I got my pin yesterday morning (Friday) timestamped at 8:41am. I had followed JGALLANTs advice:
1. New yahoo mail on Wed
2. Created new Disney acct from the Disney Parks website (
http://disneyparks.disney.go.com/disneyparks/en_US/index?name=HomePage)
3. Priced out deluxe hotels - some with a Platinum package and saved overnight.
4. Created an itinerary saying I was staying off site (in comments: Sheraton Vistana Village) and would buy my tickets on arrival
5. Next day - Went back and deleted saved offers.
6. Got an email to create a vacation video. Did that. Emailed it to myself.
7. Watched part of the video from the link and then used the link from the email to browse vacations again.
8. Did nothing else. White rabbit showed up in my Spam folder on Friday!!!
I had another email that I had created on Tuesday and registered with Disney Parks (created the video and all), but still didn't get a pin on that acct (at least not yet).
I had completely given up hope, so don't give up!!! Thank you all for your help! There is no way I would have scored a pin without all of your advice!