Originally Posted By indysoarin19 Where can one get the pressed coins at Disneyland? A friend from out of town is going to the park next week and was wondering where she could get all 90 coins. Are there for sure 90 coins? I know she could get some in the Penny Arcade, but where else? Can she get any in DCA?
Originally Posted By trekkeruss There are penny press machines all over the place (just like at WDW.) She can go to City Hall in Town Square or Geust Relations at DCA and ask for the list, or use an online resource.
Originally Posted By AladdinAZ Here is a link to the locations of the penny press machines for the 50th Celebration. There are several other locations, a cast member at the World of Disney was kind enough to print a list of all the locations. City Hall in DL should have a complete list, too. <a href="http://www.register123.com/event/profile/web/index.cfm?PKwebID=0x23143861e&varPage=location" target="_blank">http://www.register123.com/eve nt/profile/web/index.cfm?PKwebID=0x23143861e&varPage=location</a> There is a machine at the gift shop in the Grand Californian Hotel, too. And several of the same locations at the link have other penny presses besides just the 50th celebration.
Originally Posted By trekkeruss Thank goodness I am over that hobby. Individually, pressed pennies are the cheapet souvenir you can buy. But when you start chasing afer all of them... yikes! Not to mention how heavy all those coins are that you need to carry. LOL.
Originally Posted By berol <a href="http://parkpennies.com/disneylandpennychecklists/disneylandchecklist.htm" target="_blank">http://parkpennies.com/disneyl andpennychecklists/disneylandchecklist.htm</a>
Originally Posted By deadmentellnotales Does anyone know if they plan on returning the doubloon machine in peices of eight store, I know it's not a penny press but it was similiar and man did I love it
Originally Posted By HRM >>Thank goodness I am over that hobby.<< Trekkerus.... what's the new hobby? )
Originally Posted By trekkeruss I have tried to stay away from accumulating stuff. In fact, today I was taking pics so I can list some things on eBay... including Disney crap. LOL. But last week I fell off the wagon and bought another N-scale trainset, this time a model of the Eurostar, to go with all my other high-speed rail models. It's been out of production for awhile, and the eBay buy-it-now price was too good to pass up. When I find* my box of pressed pennies, I'm sure I'll be listing them. *FIND is code-speak for "I have so much stuff I don't know where everything is!"
Originally Posted By stampinshock The problem in collecting pressed coins is that half the machines are broken. I have 27 of the 50th coins, and any machine that I find (yes I have the list printed and in my fanny pack!!!) are out of order. Frustrating.
Originally Posted By everyyearofmylife Anyone know if the machines that were in NOS are still there and if they're up and working? I have all the 50th pennies except the ones from those machines and I'll be going in September, so I'm hoping to finish my collection!
Originally Posted By wonderingalice I'd like to get one of the Mad Hatter's Tea Cups... Can someone tell me where to find the machine?
Originally Posted By AladdinAZ "The problem in collecting pressed coins is that half the machines are broken. I have 27 of the 50th coins, and any machine that I find (yes I have the list printed and in my fanny pack!!!) are out of order. Frustrating." I know the feeling! For me, the Machine at World of Disney and DCA were both broke. Even though I asked at several place, and guest relations for them to be fixed. VERY FRUSTRATING!!!! However at the DL Hotel, I got a COMPLETELY different response. The machine in the Fantasia Shop was not working. I mentioned it to one of the 4 cast members that were working there. The must have spent about 15 minutes tracking down maintenance. Then they told me that the the person that could take care of that was in a meeting. They would be able to fix the machine in an hour. Two hours later I stopped by, and sure enough it was fixed! WOW!!!! At World of Disney, they were completely useless. Said, they have to call an outside company to fix it, and couldn't be fixed by the same person that takes care of the DCA, DL, or DL Hotel, and that they don't have someone available some days. DCA at the Greeting Store, and Guest relations were completely useless, too. Surprisingly EVERY machine in DL was working. The only ones that didn't work were NOT in DL.
Originally Posted By nemopoppins trekkeruss mentioned the expense of collecting them all. It's bearable if you make a decision and just collect one from each machine. My son did that about three years ago, it was a great pastime, and it took around $40. And I think that was including two of those little pressed penny holders. He didn't use a list--he had fun tracking them down by himself. Maybe he missed one, but using that method, you'll never know. Also: At that time, we never encountered a broken machine anywhere--in DL, DCA, or the hotels.
Originally Posted By trekkeruss <<It's bearable if you make a decision and just collect one from each machine>> It's unbearable if you have that completist mentality as I do. Asking me to get just one is like trying to eat only one Lays potato chip: I can't do it.
Originally Posted By danyoung I don't even try to get 'em all, especially since they updated them with the 50th logo. I just like to get one or two each trip that I don't recall seeing before. Course, I don't keep close track on what I have and don't have, so I probably have 7 of one kind and none of others. Still, it's just nice to have them flat coins jingling in my pocket! And I never EVER want to start on the quarters - way too expensive!
Originally Posted By netenyahoo I have contacted Disneyland DelivEars before about getting pennies made where the machine was broken and they sent them to me free of charge. It never hurts to ask.
Originally Posted By danyoung Awww, that's not the same as making them yourself! Anyone remember the injection mould things that they have at some parks? It was just totally cool to see something being created right before your young eyes!
Originally Posted By SleepingBeauty82 I'm a bit late but there are a bunch in the Penny Arcade on Main Street. I finally got a Tiki Room one on our last trip!
Originally Posted By wonderingalice I remember, danyoung! I had a blue dolphin from Marineland for YEARS!
