Fun facts about Disney World’s holiday decorations

The 2018 holiday season kicks off today at the Walt Disney World Resort.

Decorating this four theme parks, Disney Springs and all of the resorts is a Herculean Task by the various cast members. The installation begins Halloween night and is completed by Thanksgiving.

But how much are we talking about, Disney has revealed these numbers:

◻ 29 custom-created iconic Christmas trees, ranging from 15 to 70 feet tall.

◻ Tallest tree is 70 feet and located at Contemporary Resort and has 16,000 lights and more than 200 custom ornaments.

◻ Stars and toppers for the trees are up to 7 feet tall and can weigh more than 200 pounds each.

◻ 596 smaller trees – ranging from 2 to 14 feet are place throughout various areas of Disney World.

◻ Magic Kingdom has 590 garlands (measuring a total of 5,188 feet) and  40 trees.

◻ At Hollywood Studios, Dinosaur Gertie is dressed in her finest holiday attire. Her hat is so big, four people could stand inside it.

◻ Sunset Seasons Greetings at Hollywood Studios includes 12 high-definition projectors used to visually transform the façade of the Hollywood Tower Hotel with scenes of the season. The 21 palm trees along Sunset Boulevard illuminate with programmable, color-changing LED fixtures.

◻ Animal Kingdom is home to 331 garlands and 40 trees.

◻ Nearly all the decor lighting at Animal Kingdom is LED. The park uses 25,000 C-7 shape LEDs and 40,000 mini-LEDs.

◻The Candlelight Processional at Epcot will be performed 117 times this holiday season. It’s also the first year performances will occur on Thanksgiving.

◻ Disney Springs has more than 2,000 pieces of individual holiday decor, including a 45-foot-tall tree. Each piece of decor was custom designed to fit the classic Florida town theme that carries throughout the entirety of Disney Springs.

◻ This year marks the 20th anniversary of the classic gingerbread house in the lobby of Grand Floridian Resort & Spa. The life-size house is made from more than 10,000 pieces of gingerbread and requires 560 hours to construct (400 hours to bake and 160 hours to decorate).

◻  The Animal Kingdom Lodge is home to a 45-foot-tall iconic tree featuring authentic African decor and reproductions of traditional African masks.