pick a pearl setting

[TeamTinkerbell]

Does anyone know if the one at DTD actually has Sterling Silver settings? I think the pick a pearl is a lot of fun and I love to do it, however my husband just about killed me when he found out my setting was over 200 dollars. It felt very high pressure there, and I don't see anything under 99 on the website.

I love to do it, but we don't get over to Japan in Epcot very often, so I was hoping either of the water parks or DTD would have something a little more affordable in the way of settings.

ETA: Upon further investigation it does seem they have some cheaper settings there! Does anyone know if they do earrings? I'm not sure I want to wade through 24 pages!

Are you talking about feeling pressured at the DTD location? I want this to be a great experience and not pressured to spend a lot.

 

[Pirate's Princess]

I love doing pick a pearl. When I went in january I got 2 different ones on different occasions and got them made into dangly simple earrings. I've have to take a picture. The setting only cost like $12 I think. When I was there, the person before me got a silver/black pearl. I was so jealous! haha It's addictive. If I would have let him, my dbf would have bought me 10.

I do like the idea of getting a pearl or two each trip and then making a necklace after a long time. But I'm not very patient...

 

[Candid]

Are you talking about feeling pressured at the DTD location? I want this to be a great experience and not pressured to spend a lot.

While I didn't feel "pressured" at DTD, I must say if you are going for a great experience Japan is the way to go!! I found the ladies at the DTD location seemed to treat it as "Just a job" while the girls at Japan seemed to really enjoy it! They make a big production of it and are very enthusiastic during the process. I'll never forget watching a couple each pick a pearl while I was waiting for mine to be set...she picked a nice sized creamy pearl and he ended up with a little pearl...the girl at Japan looks at him and says "oh you got a itty-bitty one!" His wife (or gf) looked at her and said "yeah he hears that a lot!" It was soooo funny! The whole atmosphere at Japan is just way more enjoyable!

 

[kkproulx]

While I didn't feel "pressured" at DTD, I must say if you are going for a great experience Japan is the way to go!! I found the ladies at the DTD location seemed to treat it as "Just a job" while the girls at Japan seemed to really enjoy it! They make a big production of it and are very enthusiastic during the process. I'll never forget watching a couple each pick a pearl while I was waiting for mine to be set...she picked a nice sized creamy pearl and he ended up with a little pearl...the girl at Japan looks at him and says "oh you got a itty-bitty one!" His wife (or gf) looked at her and said "yeah he hears that a lot!" It was soooo funny! The whole atmosphere at Japan is just way more enjoyable!

That is TOO funny!

 

[mom2zandjsquared]

Does anyone know if they sell chains at Japan to go with the little heart setting? I am planning on letting my DD pick an oyster out and then get it set for her but I need to know if I should bring a chain with me.

 

[redshoe]

My little sister picked a pearl in Japan about 3 days ago. They do have the chains, but they must be purchased separately from the settings. She had hers set in a pendant for about $11.00 extra. It turned out really nice! And the CMs did make a really big production of it, applauding her, announcing it and ringing a bell when her pearl was harvested.

We waited about 20 minutes for the pearl to be set, and this was during a particularly busy time. The store was packed, and lots of people were choosing pearls, so I can't imagine it ever takes much longer than 20 minutes to wait for a setting.

 

[Chip_and_Dales_Girl]

Are you talking about feeling pressured at the DTD location? I want this to be a great experience and not pressured to spend a lot.

Oh yes definitely. They saw my rings were silver (actually white gold) and the first things they pulled out were the VERY expensive pendants. The one over 600 dollars! I ended up liking the one pendant that was 179, but I wanted to go cheaper. But they kept pushing me towards the more expensive pendants. Very disappointing and I will go again, only armed with information. I am going to look at the website, look at the prices and tell them exactly what I would like. I enjoy the picking of the pearl there. The picking of the setting, not so much.

Honestly? My favorite experience was the booth at Blizzard Beach. The woman there was an absolute sweetheart and gave us both an experience to remember.

 

[TeamTinkerbell]

Is this something that you should do early in the day? Because I don't want to feel rushed in picking my setting with a lot of people standing around waiting.

 

[pixleyyy]

I never felt any pressure at the Japan booth. The women there were all SO nice and made it very fun and festive. We will definitely do it again.

 

[TeamTinkerbell]

I never felt any pressure at the Japan booth. The women there were all SO nice and made it very fun and festive. We will definitely do it again.

We will definitely go to the one at Japan!! Epcot is probably my least favorite park, but I don't dislike it. This certainly makes it exciting to go again.

 

[belle&sebastiansmom]

Thanks for the great information on this thread. Can't wait to do this. Now I have something else to do in Japan. Usually all we do there is get a snowcone!

