Disney Fab 50 Character Collection: Finding the Golden Statues

The Disney Fab 50 Character Collection are golden statues that you can find around all four Walt Disney World parks. What a great way to celebrate Walt Disney World’s 50^th anniversary! They’re beautiful, make for great picture spots, and are fun to find and look at. Perhaps your favorite character is part of the collection!

At first, I wasn’t actively trying to find the statues, and when visiting the parks I think I probably didn’t notice them. But then I realized I was passing them by and not actively trying to find the statues. I made myself more focused on hunting and locating as many as I could. If you don’t have a conscious awareness to be on alert for the golden beauties, you are missing out. I love a good scavenger hunt!

Here are some tips for finding the Fab 50, without spoilers!

• The wonderful thing about not being able to locate a statue is using it as an opportunity to have a conversation with a cast member. I did that when I couldn’t find Tinker Bell, and a few cast members offered me tips and I enjoyed the interaction with them.
• The statues are based on the size of the character. If Tink is a small fairy, then find a ‘small’ fairy. They are basically true to size.
• Statues are located in all four parks. Some are concentrated in one area and some are just randomly isolated from others.
• There are guides/maps online you can find to help you on your hunt if you want to have an easier time.
• Take note of the pedestals they are sitting upon. Some are unique, and some have the 50^th logo plated on their bases.
• These make great photo spots for making memories!
• Statues are appropriately placed. Animal characters are in Animal Kingdom and Magic Kingdom’s Hub has classics, for example.
• Some statues are actually hard to find!! I was surprised many were hidden or placed in unusual spots.
• Taking pictures or writing them down as you find them helps create a checklist for remembering which you found and which you have left to hunt down.
• Two statues are often placed together on one pedestal, making them still two statues, not one. Technically, you are looking for 50 characters, not statues per se.
• Look up. Look down. You never know where they are!
• If pictures aren’t enough, you can purchase the Fab 50 statues ornament sets for the holidays (for kids, I would recommend a sticker chart if Disney is listening!)
• Mickey and Minnie Mouse topiaries stand in the center of the Magic Kingdom‘s entrance with a 50^th Anniversary cake in between them. While they aren’t part of the Fab 50 golden statues, they are green with a gold bow adorning each of them. Like a bonus statue if you ask me!
• You can virtually collect them on Instagram and tag them with  #DisneyWorld50.

A while back, Disney also announced that these statues would somehow be interactive. So more to look forward to in the 18-month celebration! I enjoyed hunting them down and taking pictures. I would have loved to have seen a Muppets statue or a princess, particularly Cinderella, statue. My favorite one was Stitch but I can’t show you the picture I took because it is for sure a spoiler!

What do you think of the statues and is there a character that you feel is missing from the 50? Let’s discuss in the comments section below!