New “Key To Disneyland” interactive experience coming May 16th

[LKing]

They were out of stock for a few days and back in stock last weekend. I saw more kids carrying them than adults and the lines were much shorter (as were the lines for the MB interactives) than they were the first couple of weeks.

 

[disneychrista]

While it has been very popular (we did it over the first few weekends and there were lines at each station), pin resellers were also buying these by the armfuls. They figured out out to pop out the pins by a quick hack and are reselling the pins on eBay for a decent amount of money.

Frustrating to see that - I know many disappointed people with upcoming trips who will miss out unless they restock sooner.

Crazy to think someone would pay $60+ for a pin. $60 for the key and the experience, while pricey, I can understand.

 

[BrianL]

Crazy to think someone would pay $60+ for a pin. $60 for the key and the experience, while pricey, I can understand.

Heck, I dig the key and the experience and don't even care about the pin!

 

[disneychrista]

Heck, I dig the key and the experience and don't even care about the pin!

I agree. The pin is just the "prize" for completing all the stations, to me.

 

[supercarrie]

Crazy to think someone would pay $60+ for a pin. $60 for the key and the experience, while pricey, I can understand.

My son completed the experience and received one of the more coveted pins (the one of the castle). As of last week, it was selling (not listed) for $100 plus on eBay. Wild. (He is keeping it, btw! He was horrified I even suggested selling it on.)

An empty key was selling for ~$40 on eBay.

 

[707MickeyGirl]

Does anyone know if the interactive keys are still available? Five days until our trip!

 

[Eastridge]

The keys were in stock today (July 24) at the World of Disney store in Downtown Disney. There was a limit on the number you can purchase, I think the limit was 2.

 

[supercarrie]

Does anyone know if the interactive keys are still available? Five days until our trip!

They are widely available now and plan to be available through summer 2026, the end of the celebration. It was just an initial frenzy.

 

[sarahann77]

Was just there on 7/24. Not sure I saw many tips before so wanted to share a bit from my experience. I had trouble finding some and only had the one day. We started asking the sweepers since they knew more than those at the gift shops at first.
1. The bubbles are from the station and not the key itself. Not all stations have bubbles.
2. Make sure it's on and lit before inserting to the portal. The lights and sounds must be on in order to register. Since those have buttons on the key it seemed as optional. The key does time out if left on when navigating to another station so always toggle off/on if you had kept it on
3. When I purchased they did acknowledge if I had trouble I could go to anyone at the gift shops for troubleshooting. I had an issue with my fantasy land one, probably due to #2, but didn't want to go back. They have a portal clock to help.
4. Fantasy Fare is next to the Royal Theater on the left. and not the Fantasy Fare store next to Small world.
5. Star Wars entrance is the one closest to Fantasy Land
6. New Orleans is in the little mall area
7. Rise of the Resistance is not obvious as it doesn't look like the rest but is across from the ride entrance.
8. Once the pin opens, make sure to remove the pin. Once you close that door it won't open unless it's put to the portal again. Or I couldn't reopen it to see if it did anyway.
9. The lanyard is just a wristlet. From other pictures we thought for sure the lanyard was bigger.

Fun Fact - the icon for the Fantasy Land item is really for Haunted Mansion. I had to show the cast member on their location list "clock" why I thought it was fantasy land as it was the position on their location board in the store. I had pointed to the icon and the cast member said that's for the Haunted Mansion; there is not one there and New Orleans is a different icon.

Fun way to interact with the park but after a while became tedious for me especially when I kept having trouble finding the portals. They're a bit hidden.

 

[Eastridge]

And coming soon to Disneyland: A $250 oversized collectible version of the key...

 

[StarlitNight05]

And coming soon to Disneyland: A $250 oversized collectible version of the key...

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I'm kind of confused by this. Is it also made of plastic? I get that it's bigger than the functional key, but otherwise why not just display that one? It doesn't (at least from the photo) appear to be of much better quality.

 

[disneychrista]

I'm kind of confused by this. Is it also made of plastic? I get that it's bigger than the functional key, but otherwise why not just display that one? It doesn't (at least from the photo) appear to be of much better quality.

I don't get it either. $250 vs $60? Why? What makes this so special?

 

[LKing]

I'm kind of confused by this. Is it also made of plastic? I get that it's bigger than the functional key, but otherwise why not just display that one? It doesn't (at least from the photo) appear to be of much better quality.

It looks like it is better quality although I don't know what quality is necessary for an item like this. The blue around the D and the castle look like they aren't plastic (or maybe a different type of plastic). I haven't touched it to tell for sure. It is HUGE. For perspective, I believe the cards on the shelf below are 5x7. The way they have this displayed, it doesn't look like it is meant to be hung on a wall.

I don't know what I would do with the $60 key after playing with it. I really don't know what I would do with a yard long key.

I'm wondering if there was some sort of production/shipping issue with these. I would have expected them to be in stock on July 17 when the collectors were in town. Maybe they will be at D23.

 

[disneychrista]

It looks like it is better quality although I don't know what quality is necessary for an item like this. The blue around the D and the castle look like they aren't plastic (or maybe a different type of plastic). I haven't touched it to tell for sure. It is HUGE. For perspective, I believe the cards on the shelf below are 5x7. The way they have this displayed, it doesn't look like it is meant to be hung on a wall.

I don't know what I would do with the $60 key after playing with it. I really don't know what I would do with a yard long key.

I'm wondering if there was some sort of production/shipping issue with these. I would have expected them to be in stock on July 17 when the collectors were in town. Maybe they will be at D23.

D23 is in Florida not Anaheim this year.

 

[LKing]

D23 is in Florida not Anaheim this year.

Yes, I know but D23 is not exclusive to the location where the event is held. There are a lot of collectors at D23 and the timing is right.

 

[hardcorestitch]

And coming soon to Disneyland: A $250 oversized collectible version of the key...

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For that price???? They should at least throw in a lifetime Magic Key to Disneyland on top of that.

 

[disneychrista]

For that price???? They should at least throw in a lifetime Magic Key to Disneyland on top of that.

Maybe a lifetime ability to renew your MK.