Walt Disney has always offered collectible Disney pins in
each of its Parks and Resorts around the world. It
wasn't until 1999 as part of
the Millennium Celebration that they introduced Disney Pin
Trading at the Disneyland Resort that the craze kicked off.
The next year saw it spread to the Walt Disney World Resort
where it really got into its stride, and where it is still
most popular today.
It was during
our visit to WDW in 1999 that we first got caught up in
pin trading and now our pin collection keeps growing.
In Disney
resorts, a large variety of pins are available for purchase
and trade. Some Disney's cast members wear pins on a lanyard
around their neck, or on a pin display card (a 4” by 5”
piece of colored nylon fabric) clipped to their belt. These
pins may include special pins with a Hidden Mickey
that only cast members have and are not available for
purchase. To make collecting and trading these pins more
fun, the official Disney pin trading site has downloadable
lists of these pins organized so that the collector can
check off the pins they have to complete the series.
A cast member is required to trade up to two pins he/she
wears to a person wishing to trade with them. Some cast
members wear a teal colored lanyard at Disneyland and a
green lanyard at Walt Disney World with pins only tradable
to children (12 years or younger).
.
A
few of our pins and lanyards. We take a few with us on
each visit to WDW and DL - to trade.
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