Get a First Look at This Year’s Haunted Mansion Holiday Gingerbread House at Disneyland
With the Halloween Season having officially kicked off at Disneyland Resort that means a brand new Gingerbread House has been created to grace the Great Hall at Disneyland’s Tim Burton holiday overlay – Haunted Mansion Holiday! Each year this astounding culinary creation is unveiled to great fanfare and here at MickeyBlog, we are delighted to provide you with a first look.
The theme for this year’s house celebrates 50 frightfully delightful years of Disneyland’s Haunted Mansion attraction! This year’s monstrous dessert took 13 spooky days to assemble. It was the work of 6 talent cast members from Disneyland Resort’s central bakery team three of whom have been a part of this dazzling tradition since 2001.
Tim Wollweber, associate art director for Disney Parks had this to say about this year’s incredible design: “We tried to keep it as faithful to the Haunted Mansion itself so guests could immediately get that it’s the mansion, and know that it’s a heartfelt ‘dead-ication’ to it,” said Wollweber.
When it comes to all of the frightfully delightful details of the structure, Wollweber said they designed all sorts of familiar intricate accents inspired by the attraction. “We have lantern bits in there, doors where they generally would be found, green ironwork in there…we’ve never really done that before.” His favorite part about the experience? “More than any of the other designs we’ve done, this one is a great labor of love that pays tribute to what’s been around for half a century. This is our congratulations for haunting a place for 50 years and we are happy that people still love it.”
Standing at nearly 10-feet tall, the Haunted Mansion replica itself is sure to inspire awe and features 15 spirited Haunted Mansion residents made purely of gingerbread some of which come in at nearly 30 inches tall.
So what was required to make this giant feat come to life?
- Over 30 pounds of gingerbread
- 120 pounds of frosting and icing
- 75 pounds of powdered sugar
- 140 pounds of fondant
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