Are you ready to chart the course for adventure? The latest release in the Disney Parks Designer Collection is set to release tomorrow on shopDisney, and they’re designed by none other than Disney Imagineer, Joe Rohde himself!
The ears are made to look like an aviator’s hat, with a faded deep brown faux leather exterior and a plush white lining. The steampunk-style goggles match perfectly with the compass-printed Mickey ears. The GPS coordinates on the left ear are for Mount Everest. The coordinates on the right ear are for Expedition Everest – Legend of the Forbidden Mountain at Disney’s Animal Kingdom Theme Park, each with their respective opening dates!
You could say the ears have a bit of a flair to them… Adventurers Club flair, that is. Kungaloosh! These are the third set of ears in the Disney Parks Designer Collection series to be designed by a member of Walt Disney Imagineering. First, you had The Haunted Mansion ears by Kim Irvine, followed by the Mickey & Minnie’s Runaway Railway ear hat by Kevin Rafferty, and now Joe Rohde has a design of his own.
No pricing or further release details are available, but these should go live on shopDisney around 7:00 AM (Pacific) / 10:00 AM (Eastern) per prior releases. Do keep in mind that as with any Limited Edition release, the shopDisney website has been prone to some serious glitching, so try to be logged in and ready as soon as the release window opens for the best chance at getting these.
This looks like a good ‘Thinking Cap’ for Joe. Strap it on and get to thinking on how to fix that elusive Yeti ! Lol !
Instantly sold out (probably by bots) when it went up. Within 3 minutes multiple listings on eBay for $200-250…
Already sold out!
Sold out in <2 minutes.
Did these really sell out in under a minute??
To resellers, yes.
Seems that this sold out in about a minute…
Logged in and ready added to bag as soon as it appeared and went live took less than 20 seconds and got the sold out at checkout! This is the most frustrating process with disney store forever. They need to add a captha to prevent bots and change purchase process to “hold” items in cart with a timer to get through payment process. Ive spoke with them and they say its “real time inventory” meaning even tho you got one in your cart it can be sold to the person (or resellers who use bots or whatever program) while you are purchasing. Thats like being in line at a merchant to pay and another salesperson takes your items at register and sells to person behind you before you can complete your sale. Oh well im sorry its no longer available to you, but hey we have other things you might want, continue shopping, oh and have a magical day…next!..so frustrating. If they change their process to like buying tickets to an event such as say ticketmaster, it would give a better fighting chance to get one. 10-15 min to complete purchase or it goes back into inventory.
I absentmindedly forgot to go on when they were released and by the time I got there it said they were out of stock. Do you know if they will get more in stock or if it was just the one sale and then done? I’m really just wondering if I should check back and try again or if I should just give it up?
I assume there will be some when the parks reopen, but not online.
Multiple listings on E-Bay right now for $800-$1,000 for these now 🙄
I don’t think Joe would approve of this ridiculous situation
Im guessing the flaps represent his ear right?