The holidays are a popular time at Walt Disney World, especially Christmas and Halloween. But, what about Easter at Disney World?
Even though it’s not as big of as a celebration in the parks, there are special ways Disney World celebrates Easter.
This year, Easter Sunday falls on April 9 and the following events will only run for a limited time.
Let’s take a look at the different Easter options that are and aren’t happening at Disney World in 2023.
Easter Events at Disney World in 2023
The Grand Cottage
The Grand Cottage debuted at Disney’s Grand Floridian Resort & Spa in 2022. We’re happy to report that it’s back for the 2023 Easter season!
It’s a cute stand for guests to purchase Easter treats (just like they can at Grand Floridian’s gingerbread house during the holidays).
A range of treats are sold here, including, but not limited to: chocolate bunnies, macarons, cupcakes, ad much more.
This year, the treat stand is open from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily through April 9, 2023.
You can find the Grand Cottage in the main lobby area.
Egg-stravaganza Scavenger Hunt
The Egg-stravangaza Scavenger Hunt (say that 5 times fast) is an Easter-themed activity that’s available for a limited-time at Epcot during the Flower and Garden Festival.
As of March 13, 2023, the scavenger hunt allows guests to hunt for Disney characters on oversized eggs around World Showcase.
You can purchase a map and stickers for $9.99 (plus tax) at either Disney Traders (in World Showcase plaza; towards Mexico) and World Traveler (at International Gateway), while supplies last.
Once you’re finished, you can bring your completed map to any of the locations listed above, where you’ll receive a prize. This year, guests receive one egg featuring either Robin Hood, Marie, the Genie, Patch, the Cheshire Cat, or Dopey.
Important: You don’t need to complete the Egg-stravaganza Scavenger Hunt in one visit or finish it all to receive the prize.
This is similar to other festival-exclusive scavenger hunts, like Spike’s Pollen-Nation Exploration scavenger hunt that occurs every year throughout the entirety of Flower and Garden.
Special Easter Treats
Every year the parks and resorts have Easter goodies available to purchase for a limited time.
Here is everything that you can purchase for a limited time at both the Disney World Resort hotels and Disney Springs.
All-Star Movies, All-Star Music, and All-Star Sports Resort
World Premiere Food Court, Intermission Food Court, and End Zone Food Court (Available April 1 through 30; mobile order available)
- Thumper Carrot Cake: Carrot cake with cream cheese icing (New)
Disney’s Animal Kingdom Lodge
The Mara (Available April 1 through 9; mobile order available)
- Carrot Cake Cheesecake Tart: Carrot cake, pineapple, and vanilla cheesecake (New)
Disney’s Art of Animation Resort and Disney’s Pop Century Resort
Landscape of Flavors and Everything POP Shopping & Dining (Available April 1 through 30; mobile order available)
- Coconut Sugar Bunny Cupcake: Carrot cake with pineapple filling topped with cream cheese buttercream and coconut sugar
Disney’s Beach Club Resort
Beach Club Marketplace (Available March 20 through April 9; mobile order available)
- Carrot Garden Fudge: Chocolate fudge with a vanilla carrot decorated cookie (New)
- Orange-Vanilla Bunny Tart: Orange vanilla mousse with a chocolate filled vanilla tart and orange marmalade (New)
- Easter Chocolate Donald Egg and Easter Chocolate Daisy Egg: Chocolate Easter eggs decorated to look like Donald Duck and Daisy Duck (New)
Beaches & Cream Soda Shop (Available April 1 through 30)
- Carrot Cake Milkshake: Vanilla milkshake with toasted marshmallow, pineapple, and shortcake topped with a specialty carrot cake (New)