 

[mom2zandjsquared]

We did Pick a Pearl on Friday 4/11 and my DD picked an oyster that was sitting off by itself that was a little hairy!! Opened it up and what was inside - a 7MM Silver Blue Pearl. I had it set in a sterling silver cage and purchased the 16 inch sterling silver chain. Oh and we went to see Jack Sparrow that night at MP&PP and my DD got close enough to say Hi Captain Jack then freaked out but he said it looks like she had already found the black pearl - it was so cute!!

Sorry the picture is so awful but you can sort of see it -
so Pearl was 14.99 plus tax (15.97 total)
16" Chain 12.50
Small Cage 17.50

 

[kkproulx]

BEAUTIFUL!!! I'm hoping to get a dark pearl this time....I've heard to pick out the ugliest oyster to find the most beautiful pearl!!! I'll just search for ugly and hairy!!!!

 

[mom2zandjsquared]

My cousin's DD picked out a oyster that was large and it had a 7.5MM white pearl inside. There were a few hairy one's but we picked the one that looked lonesome!!

 

[Daxx]

Is this something that you should do early in the day? Because I don't want to feel rushed in picking my setting with a lot of people standing around waiting.

Here's what we did ... and it worked out soooo well b/c it took the pressure off of having people waiting for you to decide what you want, trying to get a spot to view the settings (it gets crowded around that case!) and making decisions amongst a crowd.

We went to Japan around 8:30 pm (they closed at 9 that night) and it was v. quiet. We were able to get a really good look at the settings and make our decisions on what we wanted. We went back the next day, picked the pearls and told the CM which settings we wanted. We didn't have to jockey to try to look at/pick a setting, no pressure of people waiting for you to choose something, and no pressure to make quick decisions. We waited longer for our number to be called and our oyster to be shucked than we did to tell the CM what settings we wanted! It was great to be prepared and go in knowing exactly what we wanted. We weren't pressured into buying one setting over another, either. It was a great experience being prepared.

 

[Stefy]

beautiful pearl mom2zandjsquared

this is my lil pearl, picked out at DTD

Not sure if I will get another one this year, would love a darker pearl.

Do they have new silver settings for pearls, or is it still the same as last year?

 

[TeamTinkerbell]

Here's what we did ... and it worked out soooo well b/c it took the pressure off of having people waiting for you to decide what you want, trying to get a spot to view the settings (it gets crowded around that case!) and making decisions amongst a crowd.

We went to Japan around 8:30 pm (they closed at 9 that night) and it was v. quiet. We were able to get a really good look at the settings and make our decisions on what we wanted. We went back the next day, picked the pearls and told the CM which settings we wanted. We didn't have to jockey to try to look at/pick a setting, no pressure of people waiting for you to choose something, and no pressure to make quick decisions. We waited longer for our number to be called and our oyster to be shucked than we did to tell the CM what settings we wanted! It was great to be prepared and go in knowing exactly what we wanted. We weren't pressured into buying one setting over another, either. It was a great experience being prepared.

Great idea. It has to take away from the experience when you have people breathing down the back of your neck.

 

[TeamTinkerbell]

We did Pick a Pearl on Friday 4/11 and my DD picked an oyster that was sitting off by itself that was a little hairy!! Opened it up and what was inside - a 7MM Silver Blue Pearl. I had it set in a sterling silver cage and purchased the 16 inch sterling silver chain. Oh and we went to see Jack Sparrow that night at MP&PP and my DD got close enough to say Hi Captain Jack then freaked out but he said it looks like she had already found the black pearl - it was so cute!!

Sorry the picture is so awful but you can sort of see it -
so Pearl was 14.99 plus tax (15.97 total)
16" Chain 12.50
Small Cage 17.50

That's awesome. If getting a black pearl wasn't cool enough, Captain Jack seeing it was. That was a really reasonable price for all of it too.

I plan to get a ring. I have two special necklaces already that I wear and I'm not a pin wearer, so the ring is the way to go for me. DD11 (when we are next at Disney) will also get a ring.

Does anyone have more pics of the ring selections?

 

[mom2zandjsquared]

beautiful pearl mom2zandjsquared

this is my lil pearl, picked out at DTD


Not sure if I will get another one this year, would love a darker pearl.

Do they have new silver settings for pearls, or is it still the same as last year?

I have to say that I haven't been to Epcot in years and the settings all looked to be the same as when I was there last.

 

[mom2zandjsquared]

That's awesome. If getting a black pearl wasn't cool enough, Captain Jack seeing it was. That was a really reasonable price for all of it too.

I plan to get a ring. I have two special necklaces already that I wear and I'm not a pin wearer, so the ring is the way to go for me. DD11 (when we are next at Disney) will also get a ring.

Does anyone have more pics of the ring selections?

My cousin had thought about getting a ring but the wait time to have it set was going to be well over an hour so we both got cages to save time since that only takes 10 minutes and we were off to MP&PP!! By the way it was super busy when we went and getting a number to pick the pearl took forever - that was 3 pm on a Friday plus during a sort of Spring Break week.