The words “free” and “Walt Disney World” are not often seen together in the same sentence. Disney offers an amazing experience, and it charges appropriately for it – so you can expect your bank account to be significantly depleted after a vacation at the resort. If you want to bring home some souvenirs to remember the trip by, you’re also likely to part with a large sum of cash – but you don’t have to. There are plenty of free keepsakes on offer around the parks that will trigger memories just as effectively as the more expensive items that are on offer in the resort’s stores. Here are 10 completely FREEsouvenirs you can pick up during your next visit to Walt Disney World!
7. LEGO Mini Models
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The LEGO Store at Downtown Disney runs a special event on the first Tuesday of every month, during which young visitors can learn how to make a mini model – which they can take home with them at no cost. The events are open to children aged 6 to 14 only.
6. Transportation Trading Cards
Cast Members working on the different forms of Walt Disney World transportation are equipped with trading cards to hand out to guests who ask. The cards feature monorails, buses and boats, and you don’t know which ones you’ll receive which adds to the fun. If a Cast Member has run out of the cards, try asking one of their colleagues.
5. Tomorrowland Speedway Driving License
The Tomorrowland Speedway allows kids to find out what it’s like to drive their parents around. And as a reward, they’ll receive their very own driving license.
4. Celebration pins
If you’re celebrating just about any major event (birthday, engagement, wedding, reunion), Disney has a celebration pin for you. Ask at your hotel’s front desk or at the guest relations desk of any of the theme parks. Not celebrating anything specific? Ask for the “I’m Celebrating” button.
4. Stickers
All over the resort, Cast Members hand out free stickers. These look good on a t-shirt, but are likely to perish pretty quickly – so consider bringing a scrap book to add them to instead.
3. Trading cards
The interactive Sorcerers of the Magic Kingdomgame challenges players to become apprentice sorcerers for Merlin the magician, before helping him to overcome an army of Disney villains that are threatening the park. Players use special playing cards to cast spells, as well as searching for magic symbols that lead them to the villains’ hiding places. 70 different spell cards are available, with guests receiving five free cards when they sign up to play.
2. Kidcot crafts
Disney tries its best to keep kids entertained in Epcot’s World Showcase, which is geared more towards adult vsitors. Stop at any of the Kidcot Fun Stops in the World Showcase’s pavilions to receive a free cardboard Duffy the Disney Bear, which your child can personalize using the free supplies available.
1. Wilderness Explorer Badges
At Disney’s Animal Kingdom, kids can follow in the footsteps of Russell in Pixar’s Up and become a Wilderness Explorer. They’ll receive a Wilderness Explorer Handbook, and by completing challenges can earn more than 30 “badge” stickers.
