Wilderness Lodge Pin trading??

chefmb

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Hi! I'm asking this question for my nieces, who leave tomorrow for WL. I gave them each a lanyard with some pins to start them with pin trading. When I stayed at POP in June, the gift shop had the pin board available for trading from 12-1 and 5:30-6:30 every day. Can someone tell me if the WL has anything like this?? Thanks, in advance!
 
WL had a CM with a book of trader pins. She seemed to be there every time we went by so not sure if it was only specific hours.
 
1) All WL CM's can wear a lanyard for trading.
2) Some do, and some do not.
3) Ask the Front Desk to Concierge to see their lanyards.
4) They can go inot the back room and get one.
5) For buyng pins, there is a lobby pin cart on the way to the pool.
 
We stayed there last year and there was a CM there everyday with pins and their "pin booth". It was at the back of the lobby as you go towards the pool. Opposite side of the gift shop if that should help.

What a great Aunt you are. Your neices will have a blast!
 

What a great aunt you are! There's a pin cart in the lobby with pins for sale, there is a small table beside the cart with a pin book the kids can look through as often as they want and trade for pins in the book. The cm at the cart will also be wearing a lanyard. The cm's in the WL Mercantile also wear lanyards and are great about trading. There are at least four cm's working in the Mercantile at all times. My son was looking for a certain pin once and none of the cm's had it on their lanyard...one of them in the Mercantile told him to hang on and let him check with some cm's in the back room. :goodvibes: Sure enough he found it for him! They will have such a great trip!!! :cloud9:
 
What a great way to get them started. We had 5 trips to WDW before my kids discovered pin trading. It was the most fun they had ever had. To see two teenage boys rushing over to CMs to trade pins really warmed my heart.
 
Thanks everyone! They will be glad to hear about the trading opportunities. I pick them up at 7:15 tomorrow morning to take them to the airport. They are meeting their parents in Disney who have been there since Friday to celebrate their 25th anniversary. My sis-in-law doesn't know they're coming!! We've managed to keep it a secret from her (and her DD7 who won't find out until she gets up in the morning that she's going to meet Mommy and Daddy in Disney!) I'm so excited for them all!
 
We have fond memories of pin trading (or giving!) at WL!!

When we were at the WL in 2008, the nice lady CM at the pin cart started talking to our kids. We were brand new to the whole pin trading scene --- just that morning on the bus the nicest two guys from NYC befriended our kids and gifted them with a pin each! Such sweet magic! As we were looking the kids (3 & 5) told her about the nice guys. The nice CM added to that magic and gave each of the kids another pin -- a pirate girl hat and pirate boy hat.
 




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