What was your best souvenir from a themepark?

Question

I really like themeparks, but don't get to go that often, so i really value my souvenirs from such parks/family trips etc etc

Was just wondering, what is your most prized souvenir from a holiday/trip where you had a great time?

I was able to visit Disneyland in late 04' and had a blast!
I brang soo many things back with me which i now reflect on like photo's, video camera footage (we filmed like 'a day in disneyland' and other interesting things), daily map's and so on, but my most prized souvenir was all the 'elongated pennies/pressed pennies' i collected (have soo many from around the park). They are my favourites because they were soo out of the ordinary and unique, once in a lifetime type things (as i'm from Australia, we don't have anything like that here)

So does anyone else here collect 'pressed pennies' or have great souvenirs that hold a special significance for u, and if so why?

thanx in advance :)

Answer 1

I have a lot of pressed pennies myself from over the years. While in New Orleans Square during my last trip, we found a quarter press machine. So I got one of each of the 3 styles that were for the Haunted Mansion. Another prized thing, similiar to that, is my pirate coin. There used to be this machine in the Pirates of the Caribbean gift shop that would stamp any letters you wanted around the edges of the pirate coin. It may still be there, but I have not seen it in years.

Also, when I was little, I used to get so excited seeing the posters in the tunnels under the train station going into Main Street. Sometimes I would forget about my favorite rides and those posters always reminded me. The Disney Gallery in New Orleans Square sells miniature replicas of those posters, from old rides and new ones. I have started collecting those posters now so I can hang them in my home to remind me of the rides when I can't be there. I love them.

I do collect special limited edition pins as well and do not trade them. On my last trip, it was the 40th birthday of the Pirates ride. I got 3 pins that were exclusively sold that day for the celebration and they were sold out by Disneyland closing. The pins also remind me of the rides.

I guess what it all comes down to, I love any souvenir that reminds me of the rides. :)

Answer 2

I really like my pressed pennies and my trading pins from Disneyland (though I don't have very many). I also love my gold mouse ears from Disneyland's 50th Anniversary, because they're from a once in a lifetime event and can't be bought anymore.

But I have to say that my favorite souvenirs aren't the ones that I've bought, but the junky things that I've picked up. I have a box full of maps from Disneyland and Six Flags, amusement park ticket stubs, playbills from shows I've seen, my cruise card from the cruise I went on this summer, room keys from the Disneyland Hotel... My other favorite souvenirs are photos, especially ones taken on rides (I love the Splash Mountain ones). I love both of those kinds of souvenirs, because they're unique to my trip and they make me think of it every time I look at them. =]

Answer 3

I have tons of stuff that I have collected over the years. I have posters: (Maverick, Titan,Renegade,Batman The Ride (Six Flags Over Texas 1999), King's Island (back when it was still Paramount),Firehawk, and an old Steel Phantom poster. I have won many of these as door prizes at various events I have gone to over the years. My goal is to have coasters all over the walls in my apartment. :)
I also have snowglobes, press kits, folders from press kits (if there is a coaster on the cover, I'll take it!) mugs, pins, keychains, drink bottles, tons of T-shirts and more. My favorite is the Beast snowglobe I found. I also have wood from Texas Giant, and Raven, which was handed out at events. I have discovered that ACErs will take just about anything!
Busch Gardens has a great selection of merchandise. BGW got more money from me than I was planning on spending. I have quite a bit of Griffon merchandise, and the T-shirt (with stats) with the vertical track and arrows pointing down is my favorite.
It is hard to choose a favorite souvenir-maybe my Beast snowglobe or my Griffon T-shirt. I will continue to collect stuff regardless if I have room or not..

Answer 4

Yes my daughter collect pressed pennies from disneyland and she has a little book with them in it...she has been doing it since she was 4 and she in now 13 so she has a lot LOL...my fav was when I went to disneyland with my mom in the 80's and mom would always let us get one stuffed animal...i chose the little funny butterfly from the show Captian E.O. (a.k.a. Honey I shrunk the audience now) I still have my pete's dragon, lady and the tramp and all the aristocats.....I take my children now to disneyland all the time and they come home with lots of memories as well...thanks for sharing :)

Answer 5

Yes -- I have pressed pennies from many sites in Europe, like Notre Dame, Sacre Coeur, la Sagrada Familia, etc.

My biggest souvenir is a ginormous Shamu from Sea World in San Antonio, Texas!! Shamu swims around my daughter's room now!!

Answer 6

My favorite souvenir is my old time photo I took with my husband and sons this past year at King's Dominion. We had a blast that day and I love the way the picture turned out.

Answer 7

I live for Walt Disney World. On one trip we were staying at the Yacht Club Resort. At the giftshop at the hotel, I bought a black and white Steamboat Willie Mickey. I had never seen the classic Mickey available from his first film. I am a huge fan of classic Disney, not the garbage on the Disney channel today! Donald rocks!

Answer 8

I have quite a few souveniers from amusement parks, but one of my favorites right now is a t-shirt I got this spring from Busch Gardens Europe. I attended the media day preview for the new coaster, Griffon, and the shirts all say "First to Dive". We got the shirts and media pass bracelets for free. Can't beat that for a souvenier!

My other favorites are various t-shirts from BGE, plus shot glasses. I collect shot glasses and have gotten quite a few cool looking ones from there.

Answer 9

I have a statue of dolphins leaping out of water from Sea World. Its a very nice souvenir that I can display on my shelves.

Answer 10

we collect the pressed pennies for my son. its cheap and easy to store. they're kinda cool. I got a 'book' to keep them in from Universal Studios in CA, which adds to the "excitement" of the pennies.