Walt Disney World
A History in Postcards
Appendix K: Disney's Free postcards
card # title on card new used Dmg. WNM link/scan Copy size
ABBREVIATIONS WNM=written on not mailed   Copy= copyright versions Dmg. = damaged   Damage Codes t=tape mark s=stain m= missing stamp std.=3½ x 5½ Cont.= 4 x 6
CARDS RELATED TO SERVICES PROVIDED
Acct #7020 MICKEY'S FILM EXPRESS . . . . No Scan 1980 WDP Std.
Restaurant Review Cards
unknown Sci Fi Dine in . . . . No Scan unknown probably 8 x 4
above card was issued during 25th anniversary and has the 25th logo on front of card
Promotional postcards
Preview Center promotional card the first WDW postcard
no number The exciting WDW preview center is now open... . . . . chap1 p.1 WDP 1/70 9 x 4
Disney Vacation Club Resorts pre-sale postcards
Disney Vacation Club Resorts pre-sale postcards
TA869 Yes! I'd like to "preview" Disney's Vacation Club (paid return pc picture of Mickey and a child in inner tubes in a pool) continental size . . . . No Scan DIS cont.
no # DISNEY'S BEACH CLUB VILLAS A Disney Vacation Club Resort (Artist rendering on paper with the texture of an artists canvas) (White airbrush style border - DVC logo on back) . . . . No Scan DIS 4½ x 7½
VCDAI 0603S Saratoga Springs Resort and Spa (the DVC logo and the words " Artist rendering- proposed" in the BEIGE strip at the bottom of the card) Printed on a linen-like paper . . . . No Scan DIS 5½ x 8½
VCDAI 0603T Saratoga Springs Resort and Spa (the DVC logo and the words " Artist rendering- proposed art in the BROWN strip at the bottom of the card) Printed on a special corrugated paper . . . . No Scan DIS 5½ x 8½
VC8EO0604S
DSSR-COL-5-B
Presenting Saratoga Springs Resort and Spa (photo of the resort - the DVC logo is in a BEIGE strip at the bottom of the card) Printed on a linen-like paper . . . . No Scan DIS 5½ x 8½
VCPST0105B
DVC-COL-27-A
FT- Heard the best kept Disney Secret? Disney Vacation Club . . . . No Scan DIS 5½ x 8½
2001 Set of six postcards in a perforated strip with photos of six DVC resorts from a packet promoting the DVC listed individually below
no # Disney's Beach Club Villas . . . . No Scan DIS 5 x 7
no # The Villas at Disney's Wilderness lodge . . . . No Scan DIS 5 x 7
no # Disney's Hilton Head Island Resort . . . . No Scan DIS 5 x 7
no # Disney's Vero Beach Resort . . . . No Scan DIS 5 x 7
no # Disney's Boardwalk Villas . . . . No Scan DIS 5 x 7
no # Disney's Old Key West Resort . . . . No Scan Yet DIS 5 x 7
2003 Set of six postcards in a perforated strip with photos of six DVC resorts from a packet promoting the DVC (yet to be)listed individually below
WDW Travel co. and other rate specials inc.
no # What better time than now. What better place than Disney. More Disney Magic than Ever (probably early 1990's) . . . . No Scan DIS cont.
no # WDW 25 It's Time to Remember The Magic (art logo 25th anniversary) . . . . No Scan DIS cont.
no # Make it Magical make it the Walt Disney World Resort -
photo of a little girl standing on something behind Mickey purple border
. . . . No Scan DIS cont.
no # 2000 vacations - only one millennium vacation has this kind of magic ...
(Mickey and a child in front of Spaceship Earth)
. . . . No Scan none 6 x 9
Events and Room specials
no # 1998 MLS All Star Weekend at Disney's Wide World of Sports complex . . . . No Scan none 4 x 9
KRA87410 Ring in the new year at the Walt Disney World resort
(Mickey and a child watching fireworks LATE 1999)
. . . . No Scan DIS 6 x 9
NRO87264 Make a splash with big savings at a Disney Resort
(family in Fantasia pool at All Star Movies soccer Mickey statue in Bgd. Early 2001)
. . . . No Scan DIS 6 x 9
NRO87273 This kind of magic is priceless
(boy kissing Mickey on the nose)
. . . . No Scan DIS 6 x 9
KA517424 The kid in you will love the magic
(middle aged woman hugging Mickey mid 2002)
. . . . No Scan none 6 x 9
no # Disney's Pin Celebration- We're counting down to the pin event of the year (2001)
Walt Disney Event Services
. . . . No Scan none 6 x 9
no # FT-Looking for a magical vacation offer? Disney's Hilton Head Island Resort (rate special 2001)
photo of person looking around with binoculars in a pine scrub/ palmetto setting, butterfly shadow is part of image
. . . . No Scan none 6 x 9
NAD37293 FT- DISNEY'S NEW ATTRACTION IS OUT OF THE WORLD.