Disney’s BoardWalk
BoardWalk Deli and Carousel Coffee (Available April 1 through 9; mobile order available at BoardWalk Deli only)
- Coconut Macaroon Nest: Coconut macaroon and chocolate eggs
- Chocolate-covered Strawberry ‘Carrots’
- Italian Easter Sweet Bread: Citrus-scented dough, almond cream, and filled chocolate egg (New)
Disney’s Caribbean Beach Resort
Centertown Market and Spyglass Grill (Available April 1 through 30; mobile order available)
- Spring Treat Box: Carrot cake with cream cheese icing, mini brownie, lemon shortbread cookies, and a chocolate-dipped strawberry (New)
Disney’s Contemporary Resort
Contempo Café (Available through April 9; mobile order available)
- Spring Bunny Tart: Honey pastry cream topped with lemon curd and strawberry Chantilly cream (New)
- Spring Coconut Macaroons: Coconut macaroon, dulce de leche macaroon, and chocolate macaroon decorated to look like a bunny tail (New)
- Peanut Butter Eggs: Peanut butter milk chocolate crunch egg coated in chocolate (New)
- Hummingbird Cake: Cake with pineapple, banana, and pecans drizzled with caramel icing (New)
- Five-legged Goat Cookie: Citrus-scented gluten free sugar cookie with an edible image of the Five-legged Goat (New) (Gluten/ Wheat Friendly)
Disney’s Coronado Springs Resort
Barcelona Lounge
- Bunny Ear Cupcake: Yellow cupcake flavored with pineapple juice and a pineapple filling topped with buttercream (New) (Available April 1 through 9)
- Bird of Paradise Refresher: Strawberry, lemonade, passion fruit juice, and passion fruit boba (Available April 1 through May 31)
Three Bridges Bar and Grill (Available April 1 through May 31)
- Botanical Blossom Sangria: Macabeo Wine, Ketel One Botanicals Grapefruit & Rose Vodka, Combier Crème Pamplemousse Rose, Lush Grenadine, and Minute Maid Premium Lemonade (New)
Disney’s Grand Floridian Resort & Spa
Gasparilla’s Island Grill (Available through April 9; mobile order available)
- Cream Cheese Carrot Coffee Cake: Carrot coffee cake filled with cream cheese topped with fondant and orange sugar
- Vanilla Bean Cupcake Sampler: Four vanilla bean cupcakes decorated with Easter décor (New)
The Grand Cottage at Disney’s Grand Floridian Resort & Spa Lobby (Available through April 9)
- Back for the second year, The Grand Cottage features over 15 treats hand-crafted by the talented Grand Floridian Resort & Spa Bakery, led by Pastry Chef Kristine Farmer. Be sure to try returning favorites like the Hot-cross Buns, Carrot Blondie Pop, and the Grand Egg as well as exciting new offerings like the Lemon Blueberry Whoopie Pie, Confetti Cake Pop, and the plant-based Bunny burrow Dirt Cup.
Disney’s Old Key West Resort and Disney’s Saratoga Springs Resort & Spa
Good’s Food to Go and The Artist’s Palette (Available April 1 through 30; mobile order available at The Artist’s Palette only)
- Carrot Cake with cream cheese icing
Disney’s Polynesian Village Resort
Pineapple Lanai (Available April 7 through 9)
- Easter Soft-serve: Pink, vanilla soft-serve with toasted marshmallow flavors topped with Easter sprinkles
Disney’s Port Orleans Resort – French Quarter and Riverside
Sassagoula Floatworks and Food Factory and Riverside Mill Food Court (Available April 1 through 30; mobile order available)
- Carrot Patch Cupcake: Carrot cake with cream cheese icing (New)
Disney’s Riviera Resort
Le Petit Café (Available April 1 through 9)
- Golden Egg: Raspberry mousse, milk chocolate mousse, and pistachio financier (New)
Topolino’s Terrace – Flavors of the Riviera (Available April 1 through 9)
- Torta di Carote: Italian carrot cake, mascarpone Cremieux, black currant-raspberry gel, carrot truffles, and brown butter ice cream (New)
