PAL MICKEY

Originally Posted By mickeymad

Hi,
Can anybody give there opinion on 'Pal Mickey'?
Are they worth buying
Thanks

 

Originally Posted By Liberty Belle

Hi Mickeymad, I loved having my Pal Mickey at Disney World with me - he's especially useful at Animal Kingdom, it's like carrying your own little tour guide around with you! I suppose some people would consider them frivolous, but if you're not on a tight budget I'd definitely consider getting one. I absolutely don't regret getting mine! Hope that helps.

 

Originally Posted By Labuda

I highly recommend Pal Mickey! In fact, I own two of them - one that's the Pal Mickey versio 1.0 that came out just two days before I got mine, ad one of the Happiest Celebration on Earth ones. Haven't regretted either purchase EVER! They're great fun, and like LB said, they're a great little tourguide. Also, you can play games with him or have him tell you jokes when he's not acting as a tourguide.

 

Originally Posted By Disneymom443

I remeber when they first came out. I was in my resort shop and talked to a lady who bought a pal Mickey. She told me that to rent them for the time they were their it was only $15 less then buying one. She loved hers, it just was not in my buget. If it is I would buy one.

 

Originally Posted By crazyformickey

They don't rent them anymore. They are a bit much but worth it. My son loved his at the world and when he got home played with it so much we had to replace the batteries.

 

Originally Posted By mickeymad

Thanks Everyone.
We will be on a bit of a budget but it sounds as though one might be worth saving for.
My 10 year old twin girls are really keen and as we don't get to WDW that often from Australia we plan it so we can do the things and buy the stuff that we would like when we are there.
They sound like a real novelty that you can't get anywhere else and what's another Mickey in the house anyway!!!

 

Originally Posted By Autopia Deb

They are fun, we've used ours on the 2 trips we've been on since they came out. But we used it every day on the first trip and only once or twice on the second.

I put a bit if ribbon on ours just in case it was dropped to make it easier to ID as ours. I also opened it up and wrote our contact info in Sharpie marker.

 

Originally Posted By Crazy4WDW

We have one and we love him! Now they have little outfits for him! LOL! I love the rain poncho! I may have to get one this trip!

 

Originally Posted By Labuda

Cute little Pal Mickey club I found online just now... <a href="http://www.primateprojections.com/travel/magicaldisney/PalMickey/index.html" target="_blank">http://www.primateprojections.
com/travel/magicaldisney/PalMickey/index.html</a>

 

Originally Posted By mickeymad

Forgot to ask: How much are they??

 

Originally Posted By mickeymad

Thanks for the website, my girls loved it! We bought a 'build a bears' last time we were at Disneyland so they are going to LOVE dressing Mickey!

 

Originally Posted By Labuda

Pal Mickey is $65 nowadays, I believe. He was $50 whe I got my first one - that was SWEEEET!

 

Originally Posted By Autopia Deb

Don't forget to bring something water proof for your PAL if you go on wet rides. Of course you can always nicely ask a CM for a merchandise bag to put him in if you forget.

 

Originally Posted By mickeymad

Hi,
How do they work and what games are on them?
Thanks

 

Originally Posted By Labuda

They run on AA batteries, and he works in the parks via getting updates through a infrared sensor in his nose.

He'll then giggle & shake when he has something to tell you - when he does that, you press his tummy and he gives the info.

If wanting to just play a game, squeeze his tummy and he'll go into a menu where you choose a game by squeezing either one of his hands or his tummy.

One of the games is a "where are we" kind of thing where he lists off attractions and you guess which park it's in.

I don't, unfortunately, recall the other two games right now.

Also, if he's not doing anything and you squeeze his hand (I think), he'll tell you a joke.

 

Originally Posted By BlazesOfFire

<<Don't forget to bring something water proof for your PAL if you go on wet rides>>

Now they have ponchos for your Pal Mickey!! So cute! (but a bag will do if you dont want to buy the outfit!)

 

Originally Posted By Labuda

Plus, the poncho doens't cover his nose or hands - give, the nose is gonna be pretty safe, I think, but I'd be worried if the hands got soaked.

 

Originally Posted By mickeymad

Another question!!!
I have two kids do you think it is a waste getting one each??
There are a lot of Pal Micky's on ebay.Will these still work next year??
Thanks

 

Originally Posted By Labuda

Well, if you can afford two, I'd say go for it, jsut so you don't have to worry about kids fighting over who gets to carry it, etc.

As for the ones on eBay - if they work right now, they'll still work next year, yes.

I will tell you, though, that I think it's a good idea to get the newer one, not the older.

Here's a pic of the older one:

<a href="http://tinyurl.com/rspds" target="_blank">http://tinyurl.com/rspds</a>

and the newer:

<a href="http://tinyurl.com/qancz" target="_blank">http://tinyurl.com/qancz</a>


Note the newer little guy comes with a black tuxedo jacket & gold bowtie.

 

Originally Posted By Autopia Deb

We got ours in 2003 and he worked just fine in 2006. I just wish they'd set Disneyland to work with our little PAL.