What's the oldest souvenir you have from Disney World?

[Darin M]

For me, it would have to be a stuffed figment doll from '90. I was eight years old, on my first trip to WDW. It is about 7 inches tall and sits on top of my bookcase with a bunch of other cool souvenirs.

[mickeys_princess_mom]

A sticker that my husband brought back from his first trip in the seventies... When we got married I framed it because we had no money, (and little furnishings). It was the only thing on our walls. I had never been yet at that point, but I loved the idea of it already. I thought the art looked perfect over the crate with the hand-me-down lamp!:cloud9: The orange construction paper backing really set it off. :blush: Thanks for bringing me a smile today.

[Friend of Figment]

My oldest souvenir is also a Figment. I have a Figment keyring from 1986. My mom and I went in July that year just before I left to be an exchange student in FInland. I also have a tea cozy from England that I got on that trip.

[mainemajor]

I still have a licence plate of the Magic Kingdom from 1975. Of course back then, MK was all there was to Walt Disney World. I have it mounted on a wall in my house.

[Lakin]

My mom has a special guest nametag with my name on it from the family trip of 1997. I was 1. :p

[Marceline]

I have the Birnbaum's Guide and park maps from 88'. EP and MK were the only parks back then. I also have a giant fold-out flyer introducing the newest night-time spectacular.......ILLUMINATIONS. hehe

Good times.

:thumbsup::mickey:

[Cinderella's mom]

His red shirt that once said Pooh no longer says Pooh. He looks REALLY bad! Then I have a very tall Marie stuffed animal and Dumbo from the early 80's. My parents even have some unused tickets from 1976. They have them put up with our Elvis tickets from his last concert that they went to and the concert that he was to have, but died before he could actually do it. Yes, I actually remember going to his concert and I was only 4. I slept through the whole first act! LOL!!!!:secret:

[DisneyCrazyET]

I have 2-21/2 inch ceramic type Micky and Minnie, Donald and Daisy, and Pluto. That was from my first trip in 1979.

[DisneyAndRedSox]

I have a gold charm, well 'had' a gold charm (my Mom wears it all the time now). I bought it in 1986 and it is the old WDW logo, a world with ears. I would give anything to get the same charm in silver!

We still have a old Cooking with Mickey cookbook, I think it is from 1986 or 87.

[Kathy Jetson]

I have a postcard of the castle from 1989 its on my fridge so I can see it everyday.

[2Epcot]

I bought a lot of Epcot stuff in 1985 on my first visit, so I have patches, keychains, license plates all with the original Epcot Center logo. I used to collect license plates (when Disney still made them for all occasions). I would always buy two, one to put on the front of my car, the other to keep new.

[mrsgaribaldi]

I have this set of rubber character figures in plastic. I think they were erasers but I never used them. We got them on our first family trip in 72 or 73. If you walk through Walt Disney: One Man's Dream they have them in one of the cases on display. I think it was in the last room.:mickey:

[Stu29573]

I have an "Epcot Center" window sticker from '82, but I also have a black serving tray that shows Florida with Disney World (just MK) right in the middle from '72....:mickey:

[DisneyOtaku]

I have a bunch of dress-up items from PotC (hat, eyepatch, hook, ball and chain, etc.) from when I was a pirate for Halloween in 1989. I also have this pink nameplate with ballet slippers on it, probably from around the same time. It's not very Disney-esque, but I do remember mom buying them somewhere in the MK.

[AdventurerKim]

My first mouse ears from 1980! The hat part is red and looks like a full hat, not a beanie like the current mickey ears. I also have my ticket from that first trip which looks like a gift tag and has a string. The dates we visited MK are stamped on the tag.

[DVC2004]

I have a plush Eyeore from my first trip; my dad bought it for me. I think it was 1979 and I was a toddler. Somewhere I have the tickets too. My mother saved them.

[Disney Doll]

My parents are purgers not savers so really the only thing I have from childhood trips are the photos. I have started saving special items for my son like a pin from each year and his 1st mouse ears.

[BigBaloo]

I still have my Indy Speedway Driver's license from 1976 "signed" by AJ Foyt.... I was 9 at the time & thought it was the coolest thing driving those cars :car::flag2:

[wire0monkey]

I have a sterling silver charm with a raised relief Mickey Mouse on it, that says "Walt Disney World." I bought at WDW in 1976. I still have the original charm bracelet that it was on.

