Disney Souvenirs

Below are all the posts I have written about Disney souvenirs. This includes articles on popular souvenirs, money saving tips, stores in the Disney Parks and more. Posts are in order of newest to oldest.

Apr

8:00 pm

Disney Training: How Much Souvenirs Cost

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Souvenirs in the Disney Parks aren’t always cheap, but knowing how much they cost can help you set your spending budget. Here is the approximate costs of the most popular souvenirs (this list was compiled last week by my friend Melissa).

Adult Sweatshirts – $44.95 – $59.95

Wind Jacket – $89.95

Adult Shirts:
Womens – $29.95
Mens – $27.95

Children’s Clothing:
Toddler shirts – $14.59
Youth shirts – $19.95
Sweatshirts – $29.95
Romper – $29.95

Mickey Ears:
Plain – $13.95
Mad Hatter – $16.95
Minnie – $16.95
Grad Caps – $19.95
Character – $17.95
Minnie Headband – $14.95
Princess Hat – $18.95 w/ Minnie Ears – $19.95
Goofy – $24.95
Sorceror Mickey – $24.95
Chip & Dale – $19.95
Happy Birthday – $29.95

Frames:
4×6 – $17.95

Keychains:
Mickey with name – $7.95
Foam $4.95

Mickey Antennae Topper – 5.95

Pins:
Pink Dot Price – $12.95
Yellow Dot Price – $10.95
Blue Dot Price – $8.95
Red Dot Price – $7.95
Green Dot Price – $6.95

Autograph Book – $6.95 – $14.95

Plushes – $14.95 and up

Light Up Toys – $14.95 and up

Character Figurine Sets – $14.95

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Nov

3:30 pm

Disney Training: Tinker Bell Gifts

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One way that I cut down on our souvenir expenses and encourage my kids to behave is with Tinker Bell Gifts. Tinker Bell Gifts are little gifts that Tinker Bell brings to your children to reward them for good behavior and to give them a little bit of magic.

Our Tinker Bell Gifts are bought at either the Dollar Tree, the Dollar Spot at Target or the Dollar Aisle at Michael’s. I wrap the gifts and sneak them into the suitcase. Tinker Bell visits them each morning with a new gift if they have been good the day before. I love this because all I have to say is “Don’t forget that Tinker Bell is watching you!” and it will stop any melt down or temper tantrum they are having.

I went today to pick up the items and wow! If you haven’t been to the Dollar Spot at Target lately, you need to go. I found a ton of awesome things for the kids. And I even found fairy dust at the Dollar Tree.

I spent $18.00 for everything pictured above, but it is definitely $18 well spent.

Disney World is the Most Magical Place On Earth. Be sure to learn how to make the most of your trip by reading the Disney World Training series. You can also browse all the articles I have written in an easy to use outline. And if you are ready to book your trip, be sure to read about the perks of using an authorized Disney vacation planner (plus it’s FREE!).

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Nov

12:30 pm

Saving at Disney: Bring Some Past Souvenirs Back to the Parks

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One way I save on souvenirs at Disney World is to bring past souvenirs with us. Yesterday I put new batteries in our 4 light up toys and packed them for the trip. This way the kids can still have fun with their light up toys and I can get my money’s worth.

I also take the dolls, stuffed animals, cars, etc that they bought on past trips to play with in the hotel room.

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Sep

8:30 pm

Top 15 Super Cheap Disney World Souvenirs

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Souvenir shopping is part of the fun of visiting Disney World, but it can get expensive. I know Chip is old school Pin Collector but with Vinylmations on the rise there is something for everyone at Disney.

Here are our top 15 souvenirs on the cheap:

1. T-Shirts, Souvenirs – Let me start by saying you won’t find the exact things you’ll find in the parks, but you might be surprised at the volume of t-shirts, kids’ toys, and costumes you’ll find at stores just off-site. Check out places like Winn-Dixie and Walgreens on SR 535 (that’s just a few blocks from Downtown Disney) for a nice selection. Best of all, they’re often very inexpensive.

2. The luggage tags Disney sends you when you book your trip are a cute way to remember your trip.

3. Try out the pressed penny stations throughout the parks. Check out this article – Penny Palooza for more details!

4. Give your kid his or her first haircut in the Magic Kingom’s Barber Shop and you’ll get a free set of mouse ears, all for under $20.

5. Visit the Kidcot stations in Epcot where your child can make a craft.

6. Hoard your Mickey soaps, shower gels, and shampoos! I like using Disney’s H20 products at the gym, where it gives me a little bit of post-workout Disney happiness.

7. Go to the Japan Pavilion and pick a pearl from an oyster for around $15. Settings for your pearl start at around $10. Tip: Pick your pearl from the biggest, ugliest oyster you see.

