To me this mug has the least going on but it’s calming and would be the perfect companion to coffee on a veranda at the Animal Kingdom Lodge.īlues, reds, yellows, and brown, this mug has it all and is definitely the most colorful and it goes a long way in capturing the glitz and glam of old Hollywood. The Magic Kingdom mug is one of the more colorful with blues, grays, and yellow depicting Space Mountain, the Mad Hatter Teacups, Cinderella’s castle, the Haunted Mansion, and what appears to be a sailing ship, possibly a pirate ship or something akin to the Columbia in Disneyland.Īmongst greens, browns, and grays the Tree of Life and Expedition Everest rise up over a small village, with a safari bus heading out to the savanna where a baobab tree and a giraffe await. You can purchase the mugs online, but you’d be missing the best part about collecting them – visiting the parks!Īll of the mugs are done up in a minimalist style Disney fans will be familiar with. Lastly, just like a world scratch map or one that has you color in countries you’ve been to, these mugs provide incentive to go out and visit the parks, hopefully one you’ve never visited. Second, there’s a weight to them that makes them feel more valuable than a plastic tchotchke you might find at other Disney shops. First, the finality, I knew I could collect them all and there would be a definitive stopping point. I started collecting these mugs for a few reasons. Fortunately for Disney fans, there are Starbucks shops at each of the four Disney World parks, a fifth at Disneyland, and another at Disney California Adventure, that offer unique coffee mugs showcasing each park. Want a Texarkana mug? Go to the Starbucks shop in, you guessed it, Texarkana. They’re a part of Starbucks “You Are Here Collection” and they depict major city landmarks individualized for the shops they’re sold in. Unfortunately, nothing’s had ever piqued my interest… that is until one fateful day when I stumbled into the Fountain View, the Starbucks shop at Epcot, and found these bad boys: Disney coffee mugs. I’m not much of a collector and when it comes to Disney collectibles I find it too daunting to even consider, but at the end of every Disney trip I wind up perusing the shops, trying to find something to commemorate my time at the Disney parks.
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