The good, the bad and the ugly while at WDW

[Hadjii]

Hi, just got back from WDW and met some really great traders. I've only been collecting since last Fall so my collection is small and I only get the pins I love. Just wanted to share my experiences this week. Some good, some bad.

*The USA Mickey head pin was by far the most sought after pin by guests this week. They were flying off the carts. A guest was at World of Disney trying to get one because a member of her family was one of the workers at the WTC and she wanted it for them. She said she had no luck for almost a week. A sweet cast member named Dave at WOD gave her his personal pin and it brought tears to her eyes. It was so nice to see a pin make someone so happy.

*I went to the MNSSHP on 10/31 very excited to get a Halloween party event pin cuz those are my favorites. Guess what? They were all released days before Halloween. We were so upset. I really thought that buying a ticket would allow us at least an opportunity to get one but we were completely shut out. Didn't seem fair and lots of guests were unhappy. Maybe next year....

*I observed the same pin trader receive pins from managers and cast members at Epcot three times during my vacation. They "randomly" picked him out of the audience for the 3pm demonstrations and gave him a special pin. This was after he had already told me he had friends that worked there so he could get multiples of any pin he wanted. I actually saw one manager pull pins out of her pocket and discreetly give them to the trader. It upset me and I did complain to an op mgr at guest relations. Left my name and number and still waiting to hear from them.

*Met two really nice traders who traded me simple rack pins for a Tokyo and Disneyland Halloween pin when I told them I'd bombed out with the party pins. I thought that was really sweet. There are some sharks but there are also some good guys!

 

[tileman]

Glad you had fun
We were there to on the 31st for MNSSHP and I was like what no pins...... and yep they were a day befor Well maybe next yr try again .

 

[mlill]

Hi! We just got back from WDW this weekend. We went to two MNSSHP parties (28th & 31st) and were very upset that we couldn't get a party pin! Fortunately, we were able to trade a Monsters, Inc. opening day pin (getting up early to get a wristband, and then standing in line later to buy the pins!) for a MNSSHP pin from some nice trader that was standing in line with us. We were amazed to see that there were people who flew and drove in just to get the Monsters pin! I'm still looking for the other Halloween pin with the witch and Donald's nephews!

-Michelle

 

[Donna]

We just got back, day before yesterday. Five separate times, i just happened to be at pin stations that just rec'd their mickey icon flag pins. I do not think they're in short supply anymore. They were literally everywhere we went. Some stations were only allowing 2 per person but at the MK station, one lady bought 30 at once! When you saw a line at a pin station, you knew that pin was the reason. A few traders at EPCOT told me, right now the DVC pin is pretty much THE HOT pin to have. I have been looking for the Imagineer pin and at first, was willing to trade a DVC pin for that one. The trader i was talking to debated for 10 minutes on what to do. he really really wanted the DVC pin and i still had the cardboard card it came with. He finally decided he could not give up his walt and mickey imagineer pin. This made me decide to just keep my DVC pin set. He told me i could have 3 of any other pin he had but i decided to keep my dvc pin set. it really means alot to me, even more than the imagineer one.