19 Things '80s Kids Who Grew With Disney Experienced

And I just can't get enough...Disney Channel free preview weekends.

1. Going to the Disney Store and running to the back to play with the giant stack of stuffed animals.

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2. Getting the Disney Catalog and circling all the items you wanted — secretly hoping your parents would see it and order them for you.

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3. Watching the Disney Channel on the free preview weekends (if your parents didn't pay for it).

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4. Getting Disney Dollars to spend at one of the parks...which you did reluctantly since the money looked so cool.

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5. Listening to your read-along book tapes, and getting a little excited anytime they used music from the movies.

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6. Trying to collect as many PVC figures as you could — mainly 'cause they were the perfect size toy, so you could take them anywhere.

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7. Dancing along to the synthpop-filled Mickey Mouse Splashdance and Totally Minnie albums.

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8. Having a ton of "cool and hip" Mickey and Minnie merchandise.

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9. Getting bomb-ass movie tie-in Happy Meal toys that were as good as anything you could buy at Toys ‘R’ Us.

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10. Also, collecting all the different movie tie-in Christmas tree ornaments from McDonald's that your parents had to pay extra for.

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11. Getting cool updated promotional posters from whenever a film was re-released in theaters.

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12. Going to see Captain EO over and over for the ~cool~ 3D effects.

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13. Simply admiring the oh-so-pretty artwork on the Disney Picture Disc albums.

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14. The rush of excitement you got while watching the opening credits for the Disney Sunday Movie.

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15. Collecting Panini sticker books of your favorite movies.

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16. The thrill of checking out different Disney movies with your View-Master.

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17. The joy you got whenever a new Disney Book Club book arrived in the mail.

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18. Waking up early on Saturdays just to catch Gummi Bears.

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19. And finally, the sense of exhilaration you felt as soon as you heard the opening theme song to DuckTales.

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