FREE
Customized Park Maps for Walt Disney World
Click here to order a set of five customized 14" x 20" park
maps for your Walt Disney World vacation. Delivery takes approximately
3 weeks, so plan ahead. You can order one set every 6 months.
One
Hour FREE at Disneyland
Here's a little-known bit of information about Disneyland
in California: you can enter the park for FREE for one hour or less
with a "shopping pass." The intended purpose of this program
is to allow someone who forgot to purchase a souvenir the opportunity
to go into the park and buy it.
A shopping pass may be obtained by visiting the Guest
Services Window next to the Main Entrance of Disneyland. The shopping
pass provides 60 minutes of park admission at no charge. To obtain
a pass, you will need to provide a valid credit card or cash in the
amount of a 1-Day Ticket for deposit. You will then be given a ticket
with a specified return time. When you return to Guest Services within
the specified time, you will not be charged for a 1-Day Ticket. The
shopping pass is not available after 4 pm.
They are very strict about the one-hour time limit,
and only one person in your party will be allowed to do this. Some
people have been asked to show a receipt when returning to Guest Services
-- others have not.
FREE
Webcam and Satellite Views of Disneyland & Walt Disney World
Want to see Disneyland for free? The Howard
Johnson Anaheim offers views of Disneyland and Disney's California
Adventure theme parks via its "Mattercam"
-- you can even control the camera!
If you'd like a little glimpse of Walt Disney World
for free, try this webcam
view that will show you the last 24 hours in time-lapse format.
The camera is located at the top of the Dolphin hotel, pointing toward
Disney's Beach Club Resort and with a view of Epcot's Geosphere in
the background.
For a 3D satellite view of the theme parks check
out Google
Earth. You can download the software for free and explore
Walt Disney World, Disneyland, even Disneyland Paris or Tokyo Disney
Resort on your home computer! Thanks to Michael for info.
Another satellite view site is Microsoft Virtual Earth. If you click on the bird's eye view, you can see parts of Disney World in incredible detail. MouseSavers.com reader Tammy L reports that you can even read all of the words on the Pop Century resort!
FREE
Disney Games, Screen Savers, Wallpaper and Desktops
All of the links in this section go to Disney-operated
sites that offer freebies!
Pirates of the Caribbean Online is a new multiplayer online game that Disney is offering for FREE! Create a Pirate, battle fierce enemies, captain your own ship, live the legend!
Disney's Ratatouille
web site offers FREE backgrounds, AIM icons and games.
The
Santa Clause 3 web site offers two FREE mini-games and a "write
to Santa" option.
Send your friends FREE Pirates of the Caribbean voice
e-mails at DeadMansMail.com!
You can customize your pirate by changing the background, headgear,
eyes and beard. Choose from pre-recorded pirate greetings, or record
your own greeting!
Disney's
Virtual Magic Kingdom (VMK) is
an elaborate multiplayer online game that allows you to explore the
lands of a theme park! Play games, create music mixes, earn credits
that allow you to buy different clothes and furnishings for your onscreen
avatar, and lots more. You can also do real-life "quests"
at Disneyland and Disney World and earn onscreen goodies. VMK is primarily
aimed at tweens and teens, but lots of adult Disney fans are playing
too. You can't beat the price -- FREE!
Buzz
Lightyear Astro Blasters Online Interactive Experience allows
players to connect from home and engage in live action from the Buzz
Lightyear Astro Blasters attraction at Disneyland during park hours.
Disney's Expedition
Everest web site offers a FREE "Yeti Vision"
game (requires download).
Disney
SNAP offers FREE Disney icons for Instant Messaging.
The Disneyland Paris Resort web site has quite
a few goodies, including:
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15th
Anniversary backgrounds, screensavers, e-card and games -
desktop
icons and Fantillusion screen saver -
Buzz
Lightyear game -
punch-out
paper laser blaster -
multiple
wallpapers and a screensaver -
games
for kids -
more
wallpapers -
Consider signing
up for the Disneyland Paris newsletter list -- they send out links
to FREE wallpapers, screensavers and games frequently.
Vacation
Planning Videos
If you're planning a Disney vacation, be sure to request
a Disney vacation planning DVD, which they will be happy to send you
for FREE. It can take awhile (as much as a month or more) to arrive,
so order one early!
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Walt Disney World:
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US
residents click here to order. -
Canada
residents click here to order. -
UK
residents click here to order.
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Disneyland in California:
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Disney Cruise Line:
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US
residents click here to order. -
Canada residents call 800-511-9444 to order
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There's lots of cute FREE stuff you can download at
the Disney
Souvenears site. Items change from time to time, but in the
past have included a Mickey "snowglobe," desktop clock,
calendar, calculator and more. You have to register with disney.com
to download -- and while you're at it, you can sign up to have Mickey
send you a free birthday e-mail!
At the Disney
Magic Artist web site, you can download FREE play sets, calendars,
greeting cards, coloring pages and a scrapbook maker!
Visit Disney's
Free Mini Games site, where you can play many different FREE
online games!
Disney's Chronicles
of Narnia page allows you to play a game (with VMK
virtual prizes) and download a Narnia map wallpaper.
Disney's Lady
and the Tramp page offers a game, wallpaper, screensaver,
messenger icons and printable activity/coloring pages! Thanks to
Kim A for info.
Disney's Chicken
Little page offers wallpaper, screensaver, messenger icons,
printable stickers/tattoos and and printable activity/coloring pages!
Disney's Bambi
page offers desktop backgrounds, a screensaver and printable activity/coloring
pages!
Stitch's
Escape Game - requires download. Not compatible with Macintosh
computers.
Disney's Lilo
and Stitch page offers FREE games, desktop backgrounds, messenger
icons, e-postcards and more!
Disney's Home
on the Range page offers FREE games, wallpapers, messenger
icons, screensaver, e-postcards and more!
Check out the Mission:
SPACE web site, where you can download screensavers and wallpaper,
send e-postcards and play the "Space Race" game.
Get FREE Disney screen savers, icons and wallpaper,
plus a Disney character personality test! Visit the 100
Years of Magic web site. Password is WALT.
You can download dozens of FREE
desktops and wallpapers featuring Disney characters, for both PC and
Mac computers, at the Desktop
Stop.
Really cool: download the FREE Disney
Dreamlights Cheshire Cat screensaver from Tokyo Disneyland!
Thanks to Belinda for info.
Visit Disney's FamilyFun
Magazine web site, where you can download all kinds of neat
family projects! They usually offer great ideas for each holiday season
of the year.
FREE
Disney Recipes
Here are some sites where you
can get Disney-related recipes for FREE:
Intercot
Info Central - lots of recipes, mainly from the resort restaurants
DisneyRecipes.com
- probably the most comprehensive site for Disney-related recipes,
though a little difficult to navigate
2001
Epcot Food & Wine Festival Recipes
(from Steve Soares' handy Walt
Disney World Entertainment site)
Disney/Orlando/Southern
California Sweepstakes and Contests
Click here to see
a constantly-updated list of sweepstakes and contests with Disney
prizes, as well as prizes that include trips to Orlando or Southern
California.
Walt Disney World
- Free & Cheap Things To Do
Don't miss my whole huge list of things to do at Walt Disney World
(and nearby) for FREE or very inexpensively. Nothing on the list
requires park admission! To view the information about cheap and
FREE activities at Walt Disney World, click
here.
