Lost Disney world lion plush

yeah the only thing i really remember about getting it was i think i won it in a arcade in a Disney hotel. And i think i won it with tickets. I read that they got rid of the arcade prizes so that might make things harder

do you remember if the plush was related to the lion king at all? or was it just a general lion plush?

That seems a little weird to me that Disney would put generic carnival prize plushes in their own machines when they could just use licensed characters instead. I guess I haven't been to Disney enough or even other theme parks to know if that kind of thing is common or not.

When it comes to this search though, I have a tip you might find useful. Try searching for lion plushes on eBay from 2008 or 2009 and see if you can find a match. I know that sounds impossible but this technique worked for someone else who reached out to me about a plush from their childhood. They ended up finding it in a couple days so I think it's worth trying.

Make sure you use specific dates and maybe even try a couple searches using Disney in the title if that's where you found it. My theory towards lost plushes and similar items is that they were mass produced and available to the public, there's gotta be more than one of them out there and all you have to do is use the right search terms to find it.

i remember i won it with tickets so i think it was in an arcade if i remember right but thank you for the tip ill definitely use it

Alright i found a video of these Disney arcades in the 2010s and at exactly 32 seconds if you look right before he passes the counter at the bottom i swear thats the lion youtu.be/-_juBMKrOVo . Its hard to make out but the white smile is definitely there and it looks like it matches with my picture or what i can make out. I was starting to get worried that i was imagining winning it at disney world but maybe i was right

Edit. Found another video with better quality! sort of at 1:24 if you look at the bottom its still hard to make out but it definitely looks like the lion youtu.be/QPdYulOE_kw

There's a picture in the article that is the redemption counter at Pixel Play in 2012, but the spot the lion seems to be in in the videos instead has a colorful bear plush: touringplans.com/blog/all-about-arcades-at-disney-world/, while every other prize from the video seems to be in the same place as it is in the pictures, so it appears as if the lion was either only there for a short period of time or was not always in the stock, which might make this search a little more difficult.

EDIT:Found an opening day tour of Art of Animation. It looks as if the lion was stocked on opening day of the resort, it's hard to be sure due to the quality, but I do believe it is the lion on the lower shelf (where the bears in the picture in the article are). At about 6:44 is the best view of the redemption counter in this video: youtu.be/LcqG86YIoXk. I'm gonna look through a few opening day photo reports and video tours, see if there's a better look at the redemption counter in any of those.