Disney Popcorn Buckets 2025 – Current Offerings, FAQ, Refillable?

Disney popcorn buckets are often highly sought after by Disney collectors and Disney fuels this demand by releasing brand new popcorn buckets for limited-time events and holidays. There will usually always be a viral popcorn bucket with each season that creates hour-long lines in the parks and high resale values on sites like eBay.

For those who are new to this Disney popcorn bucket phenomenon, the idea of standing in line for hours to get a popcorn bucket might seem crazy but these popcorn buckets are well-designed and often include light-up features that prompt guests to use them as home decor or to sit proudly on their collector's shelf.

As someone who has fallen into the habit of collecting Disney popcorn buckets, let's go over the popularity of these buckets, current Disneyland and Walt Disney World buckets, and tips. Often collectors will include popular drink sippers in this category too as these create the same following of popularity.

Current 2025 Disneyland Popcorn Buckets

There are many new popcorn buckets, sippers, and novelties coming to Disneyland this year!

This summer, there are some special offerings to celebrate the release of the new Fantastic Four: First Steps film. The Fantastic Four: Clobberin’ Sipper will be available starting July 24 at Alien Pizza Planet, Galactic Grill, and Tomorrowland Fruit Cart at Disneyland Park, and Pym Test Kitchen and Shawarma and More at Disney California Adventure. 

There will also be a Mister Fantastic Straw Clip available at Alien Pizza Planet, Galactic Grill, Churros near Buzz Lightyear Astro Blasters, and Pretzels near Star Tours – The Adventures Continue at Disneyland Park, as well as Pym Test Kitchen, Shawarma and More, and Select Outdoor Vending Locations at Disney California Adventure.  

This Stitch and Scrump sipper is available at Disneyland's Galactic Grill in honor of the new Lilo and Stitch live action movie release. 

We have the full lineup of popcorn buckets, novelties, and sippers available for the Disneyland 70th anniversary. First up is the Disneyland 70^th Celebration Light Up Mickey Balloon Bucket available starting May 8 at these locations:

• Disneyland Park: Select popcorn carts throughout the park 
• Disney California Adventure Park: Select popcorn carts throughout the park 
• Disneyland Hotel: The Coffee House  
• Disney’s Grand Californian Hotel & Spa: Grand Californian Great Hall Cart 

• Disneyland Park: Alien Pizza Planet, Galactic Grill’s Seasonal Novelty Release, Harbour Galley, Hungry Bear Barbecue Jamboree Seasonal Novelty Release, Refreshment Corner, Troubadour Tavern Seasonal Novelty Store, and select popcorn carts throughout the park 
• Disney California Adventure Park: Hollywood Land Seasonal Novelty Release, Paradise Gardens Park Seasonal Novelty Release, and Popcorn at Grizzly Peak Airfield 
• Disneyland Hotel: The Coffee House 
• Disney’s Grand Californian Hotel & Spa: GCH Craftsman Grill and Grand Californian Great Hall Cart 

What is sure to be the most popular item is the Disneyland 70^th Celebration Abominable Snowman Sipper available starting May 16 at these locations:

• Disneyland Park: Alien Pizza Planet, Bayou Country Fruit Cart, Churros at small world Promenade, Galactic Grill Seasonal Novelty Release, Jolly Holiday Bakery Cafe, Little Red Wagon, Red Rose Taverne, Refreshment Corner, Tomorrowland Fruit Cart, and Troubadour Tavern 

• Disneyland Park: Select popcorn carts throughout the park 
• Disney California Adventure Park: Select popcorn carts throughout the park 

• Disneyland Park: Alien Pizza Planet, Bayou Country Fruit Cart, Churros & Lemonade in Bayou Country, Galactic Grill, Harbour Galley, Hungry Bear Barbecue Jamboree, Jolly Holiday Bakery Cafe, Lemonade at small world Promenade, Lemonade near Tomorrowland Expo Center, Rancho del Zocalo Restaurante, Red Rose Taverne, Refreshment Corner, Ship to Shore Marketplace, Stage Door Café, Troubadour Tavern 
• Disney California Adventure Park: Boardwalk Pizza & Pasta, Chiller at Paradise Gardens Park, Clarabelle’s Hand-Scooped Ice Cream, Corn Dog Castle, Paradise Garden Grill 

