D23 Fa la la la Lounge - Disney Jollywood Nights

Who doesn’t love adding a little Muppet Mayhem to your Holiday Happening? In collaboration with the Disney Parks Synergy Team and The Muppet Studios, D23 put together an epic private lounge available to D23 Gold Members. The classiest Pizza establishment in Disney’s Hollywood Studios opened its doors to D23 Gold Members for two select evenings of Disney Jollywood Nights at Walt Disney World, hosting a laid-back winter fun-derland, bringing the jolly and joyous to this holiday season.

A critically acclaimed eatery off grand avenue, PizzeRizzo boasts the city’s top-rated Pizza. It’s purveyor, cheese-afficionado and renowned visionary Rizzo the Rat, serves up highbrow taste to every patron who walks through the doors. When D23: The Official Disney Fan Club first approached Rizzo about bringing the holidays to PizzeRizzo, he brought more ideas to the table than we could have ever imagined. As one of the perennial stars of The Muppet Christmas Carol, Rizzo’s connection to the holidays is undoubtably profound.

With that inspiration and more, the Deluxe Supreme banquet hall of PizzeRizzo warmly played host to the D23 Fa La La La Lounge. The venue was adorned with fantastically festive decorations that could only be described as “just the right amount of cheesy”.  From banners displaying holiday wishes like “Pizza on Earth” and “Let it Dough”, to a special makeover of the iconic PizzeRizzo logo, featuring a bearded Rizzo as Jolly Saint Nick.

D23 Members could also snap a picture in front of an extra-large pizza box (Served up as part of Order #1923, of course), and find miniaturized versions of these special pizza boxes displayed on colorfully lit trees and garland around the Lounge.

Members were invited to kick back and snack on the essentials during these special evenings. And by “essentials” we mean Hot Cocoa and Yolanda’s Semi-famous Garlic Breadsticks… what more could anyone ask for? And, in addition to taking advantage of some pizza-themed charging stations, Members could enjoy a seasonal scavenger hunt – locating 12 Rats of Christmas displayed as miniatured ornaments around the lounge. If members located them all, they could discover the “12 Pies of Christmas (Rizzo’s Version)” … with lyrics featuring a plethora of tasty pizza orders from Rizzo’s crew. As Disney Jollywood Nights drew to a close, D23 Members could catch the nighttime spectacular Jingle Bell, Jingle Bam! from an exclusive viewing area.

And what would be the holidays without a few special gifts to give? D23 Members who visited the Fa La La La Lounge received a commemorative event credential, bearing an illustration of the Holiday PizzeRizzo Pizza Box. Since rats like Rizzo can’t stand waste, members could transform their credential into a commemorative ornament at the end of the night – turning their holiday trash into TREASURE! Additionally, guests were gifted with an exclusive PizzeRizzo can-cooler (a very “hot commodity”, ironically). And to close out the Christmas goodies, all attendees were gifted a complimentary light-up sipper of Star from Walt Disney Animation Studios latest classic - Wish!