[diz_girl]

I have a WDW towel from either 1976 or 1980. I also have Mickey ears, which I think is from our 1976 trip. One thing that I definitely have from my 1976 trip is the bicentennial WDW Guide/Park map. It's in the safe.

[joonyer]

I still have some "A" and "B" tickets left from one of our ticket books from 1971 (MK had only been open a few weeks). Back then, it wasn't one price admission; instead, you had to buy ticket books with individual ride tickets designated "A" thru "E", with the "E" tickets being for the biggest and best attractions. We used up all of our "C", "D" and "E" tickets, but i still have some of the "A" & "B" ones.

[MNDisney Dad]

Me!!!

[Imagineer1981]

I have a davy crocket coon skin cap from like 1982. Thats my oldest, and a light gun that makes noises and flashes different color lights from Tomorrowland around 1986

[Pally]

I have a Dinsey Dollar with Mickey on it and an old paper ticket that they stamped the date on for each visit from 1989.

[bruin1344]

post card of cinderella's castle from around 1990

[artyboy]

I have a book of postcards from 1974...I couldn't bring myself to mail any of them.:blush:

[maxrebo77]

1977 we drove in a motorhome from Il. I still have state stickers from wherever we stopped, postcards from The Country Bears Jamboree, part of my ticket booklet, they memory of my first trip on Space Mt., and a headache from camping with my best friend and her parents for 11 days.
they have never been back, I got over it.

[Gooftroop5]

I have a plastic bank of Mickey Mouse from 72 that according to mom it is lucky it still has it's nose because i chewed on it so. (i was 6 months old).

[drummerboy]

Our '76 ticket book with some A and B tickets left and our Hoop-de-Doo ticket stubs from the same trip ($12.50 per person, including tax.)

[satchel01]

I have a guide book, A and B ride tickets that were leftover and slides (the kind you can show on the wall) all from the 70's. The slides have the Main Street Electrical Light Parade which I wish Disneyland would give back to Disneyworld :thedolls:...havne't they had that parade long enough?

edit: I don't know how I forgot this...I also have a stuffed mickey from the 70's. He's around the same size as the ones they sell now, but he doesn't have the year attached and has a slightly different look. He's wider and furry.

[ibrowse17]

I still have a bar of trick soap I bought at the old magic shop on Main Street USA. That was from 1975 or so, and I thought it was so funny to switch somebody's soap:thumbsup:

[Daisy'sMom]

I have a Mickey hat with my name and the date embroidered. It was before opening day, my Dad was working on one of the construction teams and they had a small gift shop. You signed the guest book, and got a hat.:mickey:

[georger]

My husband has an original Mickey Mouse Clubhouse t-shirt from his first trip in 1971! We found it at his mom's house before our last trip in September!!! :)

[Tinksalot]

When EPCOT opened. I don't remember the year, but I bought wind-up dancing dolls from the Germany Pavillion( I still have them). Every time I go there I always check to see if they have them, but "no luck". :(

[georger]

My twin sisters from my family's first trip in 1971, too!!!!!

[PharmD]

I have a stuffed Donald Duck from 1976. I got him on my first trip to WDW when I was 4.

[edhunter28]

mouse ears from my first trip in '03

[Ian]

I have a ton of mementos from our first trip in 1974 ... ticket books, placemats, napkins, postcards, etc.

Those are official "souvenirs" (i.e. things I legitimately collected myself), but I do own some older Disneyland things that I bought or traded for.

[pook@wdw]

Our oldest WDW souvenir ...our ride tickets from 1974 and 1975. WOW...:eyes: how things have changed!

[Aurora]

Poster-sized map of the Magic Kingdom from 1979.

[SoaringEpcot]

We have tickets from my grandparents trip in the late 70's. But the one that most comes to mind are the 83 EPCOT jersey that my brother and I got on our second trip August 1983. The shirts are still in great condition even though our children now wear them. The shirts back then were really made well. My niece loved my brothers so much but had out grown it, so I found an adults medium of the same shirt on ebay and gave it to her for Chirstmas. She wears it as an night shirt now.

[KronkHere]

DW still has our original tickets from 1992 - They are made of heavy stock paper and were stamped with a date stamp machine when you entered the park. They also have our picture on them...

That was our first trip and one year wedding anniversary...We looked so young in our pictures....:pirate::princess:

[wire0monkey]

I have a Mickey hat with my name and the date embroidered. It was before opening day, my Dad was working on one of the construction teams and they had a small gift shop. You signed the guest book, and got a hat.:mickey:

FTW!