8. During the Christmas holidays, you can get a cute souvenir ornament for your tree for under $15.

9. Buy a Disney picture frame or scrapbook (many under $20) to organize all those photos.

10. Antenna toppers are only $4.95. Not only do they help you find your car in a crowded parking lot, they let other Disney nerds know they’re in good company.

11. Disney towels, particularly those for the kitchen, are an inexpensive way to remember your trip.

12. Pens and pencils. Pencils are super-cheap and make cute gifts for your kids to bring back to their friends.

13. Recyclable grocery bags are only $4, come in bright happy colors, and remind you of your trip when you’re schlepping around your hometown grocery store.

14. Shot glasses from the countries in Epcot.

15. Disney plates and cups are not just for kids–many of them are suitable for the adult dinner table.

So what are some inexpensive items you like to buy at Disney World? Let us know in the comment box below.

Chris from Chip and Co and Everything WDW

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Jun

7:30 pm

Top 5 Places to Find Unique Merchandise at Disney World

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Many stores in WDW tend to sell the same type of merchandise. For shoppers, this can be frustrating; but fortunately there are a some stores in WDW that sell unique merchandise that is difficult to find anywhere else on property. Here are the Chip and Company Top 5 Favorite Places to Find Unique Merchandise at Disney World.

Epcot’s World Showcase: All of the shops found in Epcot’s World Showcase nations offer merchandise native to their individual countries. Here you can find souvenirs, candy, jewelry, perfume, and more from all around the world without ever leaving Florida! This location is a shopaholic’s dream!
Grand Floridian Resort and Spa: Unlike other Disney Resorts, the Grand Floridian has a variety of shops that offer both typical merchandise you can find everywhere and unique merchandise. Our favorite items to purchase at Grand Floridian are Disney Dooney and Bourke bags and Grand Floridian bathrobes! With the variety of shops and different merchandise, this resort is a shopping destination within itself.
Hollywood Studios: At the exit of many of Hollywood Studios attractions are gift shops selling unique merchandise reflecting the ride itself and its characters. For example, at the exit of Rock n’ Roller Coaster and Star Tours, you will find Aerosmith souvenirs and Star Wars merchandise! Tower of Terror also has a gift shop selling Twilight Zone products, Tower of Terror bathrobes, hotel keys, and other hotel items with the Tower of Terror logo! Indiana Jones Epic Stunt Spectacular also has a shop selling replica Indy hats, jackets, and posters around the corner from the show. Finally, one of our favorites is a little shack near the park’s entrance known as Sid Cahuenga’s. This shop sells film posters and autographed photos of major celebrities, past and present. It’s a definite stop for any movie buff!
Test Track: After exiting Test Track, you will be ushered into a showroom where you can get a glimpse of new cars that have been released! Guests are free to even sit in the cars and peer through the windows; and there are individuals nearby to answer any questions you might have about the cars. Who knew you could car shop at Disney World? There is also a gift shop selling Test Track themed merchandise, as well as hats, t-shirts, and more displaying different auto brand logos. Ladies, this is one shopping destination that men will enjoy!
Resorts: Disney’s deluxe resorts are known to have a variety unique merchandise that reflect their resorts that can’t be found anywhere else. Two of our favorites are Animal Kingdom Lodge’s Zwadi Marketplace and Wilderness Lodge’s Wilderness Mercantile. Zwadi sells great resort souvenirs, as well as carved animals, baskets, drums, and other African influenced items. Wilderness Mercantile sells great jackets and tees with the Lodge’s logo, as well resort artwork, carved souvenirs, natural beauty products, and plush characters in wilderness apparel.

So what are your favorite places to find unique Merchandise at Walt Disney World?

Let me know in the comment box below.

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Jun

5:30 pm

Disney Training: Iron on Disney shirts

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Check out these easy to make iron on Disney shirts.

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Jun

3:30 pm

Disney Training: Make your own personalized shirts at home

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Check out these awesome shirts you can make at home from Save it Somewhere.

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Jun

3:46 pm

Disney Training: Homemade Disney Outfits

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Check out the adorable outfits my reader Suzanne makes. Here’s what she has to say…

I LOVE coming with with new ‘Disney’ clothes for my kids each year, we just got back 2 weeks ago and my 3 year old alredy has placed her order for a Mary Poppins Jolly Holiday dress, and an Alice in Wonderland dress!!! Tink shirt and pants and Smee shirt for Pirates and pals fireworks voyage; Lilo dress and Stitch shirt for OHana breakfast, Sorcerer Mickey shirt for HS, Snow White short set for meeting Snow White, Epcot ball with mouse ears for Epcot…so fun to plan!

I get the fabric from a number of places: JoAnn, WalMart, quilt shops, and eBay. I think the Snow White is my favorite too. It is so pratical for the park…no pretty dress to worry about getting dirty, or caught in anything…The Snow White fab is from a quilt shop in PA. My brother lives in Philly, and we ( my mom and I) buy different, interesting fabric when we see it, just to have.

