Originally Posted By vbdad55 <I'd love for them to banish pintrading from the parks forever. It has greatly dumbed down the Disney experience.< I understand this feeling as parts of it really turned me off - I only would like to see lanyard to lanyard trading - one for one ( not enforceable I know) - as my youngest really enjoys it, but you have to protect them from those who somehow feel the pins are gold nuggets..and wouldn't hesitate to take advantage of a kid or anyone else in the trading... those with the suitcases in Downtown Disney ( gone in my book) are a glaring part of the problem.
Originally Posted By Spirit of 74 VBDAD, pintrading was a fine interactive hook for the Millennium at Epcot. It's 2006 now, and has been a disaster. I knew a pintrader who had 3,000 pins and then admitted it was crazy and Disney was purposely flooding the market (while raising the price) to take advantage of the 'addicts.' It worked in large part. But now it's really just sickening when I walk into what was once the One of a Kind Shop in DL's NOS and find it full of them ... same with the Frontierland Trading Post. TDL got it right (again) when they stopped the trading madness about a year after it started. Just a grotesque grab for money by Disney.
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Originally Posted By vbdad55 I agree the flooding of this area ( like they did with mini bean bags - remember those ?) - and overproduction of WDCC pieces -- killed the uniqueness of the line....as I said in another thread ( this thread ?) - my favorite pin set is the 20th 's set of attraction pins that you had to get at/near each attraction -- and were $3 each..... 3000 pins -- person needed help sooner..LOL ! . I collect DVC / Figment / Potc pins....and once in a while something unique ( not necessarily LE type stuff) - -- but 3000 pins at let's be kind and say $10 each -- $30,000.....yikes..that's a nice car ( of 300 points of DVC)
Originally Posted By Spirit of 74 ^^I never got into the whole frenzy, but still likely have 300 or so pins. Most from significant events. Some CM onlys that were given from friends. They sit in a closet. But I stopped in one of the local Disney outlets today and they were selling all kinds of LE pins that go back as far as last Christmas for $3.99 (what they should be priced at to begin with, IMHO) ... the pin thing just needs to end. Sell some, sure. But that's it. No trading. No people in their ECVs with thousands trying to get kids to trade with them. No tacky lanyards on every CM. Enough!
Originally Posted By vbdad55 I agree -- scale back big time-- but it has got to be a cash cow for them....people spend way more than they think until they get home and add up all those 'little charms' -- as for the pintrading events ending- no big deal to me..haven't gone to one in 2-3 years anyway - and the few i went to really weren;t anything special
Originally Posted By disney pete <<New Release July 2021: WDW mnagement today announced they are thinking of replacing the now 17 year old Pooh Playground ( which was recently closed for 'rehab and updating'- rumor has it that the new e-ticket attraction will be some sort of submarine ride but final details are still being worked out. The Playground leaking into the utilidors was rumored to be the reason for the sudden shutdown of the 'attraction'>> This had me rolling on the floor laughing out very loud very good VBdad very good
Originally Posted By vbdad55 ^^^^^^^^ thank you, I thought it was a cute story line -- glad someone else enjoyed also....
Originally Posted By DVC_dad News Release August 2021: WDW mnagement today announced they are re-thinking their original notion of replacing the now 17 year old Pooh Playground. The company admitted the recent rehab was to implement improvements that were suggested by the infamous DVC_dad. Apparently, this yahoo known only as DVC_dad, (a 60 year old grandfather of 73 grandkids and 14 great grand kids) has decided to visit the park monthly, with his own family as well as a friend for each grandchild. Rumor has it that early research shows that the overload on the Fastpass system will cause park-wide CM collapse unless the Pooh Playground remains open for DVC_dad to cycle some of his grand kids through while others utilize their fastpasses. It seems after all these years of park visits, DVC_dad has mastered the Fastpass system to the point of being able to ride any ride with any number of kids, at will and Disney doesn't want to upset the paterfamilias_DVC.
