Pin station @ Epcot closing? - The DIS Discussion Forums

KJay · 01-13-2013, 06:30 PM

I saw quite a few tweets yesterday & today rumoring the end of the pin station in the Epcot plaza. Does anyone have any info on this? Thanks!

Michael623 · 01-14-2013, 11:12 AM

So will Vinylmation officially kill pin trading? Does Disney care? I can't remember the last time I traded a pin with another guest.

Reddog1134 · 01-14-2013, 11:25 AM

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Originally Posted by Michael623

So will Vinylmation officially kill pin trading? Does Disney care? I can't remember the last time I traded a pin with another guest.

I doubt it. Pins are a lot easier to transport and display.

sammons70 · 01-14-2013, 10:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Reddog1134

I doubt it. Pins are a lot easier to transport and display.

And I don't think the Vinylmations will be as long lives as the pins due to the anonymity of most of the Vinylmation packages. People can only gamble so much on not getting a duplicate.

sarcade · 01-19-2013, 08:35 AM

I hope this is just a rumor. My late husband loved trading pins when we would visit each fall. He was not a "pin trading shark" he just loved looking at the traders pins and trading a few with them. I will be traveling to WDW in March and was going to give alot of his pins to pin traders I thought were not "pin sharks" just traders that loved to trade and talk to people. My thought was, who better should have them than people that enjoy doing the same as he did. The pin station at Epcot was where I thought I would do this. Over the years we have accumulated many, many pins, which would be heavy to carry on a plane, but this time we are driving so I thought this would be the perfect time to do this. Does anyone know where else they trade pins? Thanks.

Mouse14 · 01-19-2013, 12:27 PM

Down town Disney has a big trading store... Probably the biggest on property...

01-13-2013, 06:30 PM	#1
KJay DIS Veteran Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Buffalo, NY Posts: 725	Pin station @ Epcot closing? I saw quite a few tweets yesterday & today rumoring the end of the pin station in the Epcot plaza. Does anyone have any info on this? Thanks! __________________ 1977, 1982, 2010- offsite; May 2010- CSR; May 2011- CSR; Nov 2011-DLR; June 2012- Beach Club; August 2012- Beach Club; March 2013- Boardwalk Inn

01-19-2013, 08:35 AM	#5
sarcade Earning My Ears Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: norristown, pa. Posts: 16	pin station closing in Epcot I hope this is just a rumor. My late husband loved trading pins when we would visit each fall. He was not a "pin trading shark" he just loved looking at the traders pins and trading a few with them. I will be traveling to WDW in March and was going to give alot of his pins to pin traders I thought were not "pin sharks" just traders that loved to trade and talk to people. My thought was, who better should have them than people that enjoy doing the same as he did. The pin station at Epcot was where I thought I would do this. Over the years we have accumulated many, many pins, which would be heavy to carry on a plane, but this time we are driving so I thought this would be the perfect time to do this. Does anyone know where else they trade pins? Thanks.

01-19-2013, 12:27 PM	#6
Mouse14 Wish I was at the Lodge Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Brandon,Fl Posts: 218	Down town Disney has a big trading store... Probably the biggest on property... __________________ Fort Wilderness countless times (1990-now) Allstar resorts- couple times Dates i can remember.... Annual pass holder in Feb 2010 Wilderness lodge- (Feb 4,5,6 2010)(Feb 4,5,6 2011) Caribbean Beach - (Mar 2010) Saratoga Springs- (July 2010) Coronado- (Aug2010) Offsite for Not so scary Halloween party (Oct 2010) Allstar Movies for Very Merry Christmas party (Dec2010) POP for Vey Merry (Dec 2011) Aulani for honeymoon (Feb 4-11 2012)

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01-14-2013, 11:12 AM	#2
Michael623 WDW 37 trips, DL 8 trips, DLP 2 trips Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Stoughton, MA & OKW Posts: 1,708	So will Vinylmation officially kill pin trading? Does Disney care? I can't remember the last time I traded a pin with another guest.