I have not done pin trading in a few years, I had almost broken my habit, but now seeing all this pin talk is making me want to pull them out again...shh...don't tell Jeremy. Hmm...I wonder where I put them...to be continued
I have not done pin trading in a few years, I had almost broken my habit, but now seeing all this pin talk is making me want to pull them out again...shh...don't tell Jeremy. Hmm...I wonder where I put them...to be continued
I hope that you are able to find the ones you are looking for on your trip!
I am partial to my Robin Hood pins as well.
Edit: So we got our April phone bill. I spent almost $20 on ADR day calling Disney since the ADR system crashed and I was calling to check on it/get an eta
WOW. That's crazy.
I started pin trading/collecting in 2005. At one point I think I had almost 500 
I had to get a grip on it quickly because it was getting out of hand...LOL 
I am glad that I never started with Pin trading, that would be just one more thing to spend my money on
Yay for getting your tickets!!!!! Sooo exciting!!
The two best food options I tried and loved on my trip were the strawberry shortcake from Sunshine Seasons in Epcot and the Red Velvet cheesecake cupcake from Starring Rolls (although I see you already have a different choice from there... the butterfinger one also looked delicious!)
I'm partial to your Robin Hood pins, too!! Especially Prince John!!!!! I pin traded for the first time on my last trip and it was so much fun! And seeing your Robin Hood pins makes me want to go trade some cash for more
I dug them out!! Literally, we still have some boxes packed up from moving and they were in one of those
So anyway, I sold off a bunch of them on ebay a year or two ago, but this is what I have remaining. Most of them are Goofy! As you will be able to see, but I do have a few other randoms in there too! I don't wanna bog down your PTR with my photos so I will just give you the links to them
Pins Photo 1
Pins Photo 2
Pins Photo 3
I finally decided enough was enough and now, recently, we only get a pin for each new resort we stay at. I was one of those people that just got the ones I liked, I never wanted to trade any 
But what you guys are doing is a great idea, getting grab bags of them and trading those!! Super smart, I will think about trying that sometime!
It's seriously my dream resort(so while it may be more affordable now, will wait until all renovations are done!)
Greetings all! Well my week started out nice as the pins I ordered on ebay arrived! Weee! They sent a few extras as well which was nice.
Picture may be a little big so you can see them, although I still got glare on them, sorry, I am not a photographer!
I am going to keep the bottom four. Jack, Chip and Dale, Cheshire Cat hat and Grumpy(and maybe the cute Stitch). Now I did find a small knick on Aurora, a weird edge on Mowgli and a scuff/fade on the survey marker and the eyeball vinylmation. Not a big deal though since they sent extra and even without these ones I'm still ahead, which is exactly why they send the extras I think. Would I buy from them again? I would. The pins come in individual baggies and safely in bubble wrap packaging. I'm pretty content, I just want to get to the trading part!!!
Also found ourselves in the dollar store this weekend and I picked these up.
Yes, they are from the dollarstore and aren't the greatest but tried them when we got home and they work. And because they have the guard around the blade you can wear them around your neck, running, and hands free. They aren't the most powerful but better then nothing. Although I'm hoping we won't even need them at all, just nice to have them in case!
In ADR news, oh boy. So Andy's birthday is the day we leave Disney, so the day before will be the day we celebrate. Going to get him the pin to wear and start the day at Boma, unlimited bacon will make him so very happy. Originally we were doing Boma on our leaving day but Magical Express can be up to 3 hours before our flight which is at 11am so might not have time for it. And then for dinner we will go to 'Ohana, again unlimited meat makes for a happy Andy(and I am excited as I have never dined there!). But I was planning that after dinner we wold head to the beach to watch hallowishes as we are currently not attending MNSSHP but I would love to see it again after ten years. Ugh, you guys I have no idea what I was thinking but I actually looked at my spread sheet this afternoon and realized that there is no MNSSHP that night!!!
Oy vay! I mean regular Wishes is still awesome! But I love all the Halloween goodness added in. Of course we're still a little over 4 months to go and I could change everything around..but I'm pretty happy with my schedule. I mentioned it to Andy and we agreed we would play it by ear as two MNSSHP are happening on our Typhoon Lagoon day and on our Disney Quest day. So we might be up for heading over there for the fireworks. lol, if we do that, that means we will be at the Polynesian at four different times on our trip, which will help with my reasoning as to why we need to stay there on our next trip!
To all my friends in the US I hope you have a great Memorial day weekend! To everyone else hope you had a nice sunday!
I can't wait till we go in September! Is there a reason you guys aren't going, or was it just not really ever in your plans to go?
That Figment pin is as cute as can be!! Those fans will come in handy. In the day in October it can still be a little warm sometimes. We bought one at Disney on our first trip and we still take it back every time!
I really hope you get to see Hallowishes! MNSSHP is our absolute favorite event/thing to do at the parks!! We try and go every year...The Boo To You parade is just amazing, trick-or-treating, characters dressed in costume!
So now is where I need to ask for your help/advice. This trip will be the first time I have ever done a break in the middle of the day so I just wanted to get your opinions if this sounds like a good strategy.
On our 2nd Disney Day(Day 4 of our vacation) we will be at Epcot but I want to head over to catch Wishes at MK and take advantage of their EMH. Does this sound like a good breakdown? I tried to build in bus waiting time as well, just incase.
Wake up 6:30- 7am
Leave AKL 7:30 -8am
Arrive Epcot 8:30-8:45am for Rope Drop @ 9am
Future world till lunch @ 11:50am (San Angel) Or earlier if we are ready as they open at 11:30am
Leave Epcot by 1pm to AKL
Chill, nap, swim
Leave AKL 3pm
Arrive Epcot by 4pm
World Showcase / Food and Wine
Leave Epcot 7:30-8pm
Arrive MK 8:30-9
Memories & Wishes 9:45
MK open till 12am!
So does this seem plausible? Honestly? I figure if we are done Future World early we can go to lunch early and leave a little sooner as well. I feel like there is more that we want to see in World Showcase and will spend more time there, I'm okay with skipping Innoventions as well in FW. Will it be a long enough afternoon break? Enough time in World Showcase? We plan to just have dinner at the F&W booths, which hopefully won't be too horrendous as its a monday and the recommended park of the day. And if worse comes to worse and we miss Wishes we have two other free evening days that we can try to catch it. Appreciate any insight you can provide!
Coming from someone who puts herself on a tight schedule at Disney...well sometimes anyway!! 
Yay!! Plans!! I do have a question, are you going to have more than one Epcot day or just the one for F&W?? First off, it definitely sounds doable!
When we go to Epcot during F&W there are so many things we like to try and eat that we just eat both lunch and dinner at F&W. An October Monday should be fine as far as shorter lines for the Food booths, so I don't think I would worry about that at all! The only reason I ask is because the food booths open at 11:00 so if you were worried about getting out earlier for your afternoon break you could do one half of the festival for lunch and then the other side for dinner? Which leads me to the next thing
If it were me and I wanted to do an afternoon break at the resort, I would probably want more time if I was wanting to go swimming. Leaving Epcot at 1 would put you back sometime around 1:30 or so depending on how long you would have to wait on a bus. Then I would want to shower after the pool, which wouldn't give me very much swim time, but if you don't need much then I think it would work out fine! That pool at Kidani is one of our favorite pools at Disney!
I think leaving Epcot at 7:30-8 should work out fine too, since you can just hop on the monorail! You should get there in plenty of time to see Wishes! And heck yeah, EMH!!
Okay that probably won't happen. 