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May

4:00 pm

Disney Training: More matching shirts from my readers….

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1-5. From my reader Sherri….Actually, my family LOVES doing the matching shirt thing…makes it easy to keep track of each other!! Here are some of ours over the last couple of years…most we’ve made, a couple that we bought that way….

6-8. From my reader Cindy… Here are a couple pics of the type of shirts we wear when we go on vacation. Not just to DIsney but anywhere. We always have most days where we match or have some sort of theme. Makes it easy to remember what people are wearing when you get separated from them. I always did this with my oldest 3 when we went places so if one would get lost I could hold up one of the others and say “He looks just like this” My boys all looked a lot alike when they were little. These are the type of shirts we did when we went last time: We had 2 different colored shirts for 2 days that said “Biegel/Teeple family vacation to Walt Disney World 2010″ One set of them had on the back for each member of our family~I am the papa, I am the nana, I am the mom, I am the dad, I am the Biggest Brother, I am the Bigger Brother, I am the Big Brother, I am the Baby Brother. I made them using T-shirts I found on sale for $1 each, and Iron on transfers that i made with my computer. We also walk every year in an Autism Awareness Walk a Thon so we always wear those, We also each picked out our favorite baseball teams and each wore a shirt from those. We didn’t limit our “matching” theme to just our shirts, we all dressed as toy story characters for the Mickey’s Not so Scary Halloween party. I even made my parents Mr & Mrs Potato Head costumes. If we don’t have matching shirts we at least try to wear the same color shirts. Makes it easier to spot in the crows of people. Sometimes it is hard when we go to match everyone because we always travel with my parents too so to find matching shirts for 8 people from sizes 2T-2XL can be hard!! Hope you find this email fun and maybe gave some people some ideas!

9-10. From my reader Stacy… These are the shirts we made before our last Disney trip Oct 2010. I wrote on your blog that I used a cricut machine and my disney cartridge to cut out the mouse head and our names witht the Disney font. Then I bought the t-shirts and spray dye at walmart in the craft section. I laid the cut- outs on the shirts and we each sprayed our own shirt. Once you take the cut- out off you have a mickey shirt! We should be able to wear theese again in Dec when we go- except for the baby! I’ll have to make her a new one.

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May

2:00 pm

Disney Training: More matching shirts from the readers

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1. From my reader Kim… We went to Disney with 3 of our 4 kids in 2010. We ordered our shirts from a gal on Etsy – and chose patriotic because my husband is active army. We’re ordering shirts again for our trip in September. We were known everywhere in Disney as the “tie dye family”. LOL! Great fun!! And very easy to keep up with each other.

2 – 8. From my reader Pam… We went in August 2010. I even had matching PJ’s for the boys and we cased the shirts on which park we were going to each day. The boys also had matching baseball hats and Mickey crocs. We also made matching pins for everyone.
matching shirts for Pirate and Pals voyage for the boys.(DISBoards)
Mickey Zebra heads made on the Cricut by me
This one is a Stormtrooper Mickey bar shirt for my DH and boys.(DIS boards)
Pirate Mickey and Minnie from Etsy.
This picture is the CLub Penguin, only the boys had them.(DIS Boards)
This one are Mickey heads we tye dyed ourselves.
Finally, Penn State pride came to WDW, too. I had a matching tank, but I was taking the picture. Made on the Cricut by me.

9. From my reader Amy… I bought our shirts at the Disney Store outlet in Gatlinburg for $5 each. When I saw the price, I just had to buy one for all of us. We wore them to Epcot. Attached is our photo. Thanks for letting me share.

10. From my reader Rebecca…. These are the Disney 2010 tshirts that we are all wearing, And I am holding the smallest one we could find up to the baby’s back. Just thought I would share:)

11. From my reader Kimmy… My family always loved Winnie the Pooh. All the girls grew up doing the “Up Down Touch the Ground” song and dance. And so when we went on a family trip we decided to get these shirts instead of traditional Mickey Mouse ones. I liked that they weren’t so obviously “family reunion” shirts but still made us feel special when we were all together. I can’t remember where we got them (zazzle I think) but I still have it and wear it around the house on a lazy day.

12. From my reader Kathleen… Well, at least boys and girls matching sweatshirts I got on sale at the Disney store before our Dec trip! My kids all have a set of matching Disney t-shirts… sadly I have no pictures as it was too cold when we were there! We have pictures of us wearing these same sweatshirts nearly every day! My cheapest Disney shirt trick was to buy cheap t-shirts from Hobby Lobby (red), print out the Mickey icon, cut it out to make a stencil and then paint in Mickey with black fabric paint. Very simple, very cute, and very cheap (you can get a child’s shirt for about $3, cheaper if you print off the online coupons or wait til they are on sale!)

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