(mission space: Mickey crater on mars promo card) (2003)
. . . . No Scan none 6 x 9½
Animal Kingdom pre-opening postcards
these were sent out in packets of information given to travel agents before WDWs animal Kingdom opened all four of them bear the Disney's Animal Kingdom logo with the tag line The Imagination of Disney Gone Wild
no # face to face (Zebras and Elephants- image framed by a border) . . . . No Scan none 5 x 7
no # nose to nose ( countdown to Extinction interior, rover and Dinosaur, - image framed by a border) . . . . No Scan none 5 x 7
no # eye to eye (extreme close up of a cheetah - image framed by a border) . . . . No Scan none 5 x 7
no # heart to heart (Rafiki and a child) . . . . No Scan none 5 x 7
Other
no # WALT DISNEY WORLD CONFERENCE CENTER ( photo of sign and building) . . . . No Scan 1983 WDP Std.
in park sales promotional cards
Card below was given out in a shop in Germany, World Showcase in 2004 it shows four figurines by Goebel, Harmony Kingdom, and Lennox it listed the dates and times of signing events for these figures)
no # ft-Epcot Holidays around the world at EPCOT . . . . No Scan DIS CONT.
SURVEY POSTCARDS
no # WALT DISNEY WORLD (4 parks logos on white background/ includes new studio logo) . . . . No Scan DIS CONT.
no # DISNEY'S FORT WILDERNESS RESORT & CAMPGROUND . . . . No Scan DIS CONT.
Free in-park hand out cards
Mickeys Very Merry Christmas Party 2004
in 2004 the practice of handing out pin back buttons for this party was discontinued due to the difficulty of retrieving discarded pins from the trash at the end of the night as part of the resorts recycling efforts. Instead this card promoting the new DVD release was handed out.
no # MICKEY'S TWICE UPON A CHRISTMAS . . . . No Scan DIS CONT.
Disney Hotel "Free with stay" postcards
FORT WILDERNESS CAMPGROUND
no # FT-DISNEY'S FORT WILDERNESS RESORT (3 photos set into graphic art of horseback riding fishing a tent and "coon skin cap Mickey" (listed under deluxe for Wilderness homes) . . . . No Scan THE WALT DISNEY COMPANY Cont.
Value Resorts
no # FT - DISNEY'S ALL STAR RESORT SPORTS (multi-sports graphic and logo ) . . . . No Scan none 4½ x 7¾
no # FT - DISNEY'S ALL STAR RESORT MUSIC (multi-instrument graphic and logo ) . . . . No Scan none std
no # DISNEY'S ALL STAR RESORTS (sports and music collage of color-tinted photos ) . . . . No Scan DIS 5 x 6¾
no # DISNEY'S ALL STAR RESORTS (sports music and movies collage of color-tinted photos ) . . . . No Scan DIS 5 x 6¾
Moderate resorts
no # FT-ALLIGATOR BAYOU Founded 1820 . . . . No Scan DIS 4½ x 9
no # (handwriting like font) Doubloon lagoon - DISNEY'S PORT ORLEANS RESORT (art of doubloon lagoon - white border) . . . . No Scan DIS 4½ x 7¾
no # (block font same image as above) DISNEY'S PORT ORLEANS RESORT - French Quarter (art of doubloon lagoon - white border) . . . . No Scan DIS 4½ x 7¾
no # DISNEY'S DIXIE LANDINGS RESORT (art of main buildings in a brown oval decorative border -- © The Walt Disney Company) . . . . No Scan DIS 4¼ x 7¾
no # DISNEY'S DIXIE LANDINGS RESORT (art of main buildings in a brown oval decorative border -- 2000 logo on back © Disney) . . . . No Scan DIS 4¼ x 7¾
no # DISNEY'S PORT ORLEANS RESORT - RIVERSIDE (art of main buildings - white border) . . . . No Scan DIS 4½ x 7¾
no # DISNEY'S CORONADO SPRINGS (bright water color style on paper that shows flecks of fiber in it, back of card has a tropical print done in the style of central/south American tribal art ) . . . . No Scan DIS 5½ x 8
no # DISNEY'S CORONADO SPRINGS (bright water color style on paper that shows flecks of fiber in it ) . . . . No Scan DIS 5½ x 8
Deluxe Resorts
no # DISNEY'S GOLF RESORT (aerial photo, buildings and pool) . . . . No Scan 1983 WDP Cont.
