Illuminate Your Disney Adventure With the New Light-Up Spaceship Earth Mickey Balloon Popcorn Bucket

There is a limit of two popcorn buckets per person per transaction.

A new Light-Up Spaceship Earth Mickey Balloon popcorn bucket is now available at EPCOT.

What’s Happening:

  • Walt Disney World has introduced a new popcorn bucket designed to resemble a Mickey balloon and inspired by Spaceship Earth, which will be available at EPCOT starting today, June 4th, 2025.
  • This announcement was shared on the Disney Eats Instagram page.

  • The bucket features the iconic Mickey balloon design, embellished with Spaceship Earth's unique geodesic pattern in a shimmering silver-purple that shifts with the light.
  • The popcorn opening is highlighted by the EPCOT wordmark in blue, while the less prominent carry strap is purple with blue and white accents.
  • Each bucket comes filled with popcorn upon purchase, and there is a limit of two buckets per person per transaction.
  • Guests can find these limited-edition buckets at EPCOT popcorn carts while supplies last.

Popcorn Bucket History:

  • Walt Disney was famously seen enjoying popcorn during the Disneyland After Dark special in 1963, highlighting his role in popularizing popcorn at his parks.
  • Initially sold in simple cardboard boxes promoting new attractions, these evolved into the collectible buckets we know today.
  • Popular popcorn buckets over the years included Star Wars themes like R2D2, Darth Vader, and an AT-AT.
  • Other options included Cinderella’s Carriage, Toy Story Alien, and who can forget the madness over the Figment popcorn bucket?

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Tricia Kennedy
As a huge Disney fan Tricia enjoys having Walt Disney World basically in her backyard. When she's not at the theme parks she is either playing drums or with her dog Yoda. She is a lifelong Star Wars fan and has ridden Star Tours over 270 times.