Did you hear/get the theme?The good-bye set is so cute!
There's a theme? They were all "given as gifts"?Did you hear/get the theme?
Yup! They're all gift pets!There's a theme? They were all "given as gifts"?
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Ding ding ding!! Gifts for our gift.There's a theme? They were all "given as gifts"?
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Ding ding ding!! Gifts for our gift.
Not me, but they totally faked me out near the end of the event.Who won the grand prize?
It's my hope that one of these years the person who wins will be a member of this board, and willing to share the knowledge of their haul.
My husband won several years ago in 2015- he got the e ticket jumbo small world, the mansion o pin house mini trade book, frozen Paris door jumbo, some crazy huge transatlantic cruise pin, the chip fossee cars hood set. Some AP others weren’t. I kept my grail (the e ticket small world) and the frozen door the rest we traded to people it meant more to. We’ve never been picked for anything before or since in our 11 years of attendingWho won the grand prize?
It's my hope that one of these years the person who wins will be a member of this board, and willing to share the knowledge of their haul.
That’s awesome! Odds of ever getting picked are pretty low. Congrats! I’ve never seen the package before. Very nice. Thanks for sharing!My husband won several years ago in 2015- he got the e ticket jumbo small world, the mansion o pin house mini trade book, frozen Paris door jumbo, some crazy huge transatlantic cruise pin, the chip fossee cars hood set. Some AP others weren’t. I kept my grail (the e ticket small world) and the frozen door the rest we traded to people it meant more to. We’ve never been picked for anything before or since in our 11 years of attending
My husband won several years ago in 2015- he got the e ticket jumbo small world, the mansion o pin house mini trade book, frozen Paris door jumbo, some crazy huge transatlantic cruise pin, the chip fossee cars hood set. Some AP others weren’t. I kept my grail (the e ticket small world) and the frozen door the rest we traded to people it meant more to. We’ve never been picked for anything before or since in our 11 years of attending
That package looks terrific. I love the frozen door and Small World jumbo.My husband won several years ago in 2015- he got the e ticket jumbo small world, the mansion o pin house mini trade book, frozen Paris door jumbo, some crazy huge transatlantic cruise pin, the chip fossee cars hood set. Some AP others weren’t. I kept my grail (the e ticket small world) and the frozen door the rest we traded to people it meant more to. We’ve never been picked for anything before or since in our 11 years of attending
Yes you could have traded tabs for pins..and the person has to claim the gift themselves Friday or Saturday to get the setsSo on my last day there (Saturday) I was approached by someone while leaving and they asked for my last trading tabs in exchange for some random pins she had. Is this a normal thing? If I would have known I could have traded all of my trading tabs for pins! I didnt have any pins to trade so I didnt use any, I actually lost a bunch because they ended up falling off. Also.... if someone can't make it on saturday for the goodbye gift set would they be able to trade that tab for a pin as well? Or does that goodbye gift just stay unclaimed? This was my first event and I hope it isnt my last! I had so much fun but still a lot to learn about pin trading events
On reflection, I was disappointed in most of the cast members for this event. There were a few gems but many of them were very crabby and rude for getting to stand around in A/C and talk to Disney fans. I get these events are probably stressful but we all paid a lot of money for this. Wouldn't hurt you to smile for two days. They were super pushy about clearing the event too-- I get it, we're difficult to shuffle out. But I just wanted to take a photo of the Pet's World set, and they acted like it was a hassle (and someone in the ops booth turned the lights for it off when I put up my camera). I'm very much a believer in how amazing CMs are and how they can be the best part of your vacation so having less than stellar attitudes from them sticks out to me.
I'm also very disappointed that they advertised photo ops, and then put ropes up in front of the set pieces. What an absolute bummer to not get a good photo with those, they were beautiful.
I mean trust me, I know what CMs go through. I get the job is hard, but to be frank, the people at the event are likely more pleasant than the other people they deal with on a daily basis. I'm not necessarily mad at them or blaming them, but just saying it lacked the Disney-like atmosphere I've seen at other pin events and other large Disney events in general. My point was is that I don't think the CMs had a love for pins-- they seemed very unenthusiastic about everything and treated it like working a register. I only had one CM interact with me regarding pins (which is what the entire event is about). Just because it's a crazy event doesn't mean they should just drop the magic and not do interactions with the guests about what the guests care about. People travel from all over the world for this. I just wonder if they would be able to select pin enthusiasts next time. Or even if they could have more staff. Several of the CMs were there from open to close and I felt bad for them, so again, I understand why they might be cranky, but Disney could do more to make sure their CMs are up to this. It's partially their fault for pushing them to do full days of something as tasking as counting every minute for nine hours, which is why I was disappointed that Disney allowed the environment to be like this for guests and casts. Disney does plenty of stressful events and still manages to keep magic, so I personally don't understand how it ended up that so many cast members were unhappy working this event. It's marginally on the CMs who turned that bad energy outward, mostly on Disney for causing that energy, but my point is it did have an effect on my experience.I kinda get the CMs attitude and while it's not very professional most of them are standing for hours on end with diehard collectors, some of whom I would imagine are very difficult to move along. They're responsible for ensuring the happiness of at least 1000 people at the event so I would cut them some slack although I would hope they do better in the future. Everybody paid a lot of money for the event which sucks because the CMs are only getting a tiny fraction of it conpared to what the company probably made off this event.
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Yeah, definitely get that. There's definitely CMs who have the same obsessions as us and CMs who don't.I mean trust me, I know what CMs go through. I get the job is hard, but to be frank, the people at the event are likely more pleasant than the other people they deal with on a daily basis. I'm not necessarily mad at them or blaming them, but just saying it lacked the Disney-like atmosphere I've seen at other pin events and other large Disney events in general. My point was is that I don't think the CMs had a love for pins-- they seemed very unenthusiastic about everything and treated it like working a register. I only had one CM interact with me regarding pins (which is what the entire event is about). Just because it's a crazy event doesn't mean they should just drop the magic and not do interactions with the guests about what the guests care about. People travel from all over the world for this. I just wonder if they would be able to select pin enthusiasts next time. Or even if they could have more staff. Several of the CMs were there from open to close and I felt bad for them, so again, I understand why they might be cranky, but Disney could do more to make sure their CMs are up to this. It's partially their fault for pushing them to do full days of something as tasking as counting every minute for nine hours, which is why I was disappointed that Disney allowed the environment to be like this for guests and casts. Disney does plenty of stressful events and still manages to keep magic, so I personally don't understand how it ended up that so many cast members were unhappy working this event. It's marginally on the CMs who turned that bad energy outward, mostly on Disney for causing that energy, but my point is it did have an effect on my experience.
Bolt and Marie for photosWere there any characters to meet and get autographs from?
Were there any characters to meet and get autographs from?
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