New "Pre- Pressed" Penny Machines

[WEDWDW]

But isn't half the fun inserting a penny and watch it being pressed?

http://wdwnt.com/blog/2015/06/unpac...-machines-going-digital-at-walt-disney-world/

 

[SharonLowe]

Some of these have been around for a while at HS. I like the old way much better. And, they were cheaper. More money for Disney....

 

[Stitch808]

I hope they don't replace all the pressed penny machines. I do collect them and always keep the clean older pennies as they keep their shape when pressed. Plus, the cost of the penny is going up with those machines. It'll cost $0.83 per penny if you get the 12 for $10. The only thing good about those machines is you can get all the pennies at once and now have to carry all those lose change.

 

[Mikie]

Yuck! I like that my kids actually "save their pennies" and save up their own quarters to purchase these souvenirs. I like the M&Ms tubes (with home-made personalized labels) we used to carry our change and the Mentos gum containers they carried to hold the squished penny. The kids liked turning the crank, but I suppose given their love of touch screen devices, they may actually like this screen (sigh). Of course, I also liked it was a $.51 souvenir and not $.83

 

[hughjulia]

I can just picture Anger from Inside Out saying "congratulations Disney you just ruined pressed pennies ".

 

[WooPigScientist]

Whaaat?! That doesn't seem like fun at all!

Even if it were cheaper, I'd still have to pass - there's just something ridiculously fun about putting the penny in, turning a crank, and watching it get pressed. I already act like a grumpy old coot about the ones where you put the penny in and watch it but only push a button to choose your design

 

[MinnieLovesMickey]

If this spreads completely across WDW, I will be highly disappointed. There is something charming about the "old fashioned" way of pressing pennies. Half the fun is getting to pick out the pennies we're going to use.

 

[Mikie]

Just thinking about the tremendous number of pennies that must get made to make this worthwhile! Those machines can't be cheap, labor to switch isn't cheap and I think even some hand-crank ones don't use electricity. It's gonna take a whole lot of pennies at an incremental $.32 to pay for that but obviously they think it's beneficial.

 

[Ava]

I actually don't mind this - I didn't know to bring change with me last year and of course my DD5 noticed the machines and was disappointed she couldn't get one. Now if you could pay for them with your Magic Band, I'd be ALL over it - I'll still have to remember to bring $1 bills (or be forced to get all 12 so I can use a CC).

 

[Princess Disney Mom]

Why even bother with a machine? Without the crank just sell them in the shops. The fun was getting shinny new pennies and watching it get smashed as the kids turned the crank.

 

[avic77]

Well that sucks! We LOVED the old way. Kids collected pennies and quarters for months before our first trip. Finding the machines was a highlight of our trip.
No more pressed pennies, i will walk by without a second glance at the new touch screens

 

[BridgetR3]

Adding my two cents here - We do NOT like the new machines. So Disney, if you are reading, DON'T take out all of the old ones because we love picking our own design and turning the crank with OUR penny!!

 

[ginny_lynn]

This make me sad. My son loves the machines where he gets to turn the crank to make the machine. Even as a canadian, since we don't have pennies anymore, we always get plenty with the little bit of cash we use in the US for him to make them. I hope they keep the old ones in place.

 

[Lisann]

Ridiculous.

 

[ttintagel]

Yeah, I don't see the point. Do they even use pennies to make the new ones? We don't know. They could just be pre-made metal disks from a factory somewhere.

 

[soniam]

No, sir. I don't like that one bit.

 

[Jennytoon]

You know, this is a great example of a dichotomy that occurs in lots of places -- is it about the journey or the destination? I mean, very few people undertake something just for the result, but to me Disney seems to have missed the point that the value of the pressed pennies [made by cranking] is at least as much or significantly more about the experience of making them as it was about the result of having them.

 

[BuzzinDownToDisney]

I wouldn't glance twice at the new ones. Look like an ATM or currency exchange machine. Hopefully it's just a handful of them and the majority remain the crank variety.

 

[MrInfinity]

You know, this is a great example of a dichotomy that occurs in lots of places -- is it about the journey or the destination? I mean, very few people undertake something just for the result, but to me Disney seems to have missed the point that the value of the pressed pennies [made by cranking] is at least as much or significantly more about the experience of making them as it was about the result of having them.

Yeah, I hope this one fails. I can see the benefit... I mean you take out collecting quarters in favor of $10 digital payments... but it's just horrible. I would certainly never, ever swipe my credit card in a machine to have it spit out 10 pressed pennies. The fun is in your kids picking the penny, turning the dial, then cranking it out. You're paying for the activity, not the penny.

 

[DisneyFive]

Sucky!

Dan