May 2015 – present
LOCATION
Grizzly Peak – Humphrey’s Service & Supplies overlooks the Grizzly Peak Airfield plaza, across the walkway from Soarin’ Around the World. If you come into Grizzly Peak from Buena Vista Street, you’ll see the shop on your left, just before the bathrooms.
EXPERIENCE
Details:
- Merchandise – hats, tees, drinkware, small games, accessories
- Price Range – Most items under $50
- Unique Features – mini Humphrey marquee next to the door
The Grizzly Peak Airfield draws in tons of visitors from neighboring lands. Usually they come for Soarin’, but many end up staying for the food and shopping! Humphrey’s Service & Supplies pays tribute to classic 50s pit stop shops, selling odds, ends, and souvenirs for passing travelers.
SHOPPING TIPS
Everything in this shop is available in other parts of the park and in Downtown Disney, so this certainly isn’t a “must visit”. However, if you’re killing time before a fast pass, wandering Grizzly Peak, or looking for an affordable souvenir, Humphrey’s Service & Supplies is a great place to shop. I typically browse in here while I’m waiting for someone in my group to use the bathroom, since it’s right next door.
TRIVIA
Walt Disney Imagineering show writer Carolyn Gardner described the shop as follows: “Humphrey’s Service & Supplies is an homage to the roadside stops of the late 1950s and early 1960s when families packed up the station wagon and set out on vacation. My family took long trips like that, and in the summer, we rolled down all the windows because our station wagon didn’t have air conditioning. When we’d spot a gas station, dad would fill up the car and we kids would run to pick out a cold drink from the soda machine. First thing I’d do was put that icy cold glass bottle on my forehead and neck, just to cool off.”
This shop gets its name from Humphrey the Bear, the star of several Disney animation shorts aired in the 1950s.