both of the following two Disney Institute cards have a blue border in a white border with blue diamonds in white squares of the corners of the blue border.
no # VILLAS AT THE DISNEY INSTITUTE (aerial view - main "street" of institute runs across card center) . . . . No Scan DIS Cont.
no # DISNEY INSTITUTE (older villas in foreground, central complex buildings mid ground, Spaceship Earth in the deep background over tree tops) . . . . No Scan DIS Cont.
no # FT-DISNEY INSTITUTE Make Your Own Magic (blue card with white logos representing many of the educational opportunities available at the institute) . . . . No Scan none 5¼ x 7¾
no # DISNEY'S CONTEMPORARY RESORT (aerial-from bay lake-MK in background, pink border along bottom of card) . . . . No Scan none Cont.
no # DISNEY'S POLYNESIAN RESORT (art of characters at poly waterfall pool yellow border w/tropical flowers) . . . . No Scan none Cont.
no # DISNEY'S POLYNESIAN RESORT (art of resort as viewed from isle in 7 seas lagoon-- 2000 logo on back) . . . . No Scan none 4 x 8
no # DISNEY'S POLYNESIAN RESORT (same art as above card-- castle and tropical fonds design on back) . . . . No Scan none 4 x 8
no # DISNEY'S BEACH CLUB RESORT
printed on linen type paper
. . . . No Scan none 4¾ x 6½
no # DISNEY'S BEACH CLUB RESORT
printed on fiber fleck paper
. . . . No Scan none 4¾ x 6½
no # DISNEY'S YACHT CLUB RESORT . . . . No Scan none 4 ¾ x 6½
no # DISNEY'S WILDERNESS LODGE (art of resort on arts and craft style paper) . . . . No Scan none 4 x 9
no # FT- BIG BERTHA(DISNEY'S GRAND FLORIDIAN) (photo and history of band organ at the GF printed on front) . . . . No Scan none 4 x 6 ½
no # DISNEY'S GRAND FLORIDIAN RESORT & SPA (photo of resort on old fashioned linen postcard paper- side wheeler on lake in front of resort) . . . . No Scan none 4 x 9
no # DISNEY'S BOARDWALK RESORT (5 x7 w/rounded corners, art, fab 5, large-letter style) . . . . No Scan none 5 x 7
Disney Vacation Club Resorts
no # CARPE DIEM, OMNI DIEM Size the day, every day from the Conch Flats Town seal (green art of conch flats lighthouse with CF "postmark" on front) (1991) . . . . No Scan none standard
no # CARPE DIEM, OMNI DIEM Size the day, every day from the Conch Flats Town seal ( photo of old time photographer on small pier with boat with CF "postmark" on front) (1991) . . . . No Scan none standard
no # VENI VIDI VEDI AD INFINITUM I came,I saw, I returned again and again . from the Conch Flats Town seal (photo of old time photographer on small pier with boat with CF "postmark" on front) (1991) . . . . No Scan none standard
no # At Disney Vacation Club Resort (evening view of well lit main building across water) . . . . No Scan none 5 ½ x 7
no # At Disney Vacation Club Resort (day lighthouse, pool, & main bldg. view) . . . . No Scan none 5 ½ x 7
no # WELCOME HOME! DISNEY'S OLD KEY WEST RESORT (White airbrush style border - DVC logo on back) Photo is close in of Main building . . . . No Scan none 5½ x 7
no # WELCOME HOME! DISNEY'S OLD KEY WEST RESORT (White airbrush style border - DVC logo on back) Viewed from farther back than card listed above Lighthouse/ Pool/ and buildings can all be seen in this view . . . . No Scan none 5½ x 7
no # WELCOME HOME! DISNEY'S BOARD WALK (White airbrush style border - DVC logo on back) . . . . No Scan none 5½ x 7
no # DISNEY'S BOARDWALK villas/inn (3 art views resort in old fashioned postcard folder style) . . . . No Scan none cont. when closed



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