Disney & Popcorn Buckets: A Salty History (ft. Figment CHAOS)

Popcorn has a long and complicated history, and it’s been a staple of Disney Parks since they opened in 1955! But now popcorn is a hot item with the rise of popularity in Premium Popcorn Buckets!!

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[JennyNicholson]

If you were a real flavored popcorn fan you would have those little popcorn eating tongs they sell in tokyo

[brycevo]

Japan's popcorn bucket's are so awesome. Not just Disney, but even Universal is so amazing

[moonprincesst.s.h.ever]

I totally agree with Disney Dan about ebay. I had to wait for a year for a 2019 Mickey and Minnie gingerbread headband. In January 2020, it was $100 and then in September 2020, it was $12.00.

[clarktooncrossing]

Dan, you put popcorn in your hand-made Figment puppet. Popcorn being put in a plastic foot does NOT sound all that crazy after that. XD Great video, saw the Offhand Disney video yesterday and began wondering when this video would come out. Here’s hoping Disney takes all the chaos as a sign that we need more Figment.

[Kayyleeeeee]

If people love figment so much they could just get a plush as well. Which is cuter and has more long term sentimental value than a bucket. I never understood why plushes were never hyped up like the buckets.

[tittlediddle]

If you cover the popcorn buckets, you HAVE to do a disturbingly deep dive into the history of weird Disney on Ice snowcone cups. THEY CUT NEMO'S HEAD OPEN.

[MaddieRoosterHighlights]

All this popcorn bucket hype makes it feel appropriate to finally reveal one of my greatest disney possessions is a white and blue annual pass holder popcorn bucket from a few years ago. Key features being that it was white and plastic, meaning it was incredibly easy for me to use a bit of white out to make myself a custom "Annual Assholder" popcorn bucket, that sits proudly in my room to this day. It feels even more special now that the program no longer has that name. This is my only popcorn bucket discourse contribution and it's incredibly lame. Loved those free refills though, memories.

[jlbeeen]

That reminds me of the Rosalina Amiibo... I'm a Nintendo fan, I collect amiibo figures, and Rosalina was Target exclusive, so people stormed it, and instead of the usual $12-$20, they were up on ebay for like $100... I still don't have one. But at least with Disney, they seem to be more aware of that aspect.
I actually don't remember popcorn buckets when I went there, but I'm in Canada, so only went there once like 10 years ago, and didn't have room in my suitcase to bring anything home.

[forcebewithyou]

The figment popcorn buckets are EXCLUSIVE to the festival. Once the festival is over they are GONE and will not be coming back. That’s why they are so popular. If you don’t get one or have gotten one by now, you won’t ever get one at Epcot. They’re limited edition to the festival and once sold out will not be returning.

[TBHJR]

I’ve been buying Disney and movie theater popcorn buckets for 20 years. I don’t even eat popcorn at home but dammit, I love these buckets on a shelf. It’s funny that you mentioned the Mickey mummy buckets because if you go to the Disney outlet store at the Vineland outlets (Orlando), they have a huge overstock of those buckets right now. I think they’re like $15.

[lordofthegames]

Kind of a coincidence that I’m watching Disney Dan and a Disneyland add shows up

[Aliceashla]

When I was more younger living in Japan I had full shelves of Tokyo Disneyland Popcorn bucket. Best Popcorn ever

[firstflowerinspace]

Dan’s like “I’m going to give the people Everything they Want… and what they want… is popcorn buckets apparently?”

[Bulbasaur]

Do I like popcorn? Yes. Do I like Figment? Yes! Do I like this video? Absolutely! Well done on doing this video. It's Poptastic!

[XanderPhillips]

The thing that upsets me is I had all these popcorn buckets from 1998-2002 from Paris and My dad and I were using them to store things in the shed, and I had no idea they’d become so collectible 😂 however the shed never looked so magical 😂

[francovizstudios]

This reminds me of when Universal Studios Japan released a limited edition Mechagodzilla popcorn bucket to coincide with the Godzilla Vs Evangelion ride in 2019. I was lucky enough to be visiting Japan at the time and I went to USJ where I was able to pick up one of them. There was a pretty sizable line and in just a couple hours of the park opening they were all sold out for the day. That was definitely my first experience of popcorn buckets being a hot commodity!

[JoJosWorld]

It was definitely a wild first day with figment! lol

[TobiasBroad]

On a related tangent, you might be interested in the current hysteria surrounding Duffy’s new friend Lina Bell at Shanghai Disneyland. 18 hour queues and a bit of scalping is nothing compared to what’s been going on there.

[susanelliott]

I was one of the crazy people that did wait in line for figment bucket. Not for resale but for my own pleasure. Figment is one of my favorite characters, but I do also have several of the other buckets. This is the first one that I had to stand in line for. I am going back to the park next week to enjoy the Festival of the Arts.

[bookwormbeth]

Me and my family had many popcorn buckets from disney world. We even ended up using them outside the parks sometimes! When we went to the theater, each of the kids had their own bucket that the jumbo sized one would be poured into. It probably helped prevent infighting between me and my 3 sibs.