Gideons Bakehous

[melissa70]

Is this place still insanely busy? I guess it will definitely be at Christmas time lol

 

[abdgeek]

Is this place still insanely busy? I guess it will definitely be at Christmas time lol

From what I understand, it’s always busy. The earlier you can get there, to get in line the better. I was there last October. My group had a 5:30pm dinner reservation. We got to Disney Springs around 4 pm, but everyone wanted to shop so I didn’t get to Gideon’s until about 5pm. I thought I’d be able to walk in at that time. Wrong!! It was a 3 hour wait once I put my name on the list. We finished dinner about 7:30pm and no one wanted to wait for another hour with me until it was my turn to shop. I finally got the text around 8:30pm to return and get in line. The store is pretty small, so they only let a couple people in at a time. For me it was well worth the wait. Just be prepared to hang out at Disney Springs until you’re called to return to shop. They do run out of items, so if you have something you absolutely have to get…

 

[nursejackie]

I really do not want to spend time queuing for this place in the hot, humid August weather on our next trip, but my nephew is insistent he tries it, so it's interesting to read they have a return texting system in place.

 

[The Foolish Mortal]

I officially retract my comment in the other Gideon's thread about there only being a new Gideon's thread every month. We are back to weekly lol

 

[NickC]

We were there at the beginning of the month. We like to make a dining reservation and stop at Gideons to get on the wait list before hand. This time, they said there was no virtual queue. Just get in line and wait. It was maybe 30 minutes until we were inside.
The time before that, we finished dinner and did some shopping before we were called. I guess it's just luck of the draw?

 

[THEDISNEYTHREE]

We were there last Thursday around 2 pm in the afternoon. There was no virtual queue and it only took about 20 minutes to get inside.

 

[NJlauren]

I’ve waited twice recently both times about 30 minutes once in the morning on a Monday at open and once Friday evening.

If you have a car drive to the other location no wait at all

 

[gatordoc]

I’ve waited twice recently both times about 30 minutes once in the morning on a Monday at open and once Friday evening.

If you have a car drive to the other location no wait at all

Plus you can preorder at the other location and just walk in and pick up. We stop there on every WDW trip, whether from home or from the airport.

 

[melissa70]

Plus you can preorder at the other location and just walk in and pick up. We stop there on every WDW trip, whether from home or from the airport.

Is it far from Disney? I thought I saw it was 40 minutes away

 

[gatordoc]

It’s about a half hour drive from WDW. But on the way if you’re driving from the airport or from the north.

 

[eandt]

Is this place still insanely busy? I guess it will definitely be at Christmas time lol

Didn’t look thst busy last week the 2 afternoons we were at Disney Springs but if you want a great cookie/baked good without the wait go to Summer House … you won’t be sorry

 

[hrhdhd]

It’s about a half hour drive from WDW. But on the way if you’re driving from the airport or from the north.

The Gideon's in the East End Market is not on the way to WDW from MCO. See map.

 

[jimmymc]

Yes, still busy. Expect at least a 30 minute wait, up to 5+ hours if they have a virtual queue.

 

[gatordoc]

The Gideon's in the East End Market is not on the way to WDW from MCO. See map.

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True, not exactly. But still worth the trip if you have a car IMO (and we also stop at the Publix just down the street).