These Disney souvenirs were Thanos-snapped. *POOF* Gone.
Mickey Bar Antenna Topper
Anyone who has been to Disney World knows that there are literally thousands of souvenirs available to purchase from the resort at any given time. However, over the years, there have been items that were once staples of the resort that have disappeared. Whether due to fading popularity, societal changes, or simply technological advances, these once-prevalent souvenirs have almost completely disappeared. However, many of them have modern equivalents that are still available!
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*NOTE* Some of these items are still available around Disney World in certain spots, but they are nowhere near as plentiful as they once were.
Cigarettes and Tobacco Products
No Smoking Sign
Believe it or not, there was a time when tobacco products, including cigarettes, were widely sold at Disney theme parks and consumed at smoking areas in the parks, too! Since then, though, things have changed, and the products themselves have disappeared from the parks.
Postcards
Postcards
Postcards used to be a staple of Disney World, available in nearly every shop on property. Some would collect them, while others would actually use them to send messages and greetings to loved ones while on vacation. However, in the age of instant smartphone communication, postcards for communication have fallen out of favor.
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That said, you can still find Disney postcards at some locations on property, as well as online shops including Amazon, though they’re more for art sake.
Pal Mickey
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Disney sold the Pal Mickey in the early to mid-2000s. This interactive Mickey Plush wasn’t only a cuddly toy; it was also designed to provide location-based information and play interactive games while inside the parks. Evolving technology quickly outstripped the Pal Mickey hardware, and by the time smartphones became ubiquitous, Pal Mickey was a thing of the past.
Toy Guns
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There was a time when relatively realistic toy guns were a common sight at Disney World, specifically in areas like Frontierland and Adventureland. However, as social norms have evolved and concerns over potential safety hazards have become pertinent, they’ve disappeared from Disney Parks. You can still find Disney-branded Nerf Blasters and other clearly fake projectile-firing toys themed to things like Star Wars.
Disposable Cameras
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This was a time when disposable cameras were available in nearly every retail location at Walt Disney World, as families would need to purchase as many as necessary to capture their family trips. However, with the advent of digital cameras and then smartphones, disposable cameras have become a niche product. That said, there are some who love said niche and can still purchase it for their vacations on sites like Amazon.
Antenna Toppers
Antenna Toppers
Car antenna toppers — the small round balls decorated to look like nearly every Disney character you can imagine — used to be a huge presence around the cash registers of many Disney retail locations. However, as cars have evolved to the point where they no longer have antennas, the toppers have disappeared. That said, if you’re driving a classic car — or simply liked collecting the toppers — you can still find them on Amazon.
Poop Candy
Giraffe Poop
We’re ending with one of the strangest products Disney has ever sold. Several Animal Kingdom locations used to sell candy that looked like… well… the poop of certain animals.
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Why anyone thought this was a good idea, we’re not sure, but if you would like to imbibe in some poop-shaped candy, you can find a similar equivalent on Amazon.
These once-staple Disney World souvenirs have all but disappeared from Walt Disney World, but you can still find some modern equivalents on Amazon.
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What were they thinking when selling animal dropping shapes as candy??? I did a double take every time I passed that rack in the shop.
I’m surprised that snow globes did not make the list. These were popular items both at the theme parks and The Disney Store in the 1990’s. It seems they were discontinued after the TSA began preventing liquids in carry on bags.
I still have my antenna toppers. My truck has a “shark fin” antenna, so I’ve relocated my collection of “Tenna Toppers” to my garage. I drilled a hole completely thru each one, fed in some fishing line, strung them all together and hung them from my garage ceiling. It looks great. One funny story regarding my antenna toppers. I was at an after work event and someone came in and said a “blue Corolla with a Mickey Mouse antenna topper was blocking their car.” Several of my friends said, “That’s Roy’s car!” I quickly corrected themby saying my car was a “WHITE Corolla with a Mickey Mouse antenna topper!”
Love your story Roy, wish more people would share wonderful stories like yours.
We still have Pal Mickey. I also have antenna toppers too though they’re in a bag as I no longer own a car.
My son has pirate, Star Wars and Buzz Lightyear guns but I can’t remember if they were from WDW or Disneyland Paris. But things change. One year we were in the pirate shop in December and he saw a toy gun he liked and asked for it. I explained that we could no longer take it on the plane home to England. “Oh”, he said. Followed by “I know. We could ask Father Christmas to deliver it.” Too clever!
We still have our Pal Mickey, and there is still a WDW Mickey antenna topper squashed onto the wide antenna on my car!
Magnets also from the parks. I used to get them every trip.