Disney’s Wilderness Lodge
Roaring Fork (Available April 1 through 9; mobile order available)
- Chocolate Bunny: Dark chocolate bunny with Easter quins and jellybeans
- Bunny Cupcake: Carrot cake, orange curd filling, and maple buttercream with a cheesecake bunny on top
Geyser Point Bar & Grill (Available April 1 through May 31)
- Spring Margarita Flight featuring Teremana Blanco Tequila with four springtime flavors: Key lime, elderflower, lavender, and grapefruit (New)
Disney’s Yacht Club Resort
Market at Ale & Compass (Available March 20 through April 9; mobile order available)
- Carrot Garden Fudge: Chocolate fudge with a vanilla carrot decorated cookie (New)
- Orange-Vanilla Bunny Tart: Orange vanilla mousse with a chocolate filled vanilla tart and orange marmalade (New)
- Easter Chocolate Donald Egg and Easter Chocolate Daisy Egg: Chocolate Easter eggs decorated to look like Donald Duck and Daisy Duck (New)
Available at Various Disney Resort Hotels
(Available April 1 through May 31; mobile order available)
- Spring (Plant-based) Fling: Chocolate cupcake with vanilla “buttercream” and bouquet of sprinkles (New) (Plant-based) (Gluten/ Wheat Friendly); Available at the following:
- World Premiere Food Court at Disney’s All-Star Movies Resort
- Intermission Food Court at Disney’s All-Star Music Resort
- End Zone Food Court at Disney’s All-Star Sports Resort
- Landscape of Flavors at Disney’s Art of Animation Resort
- Centertown Market at Disney’s Caribbean Beach Resort
- Spyglass Grill at Disney’s Caribbean Beach Resort
- Sassagoula Floatworks and Food Factory at Disney’s Port Orleans Resort – French Quarter
- Riverside Mill Food Court at Disney’s Port Orleans Resort – Riverside
- Everything POP Shopping & Dining at Disney’s Pop Century Resort
Available at Various Table-Service Restaurants and Lounges at Resorts
(Available April 1 through May 31)
- Blood Orange Martini: Skyy Infusions Blood Orange Vodka and orange juice topped with Ruffino Prosecco and garnished with a dehydrated blood orange wheel (New)
Disney Springs
Amorette’s Patisserie (Available April 1 through 9)
- Easter Petit Cake: Vanilla chiffon, berry compote, berry mousse, and cream cheese mousse (New)
The Ganachery (Available through April 9)
- Bunny Minnie Chocolate Piñata: Milk chocolate piñata filled with Easter treats
- Easter Ganache Pop: Strawberry ganache pop enrobed in dark chocolate
- Milk Chocolate Marshmallows: Vanilla marshmallows enrobed in milk chocolate
- Chocolate Surprise Bunny: Milk chocolate bunny filled with marshmallow treats
Swirls on the Water (Available April 1 through 30)
- Easter Basket Nachos: DOLE Whip raspberry, cotton candy soft-serve, jellybeans, raspberry sauce, strawberry boba, whip cream, and waffle chips (New)
- Cotton Candy Cone: DOLE Whip raspberry, cotton candy soft-serve, celebration cone, and sprinkles (New)
Easter Brunches
On Easter Sunday, you can make reservations at select Table Service restaurants for Easter Brunch.
Steakhouse 71 at Disney’s Contemporary Resort is serving an Easter Brunch on Sunday, April 9. You can make reservations via the My Disney Experience app or online.
Here’s what is featured on Steakhouse 71’s 2023 Easter Brunch menu:
- Floridian Eggs Benedict: Two poached eggs and a crab cake with hollandaise atop toasted English muffins served with breakfast potatoes
- Bacon & Eggs: Maple-lacquered pork belly, smoked cheese grits, and a perfect egg
- Exclusive to Brunch: Hummingbird Bread Pudding featuring pineapple, banana, coconut bread pudding with candied pecans, salted caramel, and cream cheese ice cream
Note: This menu is also offered for Mother’s Day in 2023 on Sunday, May 14.