[Mousemates]

somewhere in a box I have an unused ride ticket from 1974.

[jimsgal05]

I have a 1978 Minnie mouse stuffed animal from halloween she is wearing an orange dress with white poka dots we bought it in the castle after we had dinner there on our last night. I still have the orginal tags on her..I have to say though I wanted the red dress minnie so I wan't really happy at 1st....lol
:minnie2:

[Greenlawler]

a little golden book we bought at the parks featuring Donald and Chip and Dale from I guess 1974.
We also have a guidebook from 1977 and a colorform of Mickey's clubhouse I got in probably 1979.

[LibertyTreeGal]

I have a bear country jamboree teddy bear from 1983!!

[pokeyw]

I had given a Mickey back scratcher to my grandmother over 25 years ago. When she passed away a few years back we found it among her things so I was able to get. One of my oldest and most favorite souvenirs. :mickey:

[EPCOT84]

Being from So Cal area, my family didn't go to WDW until Epcot opened. So my first souvenirs were all EPCOT unique (i.e. not Disneyland-like) - including Figment, keychains, pens, and tshirts with the EPCOT Center logo. I liked not seeing Disney characters for a change (they did that for the first few years).

[elmjimmlm]

I have a Mickey Mouse watch that my mom bought me when I was 16...The second had was a small dial on the side of the face with the Mickey glove...

[TheVBs]

What a great topic! :mickey: I love reading about all the great stuff you guys still have.

Even though I went the year the park opened (I was 3) and again a few years later, the oldest souvenir I have is from a trip in the 80's (89 I think?). It's a big Roger Rabbit button/pin that says spring break and the year. They were handing them out free when you bought tickets.

[coneygoil]

I have a lot of old souvenirs from WDW. I think the oldest thing would be a jewelry box my mom has from 1980 0r 1983. I have several small ceramics of like Mickey and the gang from 1984, and also a gigantic Figment stuffed animal. Poor Figment was always naked because I'd take the shirt off of him to play dress up. This is a souvenir, but I have a 1983 Steve Baurbum WDW guide book. It is so weird seeing how the place has changed!

[kmo84]

I love this topic, too.

We moved recently and I found large button (the kind with a pin on the back) that was from the "Tencennial".
I also have a souviner book from around the same time that has pictures of all the lands at MK, as well as the Disney resorts and the "Disney Village".

[nicster]

I have my 1993 Dixie Landings key cards!:blush:

[dml]

My parents have some pirate statues from the Pirates of the Carribean attraction gift shop from their '73 honeymoon. They decided to decorate their den in a pirate theme (back then).
:mickey::mickey:

[johnO]

A park ticket from the 90's probably..

[AXOAlum]

Poster-sized map of the Magic Kingdom from 1979.

We have ours from 1973 (my first visit) - it is hand-drawn, full color. It now serves as the focal point of DD's room, where it is framed and so way cooler than any babyish type decor ;) :mickey:

[jnfr2424]

I just found some old souvenirs recently
View Masters Reels of the MK and EC I realized I am missing one are and I am about to go searching on Ebay....

[BelleLovesTheBeast]

My first trip was in Dec 91 and it was a high school trip. I still have (and it's never been worn) the Magic Music Days Parade t-shirt they gave us.

[FriendsofMickey]

My Dh went with his family in the 70's (not sure when) and he has a children's pop-up book that highlighted all the rides.

His mother keeps everything, so I am sure she still has all the tickets.

[SurferStitch]

I have a little carved stone elephant from China in Epcot. Got it on my first trip to WDW when I was 15. The other stuff is gone.

[SurferStitch]

Oh, that would be 21 years ago..... :secret:

[Rayadragon]

I'm trying to think of the oldest souvenir that was one that was just mine, but I can't :(

The oldest souvenir I currently own is a Mickey Mouse t-shirt that my mom got at Disneyland back in the 70's. It no longer fits her, but fits me perfectly. Other than that, the oldest souvenirs I can remember are a stuffed Dumbo and a stuffed Figment. I'm not sure when my brother and I got them, but they've been around since probably the '84 trip.

[whitney37354]

I brought back three things from my one and only trip to WDW back in 1986. Going back June '10 for 1st trip for DH & DD! A postcard from Ft. Wilderness Campground where we stayed, a sweatshirt with Musket Mickey on it, and a mug from EPCOT. The only thing I have left is the postcard. The EPCOT mug and shirt may still be at my parents house---I need to go on a scavenger hunt!