• Disneyland Park: Alien Pizza Planet, Galactic Grill’s Seasonal Novelty Release, The Golden Horseshoe, Harbour Galley, Hungry Bear Barbecue Jamboree, Jolly Holiday Bakery Cafe, Lemonade at small world Promenade, Lemonade near Tomorrowland Expo Center, Rancho del Zocalo Restaurante, Red Rose Taverne, Refreshment Corner, Ship to Shore Marketplace, Troubadour Tavern 
• Disney California Adventure Park: Award Wieners, Boardwalk Pizza & Pasta, Chiller at Paradise Gardens Park, Corn Dog Castle, Paradise Garden Grill, Smokejumpers Grill, select outdoor vending locations 
• Disneyland Hotel: The Coffee House 
• Disney’s Grand Californian Hotel & Spa: GCH Craftsman Grill  

During Disneyland's Season of the Force Star Wars celebration, there have been a number of special Star Wars-themed popcorn buckets and other novelties offered. We expect that if the celebration returns, we may see some of these novelties again. You can read our separate article on these Star Wars popcorn buckets for photos and details on where to get them. 

 

 

Walt Disney World Current Popcorn Buckets 2025

Walt Disney World also has its own offerings of Disney popcorn buckets although many Disney fans lament that Disneyland often gets a bigger selection! Walt Disney World will follow the same pattern of popcorn buckets available for seasonal holidays like Halloween or Christmas but also including items for other celebrations.

Here are the most current popcorn buckets for Walt Disney World!

Right now, the Mickey Mouse Bucket, which originally debuted for Disneyland's 70th anniversary celebration, is available at select popcorn carts in Disney’s Hollywood Studios.

You can see some highlights of past popcorn buckets at Disney World below. 

There was also a cool popcorn bucket available earlier this year, themed to Prince Charming Regal Carrousel, that included a Sword in the Stone pullout sword on the front of the bucket. The carrousel spins, lights up, and the sword itself can actually be pulled up! The artwork on the popcorn bucket is designed by Joey Chou and is available now at Magic Kingdom.

Disney Popcorn Bucket Popularity

Disney popcorn buckets and sippers have risen in popularity helped along by social media which often contributes to some of these buckets going viral. As you can see in the photo above, the first day of a popcorn bucket release will bring people to the park in droves to buy up as many as possible, often to resell on eBay!

The more limited in quantity a popular bucket is, the chances are it will also rise in popularity as collectors try to get their hands on these rare collectible Disney Parks items.

And of course, with anything collectible, you will see resellers in the theme parks often using their Annual Pass to purchase larger quantities of the popcorn buckets to resale on websites like eBay. This also will drive up popularity if the resale prices are high.

Some popular popcorn buckets feature icons from limited-time Disney Parks celebrations. The Main Street Electrical Parade summer celebration in 2022 featured two iconic popcorn buckets/sippers of iconic parade floats. These popcorn buckets created long lines throughout the parks and sold out quickly.

Another example of a popular limited-time Disney popcorn bucket was the popcorn bucket released for the 50th anniversary of the Haunted Mansion. This bucket connected to the other hitchhiking ghosts being sold in the park. So essentially if you bought one, you'd want all three!

And of course, Halloween and Christmas popcorn buckets and sippers are common each year.

Some popcorn buckets will repeat and some will be released that could be exclusive to that season. Usually, scarcity increases demand and the quicker these popcorn buckets sell out, the more popular they become.

Disneyland Popcorn Buckets

Disneyland's current popcorn bucket lineup will focus on any holidays and celebrations the resort is featuring. So during the Disneyland Halloween season, you can expect popcorn buckets that feature Disney characters in Halloween costumes or characters from notable Halloween films. This Halloween included many popular offerings like the Coco skull sipper, Minnie Mouse dressed as Winfred Sanderson, and Donald Duck in his candy corn costume. The Halloween season also included two Disney popcorn buckets to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Nightmare Before Christmas with a Zero bucket and one featuring the Mayor's town car with Oogie's boys.

Once the Halloween season ends, the Disneyland holiday season will include a full offering of holiday popcorn buckets. You might see popcorn buckets featuring characters in their Christmas best, reindeer sippers, and more. Many of these buckets often light up!

Some familiar favorites we've seen featured over the years at Disneyland for Christmas have included a light-up Christmas tree bucket with popcorn garland and a Pluto dressed in his Christmas sweater!

And of course, even other celebrations will receive popcorn buckets like we saw in the past with the anniversary of the Haunted Mansion and the Main Street Electrical Parade. This is part of what makes collecting popcorn buckets/sippers so exciting, there's always new ones to look forward to throughout the year.

