As an adult what chotkes, knicknacks, souvenirs do you buy when on vactaion at WDW?

[luckybug618]

So as kid I always got these tin bookmarks from Fort Wilderness, they came in sets of 4 and had what is now considered classic characters. Once I tried collecting character bells. Literally little bells you could ring, got one and couldn't find them again.

As an adult I haven't bought any souvenirs in 4 trips. Curious what other adults (ages 20+) choose as a keepsake.....

If I ever won the $500 shopping spree from YOAMD, I'd buy things for my students, what about you?

 

[dahirsh]

I'm kind of boring. Pins and antenna toppers mostly. I keep saying that I'm finally going to buy myself something nice, but haven't yet. Maybe with my $200 gift card next month

 

[black562]

Figurines, artwork, things from the different countries at Epcot. I usually spend around $500 each trip on souveniers. Its funny cause each time I go I'm thinking "I got everything I wanted last time, probably won't buy much this time..." Then I go and find all this new stuff I never saw before....figures.

 

[jadedbeauty14304]

I like to look for unusual jewelery from the different countries at Epcot, I like little animal figurines, and I like looking for unusual things I won't find at home. Last trip I found a small Chinese Calligraphy set in the Yak and Yeti gift shop.

 

[hiwaygal]

We like the pressed pennies. We don't go very often so we still have a lot to get. I suppose at some point we might have to graduate to the quarters. I like them because they are cheap and easy to store (with the little books) and I don't have to dust them!

We also buy pins...not for trading, we just like them. We put them in shadow boxes and they are on display.

I also like the antenna toppers (you can make really cute "bouquets" with them) and the refillable mugs.

We also tend to get resort specific stuff (i.e. pens, Christmas ornaments, etc.).

DH likes t-shirts...I think he got like 5 or 6 last trip!

We can't afford a lot of bigger stuff and even if we could our house is small and we just don't need the clutter.

 

[yarlenna]

I save all the paper things I see and put them in my scrapbook. I try to not get any souvenirs. I save the money for the next trip.

 

[StageTek]

I buy coffee mugs and caps. Sometimes stuff for the kitchen.

 

[teachermom]

The add a charm bracelets are nice and you can find different charms in different parks and resorts. The have the same basic selection where ever you go but you can find a few that are unique to your location. I am not the only 35 year old who collects them. My friend does also. By the way we are both teachers.

 

[DisTeach]

I'm a bit fan of pens. Exciting, I know lol. I especially like the holiday ones!

Can't have a trip without the obligatory mug for school coffee use!

Pretty much anything I see that is cool, I pick up because I never know if I'll see it again.

 

[JohnEric]

My tradition is to get a candy-covered, chocolate-covered, caramel-covered apple on each trip (or, sometimes, on each day of a multi-day trip). Don't think that counts as a souvenir, though, since it doesn't usually make it home.

Other than that, at some point somebody decided that I needed to collect Stitch stuff (probably me), so I just get something different each time. So far I have an antenna topper, cute little magnet thingy, not so cute rubberized magnet a.k.a. The Ferret Chew Toy, cookie jar, T-shirt, large mug, travel mug, ridiculously gigantic mug, etc., etc., etc.

Stitch story: I was at MK with some young friends who wanted their picture taken with Stitch. I (of course) was happy to accommodate them. In between pictures, Stitch kept pointing at me and then at himself. Wondering how he knew I was a fan, I thanked him for the thought but told him I don't photograph well. He seemed pretty insistent, but I just took the pictures of the girls and we moved on. Oddly enough, as we were leaving, he threw up his hands in (apparent) frustration.

Only on the way home did I realize that on that day I happened to be wearing my Stitch T-shirt. He didn't want me to join him in a photo, he was just pointing out that he approved of my choice in clothing.

It's a very nice shirt.

 

[Vexorg]

I've been picking up fridge magnets from the last few vacations I've been on, and I'm starting to use those as sort of a travelogue for places I've been to.

 

[DisCopper]

Usually a t-shirt and ballcap.

Non-Disney stuff from World Showcase: a pillow from Japan, cologne from Norway... Over the years, people have given me all kinds of Disney stuff- kitchen towels, dog bowls, blankets.. you name it. So I pretty much shoot for things that don't necessarily look like they're from Disney, but remind me of being there.

 

[Goofy'sPal]

Well I went in May and bought 2 tee shirts, a 4 shot glass collection, two more shot glasses, and a goofy plush toy and Im 25.

 

[twinklebug]

I've been collecting a new mug each trip - they're useful, and make me smile when I wake up to a hot cup of d-n-d before heading off to work on the day's headache

Thinking of starting up a charm collection to supplement the one my mom started for me back when I was 6.

 

[PoohNTuck]

clothes, shot glasses and ornaments for the christmas tree

 

[nurse.darcy]

This year I collected christmas ornaments so I could have an all disney christmas tree. Mostly I collect refrigerator magnets. My fave

 

[GrimGrinningVal]

[I usually buy a new pair of earrings, and one of those hotel charms for my bracelet. ( I collect them from each new hotel I stay at)

 

[LittleRedShonda]

A ridiculouly large number of coffee mugs. And ornaments.

 

[Kyen]

every year I go I buy a book of christmas ornaments and at least one small stuffy

 

[PigletFairy]

i have a bag thing. last time i got an awesome one of jack.