Last year when I went to Disney Land the pin trading board only apeared at the end of the day. But when I have been before it seemed to be about all day. Does anyone know what the rough schedule currently is and also are there places to trade with other guests where there is likely to be people to trade with. I'm going next Monday so I want to make the best use of my time.
Cheers
Hey there,
If it's going to be out a lot it's likely to be in these next few months coming into high season. The shops the board may appear in is the Emporium and harringtons in Main St USA - however when I was there last september I never once seen it in either shop and actually I attended the Pin Trading night and spoke to the cast member beside the board and asked of why it's never in the emporium ( I checked so many times during my 6 day stay!) and was told that they weren't putting it up as much in their because they were concintrating more on clothes.. I don't know if that's still the same or not.
I only ever saw the pin board out once on my last stay in the Studios outside the pin trading store (it's tiny, more like a wardrope than a stop as its only a few foot in size lol) its on hollywood boulevard. However the thing was I asked the cast member about it and he didn't seem to know what I was on about, but then 30 minutes later a different cast member was at the store and the board was out... although it was pretty disappointing - perhaps it was just because of the low season.
Not many other visitors have lanyards on, it's not as popular as it is in america so really you would be looking to trade with the cast members and nearly all cast members have a lanyard so you can trade with them.
Appart from at Pin Trading Nights there's no place to meet others really. PTN's usually happen on the last friday of every month.
All the best :D
When i went last June i found the board on my first day by accident in Fantasyland between 2 carts it was a Sunday at about 2.30pm. I then desperately tried looking for it for the rest of my holiday. If you ask in the emporium store where the pins are kept they should tell you when it is expected. When i was there it was supposed to be there every night between 6-8pm however 1 day the man was ill and the Friday we left was the night before a pin trading dinner at the Newport Bay Hotel and he was getting ready for that instead.
When I was there last summer I must have just got lucky, the board was there every day and I even had a fair few conversations with Patrick - the pin guy, and he remembered that I said my fave character was Mickey and I would of loved his halloween pin from the previous year but couldn't afford to go at the time. The next day the very pin I was talking about was there on the board - Traded for it straight away it made my day :mrgreen:
Quote from: "Eager_Eyes"When I was there last summer I must have just got lucky, the board was there every day and I even had a fair few conversations with Patrick - the pin guy, and he remembered that I said my fave character was Mickey and I would of loved his halloween pin from the previous year but couldn't afford to go at the time. The next day the very pin I was talking about was there on the board - Traded for it straight away it made my day :mrgreen:
Patrick is really nice :) It was him that told me on my trip that the board wasnt out in the emporium much because they were changing the focus to clothes and stuff...but that could have just been then lol :)
Is Patrick the Irish guy who collects St Patrick's Day pins, or is he the guy who collects Jessica pins? Personally I prefer the Jessica guy, but both men are very lovely. When we went in January of this year, the board was in Harringtons for 2 of the 4 nights we were there.
Quote from: "Masamune"Is Patrick the Irish guy who collects St Patrick's Day pins, or is he the guy who collects Jessica pins? Personally I prefer the Jessica guy, but both men are very lovely. When we went in January of this year, the board was in Harringtons for 2 of the 4 nights we were there.
Patrick's Irish he's from tyrone or something I think he said but he's lived in france for like 9 years or something. He introduced me to a cast member who works in the Emporium the night i went to the PTN. It was her that I actually traded with the most that night.
There's another young guy that actually gave me and my mum a lift from the reception of davy crockett to the shop when we were kinda stranded lol he was called Damien I think. He was nice too. He's french (i think) lol!
Sorry to appear ignorant but what is the pin trading board?
We have lanyards with loads of pins on but I am going to sort them out so the kids have certain ones to trade when we go with cast members.
Quote from: "tubbsy"Sorry to appear ignorant but what is the pin trading board?
We have lanyards with loads of pins on but I am going to sort them out so the kids have certain ones to trade when we go with cast members.
Hey the pin board is like a loarge cork board that seems to randomly appear in certain places in disneyland paris such as the emporium and harringtons in main street usa, or the trading shop in walt disney studios. On this board is a variety of Disney pins, some core pins, some Limited edition and you can trade 2 of your pins with 2 pins on the board on each occastion if you wish. There will be a cast member there to do the trading for you with the board.
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Ah! thanks for that :) Will ask and hunt it down when we're there.
I thought all the pins on the board were LE? and you can only trade LE pins for them? :S
:) There are LE pins on the board, but there are also Core pins. The LE pins are usually the top few rows on the board, and there's a marker to say where the LE pins stop and the Core pins begin. LEs can only be traded for LEs and Cores can only be traded for Cores.
We unfortunately did not see the pin board during our trip :( we asked twice were it would be on those days the first day were told no pin board today and on Tues were told in Harringtons at 5pm so returned there with our pins and our 2 & 3yr old in tow only to be given blank looks by the cast and shakes of the head and no pin board!
