Guest of Honor Badges?

[DisneyFix]

Hello,
Where can we get the Guest of Honor badges? Do you get them before you leave for WDW, or do you get them AT WDW? Thank you!:smooth:

[k9disney]

You can do either. Gifts of a lifetime (giftsofalifetime.com)has them available before you go or you can get them once you arrive.
I believe they are available in every park but here's the ones I remember. MK used to have a cart next to Tony's - not sure if it's still there - and MGM has them at the 5&10. I've also seen them at DD.

[Buzz2001]

Here is the location
http://www.giftsofalifetime.com/shopping.html

[auntsue]

I just received mine today. I love them. I am sure they are cheaper at the parks, but since I am going with a large group, I didn't want to have everyone standing around while they were making up seventeen of them. Also, I am putting them into goodie bags I am making up to give everyone before we go, and to be perfectly honest, once I saw them, I couldn't wait six months to get them.

[ceecee]

Does anyone know how much they are at the park's???

[Simba's Mom]

At least as of this past January, they were $5 at MGM. That includes your name custom engraved.

[Pooh93]

I got them through Gifts of a Lifetime before we went on our December trip. The cm's really paid attention to my kids 5 and 3.

[dbail2]

The guest of honor badges are great we have been wearing the same ones for 6 years and my kids always seem to get special attention. The always get called by their names which makes a meeting with Cinderella very special.:jester:

[kristas mom]

I bought my kids GOH badges from gifts of a lifetime before we went this year.
My husband who is a police officer thought it was a really stupid and dangerous idea, but I did it anyway. (how unusual).The cms called the kids by their first names they were sung to by name at the Diamond Horseshoe .
When we were getting ready for the 2nd day at the park my husband checked to make sure they all had their badges on.
I`m getting one for my husband next year.
None of the characters wrote the kids names in the autograph book though. :D

[webmomom]

I bought them from gifts of a life time. I choose to do this as I too was making little gift bags up for the children in the group last dec. I them bougth them for all the adults in the party. All of the adults did wear them. We had a great time with them. Not only do the CM's call the children by name, but they will call the adults by name also. It is really nice when you are eating or anything to be call by name. We also meet some very nice people who thought we were some inportant people with name badges and we would have to explain no we were not. :D :cool: :eek: :jester: ;) :smooth: :p

[imgoingtodisney]

I'll be giving my MIL hers for Mothers Day. 9 yr son will be getting his next week for his birthday along with EpCot passport, character pen and pressed penny book. Husband will be getting his for Fathers Day and of course I ordered one for myself. Thank you Gifts of a Lifetime.

[msr709]

Does anyone know if they sell them at DD and where?:rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes:

[eeyorefanatic]

I am almost positive that we got ours at downtown disney. I have also seen them at the entrance to Mk.

[Simba's Mom]

Last year they were for sale at Downtown Disney at an open-air shop, octagonal shaped (is it called "Captain's Tower"?). They only sold the pre-engraved ones, no custom engraving. And they didn't have a very big selection of names-they didn't have mine, which isn't an unusual name. Cost was the same ($5) as the custom engraved ones.

[nickiclour]

Planning on going to WDW & celebrating my DS Bday. Are GOH badges the same as "Birthday Badges"? I read somewhere that you can go to town hall & tell them it is your Bday & you get a special badge.Are they 1 of the same or different?

Thanks!

[BevS97]

Guest of Honor badges are not the same as Birthday badges.

We got a GoH badge for my dd at MGM - in the 'main street' as you walk in. We looked all over for them in Magic Kingdom and couldn't find them, eventually a CM phoned around for me and told me they only have them in a small shop in Tomorrowland called Ursula Major Minor (I think that's right). As we weren't heading that way, we waited until MGM the following day to get them.

I think it was $5 for a pre-engraved one - and they really made a difference, all the CM's went out of their way to read the badge and call my dd by her name. We also placed a label on the back with her contact info so that if she got lost they would know who her parents were. (She knows all this, but is likely to freeze if she is upset or scared)

I thought it was well worth the $5.

Bev

[DVCajun]

We got one at that shop on the main st. in MGM that does custom embroidery. It was $5.

[musical2]

I saw them last week in Downtown Disney at the MarketPlace in the Christmas shop. They were in the back where they do the engraving.

Bart

[Cinbride]

What exactly are the Guest of Honor Badges?

Thanks.

[GrumpyOne]

They're badges with either Mickey, Minnie or Pooh that say "Guest of Honor" and a name. I got one each for DW & DD last week at the store in MGM that does engraving. You can take one off the rack or they will make one custom.

[FBZ]

How long did it take you to get your GOH badges??

:bounce: :pinkbounc :wave:

[Pooh_forever]

Does anyone know if the GOH badges can be purchased at my local Disney Store? We are going June 2, and I would love to hand them to the kids just before arriving.

Thanks for any info.

Diane

[Simba's Mom]

I've never seen them in any DS I've gone in to. If you're talking about how long before the custom-made ones are ready, they do them right away. Maybe 5-10 minutes (although I got 2 things engraved)

[Pooh_forever]

Thanks for the information, I didn't think the local stores had them.

I'll just have to wait until we get there, and surprise them with something else instead :D

[ZachnElli]

My daughter's name is usually mispronounced when someone sees the full spelling of her name. But we usually call her by the shortened version anyway (which is much easier to read too), should I do her full name or shortened nickname on the badge? She is only 2 and will tell you her name is the shorter version.

[imgoingtodisney]

MIL has had birthday badge in the past. I think she said it does not have her name on it. When I gave her the guest of honor badge for our trip in Oct she commented that the guest of honor badge had her name whereas the birthday badge did not.

[DebbiefromGA]

ZachnElli,

I would have the shortened version (nickname) put on it especially if the longer is usually misprounced (nobody likes that, I have a last name that is misprounced more times than not) and if your DD will tell them that her name is not the longer but the nickname. I hope this makes sense :)

[BevS97]

ZachnElli -

my daughter is called Catherine, or Katie (nearly always Katie), and we had Katie on her badge - if asked her name she would say 'Katie Stephenson, Catherine Louise Stephenson' usually all in one breath - so I think we have managed to really confuse her!

I would get whatever name your dd is comfortable with,

Bev