tigger2esq
Princess Extraordinaire
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** ok I posted this yesterday but for some reason it did not show up...so here it is again...**
Got back from my first trip to WDW since January 2004 and my first trip that included pin trading since October 2002! (where does the time go? ack!)
Since i have been "out of the loop" for so long I did not have high expectations and was just out and about for the pure pleasure of it. My initial reaction was that 99% of the CM lanyards had the same exact pins on them (mostly the pins that come in the lanyard/trading sets you can buy in the giftshop). Since I havent purchased or traded pins in years, some of these were cute to me so I traded for the Lilo and Stitch set. I had a nice mix of older WDW and DL pins and some Diseny store pins as well to use as traders which was probably a relief to some CM's to see something different! I was nice and threw in some LE's along the way as well. didnt see a single lanyard series pin until monday night when we had PS at Jiko. The CM lanyards in the AKL giftshop had a bunch. I was nice and only traded for 2 (plus Jeff was dragging me out of there to eat!! LOL!). With a 2 year old it was hard to stick to any scheudle--so while I really wanted to get to Scoops pin talk, we ende dup at Exposition hall around 2:00 one day just while it was finishing up. bummer.
I did find a LE 2500 Disney Auctions Sully in the gift shop at the International gateway at EPCOT and a few other cute pins. my only purchases were the Disney Visa pin, a few of the DVC exclusives and the Flower and Garden tink. The woman that cleans my house has a 9 year old little girl who is getting into pin trading so I will have some for her the next time we are scheduled for a cleaning. She will be excited as they just got back from WDW as well (I gave her a fewbefroe they went to get her started. I heard later that she didnt want to trade any of the ones I gave her becuase she liked them too much. I thought that was so cute).
Nothing that overly excited me until I hit the motherload on Tuesday night with a set of Who Wants to be a Millionaire pins!! Yes---I finally MADE IT INTO THE HOTSEAT!!!! I almost had a heart attack. I felt like one of those women on the Price is Right as I jumped out of my seat with a SCREAM and went running down! LOL! I was able to get to the 16,000 pt question without using a lifeline but then got stuck on a sporst/NBA question where I had to use all 3 (and then guessed correctly). I could only imagine Jeff sitting there laughing hysterically thinking there is NO WAY she knows the answer to this... I blew the 32,000 pt question since it was a total guess so my haul was the hat and pins to 1,000 pts. I still cant believe it. It was so much fun. I know I will be back, but that first set of pins will get framed for sure!
Got back from my first trip to WDW since January 2004 and my first trip that included pin trading since October 2002! (where does the time go? ack!)
Since i have been "out of the loop" for so long I did not have high expectations and was just out and about for the pure pleasure of it. My initial reaction was that 99% of the CM lanyards had the same exact pins on them (mostly the pins that come in the lanyard/trading sets you can buy in the giftshop). Since I havent purchased or traded pins in years, some of these were cute to me so I traded for the Lilo and Stitch set. I had a nice mix of older WDW and DL pins and some Diseny store pins as well to use as traders which was probably a relief to some CM's to see something different! I was nice and threw in some LE's along the way as well. didnt see a single lanyard series pin until monday night when we had PS at Jiko. The CM lanyards in the AKL giftshop had a bunch. I was nice and only traded for 2 (plus Jeff was dragging me out of there to eat!! LOL!). With a 2 year old it was hard to stick to any scheudle--so while I really wanted to get to Scoops pin talk, we ende dup at Exposition hall around 2:00 one day just while it was finishing up. bummer.
I did find a LE 2500 Disney Auctions Sully in the gift shop at the International gateway at EPCOT and a few other cute pins. my only purchases were the Disney Visa pin, a few of the DVC exclusives and the Flower and Garden tink. The woman that cleans my house has a 9 year old little girl who is getting into pin trading so I will have some for her the next time we are scheduled for a cleaning. She will be excited as they just got back from WDW as well (I gave her a fewbefroe they went to get her started. I heard later that she didnt want to trade any of the ones I gave her becuase she liked them too much. I thought that was so cute).
Nothing that overly excited me until I hit the motherload on Tuesday night with a set of Who Wants to be a Millionaire pins!! Yes---I finally MADE IT INTO THE HOTSEAT!!!! I almost had a heart attack. I felt like one of those women on the Price is Right as I jumped out of my seat with a SCREAM and went running down! LOL! I was able to get to the 16,000 pt question without using a lifeline but then got stuck on a sporst/NBA question where I had to use all 3 (and then guessed correctly). I could only imagine Jeff sitting there laughing hysterically thinking there is NO WAY she knows the answer to this... I blew the 32,000 pt question since it was a total guess so my haul was the hat and pins to 1,000 pts. I still cant believe it. It was so much fun. I know I will be back, but that first set of pins will get framed for sure!