[Victor Kelly]

Hard to say, I have stuff dating all the way back to 1975.

So I would say an ashtray with rides painted on it from each of MK's lands. Tacky green, black, blue and white.

[BAMABOY]

I have a bucket hat I got in 76', my first trip. I also have the old ride tickets that were used years ago. (Even have an E ticket)

[momof3+twins]

I have a bracelet with charms and a lady figurine. They have to be from the 70's.

[Urbss]

I have an ash tray with a picture of the castle. Can you imagine them selling an ash tray these days?

[missymouseworld]

In 1976, a stuffed Minnie Mouse.

[egospotter]

I have a cool WDW t-shirt with Mickey on it from 1988. Still wear it sometimes!

[LoriMistress]

Our Bride and Groom Mickey Ears and our WDW backpack from our 2003 trip. (That was my first trip BTW).

[MichaelMouse]

The two oldest things I have from Disney was from Walt Disney Worlds 15 year anniversary, a pin and a plastic blue mug. I was about 10 at the time. They are still in great condition.:mickey::mickey:

[SuzieN]

I have a small Figment figurine from sometime in the early '80's.

[Toad_Passenger]

I still have 2 things from our very first trip in 1987. I have a Figment Hat with the 3-dimensional horns on top and a "Tombstone" plaque from the Haunted Mansion that says "Here Lies the Dead End Kid." You could have them personalized but I never did.

I also have a stuffed "Fuzzball" from Captain EO, but I forget if it was from that trip, or not.

[tkbk]

I have a Minnie Mouse watch that I got at Disneyland when I was about 8 years old, that would mean it is from 1972. The only bad thing is After I had it a while when I was a kid we changed out the band to a "cool" flower power type band so I don't have the original band to go with it. I suppose it might have been of some value now if I still had that part too!

[jnfr2424]

I have an ash tray with a picture of the castle. Can you imagine them selling an ash tray these days?

my mother has that same ashtray and dare someone back then to even use it!

[AlexinWonderland]

My favorite souvenir: are three silhouettes that my mom, my sister, and myself had made when I was about three, on Main Street. That was in 1988, and you can still get them made today! :D

My oldest souvenir: is a blanket with the castle quilted on it. It is a very pale pink, and I got it on my first trip, when I was barely one. It was my "binky" when I was tiny, and I carried it everywhere.

[CaptSmee]

I have a giant poster size map of the Magic Kingdom from the late 70's & also have some original World Passports from 1983 with unused days on them even!

[goofygirl67]

I was rummaging in an old chest just yesterday and found a ticket from 1986. May 25,26,29 is stamped on it. The 3 day ticket is $53.50.
The importance of this ticket to me is this is the first trip I ever made without my parents. I was living in Mass at the time. It was a big deal for a 19 year old to take a plane and go to WDW without Mommy and Daddy, just my friend and I. Still not sure to this day how I talked my overprotective father into that.:shrug:

[MickeyMousse]

It is not a souvenier, but I have tickets from my first trip to :mickey: in 1974! Ticketbook form...my DS's get a kick out of the "old way we did Disney".

[starflyer59]

My wife still has the battery operated rose that I bought her back in 1986 when we first started dating.

We still have ticket stubs and postcards from over the years.

[castlelady36]

I have a few things....

1. Epcot guide map from 1986
2. I had bought my mom from China in 1986 a girl/lady standing on a waterfall-when she died I got this back
3. t-shirt from 1982 my sister got on her visit and gave to me.

Otherwise I have saved all guidemaps/tickets/etc. from all trips starting in 1999.

[Stich8818]

Mine you be a MGM Studios mug. I think from 91.

[Gregandmel]

I went to Disneyland in California (does that count??) when I was 5 back in 1972 and I still have the Mickey ears with my name on it. It's a bit moth-eaten, but I have it on my bookshelf with my other Disney World mementos from our other 2 trips from 1997 and 2008. I even have a picture of me and my sister wearing our matching Disneyland ears in front of a table full of souvenirs. :mickey:

[disney100%]

Luckily, my mom saved everything from all our trips (1st one in October of '86 - I was 13), so I have tickets, park maps, and even napkins from different restaurants. But my first purchase with my own money was a Donald Duck keychain. It is a clear square with the Disney logo and Donald on it. I just happen to find it about a month ago in a box of old toys of mine!

[thumperbug]

park ticket with string to hang it on your jacket...must be from 78-79?? Not sure. Have way too many souveniors since.