Walt Disney World Resort Appetizing Occasions: Add a Sweet Ending to Your Day with a Delicious Dessert Party

If you’re looking to add a sweet ending to your day in the parks, then you’re in for a treat! Each of the four theme parks at Walt Disney World Resort offers a variety of dessert parties that each include exclusive viewings of their park’s nighttime shows and spectaculars. For this edition of Appetizing Occasions, I’ve listed out each dessert party along with all the info you need to know.

Seasonal Dessert Parties

RESERVATIONS NOW AVAILABLE: Disney’s Hollywood Studios – Jingle Bell, Jingle BAM! Dessert Party (Nov. 8, 2019-Jan. 5, 2020)

Your favorite elves are returning once again this holiday season for the popular holiday nighttime spectacular at Disney’s Hollywood Studios, and they’re hosting a fabulous dessert party to go with it! First, head over to Echo Lake to enjoy an array of holiday-themed snacks, decadent desserts, beer, wine, and specialty alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages. On the menu this year are items including warm cheese fondue with pretzel bread, roasted onion dip with kettle chips, winter-spiced trail mix, Yule log cake, caramel apple verrine, and more. There will also be festive holiday cookies and assorted beverages such as a gingerbread martini and hot chocolate. While you’re taking part in the festivities, there will even be a special VIP guest available for character greetings.

Before the show, you’ll be escorted to a reserved viewing area to enjoy Wonderful World of Animation – a beautiful projection show that takes you on a journey through more than 90 years of Disney and Pixar animation – followed by “Jingle Bell, Jingle BAM!,” a Santa-sized spectacular jam-packed with holiday music, fireworks, special effects, and dazzling state-of-the-art projections.

This festive dining experience will occur nightly November 8, 2019 –January 5, 2020. The event will start 1.5 hours prior to each night’s showtime. For more information and to book your reservations, visit the Jingle Bell, Jingle BAM! Dessert Party page or call 407 WDW-DINE (407 939-3483).

Magic Kingdom Park – Minnie’s Wonderful Christmastime Fireworks Dessert Party at Tomorrowland Terrace (Select Nights Nov. 8-Dec. 22, 2019)

If you’re celebrating the holidays with Mickey’s Very Merry Christmas Party, then you can sweeten your night with this holly-jolly dessert party! During this party, you’ll get to take in the incredible sights of Minnie’s Wonderful Christmastime Fireworks Show, exclusive to Mickey’s Very Merry Christmas Party. On the menu is a bountiful buffet featuring holiday-themed cupcakes and desserts, chocolate-dipped strawberries, ice cream, a selection of cheeses, seasonal fruits, and a variety of beverages like specialty Christmas drinks, sparkling cider, signature lemonades, hot chocolate, coffee, and tea. Just like the other dessert parties at Magic Kingdom Park, you can enjoy a special viewing area at Plaza Garden or reserved seating at Tomorrowland Terrace.

Minnie’s Wonderful Christmastime Fireworks Dessert Party occurs during Mickey’s Very Merry Christmas Party on select nights Nov. 8-Dec. 22, 2019.  For more information and to book your reservations, visit one of the pages listed below or call 407 WDW-DINE (407 939-3483).

• Minnie’s Wonderful Christmastime Fireworks Dessert Party at Tomorrowland Terrace (Reserved Seating)
• Minnie’s Wonderful Christmastime Fireworks Dessert Party with Plaza Garden Viewing

Magic Kingdom Park – Disney’s Not So Spooky Spectacular Dessert Party at Tomorrowland Terrace (Select Nights Aug. 16-Nov. 1, 2019)

And don’t forget – the spooky season is in full swing at Walt Disney World Resort and Magic Kingdom Park has been transformed with Halloween decorations and festivities. On select nights, you can descend upon the park for a spirited evening during Mickey’s Not-So-Scary Halloween Party. Here you can go trick or treating, meet special characters, watch the popular Hocus Pocus Villain Spelltacular, and enjoy this year’s brand new nighttime Halloween fireworks: “Disney’s Not So Spooky Spectacular.” Similar to the regular fireworks dessert party, you can enjoy either reserved seating at Tomorrowland Terrace or a special viewing area at Plaza Garden. This party includes chocolate-dipped strawberries, cupcakes, ice cream, seasonal fruits, cheeses and other ghoulish goodies created daily by our master pastry chef. Sparkling cider, signature lemonades, coffee, tea, and hot chocolate will also be served.

