Free pins at Disneyland Resort - not sure if WDW does this

Disneywife · 03-16-2005

Many sit down restaurants at Disneyland will give you a free pin after you spend $20. They don't advertise it; you have to ask for it. Every week it is a different pin. The pins aren't anything spectacular but they are free and are not otherwise for sale.

I'm not sure if WDW does this but it's worth mentioning.

chris5568 · 03-16-2005

Are these pins you can trade?

**dhoughton** · 03-16-2005

Any pin with Disney on the back is trade worthy!!

nala · 03-16-2005

disneywife, what kind of pins are they? exclusive to the restuarant or just regular pins? i havent heard of it in WDW.

chris5568 · 03-16-2005

Quote:

Originally Posted by dhoughton

Any pin with Disney on the back is trade worthy!!

Yes I know that, that's why I am asking by pin she may mean a button type.

Baloo85 · 03-16-2005

Does anyone know if the same occurs at WDW? And if so, if it is any sit down restaurant...like even Chef Mickey's??? I am really interested!!

**cinderbella** · 03-16-2005

I've never heard of this--of course ive been pin trading now for all of one week....
someone try it!

FireAngel · 03-16-2005

Free pin??!!!!

Dang

Cavey · 03-16-2005

Whose going to WDW soon to see if the same deal applies?

**Dana** · 03-16-2005

Free + pin = me trying to get one. I hope someone gets to find out before me however. I spend $20 at sit-down meals...definately. Even if it's just a button...who cares? it's free. Please someone try it.

Disneywife · 03-17-2005

No, they aren't button pins, and not pins exclusive to the restaurant. They are the little metal pins that are the trading type. Last time we were at DL and ate at one of the pin places (this time we ate at Carnation Cafe, a sit-down restaurant on Main Street), we got a Tinkerbell pin. It's only the restaurants that have waiter/waitress service. (and it would be pretty hard to eat at one of those places and not spend $20)

Not many people know that they even do this...we heard about it from a friend YEARS after we had started buying annual passes! (No, you don't have to have an AP to get them, just spend $20)

My guess is that they are "overstock" pins, pins that were once for sale but now have been retired or replaced or whatever, and are now give-aways. If they were incentives or exclusives to that restaurant, they'd advertise that they do this, which they don't.

Sometimes, they'll run out of their pins until the next week. They only get a certain stash to give away in a week, and again, you've got to ask for them if your bill is over $20.

Disneywife · 03-17-2005

And you know, you mention Chef Mickey's, which is at a hotel. I'm not sure if the restaurants at the DL Resort Hotels do this, or at Downtown Disney. I do know that they do it in the parks. Chef Mickey's too is a buffet - the types of places that DL does this at are the menu places. Carnation Cafe, Blue Bayou, The Vineyard, etc. We've asked at a few other places but it's definitely limited to the nicer sit-down menu service places. And of course you've got to order more than coffee...I'm sure that's what the $20 minimum is for.

karliebug · 03-17-2005

Wow, who is going soon that can try this out? I have never heard of this before. You know my motto: If it's free, it's for me!

Tinkerbella · 05-13-2005

bump

If anyone knows the answer I would like to know too

Amelia's Man · 05-18-2005

I'll certainly check this out when we get to WDW! Especially now that we plan on doing our first pin trading on this trip!

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Disneywife Mouse Meister Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 1,427	Free pins at Disneyland Resort - not sure if WDW does this Many sit down restaurants at Disneyland will give you a free pin after you spend $20. They don't advertise it; you have to ask for it. Every week it is a different pin. The pins aren't anything spectacular but they are free and are not otherwise for sale. I'm not sure if WDW does this but it's worth mentioning.

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nala Mouseketeer Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: jersey Posts: 63	Re: Free pins at Disneyland Resort - not sure if WDW does this disneywife, what kind of pins are they? exclusive to the restuarant or just regular pins? i havent heard of it in WDW. __________________ wishes dream a dream wishes set it free wishes trust your heart just believe last trip: January 2005 - Contemporary Resort and the Wilderness Lodge next trip: 2007 sometime, probably January again. Road trip!

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Baloo85 DC JungleCruise Skipper Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: in denial on the Nile river Posts: 1,545	Re: Free pins at Disneyland Resort - not sure if WDW does this Does anyone know if the same occurs at WDW? And if so, if it is any sit down restaurant...like even Chef Mickey's??? I am really interested!! __________________ "Please do not take any pictures while you are in line at the Jungle Cruise...they are nailed to the walls for a reason." PJ AND BALOO WDW TRIPS 2003 Oct MNSSHP (CBR) 2004 April (Grad nite) 2005 Oct MNSSHP 2005 Nov (my b day) 2006 March (spring break/POR) 2006 May (Pj's b day/All Star Music) President of the "I GO WILD FOR THE JUNGLE CRUISE" club Founder of the Pool Boys for Disney Foundation!!!

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Disneywife Mouse Meister Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 1,427	Re: Free pins at Disneyland Resort - not sure if WDW does this No, they aren't button pins, and not pins exclusive to the restaurant. They are the little metal pins that are the trading type. Last time we were at DL and ate at one of the pin places (this time we ate at Carnation Cafe, a sit-down restaurant on Main Street), we got a Tinkerbell pin. It's only the restaurants that have waiter/waitress service. (and it would be pretty hard to eat at one of those places and not spend $20) Not many people know that they even do this...we heard about it from a friend YEARS after we had started buying annual passes! (No, you don't have to have an AP to get them, just spend $20) My guess is that they are "overstock" pins, pins that were once for sale but now have been retired or replaced or whatever, and are now give-aways. If they were incentives or exclusives to that restaurant, they'd advertise that they do this, which they don't. Sometimes, they'll run out of their pins until the next week. They only get a certain stash to give away in a week, and again, you've got to ask for them if your bill is over $20.

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Disneywife Mouse Meister Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 1,427	Re: Free pins at Disneyland Resort - not sure if WDW does this And you know, you mention Chef Mickey's, which is at a hotel. I'm not sure if the restaurants at the DL Resort Hotels do this, or at Downtown Disney. I do know that they do it in the parks. Chef Mickey's too is a buffet - the types of places that DL does this at are the menu places. Carnation Cafe, Blue Bayou, The Vineyard, etc. We've asked at a few other places but it's definitely limited to the nicer sit-down menu service places. And of course you've got to order more than coffee...I'm sure that's what the $20 minimum is for.

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karliebug Queenbee of MB Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Pocono Mts. PA Posts: 2,372	Re: Free pins at Disneyland Resort - not sure if WDW does this Wow, who is going soon that can try this out? I have never heard of this before. You know my motto: If it's free, it's for me!

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