Popcorn buckets have taken over film theaters of late, with each main blockbuster getting some form of novelty snack container. Nevertheless, for these of us who spend a bit an excessive amount of time in theme parks, the popcorn bucket craze is nothing significantly new. We’ve seen strains for popcorn buckets longer than the rides, and despite the fact that I don’t often gather them, the brand new Satisfaction bucket discovered at Disney World and Disneyland is making me rethink that.
I don’t often eat popcorn outdoors of a movie show, and I don’t like to gather issues that can do little greater than gather mud on a shelf. Nevertheless, this new Satisfaction Bucket, of Mickey Mouse’s gloved palms round a rainbow coronary heart, is form of lovely. And the palms are hole, so you may even put on the gloves your self.
May simply be for One Magical Weekend, however we simply noticed this Disney Satisfaction Mickey palms popcorn bucket for $20 at Hurricane Lagoon tonight! @DisneyParks pic.twitter.com/aVHli4ka3jMight 30, 2025
You’ll be able to’t swing a cat at a Disney Park with out hitting a number of completely different popcorn buckets. Simply at the moment, Disney World unveiled one other one, which mixes the traditional Mickey ears look with Epcot’s geodesic sphere. Not all of them turn out to be such hits that they promote out, however you’ll remember to discover all of them on eBay earlier than too lengthy with a considerable markup.
Whereas individuals love popcorn buckets in theme parks, and have for a very long time, they’ve turn out to be massive enterprise in film theaters as nicely. We’re getting very complicated popcorn buckets and really intricate designs as every film tries to provide you with one thing distinctive to make their bucket stand out.
My greatest problem with popcorn buckets is what to do with them after I’m not actively consuming popcorn out of them, They’re high-quality for strolling round a theme park and munching on a snack, however then what? This one, at the very least, would look sitting on a shelf. It’s not only a toy going unused, as so many popcorn buckets are. This one can be an announcement of 1’s love for Disney and one’s help for a neighborhood, multi function transfer. I can get behind that.
Disney Parks typically launch fascinating and distinctive merchandise as a part of Satisfaction month. Whereas Disney’s help, or lack thereof, of the LGBTQ+ neighborhood has regularly put the corporate beneath fireplace from either side of the problem at completely different instances, the Home of Mouse isn’t seeking to distance itself completely from Satisfaction, which is one thing.
I can solely think about that this bucket goes to promote nicely throughout Disneyland’s upcoming Satisfaction Nite celebration. The after-hours arduous ticket occasion is being provided once more this 12 months, on June 16 and 18. The occasion was clearly a large enough success final 12 months to deliver it again this 12 months.
The bucket is out there now at choose areas, each at Walt Disney World and Disneyland. It is going to possible stay accessible till provides promote out, although relying on how rapidly that occurs, it may not be round for too lengthy.