Disney’s Not So Spooky Spectacular Dessert Party occurs during Mickey’s Not-So-Scary Halloween Party on select nights Aug. 16-Nov. 1, 2019. For more information and to book your reservations, visit one of the pages listed below or call 407 WDW-DINE (407 939-3483).

• Disney’s Not-So-Spooky Spectacular Dessert Party at Tomorrowland Terrace (Reserved Seating)
• Disney’s Not-So-Spooky Spectacular Dessert Party with Plaza Garden Viewing

In-Park Dessert Parties at Walt Disney World Resort

Epcot – Frozen Ever After Dessert Party at Epcot World Showcase

Enjoy a delightful end to your magical day with delectable desserts and spectacular fireworks viewed from a special area, followed by a musical boat ride at Frozen Ever After. Now through Sept. 30 you can bid farewell to IllumiNations: Reflections of Earth before it ends its 20 year run to make way for an all-new, limited-time spectacular, “Epcot Forever,” debuting Oct. 1.

For more information and to book your reservations, visit the Frozen Ever After Dessert Party page or call 407 WDW-DINE (407 939-3483).

Magic Kingdom Park – Fireworks Dessert Party at Tomorrowland Terrace 

Feast on delectable desserts before or after enjoying the spectacle of Magic Kingdom fireworks from the comfort of either Tomorrowland Terrace with reserved seating or Plaza Garden right in front of Cinderella Castle. This dessert party occurs nightly throughout the year. For more information and to reserve your spot, visit one of the pages listed below or call 407 WDW-DINE (407 939-3483).

• Fireworks Dessert Party at Tomorrowland Terrace (Reserved Seating)
• Fireworks Dessert Party with Plaza Garden Viewing
• After-Fireworks Dessert Party with Plaza Garden Viewing

Disney’s Animal Kingdom – Rivers of Light: We Are One Dessert Party

Feast on delectable desserts before soaking up the sights and sounds of Rivers of Light: We Are One from a reserved seating location at Disney’s Animal Kingdom Theme Park. For more information and to book your reservations, visit the Rivers of Light: We Are One Dessert Party page or call 407 WDW-DINE (407 939-3463).

Disney’s Hollywood Studios – Star Wars: A Galactic Spectacular Dessert Party

Calling all Star Wars fans – enjoy special themed treats, a souvenir stein, and an exclusive viewing area of the popular “Star Wars: A Galactic Spectacular” fireworks show at Disney’s Hollywood Studios with this out-of-this-world dessert party! For more information and to book your reservations, visit the Star Wars: A Galactic Spectacular Dessert Party page or call 407 WDW-DINE (407 939-3483).

Disney’s Hollywood Studios – Fantasmic! Dessert & VIP Viewing Experience

Please your sweet tooth with a delicious dessert experience while enjoying some of the best seats in the house. Pick up a box of freshly-prepared snacks before heading to a VIP reserved seating area for Fantasmic! Then, just sit back and enjoy your treats while watching the nighttime extravagant musical where the forces of good and evil battle it out in Mickey’s dream. For more information and to book your reservations, visit the Fantasmic! Dessert & VIP Viewing Experience page or call 407 WDW-DINE (407 939-3483).

Additional Spectacular Sweet Spots at Walt Disney World Resort

In addition to the fabulous dessert parties around our parks, we have a few additional sweet dining experiences at Disney’s Contemporary Resort and Seven Seas Lagoon near Magic Kingdom Park! For more information on each of these events and to make your reservations, visit their respective pages below or call 407 WDW-DINE (407 939-3483).

• Ferrytale Fireworks: A Sparkling Dessert Cruise (Select Nights through February 2020)
• Pirates & Pals Fireworks Dessert Voyage
• Celebration at the Top – Savor, Sip, and Sparkle at California Grill (Select Nights through November 2019)

Note: All showtimes, experiences, and menus listed above are subject to change without notice.