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How WDW turned my family into serious pin traders.

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How WDW turned my family into serious pin traders.
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We have annual passes and go to WDW usually 3 or 4 times a year. We had just started trading as a fun activity for the kids in December of 2015. This past May we were at Caribbean Beach and we were trading when my son noticed a man with tons of pins. We Were admiring his collection and getting advice and pointers on trading. Once we finished talking with him Dave who was a manager of the food court area came up to us and gave us 4 really neat pins. One was a back stage magic pin and the other 3 were dream kingdom pins and he told us he really enjoyed watching new families getting involved in pin trading and that he wanted to give us some special pins to add to our collection. This was such an amazing gesture and definitely a wow moment of Disney magic. We have been completely addicted since. We still have so much to learn but that's most of the excitement behind it. I must say of all of the resorts we have stayed at Caribbean Beach has been the best for magical Disney experiences.

Now completely off subject but we were just at Art of Animation over the week of thanksgiving and we took our nieces for their first Disney trip and it was The only time we have ever had a bad experience at WDW. The staff was very unfriendly and just plain rude. We will definitely never stay there again!
 
AvatarAng1 said:
Haha, wonderful story! :D Does each member of your family have their own specific collection yet?

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I am collecting nightmare before Christmas, my wife is collecting Beauty and the Beast ( she says we are beauty and the beast lol), my son who is 9 hasn't picked a collection he keeps trying to complete hidden Mickey sets, and my daughter that just turned 3 wants anything Minnie or any princess!


Its it's a lot to try to keep up with but it's fun!
 
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Have you been brave enough to wonder aloud which one of you is "beauty" and which is the "beast"? :rofl:
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NewlyAddicted said:
I am collecting nightmare before Christmas, my wife is collecting Beauty and the Beast ( she says we are beauty and the beast lol), my son who is 9 hasn't picked a collection he keeps trying to complete hidden Mickey sets, and my daughter that just turned 3 wants anything Minnie or any princess!

How nice! My husband says we are Lady and the Tramp:)
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Welcome to the forum and to the very addicting hobby of collecting little shiney pieces of metal.

Sorry to hear you had a bad experience at AofA. My wife and I had a great stay back in 2012. And in March 2015 we took our grandchildren there for their first visit to WDW. Both times the staff was great -- and gladly helped us resolve a couple problems. We even ended up with an extra FastPass when it took longer than expected to get our luggage via the Magical Express.

HockeyGrump (Henry G)
 
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