We gave up after that as found it was unfair to drag the kids round in our pin quest for the board which we already knew was very hit and miss when/where it appeared,although i feel no information should be given as to where/when it will be unless this is 100% definate as i was actually quite upset/angry at making an effort to stay in the park and around that area to be disappointed but fealt i didn't want to potentially ruin the day more by making a fuss but am however sending a letter,lets hope they can make more of a point of the board appearing on certain days/times and realising many of us passionate about pins plan our day round the possibility of a gr8 trade!
Hi,
I'm guessing that you didn't go into the Studios. The small pin shop near Tower of Terror had a pin board out all day every day whilst we were there last year and this February.
And if the weather is nice they sometimes have the pin board outside near Plaza gardens in the main park.
I can understand that you don't want to have bored kids with you and so trailing around can be frustrating but next time try asking at the till point next to the pin wall in the emporium.
Wendy
Quote from: "Dorsetcandy"We unfortunately did not see the pin board during our trip :( we asked twice were it would be on those days the first day were told no pin board today and on Tues were told in Harringtons at 5pm so returned there with our pins and our 2 & 3yr old in tow only to be given blank looks by the cast and shakes of the head and no pin board!
We gave up after that as found it was unfair to drag the kids round in our pin quest for the board which we already knew was very hit and miss when/where it appeared,although i feel no information should be given as to where/when it will be unless this is 100% definate as i was actually quite upset/angry at making an effort to stay in the park and around that area to be disappointed but fealt i didn't want to potentially ruin the day more by making a fuss but am however sending a letter,lets hope they can make more of a point of the board appearing on certain days/times and realising many of us passionate about pins plan our day round the possibility of a gr8 trade!
Aw that must have felt really annoying and disappointing, I know I would have been a bit upset over that!
I agree that they should either not give out information that is not 100% definate or else just say exactly when and were the board is going to be.
Quote from: "simonandwendy626"Hi,
I'm guessing that you didn't go into the Studios. The small pin shop near Tower of Terror had a pin board out all day every day whilst we were there last year and this February.
And if the weather is nice they sometimes have the pin board outside near Plaza gardens in the main park.
I can understand that you don't want to have bored kids with you and so trailing around can be frustrating but next time try asking at the till point next to the pin wall in the emporium.
Wendy
Hiya the days we visited the studio the pin shop you mentioned was shut,so no luck there either although we did get some nice pins from cms around the parks and village so we were overall happy :) just having heard so much about the boards & having 80 LE pins with us we had hoped we would see it at least once for us all to trade,we have already said we would like to go back without the children so we can concentrate more and pins and next visit with or without kids we will ask in the Emporium Thanks
Quote from: "Aveen2008"Quote from: "Dorsetcandy"We unfortunately did not see the pin board during our trip :( we asked twice were it would be on those days the first day were told no pin board today and on Tues were told in Harringtons at 5pm so returned there with our pins and our 2 & 3yr old in tow only to be given blank looks by the cast and shakes of the head and no pin board!
We gave up after that as found it was unfair to drag the kids round in our pin quest for the board which we already knew was very hit and miss when/where it appeared,although i feel no information should be given as to where/when it will be unless this is 100% definate as i was actually quite upset/angry at making an effort to stay in the park and around that area to be disappointed but fealt i didn't want to potentially ruin the day more by making a fuss but am however sending a letter,lets hope they can make more of a point of the board appearing on certain days/times and realising many of us passionate about pins plan our day round the possibility of a gr8 trade!
Aw that must have felt really annoying and disappointing, I know I would have been a bit upset over that!
I agree that they should either not give out information that is not 100% definate or else just say exactly when and were the board is going to be.
It was dissapointing but this was at the end of our 2nd full day in the park which was why i think i fealt so strongly about it,i know you can not control everything cms say but maybe having an info point you can go to for pins in all the time we were there the pin cart was only open once and the person maning it wasn't very knowledgeable and we saw a French trader with lots of pins on the very last day nr Plaza gardens as we were heading over to the studios to catch the car stunt show which would be our last chance b4 heading home we got a cpl of nice pins from him and he said in his words..pin cart never open much & board he :roll: so seems to be hit and miss for everyone and in reflection we had a great time trading with cm's while there and got a few ppl interested in pins while waiting in queues so :D
I found cm's were pretty great with pin trading also, I only had problems with one really, a cm in one of the villiage stores who refused to trade some of the pins on the lanyard even though it was a cast lanyard for guests and they weren't his pins :roll: , I was gonna tell him what he was doing was against the rules of pin trading but I didn't want the hastle! :roll: lol but i did really enjoy pin trading in the parks!
