Pal Mickey is a discontinued interactive stuffed toy developed by The Walt Disney Company and previously sold at Walt Disney World. The toy is a ten-inch (26.5 cm) plush model of Mickey Mouse.
Pal Mickey was sold for use at the four theme parks at Walt Disney World Resort: the Magic Kingdom, Epcot, Disney's Hollywood Studios, and Disney's Animal Kingdom. Guests could previously purchase Pal Mickey at various on site hotel gift shops, all four theme parks, and Downtown Disney. It communicated invisibly with more than four hundred infrared transmitters around these parks. It would periodically giggle and vibrate to indicate that it has information to provide; when its belly or hand was squeezed, it would speak up with information about the immediate area, parade and showtime reminders, tips on what costumed walkaround characters may be nearby, and attractions with short queue times. It "remembered" where it has been so as to avoid repeating itself.
If it is squeezed when it has no tips to provide or when it is not at a park, it will tell jokes and play simple games. The toy is programmed with over seven hundred pre-recorded phrases. In September 2014, Disney ceased supporting Pal Mickey at the parks.[1] . The toy was discontinued in fall 2008. The toy continued to work until September 2014. At that point Disney stopped servicing the infrared technology to focus more on their RFID technology used in their magic bands.[2]
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- Pal Mickey Discontinued: October 2008
- Pal Mickey. Archived from the original on December 11, 2005. Retrieved on November 16, 2005.
- An article on the development of Pal Mickey
- "Interactive character system - Patent #6,729,934". Retrieved on November 16, 2005.
- "Location-sensitive toy and method therefor - Patent #8,157,610". Retrieved on May 7, 2012.
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