Elaborate Chocolate Easter Egg Displays
One of the most impressive Easter celebrations to happen at Disney World are the giant chocolate Easter egg displays.
Pastry chefs create these massive pieces of edible art in the shape of Easter eggs that also feature favorite Disney elements, like characters and park icons.
You can usually find these eggs at a range of Disney Resort hotels. In 2023, they can be seen at Grand Floridian.
This year’s egg designs at Grand Floridian include Encanto, The Princess and the Frog, Marvel, Spaceship Earth, and more!
Better yet, there is an egg in honor of Kevin from Up! Isn’t she adorable?
You can also typically find smaller, yet still very impressive, egg displays at other resorts, too, including the Contemporary.
There are eggs featuring 101 Dalmatians, Orange Bird, “it’s a small world,” TRON, and The Lion King, to name a few.
This year, Beach Club has also an egg display featuring designs inspired by the Epcot International Flower and Garden Festival.
The Yacht Club lobby has Finding Nemo-inspired eggs.
These eggs are on display for a limited time. Here is the 2023 schedule:
- Disney’s Grand Floridan Resort & Spa: Lobby (March 7-April 9, 2023)
- Disney’s Beach Club Resort: Lobby (March 20-April 9, 2023)
- Disney’s Yacht Club Resort: Lobby (March 20-April 9, 2023)
- Disney’s Contemporary Resort: Fourth floor (March 14-April 9, 2023)
Mr. and Mrs. Easter Bunny Meet and Greet
Meeting the Easter Bunny has been a tradition for many of us since we were little kids and sometimes Disney World continues with that tradition.
Over the past years, guests visiting Magic Kingdom have had the chance to meet Mr. and Mrs. Easter Bunny between the Chamber of Commerce and City Hall.
Typically, this meet and greet runs for about a couple weeks leading up to Easter Sunday. A Disney PhotoPass photographer is also usually available to take photos.
In 2021, Mr. and Mrs. Easter Bunny made a socially-distanced appearance at Magic Kingdom — and that continued in 2022.
You could spot Mr. and Mrs. Easter Bunny in the Magic Kingdom hub closest to Crystal Palace for socially-distanced fun.
Seeing as traditional character meet and greets are back in full force at Disney World, we expect guests will be able to take regular photos with the bunny couple in 2023. We’ll let you know as soon as we learn more.
Build Your Own Easter Basket
At the resorts, you can usually build your own Easter basket or even pre-made totes or trays.
Pricing in 2022 was as follows: an initial charge of $7.00 for pre-made baskets and $4.00 for pre-made totes or trays.
For baskets, Cast Members will build it, which includes a traditional Easter basket, grass, wrap, gift tag, and bow.
Whatever you choose to put in the basket is an additional charge for the going price of that item. But, you don’t have to use items purchased at Disney. You can fill the basket with items you’ve purchased elsewhere.
Depending, some resorts may even offer the option of having these Easter baskets delivered by Easter “bunnies” to rooms early Easter Sunday between specific times.
This delivery option is complimentary.
As you can see above, there are also pre-made baskets, but they can be customized.
Some aren’t cheap and range in price. We’ve seen them priced at around $99, $103, $104, and $123. It just depends what you purchase.
Easter Services
You can usually attend a religious service on Easter Sunday at Disney’s Contemporary Resort. In 2022, the service took place at 8 a.m. in the Fantasia Ballroom at the Contemporary.
We’ve also seen services in the past that have taken place in the Fantasia Ballroom at different times, usually at 8 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. for Catholic Mass and at 9:15 a.m. for Protestant Service. Reservations and/or registration were never required to attend.
We’re not sure just yet what will occur in 2023. According to Plan Disney, details have not been released yet for Easter 2023 religious services.
“Specific details as to when and where the service will be held won’t be released until closer to the actual day,” Plan Disney stated in December 2022.
In 2022, the Contemporary also had a sign detailing a list of local churches offering in-person services or live-stream offerings. The churches were St. Luke’s United Methodist Church and Mary Queen of the Universe Basilica.
