The haul from WDW

So this was only a four day trip with two teenagers who had never been, so I felt like I couldn't wander off as much as in the past, but certainly tried to make due. This was the majority of the haul and some overall notes for people traveling to Florida in the near future.

Overall, the lanyards around all four parks and three hotels were OK, just OK. All of the loose pins came from CM lanyards. The "window magnet family 64835 etc were very heavy. I only got one scrapper, but stayed away from series that I knew were comprimised. Did find some newer pins, but really wanted the new patriotic series. Only ever saw the Jessica chaser (at Beach Club).

LE was best at Animal Kingdom (thanks to Katelouise for the tip). Picked up the Donald Pocketwatch and a Villian puzzle peice (should have gotten more). GL/BL Jack was at Hollywood (last one on the rack).

Jessica "Salute" was out at Epcot Innovations (West I think). Not even on pinpics yet. Same for the Little Green Men "Flash Mob" and the Series 6 Mystery pins at the bottom. I'll take some closer pics and get them off to the powers that be.

I hate to say I was disappointed by the lack of variety when looking at 300+ rack pins, but many of them are still 2008 backstamp and have been around for a long time. I like the mystery packs for variety (and resulting traders from duplicates). The November/December releases look pretty good, so I can't wait to see what people bring back over the next couple of months.

I'm updating pinpics as I post, so if you see a trade, shoot me a PM. (Pocketwatch and Jack GL/BL were shopped for, so that person has first dibs.)

Very nice haul! Congrats!

Great haul ! Love the tink Easter pin too

Nice haul!

Great haul, nice!

Nice! I'm hoping to come back with a similar haul next month.

Where in the Animal Kingdom did you find the LE pins?

Animal Kingdom had a few nice surpises. The Island Mercantile is the main pin "store" (outside). Not huge like Epcot and Hollywood, but just as good a selection.

Everest gift store also has a pin book, but nothing special.

On our way out, we stopped at the stroller rental area, just to the right of the main entrance as we saw a few CMs and hoped to get lucky. While their lanyards were so-so, one asked if we had seen their "pin stroller". We waited as she brought out an actual rental stroller whose roof was covered in pins. Pretty picked over, but some good ones and a great find for next trip. She said that those in the know stop there first thing and in the morning, there are some really good pins.

Tink Easter pin was in the Concierge book at the Beach Club. Couldn't believe it.

Thanks for the tips! This will be my first trip since I started trading, so I love hearing about the good spots to check out.

One of the cast members at Pop Century had one of the Queen of Hearts pin with the silver background in the middle of your photo.

I was there from Thursday to Tuesday afternoon. I pretty much gave up on the cast member lanyards after a few days. Every one I checked was a scrapper. I saw a TON of the 2012 in the star pins. I ended up wearing my lanyard the entire time and having cast members and guests compliment me on the pins I had on it, but really only made a few trades apart from the very rare CM trade. Most of my guest trades were at DTD or Epcot. We met a middle age guy and his wife and kept running into them, I ended up making several trades with him.

Were they sold out of the Madam Leota LE pins when you got to them? I bought mine the first night and didn't see anymore of them past Saturday, if I remember right.

Is that an LGM pin?! That's awesome! Very nice pins!

LGM? I saw Leota at Animal Kingdom, but passed for some others. Intended then to get her at Epcot, but they just had the trio of ghosts.

LGM = Little Green Men = Aliens from Toy Story

Was just going to ask the same thing about Little GreenMen, I think I could see a familiar shade of green on one pin in the bottom left of the picture above. If it is a new LGM pin, I'm well stoked, bought my Star Command ones this morning online, so keep the LGM coming!
Thanks for sharing your trip and your tips for those going to WDW :drool:

Very nice haul. Getting me all excited for my upcoming trip to WDW in January.

Fabulous haul. Congrats on the wonderful collection of pins. I do have my eye on that Si and Am pin.

That's a pretty fantastic haul! Nice!

Ooo a LGM pin!

Yes it is, adn one I apparently need to get to Pinpics as I can't find a listing. It's "Flash Mob" in front of a group of LGM (thanks for the definition). Didn't think I'd seen it before, now I'm glad I picked one up. Tradeable if anyone "needs" it.