We are live blogging Freeform's Decorating Disney: Holiday Magic special
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It wouldn't be a Disney holiday special without the "Castle float"
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The special starts off with Cars Land at Disney California Adventure. and the Sleeping Beauty Castle Holiday overlay.
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The use four lifts to install the Wintertime Enhcanment to Sleeping Beauty Castle overnight
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Now Whoopi Goldberg is talking about the warehouses that hold Walt Disney World's holiday decorations.
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There are nine "iconic" Christmas trees across Walt Disney World.
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The trees can weigh up to 40,000 pounds.
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The caravan of tree pieces take the whole road so Orange County Sheriff's Office assists with their transport from the warehouses to the tree's destination.
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The popcorn on the Magic Kingdom is made to recreate the look of the original 1971 tree.
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They just said that the story behind "it's a small world" is that it is raining outside so all the kids pull out construction paper and start a "trip around the world" art project. Have you heard that before?
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50,000 lights are installed on the facade of "it's a small world" holiday.
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There are 350,000 mini lights installed on the trees, hedges, bushes, and topiaries of "it's a small world" holiday.
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They start baking the Gingerbread for the house at the Grand Floridian in August.
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Disney Legend Whoopi Goldberg visits the Grand Floridian Gingerbread House every year.
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The chefs presented Whoopi with her own "smaller" version of the Gingerbread House including a little Whoopi.
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The Grand Floridian Gingerbread House takes a ton of flour, 1000lbs of honey, 800lbs of sugar, and 150lbs of chocolate.
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The gingerbread house inside Haunted Mansion Holiday is new each year. They modified the original table to be able to install the house.
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Imagineer Kim Irvine, the original Madame Leota's daughter, is in the crystal ball for Haunted Mansion Holiday.
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The nursery manager at Walt Disney World is an opening day cast member. They use more than 119,000 poinsettias this year.
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There are 18 topiaries for the holidays at Epcot.
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This is Heather Will-Browne final holiday installation. She is retiring after 46 years.
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In the background of the parade rehearsal, you can see the storage place for the Electrical Water Pagent.
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They call the movement on floats "armography" since they can't really move their feet.
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That's a wrap! Happy Holidays!
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