Do all of the balloons come with weights?
Yes. 2 sturdy plastic Mickey heads. Also, DHS and Disney Springs both have balloon sellers. Not Epcot though...not sure why.
When we first started going to WDW, my DD asked for a balloon. I love balloons and was tempted, but could not stomach the insane pricetag.
Fast forward to this year when I brought my 3 yr old niece. My kids are teens now, but my DD still longed for a balloon. Of course, since it's for my niece, the cost didn't matter to me in the least (I'm going to be a dangerous grandma someday). I wanted to buy a light up one, but those are only sold after dark and there is no way to get one. You can pay by magic band/credit card - but only with the balloon seller in front of the silhouette cart. First day I tried to buy one I couldn;t as the machine was down and I had no cash. I was sooo disappointed lol! The next time we were back in MK, I was prepared and determined haha!
My DD and I saw the balloon sellers and didn't even wait to get my niece - we grabbed a balloon ASAP! Then I asked a Photopass photographer stationed nearby to capture the moment....
The balloon was beautiful. And seemed to last forever. I've heard reports of their lasting a month! We took it to the parks daily (Except AK days where it stayed in the room). We slipped the Mickey weights into the bottom of her stroller (tied it the first day and never made that mistake again - what a hassle to take it off to fold up the stroller!). It never even tried to run away lol. My niece loved her balloon. A little over a week in, the inner blue balloon suddenly popped loudly. Thankfully, we were in MK that day (watching the Friendship Faire at the Castle!) so it was easy to walk over to get a replacement.
Right at the end of our 2 week trip, something else happened (can't remember what) and we got yet another free replacement for the balloon. On our last day, we were in Disney Springs so put my teens in charge of finding a family with a little kid to pass the balloon on to. I instructed them to focus on kids in strollers. It turned out to be the kid's birthday and the mom was very appreciative.
We LOVED our Mickey balloon and we sure got our money's worth out of it!!