If you’ve visited Walt Disney World in the past day or so, you might have spotted a new apparel offering, “Celebration Crew” sweatshirts. New reports indicate that these styles will soon replace Disney’s Spirit Jersey offerings, which are being phased out due to high costs.
Disney Reportedly Ending Spirit Jersey Collaboration
The new Celebration Crew sweatshirts feature similar traits to Spirit Jerseys, with custom illustrations of Disney characters, all-over print designs. and more.
This Celebration Crew design features an all-over print of white squiggles, with Stitch on his surfboard. It has also made its way to shopDisney, where Spirit Jerseys are still being sold.
The new apparel even comes with its own bespoke tag and logo.
Some of the Celebration Crew sweatshirts are priced at $64.99. Spirit Jerseys are normally $79.99.
The Celebration Crew sweatshirts also feature a puffy ink print across the back shoulders.
According to sources, Disney’s merchandising teams are slowly phasing out the Spirit Jersey offerings, as they have become too costly to manufacture.
As the Celebration Crews are a new offering, it could take some time before we see Spirit Jerseys completely disappear. Even this week, new Spirit Jerseys for both adults and youth were released.
We also spotted this new black Walt Disney World Celebration Crew, which could easily be confused for a Spirit Jersey.
Both have the puffy ink print on the back shoulders and front left breast, but the Celebration Crew is missing the outside seam along the breast line.
This plain black Walt Disney World Celebration Crew is priced at $59.99, significantly cheaper than its Spirit Jersey counterpart.
We put the Celebration Crew and a Spirit Jersey side-by-side. Can you tell the difference?
Despite the presence of the Celebration Crews, this is still a rumor and has not been confirmed. Stay tuned for more updates.
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Kinda funny how they’re replacing it because of high production costs. Did the workers from the Chinese sweatshop they come from manage to get a 5 cent pay raise? Given that all Disney merch comes from China I don’t see how production costs could be too high.
Funny thing is I love spirit jerseys. But it is too warm in Florida for them never mind sweatshirts.
Not everyone is from Florida. We love 5he spirit jerseys. You can purchase sweatshirts just about anywhere unlike the spirit jerseys. What next phase out the Doomey and Bourne purses for the Walmart bags?
What I like about the Spirit Jerseys are the more airy style of them and the fact they don’t fit as tightly as sweatshirts. I often wear “aloha” style shirts (like RSVLTS, camp shirts, etc.) to Disneyland during warmer weather. Those shirts are made to be worn un-tucked. During the spring months is can get cool at night and if you put on a regular sweatshirt the un-tucked shirt underneath hangs below the bottom of the sweatshirt. But a Spirit Jersey covers the entire shirt.
The other point is— Why do they cost more to manufacture? Maybe the material costs more? But if that is the case, just charge more for them. People buy them in droves even as the price has increased. I cannot see Disney getting rid of such a popular item.