The Biggest Disney Celebrity Superfans: 'My Idea of Heaven'

These stars agree that life is better in Mickey Mouse ears

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These stars know that life is better with a little Disney magic!

Ariana Grande, Heidi Klum, Chris Evans, Blake Lively and more A-listers are big fans of all things House of Mouse (which turns 100 on Oct. 16) and its many films, franchises, parks and characters. Some celebrities have shown their love by throwing elaborate Disney-themed parties, while others have made a habit of visiting the Happiest Place on Earth. One thing is for sure, they all seem ready to pack a bag to head to Disney whenever possible.

From the stars who have gotten engaged or married at a Disney park, to the celebrities who have given their child a Disney-inspired names, there are so many ways to show love for Mickey, Minnie and the whole Disney family. But these celebs have definitely taken their fandom to the next level.

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Kourtney Kardashian

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Kourtney Kardashain baby shower.

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Kardashian and her husband, Travis Barker, have proven their love of Disney with many visits to its parks over the years, but they went above and beyond when they planned a Disneyland-themed baby shower in 2023. The party featured Mickey-shaped snacks and a churro cart, just like the real park, as well as a sign featuring the park's inimitable font.

Prior to their shower, the Keeping Up with the Kardashians alumna has had multiple dates at Disney with Barker, hitting the Happiest Place on Earth with her daughter Penelope, 9, as well as his son Landon, 17, and daughter Alabama, 15. (Kardashian's son Reign, 6, also tagged along for the July 4 trip and kept up with the big kids!)

While abroad on their European summer vacation, the rocker and the reality star even stopped at Disneyland Paris and shared a sweet treat with two straws.

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JoJo Siwa

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Jojo Siwa.

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Over the years, the Dance Moms alumna has spent some of her happiest and most formative moments at the magical theme park. In 2023, Siwa told PEOPLE about the "really fun" and the "really hard" memories she's made at the Florida resort.

"I have grown a lot at Disney," she said. ""I fell in love for the first time at Disney World. I realized I was gay at Disney World. I went through stages of heartbreak at Disney World. There's been a lot in my personal life that Disney World has really attributed to."

The J Team star can be seen above with her family and her now ex-girlfriend, Avery Cyrus, during a trip to the Magic Kingdom. Per a YouTube vlog Siwa posted in 2022, Cyrus asked JoJo to be her girlfriend during a boat ride at Disney World in Orlando, Florida. While they were on board, the vessel cruised by a giant sheet reading, "JoJo Be My GF?"

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Julianne Hough

Dancer/Actress Julianne Hough visits Sleeping Beauty Castle with Mickey Mouse at Disneyland park on June 22, 2016
Julianne Hough.

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The pro dancer has spent plenty of time with Mickey and his friends! For several years, She and her brother, Derek, have co-hosted and performed at the annual Wonderful World of Disney: Magical Holiday Celebration. But even when she's not all dressed up in a princess gown for the December show, Hough is still keen to don mouse ears and pose with the famed mascot at the park.

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Ariana Grande

Ariana Grande Celebrates 21st Birthday At Walt Disney World
Ariana Grande at Disney World. Chloe Rice/Disney Parks via Getty Images

The Voice judge loves Disney World so much, she even made a trip there before a milestone birthday.

"Spending my last few days as a non 21 year old in one of my favorite childhood places with my favorite people," the Florida native wrote in 2014.

In 2023, Grande was spotted on a Disney date with her new boyfriend Ethan Slater, who she began dating after her divorce from Dalton Gomez. “They went with a big group of friends as well her mom and brother," a source told PEOPLE.

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Chris Evans

Chris Evans at Disneyland with Lucy Pinder
Chris Evans at Disneyland. SplashNews.com

Captain Disney? The Captain America star has spoken about his love of the iconic theme park through the years, flexing his knowledge on the best of the best in Disney World in a 2016 interview with Oh My Disney. According to the actor, no trip is complete without a ride on Space Mountain and a Mickey ice cream bar.

"I'm so happy to be here, I'm a big big big Disney fan," Evans once said at the annual D23 Expo. "My whole family [is.] We grew up loving Disney, that was the place we always wanted to go as kids, and to this day, that's my idea of heaven."

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John Stamos

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John Stamos and Wife Caitlin at Disney. John Stamos Instagram

The Fuller House actor and his wife Caitlin McHugh just might be Disney's cutest couple. The Stamos' got engaged and honeymooned at Disney, even snapping a selfie in bride and groom mouse ears. Their son Billy is also growing up to be "a Disney kid," Stamos told PEOPLE, with the family making trips since he was a baby.

"We took him [to the Disney parks] a bunch [when he was younger]," Stamos said.. "I think he went there when he wasn't even a year old yet because I was working down there and we all went."

At Caitlin's request, the Disneybounders have also dressed up as characters from Aladdin, and John showed off his impressive collection of Disney memorabilia on The Ellen DeGeneres Show — including a phone that belonged to Walt Disney himself!

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Katy Perry

Disney's Minnie Mouse Celebrates Her 90th Anniversary With Star On The Hollywood Walk Of Fame
Katy Perry with Mickey and Minnie. Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic

The American Idol judge believes in magic! Not only did Perry help present Minnie Mouse with her star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2018 (which the singer summed up as "a childhood and grown adult dream come true"), she's also leaned into her love for the franchise by going all-out with her costumes for each season of Idol's Disney theme night.

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Blake Lively

Ryan Reynolds And Blake Lively Celebrate The Holidays At Disneyland
Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively at Disneyland. Richard Harbaugh/Disneyland Resort via Getty Images

The California native once had a run-in with the Disney law after her older brother tried to sneak them into Disneyland without paying for tickets.

