Most Meaningful Park Purchase or Gift?

[J'Adore Disney]

Mine is a refillable mug from Disneyland. My family and I live in Florida (3.5 hours away from WDW), we've never been to Disneyland. But somehow my daughter managed to get someone to go to Disneyland and buy this mug (pictured below) for her to give to me for Christmas! The packaging and receipt suggests it is direct from Disneyland and not purchased on EBay.

I typically collect resort refillable mugs and use them for my morning coffee. Although it’s a simple plastic mug, Snow White is my favorite and my daughter’s effort and thoughtfulness makes this one of the most meaningful Disney keepsakes I have ever been given.

 

[coolbrook]

Mine is my Dad's hat. We took a big family trip in 2011 to celebrate Mom and Dad's 50th anniversary and he bought this green safari looking hat. After he died we were cleaning out his closet and found his Disney hat. My brother and sister said I should keep it since I love Disney so much. It has a few pins on it and his celebration pin for his 50th anniversary. I love having this souvenir of a wonderful family trip and my Dad.

 

[Minniemoo15]

When we went to WDW at Christmas, the trip was our gift so we didn't get any presents (we were college aged). But my parents did arrange something fun for us. We drew names (between my parents, my 3 sisters and I). We then went to Downtown Disney and had 30 minutes to run around and buy a gift for our person - under $30.

I got a Mickey cookie jar from my sister that I still treasure and holds a special spot in my kitchen. It's 10 years old and reminds me of that special trip every time I bake.

 

[K_Jordan]

Seems a little silly, but the summer my older sister went into Kindergarten (or maybe first grade?) my aunt bought her one of the little painted parasol umbrellas from Disneyland. I had to wait until I was the same age to get mine but that made it a kind of special tradition! Also, I have a snowglobe with Mickey and Minnie that I got when I was probably 7 or 8 (the one I liked in the park was super pricey and not very "kid" cute, so my mom went to Walmart and picked out a cuter, cheaper one!)

 

[MrsHull]

Mine is an art print from our stay at the Polynesian and a totem statue from the Wilderness Lodge. I hope to pick up home decor from our Disney "homes" every trip from now on.

 

[Tam&Sam]

My Dad used to take my sister and I to WDW often when we were younglings. He loved making us believe in the magic and his favourite and successful attempt was making my very naïve big sister believe that some of the Tiki birds were real. He told us that some of the birds were reals but because it was difficult to train so many birds, Disney simply had no choice to get some fake ones. It was easy to spot the "real ones" since you see their breathing movements. Those movements do exist on some of the animatronics but they're really mechanical, to this day my family is still trying to wrap their minds around how my older sister fell for it! I stumbled upon the Adventureland mini Vinylmation collection last summer on my first WDW trip following my father's passing. I had to pick one up and I ended with one of the Tiki totems which is one of my most prized possession, whenever I look at it I remember my Dad, this story, and all the silly adventures my family experienced in WDW.

 

[TabithaStephens]

I really treasure my WDW year ornaments from each trip. I have to go (at least) every year now so that I'm not missing a year in my collection! Buying it online from the Disney Store is just not the same!