Originally Posted By wonderingalice Oh! Ursula's headband ears reminded me that I bought the gold, sequined type in December and wore them all the time we were there... Love 'em!
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo "I've only worn my July 17th ears to show them to people. If I ever get married or honeymoon at Disney, perhaps I might get the groom ears and the bride ears for my wife so we can wear them. " We did, and it was one of the coolest things ever!!!
Originally Posted By wolfchild I got the Grad Night ears back in 97 but haven't gotten any kind of ears or hats there in any of the yearly trips for the last five years. The most recent trip I had plans to get the gold ears for sure since it's the 50th. But since it was our honeymoon we had planned on getting the bride and groom ones as well. Unfortunately DH's head was too fat for the groom ones so we had to improvise. So we each found a baseball hat that we liked (mine in light khaki and his in black) and got Bride and Groom embroidered on the back of them at the place in the front of the park. I am not really a baseball hat person but just from wearing that around the park I got totally sold on hats in the park. Definitely kept my hair out of my face and the sun out of my eyes. We did finally get the gold ears, but only on the very last day, right before we left so we never wore them in the park. Though, I probably wouldn't just because I would be too worried about losing them. Though, we also bought one of the little gold mickey ear keychains (the ones with the actual felt hat and plastic ears). We got home, immediately took off the keychain and put them on our cat. Cutest thing ever! >
Originally Posted By Dznygrl I don't wear ears because I think I look really stupid in them (size of the ears on the hat are too big for my head. And why on earth do the youth sized hats have the same size ears as the adult hats??). A lot of people can look cute and fashionable in ears, but I'm not one of them. I did buy a pair of gold ears though, and I actually did wear my July 17th ears for that one special day. Heck, I was so exhausted I guess I didn't care how I looked. They're also a pain to keep on, fortunately there were people in line behind us at DCA who were freely giving out bobby pins to help keep ears in place. Now my VMK ears, that's another story. Those things never leave my character's head! I love 'em!
Originally Posted By getnby If, however, you're interested in being an Honorary Mousketeer, you're pretty much obligated to wear your ears.
Originally Posted By DismayingObservation AARGH! No ears! No ears! I can't quite explain it given the fact that I'm a totally extroverted goofball. Somehow, I tend to view them as an assault on my dignity. My 50th Anniversary ears spent that historic day safely ensconsed in the Main Street lockers. LillyBelle and I are tossing around the idea of hitting the park this weekend and renewing her AP. Odds are good that I won't be getting ears if we do. Getting slightly off-subject, I have been away from this site for far too long, especially in light of all the fun I had with you wonderful folks last year. Gonna be posting here a lot more. LP'ers rock!!
Originally Posted By hammertime Disney resorts are one of the only places where you can be a kid at any age. I'm heading back in June and will be wearing my ears or maybe a princess tiara. Haven't decided which yet. Though if it's really hot and sunny out I might have to go with a hat during the day and ears/tiara at night.
Originally Posted By fidoprincess My kids, 10 and 6, always wear their ears all day long. I bring elastic to sew onto the ears and they stay on all day! Last trip, they wore their golden ears the entire time but wanted to get new tie dye ones. Then they got into an disagreement because DD wanted the same as DS and he wanted her to have different ones-lol. I tried to talk dd into the new Tink ones but she wanted whatever DS picked. This time, when we go , if they have any more of the good embroidery machines(real old style), I will get them new ears. I also realized that I can just take out the elastic strings from their old "infant" ears and push through the new ears rather than having to sew! Dh always wears his "sun" bucket type Mickey Hat that he had embroidered with "Dad"-lol. I think they all look so funny-I don't wear ears or a hat and spend the whole time secretly smiling about them and how silly they look-it just tickles me-lol. Anyone know if the machines have all been replaced yet? If not, where are the old ones? Thanks in advance!
Originally Posted By deadmentellnotales <On the 50th anniversary i wore my golden complimentary ears on top of my hood, and walked around eating the cup cakes with the awful icing.> I wore my golden ears on the 50th, though I wore them in mock mohawk fashion. I usually don't wear the ears though, mostly just au natural or sometimes my mad hatter hat. BTW YourPalEd, thanks for the description of the cupcakes, a fond memory. I still remember grabbing like four of those god awful things and taking a great big bite then wishing I hadn't, what a waste of free cupcakes. Argggh.
Originally Posted By LacyBelle <Anyone know if the machines have all been replaced yet? If not, where are the old ones?> fidoprincess, when we were there in Sept, they still had the old embroidery machines at the Mad Hatter on Main Street. Hopefully they're still there. It's a shame they're going with the computerized embroidery machines.
Originally Posted By SBprincess59 Like Dznygrl, I look horrible in some hats, it looks they are always floating on top of my head. I also have really long hair (like Ursula) and it's really thick, so it aids in pushing the hat off of my head. I have two golden ear hats, one with the flower, the other with out since I thought they came separately. I also have too many other Disney hats and crowns, but like I said, they do not look good on me, so I rarely wear them. I did make my boyfriend get golden ears and we took a few pictures in them in the park. In fact, that was the only time they looked good on me because I had my hair down, which is a very impractical hat wearing style for me.
