25 Days - 16

Day 16

 

Gingerbread & Windows

 

As we continue to wander around the newly redecorated Buena Vista street for the holidays we come across one of the new park icons, Carthay Circle Restaurant, fashioned after the theater where Walt Disney originally premiered Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.

 

Today this fancy facade is home to a high-end eating establishment for park guests. It also includes an exclusive little lounge for members of Club 33. For the Christmas Holiday it is adorned by a simple wreath on the front, but the hidden jewel is inside the lobby.

 

Inside this gingerbread house are Seven Dwarfs who are "Singing a Merry Tune"

Read about the history of Snow White & The Carthay Circle.

 Tucked away in the corner is a gingerbread replica of the Dwarfs cottage from the movie Snow White.  It is very cute and looks almost good enough to nibble on, but please don't. It might spoil your appetite and then you would not enjoy your lunch inside.  Yum!

 

After lunch we should walk off a few of those calories by doing a little window shopping.

 

Traditional Ornaments for the tree.

Mickey Santa hats and ears, along with holiday lights.

 Most of the windows along Buena Vista Street display the standard shopping wares. Some of the shops want you to buy a t-shirts or hat, others promote Christmas decorations, kitchen utensils or souvenir mugs and dust collectors.  But, if you slow down and look closely you will see something special in the windows of Elias & Co.

 

Classic Storybooks tell us a classic story of Christmas...

One page gives us a peak into Santa's workshop and busy little Elves.

Santa checks the Naught & Nice List. You better watch out, You better not cry...

 

That was a nice little stroll down memory lane.

 

Tomorrow I think we should take a longer walk. It's time to work our way further into

Disney California Adventure and see what sort of festive things we can find.