Here are the services, dates, and times from 2022 (we’ll update with 2023 details if or when they’re posted):
St. Luke’s United Methodist Church
Address: 4851 S. Apopka Vineland Road Orlando, Florida 32819
In-Person (contemporary and traditional services are available)
- Holy Thursday Service: Thursday, April 14 at 7 p.m.
- Good Friday Service: Friday, April 15 at 7:30 p.m.
- Easter Service: Sunday, April 17 at 9:30 a.m. and 11 a.m.
Live Stream (traditional service)
- Holy Thursday Service: Thursday, April 14 at 7 p.m.
- Good Friday Service: Friday, April 15 at 7:30 p.m.
- Easter Service: Sunday, April 17 at 11 a.m.
Mary Queen of the Universe Basilica
Address: 8300 Vineland Road Orlando, Florida 32821
In-Person
- Easter Service: Sunday, April 17 at 8 a.m., 10 a.m., and 12 p.m.
Live Stream
- Holy Thursday Service: Thursday, April 14 at 6 p.m.
- Easter Service: Sunday, April 17 at 10 a.m.
If there are services being held at the Contemporary and if you’re planning to drive, it’s important to note that if you don’t have a dining reservation or are not a guest staying at the hotel, you might not be able to park at the resort.
You can always utilize Disney World transportation or try rideshare services.
Easter Merchandise
Disney World always has merchandise on sale for most holidays and Easter is no different.
In 2023, there are a range of Easter items available for purchase, including on shopDisney, like Mickey, Minnie, Winnie the Pooh, and Stitch plushes.
You can also purchase these adorable new “Minnie Mouse Reigning Rabbits Ear Headband for Adults,” which are priced at $34.99.
Plus, Dooney & Bourke has a “Disney Rabbits Dooney & Bourke” collection that features a backpack, a satchel bag, and a crossbody bag.
Be sure to browse shopDisney for more Easter merchandise. You can even look at the shops inside the parks to see what’s available.
Easter Pre-Parade
While not a full-fledged parade, Disney World is known for having an Easter-themed cavalcade of sorts that runs about 15 minutes before each showing of the Disney Festival of Fantasy Parade at Magic Kingdom.
You can usually see it closer to Easter, like a day before the actual holiday and then on Easter.
In 2022, the pre-parade featured Cast Members in Easter attire, Mr. and Mrs. Easter Bunny, characters from Fantasia, and operatic chicken Clara Cluck. The song “Easter Parade” and “Spring, Spring, Spring” also played.
However, the Azalea Trail Minds were not part of the parade in 2022 (we don’t know if they will return in 2023).
The Azaela Trail Maids consist of a group of 50 young women chosen every year to serve as “Official Ambassadors” for Mobile, Alabama.
The Azalea Trail Maids wear ruffled pastel dresses and hoop skirts. This has been a 40-year-long-plus tradition at Disney World for the group to march on Easter.
Obviously, the Easter pre-parade didn’t run in 2020 due to the pandemic, along with it being absent in 2021.
Is Easter Busy at Walt Disney World?
Easter is usually one of the busiest times of year to visit Disney World due to it being a holiday and many guests having time off work and school.
Here’s what we predict for Easter crowds in 2023:
- April 1-7 – heavy crowds kick off April
- April 8-12 – peak Easter crowds, with the heaviest days on Easter Weekend
- April 13-16 – very heavy crowds continue due to the combination of people enjoying a long holiday week and guests traveling to WDW for the runDisney Springtime Surprise race
Of course, it’s important to remember that you can’t compare this year’s crowds to previous years. When we predict that crowds will be “heavy,” we mean that on those dates the crowds will be heavier when compared to the rest of the year.
If you’re worried about navigating Easter crowds, check out our Crowd Calendar for more tips. Be sure to also take a look at how Early Theme Park Entry and Extended Evening Theme Park Hours — and to see if you’re eligible to take advantage of either or both!
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