How much do penny presses cost?

[CherylinME]

This sounds like a fun idea for DD, but I want to know how much each one costs before I suggest it.
Thanks
Cheryl

 

[The Disney Bunch]

I believe they are 50 cents plus the penny. That was what I apid when I was there last- I don't think it went up.

 

[Colinsmom]

There are also quarter presses, those might be $1 total? The penny presses are definitely 51 cents total.

 

[Mom to Jordan]

.51 each BUT there are a lot of machines. I think DS spent about 40.00 on them last year and did not do near all of them. It is however a lot of fun!

Jordan's mom

 

[Grumpy's Wife]

My kids love the pressed pennies. I always go to the bank before we leave and buy a roll of pennies and a roll of quarters to take with us.

 

[kristen0147]

The penny machines are 50 cents plus the penny, and the quarter machines are 1.00 plus a quarter. A great tip that I got fom the boards was to take an empty M&M mini's container and fill it up by alternating 2 quarters and a penny. That way your not searching for the correct change every time. A word to the wise: Do not put the containers in your carry on they look like solid pieces of metal when they go through the scanner, put them in your checked luggage.

 

[MNmom]

Here is another hint I remember from our trip a few years ago!!

Clean your pennies with HOT sauce from Taco Bell or anywhere else. I know this sounds funny but it really works. Our pennies were very shinny and when pressed they were beautiful.

ENJOY!!

 

[liveforthemagic]

For a DS who is 9 and getting a little bit too "cool" for some parts of Disney, would you recommend penny press or pin collecting/trading for something to keep him interested while DS (7) goes princess berserk?

 

[dizluvr71]

Here is another hint I remember from our trip a few years ago!!

Clean your pennies with HOT sauce from Taco Bell or anywhere else. I know this sounds funny but it really works. Our pennies were very shinny and when pressed they were beautiful.

ENJOY!!

Soaking them in vinegar works also. My DS8 learned this at Mad Science this year, he's been cleaning his pennies ever since for our trip in May.

 

[pjynx]

Ok, not to sound stupid (please forgive me....I've never done a pressed penny)....what exactly is a pressed penny? I'm sure it involves squishing the penny to make it bigger and flatter, but what else? Does it imprint a Disney character onto it? Does it remove the current "imprint" before imprinting it's own image? Please tell me why these are so popular and why there are so many are "different" ones to do. Thanks!

 

[siennacrew]

It smashes your penny into a bit of an oval. You can get all kinds of characters imprinted on them. Princess ones check out the gift shop next to the Little Mermaid show at MGM and the Tinkerbell shop in MK. I liked the cute ones at the firehouse gift shop in MK too! Pizza Planet had cute buzz & woody ones. The hotel resorts have them too. My kids loved doing this! I like the pressed penny book to collect them in. We added some from the zoo & great bear lodge too.

 

[disneychrista]

They are popular because one it is cool to watch the penny transform. They are inexpensive (what else can you get at Disney for 51¢?). They don't take up much room. I am sure others have their own reasons.

 

[beth_cam]

I just bought my son a Penny Passport for our trip. It holds about 36. He already has two in it, but it seems as if we could more than fill it if we tried hard.

 

[Texian@WDW]

I think I recall a website that had a list of all the locations of the penny presses. Anyone know what that would be?

 

[beth_cam]

http://allearsnet.com/btp/pennylist.htm

 

[Texian@WDW]

Thanks Beth, I look at Allears all the time and never knew that was there.

 

[beth_cam]

yw I just knew I had seen it as well so I just yahoo searched it. My son is so excited about his Penny Passport. I think I need to put it away until time to go or we may not have one when the time comes.

 

[Texian@WDW]

Let me ask, since we have a list of all the locations, do you make it a game for your child to find them or do you just go to all the locations using the list? That's alot of pressed pennies. Or, do you let the child choose what they want?