I attended a PTN last september also but I found that very unenjoyable due to many unfriendly traders who just said no to everything almost and who mademe feel like dirt :cry:, it was only when I met a CM after the event was over who also said she found the traders intimidating (and she works in the emporium!) and that she hadnt done any trading, we stood and traded with each other and it was a good experience! :thumbs:
I'm really excited about trading, i hope i can find the board in august :shock:
Between me and my friend weve just bought a 100 pins off ebay waiting for them to come to see hwat surprises we have :D
Does the board only appear at certain places or is it completly random
I'm really nervous about cm refusing to trade with me even though all my pins are genuine. i wonder if telling htem i know they must trade with me and are breaking the rules and showing them my cast member id card will make them trade if they originally refuse. :minnie: :mickey1:
Hi All.
Aveen, in regards to the pin traders at the events they can be a pretty unfriendly lot as a whole. we were incredibly lucky to get taken under the wings of two traders from Holland. Wim and Bianca who unfortunately don't go to DLP anymore because Bianca is a die hard Tink fan and finds that she can trade more pins in USA and have two long holidays compared to one in Paris. They introduced us to several people who we now e-mail a lot and try to meet up with when we go on holiday. And there is one man who we call Pin Santa because of his white beard, he has tons of pins. Literally. He is willing to trade with anyone but can be a little eccentric. You can't miss him, he takes up two to three of the long dining tables and lays all of his pins out for you to look through.
Don't let the others, mostly the french, put you off. If you take cards with your pin pics ID on and pass them around you should get a few hits and some enjoyable chats. And there are quite a lot of english traders there. One we met comes from Southampton.
Have never had a refusal from a CM, well apart from a jokey one from Patrick when I saw a stitch pin on his waistcoat and tried to nick it he he.
Happy trading. So jealous that everyone seems to be going to or coming back from Paris.
Wendy
Quote from: "simonandwendy626"Hi All.
Aveen, in regards to the pin traders at the events they can be a pretty unfriendly lot as a whole. we were incredibly lucky to get taken under the wings of two traders from Holland. Wim and Bianca who unfortunately don't go to DLP anymore because Bianca is a die hard Tink fan and finds that she can trade more pins in USA and have two long holidays compared to one in Paris. They introduced us to several people who we now e-mail a lot and try to meet up with when we go on holiday. And there is one man who we call Pin Santa because of his white beard, he has tons of pins. Literally. He is willing to trade with anyone but can be a little eccentric. You can't miss him, he takes up two to three of the long dining tables and lays all of his pins out for you to look through.
Don't let the others, mostly the french, put you off. If you take cards with your pin pics ID on and pass them around you should get a few hits and some enjoyable chats. And there are quite a lot of english traders there. One we met comes from Southampton.
Have never had a refusal from a CM, well apart from a jokey one from Patrick when I saw a stitch pin on his waistcoat and tried to nick it he he.
Happy trading. So jealous that everyone seems to be going to or coming back from Paris.
Wendy
Well I really hope I dont get any refusals :D
20 days to goooooooooooo :D
Is the permant board near TOT any good? and is this where i will find it >>>>>>>> http://www.dlrpmagic.com/guidebook/walt ... g-station/ (http://www.dlrpmagic.com/guidebook/walt-disney-studios-park/production-courtyard/pin-trading-station/%22%20onclick=%22window.open(this.href);return%20false;)
Quote from: "fly_with_me_dumbo"Quote from: "simonandwendy626"Hi All.
Aveen, in regards to the pin traders at the events they can be a pretty unfriendly lot as a whole. we were incredibly lucky to get taken under the wings of two traders from Holland. Wim and Bianca who unfortunately don't go to DLP anymore because Bianca is a die hard Tink fan and finds that she can trade more pins in USA and have two long holidays compared to one in Paris. They introduced us to several people who we now e-mail a lot and try to meet up with when we go on holiday. And there is one man who we call Pin Santa because of his white beard, he has tons of pins. Literally. He is willing to trade with anyone but can be a little eccentric. You can't miss him, he takes up two to three of the long dining tables and lays all of his pins out for you to look through.
Don't let the others, mostly the french, put you off. If you take cards with your pin pics ID on and pass them around you should get a few hits and some enjoyable chats. And there are quite a lot of english traders there. One we met comes from Southampton.
Have never had a refusal from a CM, well apart from a jokey one from Patrick when I saw a stitch pin on his waistcoat and tried to nick it he he.
Happy trading. So jealous that everyone seems to be going to or coming back from Paris.
Wendy
Well I really hope I dont get any refusals :D
20 days to goooooooooooo :D
Is the permant board near TOT any good? and is this where i will find it >>>>>>>> http://www.dlrpmagic.com/guidebook/walt ... g-station/ (http://www.dlrpmagic.com/guidebook/walt-disney-studios-park/production-courtyard/pin-trading-station/%22%20onclick=%22window.open(this.href);return%20false;)
Hi there,
Hope your holiday went well and that you got lots of trades. Sorry didn't get back to you but Hubby hogs the computer :lol: Did you find the board okay and how many did you trade?
Regards
Wendy
hi sorry ive only just seen this!
yeah i found the board both days!!! and swapped 4 in total! and I also swapped about 40 all together alot of them I was gonna buy but I managed to nearly swap for all the ones I wanted to buy !!!