Best souvenirs you ever purchased?

[powellrj]

I have cookbooks from the 80's that I still use! I have always bought an ornament.

 

[megster1123]

Yes, they are in Liberty Square. We have one of each of the grands, I believe they cut 2 at a time

This has made my day thank you! We have these of my sister and I when we were 4&5, same age as my kiddos now. It's the little things like this that make the trips so special

 

[ConnecticutNonna]

This has made my day thank you! We have these of my sister and I when we were 4&5, same age as my kiddos now. It's the little things like this that make the trips so special

True that!

 

[KH9107]

There are so many awesome ideas on this board. I love it!


And one of my absolute favorites was all the pins that we either bought or traded for. That was such a great experience. Hunting down cool pins, talking to the cast members and we even got to trade at the cool board that's in Disney springs. Just great memories. I even used a cool frame with cork in it and hung them in the wall.
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I would really love a frame that I could have all the characters sign but I feel like it would be really annoying to lug around.

I loove this!!

I bought a large 12x12 matte for a 5x7 picture that I will have the characters sign

 

[DVCismyhappyplace]

We had a custom vase made at the glass blowing place on Main Street. We picked the colors and the shape and watched them make it. They then let it sit and cool and ship it home for you.

 

[sweet-n-lowe]

I like to get ornaments & a frame for the latest picture (definitely pre-order your memory maker & get lots of great pictures.) I also pre-order a lot (50-100) legitimate trading pins on ebay and trade them throughout the trip. This is our favorite souvenir. We add them to our pin collection book after each trip.

 

[Sean77]

We bought a "Money Tree" at Animal Kingdom that I have kept alive for nearly 10 years, still in the original faux-African pot it came in (and which I have refused to remove the Disney price tag from.) I was originally skeptical about buying a living plant and trying to keep it alive during the 10 hour drive home, but it has been great. It sits on my desk at work and every time I water it I am reminded of Disney

 

[wilkeliza]

As silly as it is for a 28 year old to say, my stuffed animals. My fiance and I both pick a new one of the first night of a trip. We have quite the collection and will probably be culling the herd soon but there are a few very special ones that still have a spot on the bed when either of us is having a rough day.

I really like our cups and mugs too. Nothing makes a bad day better then drinking out of a cup with your favorite character.

 

[AshleeH]

We had a custom vase made at the glass blowing place on Main Street. We picked the colors and the shape and watched them make it. They then let it sit and cool and ship it home for you.

I love that idea! I may have to do that on our next trip. Most of our vases are just standard - it would be nice to replace them with one that is attached to a special memory.

 

[Jannephotog]

We have started collecting an ornament every trip & I get a pin for our resort if we haven't stayed there & a few pins that match the theme of the trip (like really mushy ones from our honeymoon last June).

I also love my shirt I got a few years back from TrenD. It's a Disney shirt but is nicer and was a little pricier but worth it & can be worked in to nicer outfits than just a date shirt.

I'm also already excited for the 45th anniversary of the MK ears when we go this fall!

 

[ConnecticutNonna]

DD had a beautiful blown glass Christmas ornament made in Epcot by Italy a few years,ago. They (the glass blowers) had a pop up stand set up. It's absolutely gorgeous! DGD picked out the colors!

 

[MaryLovesPoohBear]

As silly as it is for a 28 year old to say, my stuffed animals. My fiance and I both pick a new one of the first night of a trip. We have quite the collection and will probably be culling the herd soon but there are a few very special ones that still have a spot on the bed when either of us is having a rough day.

I really like our cups and mugs too. Nothing makes a bad day better then drinking out of a cup with your favorite character.

Not silly at all.

I have a stuffed Winnie the Pooh that my husband got me. I've had it for about 23 years. It sits on my headboard and when I feel the need, I grab him for a cuddle. It wasn't a souvenir, he bought it at the Disney store at the local mall.

 

[Jannephotog]

My stuffed Figment sits beside my bed as well & Ive gotten a few of my fave, not as main character plushes, like Pascal & Sebastian, spread around the house.

