Six Ravens: How to Actually Snag Gideon's Hand Pies

Published August 4, 2026 · Updated September 9, 2026

The people behind Gideon’s Bakehouse just opened Six Ravens at Disney Springs — same team, but this time the star is savory hand pies instead of those famous cookies. Here’s the bottom line before you rearrange your day around it: this is a snack detour, not a headliner. Worth it if you’re already a Gideon’s fan or you’ve got a Disney Springs evening on the calendar. If you’re staring down a packed park day, it can absolutely wait for next trip.

But if you’re going, there’s a right way and a wrong way to do it — and the difference is whether you walk up to a locked-out virtual queue or bite into a warm pie ten minutes after you arrive. Let’s get you the smart version.

You don’t need a park ticket — and that’s the whole angle

The most underrated thing about Six Ravens: it’s at Disney Springs, which is free to walk into. No park ticket, no park reservation, nothing. That changes the math completely.

It means Six Ravens is the move on an arrival day or a departure day — the awkward hours when you don’t want to burn a full ticket but you’re already in the Disney bubble. Flying in mid-afternoon? Drop your bags, bus or boat over to Disney Springs, and make this your first real Disney bite of the trip. It’s also the low-stress dinner plan for a designated “day off” from the parks, which most families underrate and then wish they’d built in.

Smart move: if you’re staying on-site, Disney Springs has free transportation, so getting there costs you nothing but time. Check which option your resort uses — some connect by boat, most by bus — and factor the ride in, because Disney Springs transportation can run slower than park buses at peak hours.

The virtual queue is the whole game

Gideon’s built its Disney Springs reputation partly on a virtual queue, and Six Ravens works on the same idea: you don’t just stroll up and order at busy times — you join a digital line and get pinged when it’s your turn. Get this wrong and you’re stuck; get it right and you barely wait at all.

Here’s what that means for your plan. Based on how the original Gideon’s tends to operate, the queue can fill for the day, and popular windows go first. So the tactic is simple: join the virtual queue the moment you’re able to, not when you’re hungry. Get in line first, then go shop, grab a drink, or wander Disney Springs while your spot holds. Treat the queue like a reservation you’re earning by being early, not a line you stand in.

If you’re arriving later in the day and the queue’s already capped, don’t stand around hoping — pivot. Disney Springs is stacked with other food, and a hand pie isn’t worth wrecking your evening over.

This is exactly the kind of thing SupaPark is built to watch: live crowd forecasts and best-time-to-go patterns tell you when Disney Springs is quietest, so you can time your run for the softest window instead of walking into the after-dinner crush. Nobody reads the ebb and flow of a Disney day like SupaPark does — use it to pick your hour before you leave the resort.

Is it actually worth it? Here’s the honest read

A savory hand pie from a beloved bakery is a fun, specific thing — the kind of “only at Disney” bite that makes a trip feel like a trip. But let’s be real about what it is: a snack, priced like a Disney snack. That’s fine if you go in clear-eyed.

Who it’s worth it for: Gideon’s loyalists, food-first travelers who plan around eating, and anyone with unstructured Disney Springs time to fill. Who should skip or defer: families trying to squeeze in every last minute of park time, and anyone on a tight food budget where every dollar is spoken for. A specialty hand pie is a want, not a need — and Disney Springs will happily separate you from your money if you let a snack turn into an impulse haul.

The veteran read: don’t build a whole outing around it. Fold it into something you’re already doing — a Disney Springs dinner, some shopping, a movie — so the pie is a bonus, not the entire reason you crossed the property.

Eat smart: the budget moves veterans actually use

Disney dining adds up fast — for a lot of families it’s one of the single biggest line items of the whole trip. A few durable tricks keep a Six Ravens stop from snowballing:

Share instead of doubling up. A couple of hand pies split across the group is plenty to taste the concept without ordering one per person. You came for the experience, not to get full on pastry.
Don’t make it the meal. A hand pie is a great snack and an expensive dinner. If it’s actually dinnertime, eat somewhere with real value and treat Six Ravens as the after.
Adults can order off kids’ menus at plenty of Disney counter spots if you’re a light eater — a handy money-saver to keep in your back pocket for the rest of your Disney Springs food, so the splurge snack fits the budget.

None of this is about being cheap — it’s about spending where it counts. Blow the budget on the thing you’ll remember, not on three of everything because it smelled good.

The one thing to remember

Six Ravens is a fun, low-commitment addition to a Disney Springs visit — not a reason to reshuffle a park day. Go on an arrival, departure, or day-off, join the virtual queue first thing so you’re not locked out, share a pie or two instead of overbuying, and time your run for a quieter window. Do that and it’s a genuinely great little detour. Force it into an already-full day and it’s just stress with a crust. Let SupaPark tell you when Disney Springs is calm, and make it the easy win it’s meant to be.

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SupaPark tracks live wait times and crowd forecasts, and pings you the second a hard-to-get reservation opens or a ride goes walk-on — free to start at supapark.com.

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