Wondering if people still sending postcards from WDW ?

[AstridJMF]

Friends and family look forward to receiving post cards from me. I've been sending them for so many years, that it's always a part of a vacation trip to WDW! (I also think part of the appeal of receiving a Disney postcard in the mail, is that at least it's not another bill to open for the recipient! )

LOL I send myself always one from WDW or any places I'm going, I like it and better than bills like you said lol

 

[AstridJMF]

I always send postcards, but then again, I'm French Canadian so maybe it IS a French thing. There's just something about getting a "real" letter in the mail that just isn't quite the same.
...however, this past summer I sent 4 from Disney, but only two were received

LOL I think you are right! its a tradition and we are lots of models in Disneyland paris so I thought it was maybe americans dont send many from their vacations
I have usually a list of 20/25 people to send one, yeah french people send vacations postcards,! Even lots of people collect them here I have myself a few from my grand parents and it is nice to look at them and read what they were saying at this time

 

[Phonedave]

I have sent a few in the recent past - but not as many as I used to. I cannot recall the last time I received a post card (aside from one I sent myself) or for that matter, a hand written letter (and no, a typed Christmas "Johnny got the lead in the play" letter does not count)

-dave

 

[zero creativity]

A colleague of mine showed me this site https://www.postcrossing.com. It is a postcard exchange from countries all over the world

 

[fireworksandfairytales]

When I worked at WDW last year, I had customers buying postcards daily and also looking to purchase stamps to mail them directly from the park. So, I think it's still a pretty popular practice

 

[NiarrNDisney]

I totally send out post cards from the parks (I like the special stamp they put on the back) though there seems to be limited designs I have had luck finding different images for not much money at all at the Character Shop at the Prime Outlets right outside of Downtown/Disney Springs.

 

[AstridJMF]

I have sent a few in the recent past - but not as many as I used to. I cannot recall the last time I received a post card (aside from one I sent myself) or for that matter, a hand written letter (and no, a typed Christmas "Johnny got the lead in the play" letter does not count)

-dave

lol!
here we send lots of postcards when we are going in vacations . When you go to France, you can buy TONS of postcards because it is a ritual!
strangely we dont send for holidays... only people on vacations lol

 

[AstridJMF]

When I worked at WDW last year, I had customers buying postcards daily and also looking to purchase stamps to mail them directly from the park. So, I think it's still a pretty popular practice

yeah because when I asked a CM, another guest wondering the same, where they were... Like the CM said they only have few and she had difficulties to find them in the store.
They are only a few choices and from the 90s mostly but in Disneyland Paris there are lots, thats why I was wondering

 

[blueboxdoctor]

Sad when the fun stuff from yesteryear is replaced with electronic babble and electronic garbage. We used to send ourselves a postcard all the time. My mom would send them to her friends.

So it's electronic garbage which would then make post cards physical garbage? I mean, most people don't keep them forever, same for cards. Plus, things sent digitally can be more personalized, especially if you have even a basic photo editing app and some creativity.

 

[Dwarful]

I always bring postcard stamps from home and buy postcards at WDW. I send them to family and friends.

 

[Mongomil]

Is it wrong that I always thought that sending postcards was a way of bragging that you are on vacation and the receiver of the cards is not? Maybe it's just me.

Um ya that is the point. HAHAHA look where I am.

 

[jbird327]

My daughter sends out about 20 to various friends and family each trip.

 

[Monorail_Red_77]

Last time we stayed on property, back in Sep. We stayed at Poly. They had free resort themed postcards at the front desk check-in area. They had three or four different versions. They all were free. Then we went to the gift shop, bought a stamp and mailed them right from the mail drop in the lobby. I don't know if all of the resorts on property have them as we don't always send them. But I know Poly does at least.

 

[Rob562]

Last time we stayed on property, back in Sep. We stayed at Poly. They had free resort themed postcards at the front desk check-in area. They had three or four different versions. They all were free. Then we went to the gift shop, bought a stamp and mailed them right from the mail drop in the lobby. I don't know if all of the resorts on property have them as we don't always send them. But I know Poly does at least.

All Disney resorts should have at least one resort-specific postcard available for sale in the gift shop. (I think the All-Stars are all one design to cover all three) I've been sending them from the resorts I stay in for quite a while.

I'd think the free ones you describe would only be at the upper levels of Deluxe resorts...

-Rob

 

[CaptainAmerica]

All Disney resorts should have at least one resort-specific postcard available for sale in the gift shop. (I think the All-Stars are all one design to cover all three) I've been sending them from the resorts I stay in for quite a while.

I'd think the free ones you describe would only be at the upper levels of Deluxe resorts...

-Rob

Sounds right. I sent a few from DAKL in April and they had several resort-specific options but they were not free.

 

[eddy21]

I just send E mails from the Imagination kiosks . That is if Windows 98 hasn't crashed on the terminal

 

[wdwjmp239]

What is a postcard?


Lol. I remember as recent as 5 years ago, i would purchase about 20 post cards,then i would sit by the pool, eat breakfast, and write them out then mail in the lobby. Up until about 3 years ago i would still purchase but haven't sent a card sent. But with apps, texting, social media that killed apps.

When I was younger, my dad and I used to go to the hotel gift stores, pick up a few post cards to fill out in the lobby, and mail out. Those were the days.

 

[wdwjmp239]

I just send E mails from the Imagination kiosks . That is if Windows 98 hasn't crashed on the terminal

Ever have one of those kiosks lock up when you put your full e-mail address in and you can't get the screen unstuck? That happened to me about 4 years ago. All I know is that when I got home, my e-mail box was filled up with some rather "entertaining" (and some questionable) material. Needless to say, I had to sign up for another e-mail address. Now, I just stay the hell away from those kiosks.

 

[FigmentPigments]

I always send a postcard every time I go to Disney, and I live in the US. I go to MK and get their special stamp saying it was mailed on Main Street. Then I drop it in one of the many mailboxes in the Magic Kingdom. If you do it near a photopass photographer, he or she will take your picture mailing your postcard. I also like to mail postcards to myself. It's like a little memento of the dates, weather, and the special things that happened on my trip. Without these postcards, my trips would start running together.

 

[WondersOfLife]

There are always postcards. Almost at any location.

However, I've honestly never heard of anyone actually sending a postcard to anyone. Except when I sent one two weeks ago from Hawaii to a friend back home. That was the first postcard I ever sent.. I felt kind of ripped off, TBH. Cuz my friend just sent a text the day she got it saying "thanks for the postcard.. But it was kind of pointless sending it. I mean we're texting right now anyways"