 

[Stephanator]

I have the four Disney park mugs from Starbucks's You Are Here collection, and I've used the Magic Kingdom one every day since I brought it home last March. Just looking at it makes me happy!

I have the Starbucks You Are Here mugs from Disneyland and California Adventure (also the original SB in Seattle) - so I'm super excited to hear they have them at WDW!!! Going to make sure I leave room in my luggage now.

My favorite souvenir is a small Mickey head necklace. It's a good way to be dressed subtly Disney-esque and always reminds me of my trips.

 

[YawningDodo]

As silly as it is for a 28 year old to say, my stuffed animals. My fiance and I both pick a new one of the first night of a trip. We have quite the collection and will probably be culling the herd soon but there are a few very special ones that still have a spot on the bed when either of us is having a rough day.

I really like our cups and mugs too. Nothing makes a bad day better then drinking out of a cup with your favorite character.

Hey, I'm into that idea, and I'm 29. Think I started inadvertently doing that without consciously intending to make it a tradition, since I got a Skippy (from Extraterrorestrial) in the early 2000s, an ewok in 2006, a Sorcerer Mickey in 2009, and an Oswald last year. I think I need to just accept that I'm a little kid at heart and make a tradition of getting a small plush whenever I go, since that's apparently already a thing for me -- that's been one per visit except the first time I went way back in 1998 (at least, I don't think I have one from 1998). It's kind of fun to get the more esoteric characters in the parks, and part of the fun for me is buying it in the morning or midday and taking it with me on a tour of the park until that evening. I don't normally let myself buy plush toys because I'd be quickly overrun if I got every one I saw and liked, but one per Disney visit isn't too bad and it means they're connected to special memories.

 

[JediAng]

Some of my most favorite souvenirs include my Disney Pins in my Pin Books (I have 2 full pin books, and a few lanyards of pins from my 3 college programs I collected on, as well as my 2005 family vacation), I LOVE looking at them, and they are fun to pick out to buy and trade with. I remember where I got every one of my pins. The Limited Edition ones are the coolest. I have quiet a large collection of Tangled, Lion King, Toy Story, & Mickey Pins as those are my favorite movies / characters.

Another souvenir I got that I love is my Star Wars Dooney and Bourke Cross Body from Star Wars Weekends- I use this bag every time I leave the house, it's not something that collects dust on a shelf- I feel like I definitely got my $200 worth out of it, it's been a year, and it's still my favorite bag that I have, I also have the smaller wristlet that goes with it and a larger Tote in a different Print, but I don't use those as much as my cross body.

I have a Star Wars Autograph Book from Star Wars Weekends that not only has Star Wars Disney Characters in it, but some of the celebrities that attended like Ashley Eckstein, James Arnold Taylor, Daniel Logan, etc. The fact that they have now cancelled SWW, this means a lot to me that I have it.

 

[hsmamato2]

I love my coffee mug collection.... it's mostly disney and it just makes me happy using them daily....( i like to pick up mugs as souvies from all our trips) I also have a magnet collection (haha messy fridge) and a pin collection(on a memo board in bedroom) and of course a picture collection lol but my fave is my mugs. (I'm drinking out of a pretty Boardwalk resort mug right now!) I like things that are either small and easy to keep/store, or useable in everyday life. Oh, and I have one small necklace pendant that I got years ago with pink and clear stones(mickey of course) that I pretty much wear every day.... other than that, I don't collect things!

 

[TayjaDanger]

My family went back to WDW after a 13+ year gap, and in the meanwhile I had gone from a teenager in high school to celebrating my 30th birthday at WDW. As an adult I was so smitten with the kitchen accessories! I bought myself a set of bamboo spatulas with laser-engraved images of Mickey, a rubber spatula with Mickey accents, a measuring cup set and some Minnie kitchen towels. I use the bamboo utensils and measuring cups nearly every day, and the other kitchen accessories are a fond reminder of our trip. I like the functional things that I can integrate into my normal life vs. decorative knickknacks that exist purely to collect dust.

 

[TavieP]

My slipper tapestry, which hangs in my bedroom.

The tapestry of my dreams. by Tavie, on Flickr

 

[No1 Babe]

My ground coffee measure . I used it every day , love it !