles 🎄 

• Mint Chocolate Cold Brew: Joffrey’s Cold Brew Coffee with chocolate syrup and mint cold foam 🎄🧋 
• Mint Chocolate Cold Brew with Rum: Joffrey’s Cold Brew Coffee with Kōloa Kauaʻi Cacao Rum, chocolate syrup, and mint cold foam 🎄 

Outdoor Vending Locations

• Gingerbread Bites 🥬 
• Gingerbread Whisky Mule: Fireball Cinnamon Whisky, gingerbread syrup, lime juice, and ginger beer garnished with a gingerbread bite 🎄 
• In Holiday Fashion: Buffalo Trace Kentucky Straight Bourbon, rosemary syrup, cranberry and lime juices, and cinnamon 
• Sugar Cookie Martini: Stoli Vanilla Vodka, Baileys Original Irish Cream Liqueur, and Disaronno Originale Liqueur mixed with milk and sugar topped with a sugar cookie and holiday sprinkles 

Popcorn Carts

• Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas Jack Skellington Gravestone Bucket

🎄 - New

🧋 - Non-alcoholic

🥬 - Plant-based 

It's National Mad Hatter Day!

Sir John Tenniel

Today is National Mad Hatter Day! October 6th was chosen due to the "10/6" tag seen on the Mad Hatter's top hat in the original illustrations. The tag referred to the price of a hat in the 1860s: 10 shilling and 6 pence. National Mad Hatter Day is the perfect day to celebrate all things Wonderland by wearing outrageous hats and holding tea parties filled with curiouser and curiouser sweets. If you need a few ideas for your own tea party, try a few of these delightful suggestions I found on Pinterest.

A New Fireworks Show Is Coming To MNSSHP

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Disney recently announced that a new fireworks display is coming to Mickey's Not So Scary Halloween Party. I'm not sure whether to be excited or to dread the change. The Halloween fireworks have long been my favorite nighttime show. There's nothing like standing in Fantasyland surrounded by a ring of fireworks. It's incredible!

The new show will feature Disney's state-of-the-art projections, lasers, lighting, and fireworks, all coming together to tell a whole new story. Guests will watch as Mickey, Minnie, Donald, and Goofy are drawn into a mysterious haunted house. In each room, they'll  find somethingspooky, but not-so-scary, such as dancing skeletons, waltzing ghosts, or troublemaking villains.

This year, Mickey's Not So Scary Halloween Party runs on select nights from August 16 to November 1.

Photo of the Week

Dale in the Move It! Shake It! MousekeDance It! Street Party.

Photo of the Week

You never know who you'll see in the Move It! Shake It! MousekeDance It! Street Party, such as Clarice.

2019 Is The Year of Mickey and Minnie in The Magic Kingdom

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The Magic Kingdom is kicking off their year-long celebration of the 90th birthdays of Mickey and Minnie on January 18. Here are a few fun things to look for:

• Mickey & Minnie's Surprise Celebration brings new music, dancing, and more to the park.
• At the "Move It! Shake It! MousekeDance It! Street Party", dance with Mickey, Minnie, and their friends to new arrangements of "Mickey Mouse Club" songs.
• Listen to the Dapper Dans sing songs in honor of our favorite mice on Main Street, USA.
• Celebrate with Mickey and Minnie themed foods and merchandise.
• And finally, keep your eyes peeled for Limited-Time Magic experiences that will POP up around the park.

Hex-clusive PhotoPass Coming to Mickey's Not So Scary Halloween Party

It looks like Disney has really outdone themselves for this year's Mickey's Not So Scary Halloween Party. From returning favorites, like the Boo-to-You Parade, Hocus Pocus Villain Spelltacular, and HalloWishes Fireworks, to a ton of spooktacular new desserts, and finally some incredible new PhotoPass options. It looks like it will be a night to remember.

As seen above, fans of the Headless Horseman can finally get a perfect shot with the elusive spook. This photo can be taken at the entrance to the Magic Kingdom.

For a photo with a few ghostly residents from the Haunted Mansion, stop for a photo in the Town Square.

If hitchhiking ghosts are your favorite, just stop by the Haunted Mansion for this ghoulish photo.

For more Haunted Mansion fun, visit the attraction's entrance beginning around 8 PM. There, you'll have a chance to hold a lamp inspired by the cemetery watchman for you photo.

Finally, for a photo with a backdrop of skeletons from the 1929 Silly Symphony "The Skeleton Dance", stop near Ariel's Grotto after dark.

All of the photos from Disney PhotoPass are available for purchase, either individually or as part of a Memory Maker package. And if you're an Annual Passholder, they are included free as one of the perks.

Halloween Treats at the Magic Kingdom and MNSSHP

Courtesy of Disney

Disney World is getting into the Halloween spirit extra early this year. The first night of Mickey's Not So Scary Halloween Party is next Friday, August 25. And this year, there's new treats galore, both during the day and at the parties. Which one will tempt you most?

First up, the treats that you can find anytime between August 25 and November 1:

🎃 At the Main Street Bakery, you'll find two delightful treats:

• Mickey Halloween Cupcake with purple marshmallow fluff, orange vanilla buttercream, sprinkles, and a white chocolate scarecrow Mickey
• Mickey Cinnamon Roll with orange icing and a chocolate spiderweb

🎃 The Plaza Ice Cream Parlor will be dishing up pumpkin flavored ice cream.

The treats that are only available on party nights sound even more spooktacular:

🎃 Pumpkin Cheesecake Dome - graham cracker strudel, cheesecake, orange white chocolate glaze, and a chocolate Mickey, at Main Street Bakery and Gaston's Tavern

🎃 Jack Skellington Dessert - vanilla pans cotta, chocolate cake, vanilla buttercream, white and dark chocolate crisp pearls, dark chocolate curls, and a white chocolate Jack, at Sleepy Hollow

🎃 Four different Haunted Mansion Desserts, each a chocolate tart with a unique white chocolate portrait inspired by the ride:

• At Aloha Isle - the tart is filled with chocolate ganache and Oreo panna cotta
• At Auntie Gravity's Galactic Goodies - the tart is filled with raspberry compote and white chocolate mousse
• At Liberty Square Market - the tart is filled with chocolate ganache and peanut butter icing
• At Storybook Treats - the tart is filled with lemon curd, strawberry compote and strawberry mousse

🎃 A Pumpkin Mickey Waffle with vanilla cream, whipped cream, sprinkles, and caramel sauce at Sleepy Hollow

🎃 Worms and Dirt - a chocolate gravestone, chocolate cake, chocolate mousse, and chocolate glaze topped with Oreo crumbs and gummy worms at Pecos Bill Tall Tale Inn and Cafe.

🎃Candy Corn Ice Cream at Auntie Gravity's Galactic Goodies

🎃 Chocolate Rice Krispie Treats and Vampire Mickey Brownies at kiosks throughout the park

Mickey's Not So Scary Halloween Party runs on select nights from August 25 to November 1.