Originally Posted By DyGDisney We went to Disneyland the last couple of days and I noticed my beloved hand stamp smell had changed. It was similar, but much stronger and not near as good a smell. My whole family agreed. I've been going to Disneyland since I was 3, and that smell takes me back to my childhood when we would stay at the DLH (I know it was built in the 70's, so was I!!) and take the Monorail to and from DL. Has anyone else noticed this? Can anyone confirm the change and the reason?
Originally Posted By CuriousConstance We were just talking about the smell of the handstamp as we just got back from a few days at the parks. I don't have as much experience with the smell, but we were saying it smells like a combination of a minty lemony scent. By the way, this seems like the perfect opportunity to ask the question we've been wondering... Just why do you need the hand stamp anyway? As long as you have your ticket, what's the reason you need the hand stamp too?
Originally Posted By DyGDisney They don't want you to use your ticket for part of the day then give it to someone else to use for the rest of the day. We saw a family, who apparently didn't speak English, get turned away at the DCA gates because their tickets had already been used that day but none of them had hand stamps. We park hopped so much on Monday that we had 4 handstamps! They couldn't read them at all, so I don't know how they know it's not from the day before.
Originally Posted By CuriousConstance Ohhhh. Okay that makes sense. My son's hand stamp wasn't on his arm when we went back to the parks one of our days, but they let him come in with us anyway. lol
Originally Posted By DyGDisney LOL! Did you go swimming? I remember as a kid being so freaked out that the chlorine in the pool would wash off my stamp and I wouldn't be able to re-enter!
Originally Posted By CuriousConstance Yes we went swimming, and then he took a bath, so I'm assuming that's where his hand stamp went.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros I haven't been stamped in the last week or two, but I haven't noticed any changes in the smell. Same lemony freshness as ever! And a fun game that I learned from listening to the LP Podcast: When you go through the exit turnstyles, let the rest of your group go ahead of you. When you get your handstamp, run up behind someone and smear it on their face (effectively 'witch' slapping them). When you go on a ride with a blacklight (basically any indoor ride), you can point and laugh at them! Once they're onto your scheme, it gets tricky, and often turns into a wrestling match across the Esplanade, until your hand is all dried out. (Note: make sure the first time you do it that you get a really juice stamp; you don't want to waste that first shot if it won't stick anyway)
Originally Posted By JenniBarra What I miss is how the ink is not "invisible" anymore. As a kid, the game we played was try to read what the stamp says before the ink dries!
Originally Posted By Yookeroo "We park hopped so much on Monday that we had 4 handstamps!" You don't have to get stamped every time you leave a park. One time is enough.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros Some times they won't even let me get another handstamp if I already have one. They just take all the fun out of the game. : (
Originally Posted By VickiHD I love the hand stamp smell. Actually DH and DS love it too. We have AP's but still want go get stamped just for the smell of it. P.S. Love the soap in the bathrooms too.
Originally Posted By CuriousConstance "Some times they won't even let me get another handstamp if I already have one. They just take all the fun out of the game. : (" The big meanies
Originally Posted By Schmitty Good Vibes I miss the invisable hand stamps too. I remember getting a hand stamp when leaving DL and going to Knott's the next day. They had a black light in the gem exhibit/store (like DL's) and then we could finally find out what character we had received.
Originally Posted By DyGDisney Weird that they always had us get another. I guess we kept wanting to get that old familiar smell, but it never seemed to be. My kids said it smells like nail polish when it's fresh now. So no one else has noticed??
Originally Posted By DyGDisney BTW, we were very disappointed at WDW last year when we didn't get hand stamps!
Originally Posted By crazycroc The new smell is rather "pee-ish", as opposed to the lemoney scented stamps of old, dontcha think?
Originally Posted By CuriousConstance I think you might have a pee problem, CC, with as much as you smell pee everywhere.
Originally Posted By DlandDug I haven't had a hand stamp for years now. When they used to require them for APers, I would always have a certain amount of residue on the back of my hand. But since it's no longer required, I no longer know what they smell like...