"My brother thought it was a really good idea for us to go to Disneyland," she explained on The Late Show in 2009. "He put hairspray on the stamps of someone who came out, and then you put your hands together [to transfer the stamp to your hand] and then you go through the turnstile and we went through."

The siblings weren't there for long before getting caught, however. "Then there were these guys in normal outfits that said, 'Come with us,' and we went into Disney Jail," she said.

Despite being disciplined, the Disney devotee has remained a fan of the brand through the years, seemingly channeling the Disney princesses on the red carpet and keeping a Mickey Mouse sweatshirt in her daily wardrobe rotation.

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Mariah Carey

Mariah Carey and Nick Cannon Top Off Bahamian Vacation with Romance-Filled Trip to Walt Disney World Resort in Florida
Nick Cannon and Mariah Carey with Mickey and Minnie. DISNEY/Getty Images

The Queen of Christmas just might be the Queen of Disney, too!

Before they split in 2014, the singer and then-husband Nick Cannon renewed their wedding vows on their fifth anniversary in a fairytale-themed bash at the Happiest Place on Earth. The couple and their twins, son Moroccan and daughter Monroe, all dressed in prince and princess costumes for the ceremony attended by 250 guests, which closed with fireworks over Sleeping Beauty's castle before all-night access to rides including Matterhorn Bobsleds, Peter Pan's Flight and the King Arthur Carousel.

Carey also shouted out her twins' 10th birthday with a tribute video full of Disney pics, and serves as the godmother for Disney Cruise Line's Fantasy ship, per the Orlando Sentinel.

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Milo Ventimiglia

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Milo Ventimiglia in a MIckey sweatshirt. Milo Ventimiglia Instagram

The This is Us actor rocked a round of Disney trivia in an interview with Men's Journal in 2018, acing questions on Disneyland's history. Turning the tables, Ventimiglia revealed later in the conversation that he once applied for a summer job at the theme park – but didn't get it!

"I didn't get a reason for the no, but my mom worked at the Mad Hatter when she was in college, and one of my older sisters worked at Candy Palace, and I thought and I thought 'Okay, good summertime job' — but didn't get the job."

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Gwen Stefani

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Gwen Stefani with Cinderella. Disney/Richard Harbaugh

The No Doubt frontwoman's passion for music and Disney have long been in sync. Stefani has lent her talents to the star-studded "We Love Disney" soundtrack, performed at the "The Wonderful World of Disney: Magical Holiday Celebration" and brought her three sons with ex Gavin Rossdale to the theme parks through the years.

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Heidi Klum

Supermodel Heidi Klum Debuts Designer Minnie Mouse Ear Headband at Disney Parks
Heidi Klum with Minnie. Richard Harbaugh/Disneyland Resort via Getty Images

Make it work! The Disney-loving supermodel debuted a Disney Villains fashion capsule collection on Amazon in December 2020. Though the company's many villains might spook some, the Halloween queen told PEOPLE why she has an affinity for the creepy characters.

"I feel like these villains, they keep you at the edge of your seat and they're kind of the nail-biter," she told PEOPLE of her inspiration for the line. "You're like, 'What's going to happen?' When you see these amazing villains and how they are created and how they look, it's so easy to come up with a line."

"I could have gone on and on and on and on forever," she added.

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Kelly Clarkson

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Kelly Clarkson at Disney. Kelly Clarkson Instagram

On both coasts, Disney is a happy place for The Voice judge and her two kids with ex Brandon Blackstock. Clarkson thanked Disney World for "a magical vacation" over the summer with daughter River Rose and son Remington Alexander, even previously celebrating her son's 2nd birthday at Disneyland's Pixar Fest with Woody from Toy Story himself.

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Neil Patrick Harris

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Neil Patrick Harris at Disneyland. Neil Patrick Harris Instagram

They're a Disney family! The actor and husband David Burtka look forward to taking their twins Harper Grace and Gideon Scott to Disney World each year, in a tradition he told PEOPLE he hopes continues until his kids "can't stand" him.

"Our kids have grown up appreciating and valuing not only the amusement rides, but the architecture and the Imagineering that goes on, both in front and behind the scenes," he said of the annual adventure. "So I still look back on how that has been an important part of their lives and I can't wait to continue it until they can't stand me anymore."

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Rebel Wilson

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Rebel WIlson at Disneyland. Rebel Wilson Instagram

The Pitch Perfect star has the ultimate Disney connection, revealing on The Graham Norton Show in 2015 that she's a distant relative of Walt Disney, who was married to her great aunt. Because of the family tie, Wilson said she's been to the ultra-exclusive, "secret" Club 33 at Disney World, "which costs $25,000 just to join" and is accessible through a concealed entrance.

"They have lots of alcohol there," she joked, even tagging #33Club in an Instagram post of a photo taken at Disneyland two years later.

She and fiancée Ramona Agruma got engaged at the California park in early 2023.

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Tim Tebow

Tim Tebow and fiancé Demi-Leigh Nel-Peters Celebrate at Walt Disney World
Tim Tebow at Disney World. Kent Phillips/Disney Parks via Getty Images

Happily ever after! In January 2019, the football player and his now-wife Demi-Leigh Nel-Peters celebrated their engagement at Disney World after he popped the question at his family's farm in Jacksonville, about two hours north of the Orlando theme park.

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Ryan Gosling

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When it comes to Disney, the former Mickey Mouse Club member knows what he's talking about! The actor had strong feelings about the Haunted Mansion ride in a viral video that made the rounds on X, teasing that it was a "terrible idea" to bring Christmas celebrations into the park's Halloween festivities with The Nightmare Before Christmas.

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