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Disney Popcorn Bucket Tips

Collecting popcorn buckets and sippers at Disneyland and Walt Disney World can be a bit challenging especially if you have your heart set on the most popular one! Here are my best tips on snagging these collectible Disney items and avoiding the longer lines!

• Read the food guides- The seasonal popcorn buckets/sippers will be released in the food guides for both Disneyland and Walt Disney World. The guides will typically list all the locations it will be offered at and which date. The earlier in the season you visit, the better your chances are at getting any popular Disney popcorn buckets. Here are all the food guides for both Halloween and Christmas:
  • Disneyland Halloween Food Guide
  • Walt Disney World Halloween Food Guide
  • Disneyland Christmas Food Guide
  • Walt Disney World Christmas Food Guide
• Use mobile order– Some popcorn buckets/sippers are sold at locations offering mobile order. You can even pick a mobile order time for later in the day but do so right at 8AM when the park opens so you can be sure yours will be set aside. Once they sell out, they will quit offering mobile orders. This is how I got the Minnie Mouse as Winifred Sanderson Sipper at Disneyland, I simply placed a mobile order at park opening, and walked right up and got it! On my way to pick up my mobile order, I saw long long lines at other stands for this same sipper. She sold out later that day!
• Rent a locker- after you've secured your popcorn bucket, rent a locker to store it in so you're not dragging it all over the parks!
• No need to clean- Don't worry about cleaning out your popcorn bucket or sipper, most of them are sold with the popcorn or drink in a cup separately so you don't need to worry about rinsing out your collectible.

You can use your Disney popcorn buckets as decorations especially if they are from Halloween or Christmas. Many collectors even have an area in their home to display them all. Beyond just popcorn buckets and large sippers, you can also find collectible straw clips, glow cubes, mugs, cookie jars, and more! It is quite easy to fall down the novelty item rabbit hole with Disney products.

In fact, Tiana's Palace at Disneyland now offers its own ceramic serving plate which is one of the nicer novelty items we've seen featured.

Are Disney Popcorn Buckets Refillable?

Only Walt Disney World offers popcorn bucket refills, you cannot get popcorn bucket refills at Disneyland. This is likely due to the large population of passholders (Magic Key) at Disneyland. Walt Disney World caters more to a once in lifetime Disney trip visitors so it's likely more cost-effective to offer it there.

At Walt Disney World, popcorn buckets can be refilled for $2 for the length of their stay. So only current popcorn buckets can be used for refills, you cannot bring one from a previous stay. Currently, Walt Disney World refills a popcorn box and hands it to you rather than refilling your bucket itself. 

Since a single popcorn snack costs $5.50, this is a worthwhile investment if you plan on eating popcorn more than once during your stay! The cheapest popcorn buckets start around $10 and can go as high as $30 for the more intricate designs. You can refill your popcorn bucket at any of the Disney parks, not just the one you originally bought it at. Overall, this is a good value since this is a good sharable snack that you can take advantage of multiple times during your stay. 

Here is the full list of all the popcorn bucket refill spots in Walt Disney World:

Magic Kingdom

• Main Street Popcorn Cart – Left entrance of train station near Guest Relations
• Castle Plaza Popcorn Cart – On the Tomorrowland side of the hub at the end of Main Street
• Fantasyland Maurice’s Amazing Popping Machine – Between Gaston’s Tavern and Ariel’s Undersea Adventure
• Fantasyland Storybook Circus Popcorn Cart
• Liberty Square Popcorn Cart – Near Liberty Tree Tavern
• Frontierland – Beside Westward Ho Refreshments
• Frontierland – Outside Big Thunder Mountain Railroad
• Tomorrowland Popcorn Cart
• Adventureland Snack Cart- Between Pirates of the Caribbean and Jungle Cruise

EPCOT

• World Celebration Popcorn – Cart across from Imagination Pavilion
• World Celebration East Popcorn – Near Test Track
• Canada Pavilion
• Fife and Drum Tavern – America Pavilion
• Future World Popcorn Cart – Near pin trading station

Disney’s Hollywood Studios

• Hot and Fresh Popcorn – Just past Starbucks
• Animation Courtyard Popcorn Cart
• Hub Popcorn Cart – near Hyperion Theater
• Hollywood Hills Amphitheater – Fantasmic!

Disney’s Animal Kingdom

• Mahindi Snack Cart in Harambe
• Harambe Market
• The Feeding Ground – Discovery Island
• Thirsty River Bar and Trek Snacks outside Expedition Everest

Disney Popcorn Bucket FAQ

Of course, like with most popular Disney items, there are always a few questions to answer.