Originally Posted By myinnerpeterpan For years I’ve often wondered, what does it take to make the Nightmare Before Christmas overlay come together? How many people are needed for all of the interior décor arrangements and details and how many people for the exterior? How many total weeks out of the year are devoted to the overlay? How many people does it take to create the gingerbread house (in the ball room) and how long does it take to get it all put together? Every time I go on the ride, I always have so much fun trying to find all of the new additions and changes…kind of like a where’s Waldo. So if anyone has any info, I would absolutely love to hear about what it takes to “make it all come alive”. Thanks!
Originally Posted By tashajilek I have wondered how they do it too. So i have heard the gingerbread house is real? How this year did they do it with the roof opening up? I love the NBC overlay.
Originally Posted By crapshoot What does it take to put Nightmare Before Christmas together? I would imagine it takes a Skellington Crew. Well, it's not called Laughingplace for nuthin.
Originally Posted By 1Gee1 I've been told that the Gingerbread House is constructed of real gingerbread-cookie shapes, applied over the working structure.
Originally Posted By Bellella Yes the gingerbread house is real. I have smelled it. Intoxicating! How long does it take to decorate the Mansion? I have no idea, but I'd imagine it to take more than two weeks since I'd assume that while the ride's closed up they'd want to do some refurb action too. I can only assume that decorating it is a fun job that they look forward to most of the year, like bringing Christmas decorations down from the attic.
Originally Posted By tashajilek "I've been told that the Gingerbread House is constructed of real gingerbread-cookie shapes, applied over the working structure." It's really amazing. Was this the first year the gingerbread house actually opened up? i remember the house being much smaller a few years back.
Originally Posted By crapshoot <<Yes the gingerbread house is real. I have smelled it. Intoxicating!>> Real gingerbread cookies? I have a hard time believing this given the propensity of rodents and other vermin attracted to carefully stored foodstuffs at DL. Don't forget, the wonderful candy smell on Main Street USA is simply an electric well with vanilla extract poured into it every morning. The same could easily be done with the right concoction mixed together and warmed up.
Originally Posted By MomluvsDisney The Gingerbread house is real, although I believe the smell is piped in. Here is a good descriptions "The foundation is wood and wired for animation, then the house goes to the Disneyland Resort Central Bakery for a 3-week layover to apply more than 500 lbs of gingerbread, ten yards of fondant and miles of frosting and over sized candies." So technically it is edible, although I doubt anyone would really want a piece..lol
Originally Posted By crapshoot << So technically it is edible, although I doubt anyone would really want a piece..lol>> Thanks, that clears up alot. There isn't a rodent on the planet that would get anywhere near fondant.
