When we were down for the 25th anaversery (BTW, I didn't care for the pink cake/castle look), they had flag banners all over the parks with different Disney characters. We wanted one of the Simba one.
It was our honeymoon trip, and we hoped they would do this special thing for us and give us one. No dice.
The CM did try for days, but edventually, they said they were not allowed to give them away (or sell them). They did say when the 25th was over, they would try to send us one.
So, they gave us some free pins, a signed Mic and Min photo, and some other Lion King stuff for free. It was much apreciated.
A year later we recieved a letter from Disney, hand written, that they were very sorry that they couldn't send me one of the flags. So they did try even after the 25th was over, but they said they were just not allowed to give these things away. Something about people reselling them on the market, and collectors. Some kind of policy they have on giving out non-consumer Disney items not normally for sale.
Oh well, but I'm happy they did try, and even remembered us a year later.
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