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| Annual Pass Holder - Magic Access |
Pin Trading Fun Day is one of the highlighted events in Hong Kong Disneyland, held once a year for three consecutive days. My first encounter with Pin Trading was a blast and I've been anticipating for the second one, and here I am after two years! I traveled to Hong Kong with some of my pin collection for this event.
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| My super heavy luggage full of Disney Pins. |
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| our matching shoes. |
It was on Friday so I assumed less visitors to the park. Both of us had a dimsum buffet in hotel and reached the park around 10:30am. The entrance flow is alright, I was directed to a special entrance where a luggage check is needed. We almost couldn't make it as luggage is not allowed to be in the park I don't know since when. They gave us a pass after I explained it's a pin luggage.
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| All the early birds! |
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| I want the Pin Trading badge oh god it's so hard to win one! |
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| Say cheese! |
#ggmoment when we see a long queue for the limited edition pins. Magic Access Pin (available for sale to Magic Access Pass Holders only) were released on the same day and limited to 300, 500 or 800 pieces.
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| We weren't sure if we can purchase the Magic Access Pin. |
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| The cast members are estimating the number of crowd |
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| Still counting. |
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| And yeah we managed to grab two sets. Hooray! |
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| Available for pin trading yo! |
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| The arcade game queue after an hour I queued up and I still so far away |
There are few arcade games for traders to win some special pins, some of the prizes are Jumbo pins from Disney Park, Walt Disney World and Disney Paris.
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| My turn finally! |
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| An easy game to score few pins |
Some games require you to pay with pins, and some at 50HKD per game.
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| We need to play these games to win pins to complete the Popcorn Main Street Pin. |
From 2013, Hong Kong Disneyland will release a series of exclusive pin collections in conjunction with this special event. For the 2016 Pin Trading Fun Day, it was a Disney Tsum Tsum Popcorn cart Main Street Edition.
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| Pins for trade! |
I offered some pins that I got from Walt Disney World and D23 Expo. I managed to collect few limited edition pins with other traders. Pin Trading is not a just trading game but also an official gathering for traders all around the world. I've met traders from The States, Europe, China and Japan. Did you know that Tokyo Disneyland has banned pin trading in park? I'm not sure what's the reason of the ban though.
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| Got to share a table with traders to display my pins. |
If you're still new to Pin Trading, be cautious when you trade with others. Some cheapskates will try to trade using fake pins that could easily get from online. An uncle tried to trade his 6 dollars pin with my 75 dollars pin, I counter offer him, I picked 2 exclusive pins on his trading board but he refused to trade.
#rolleyes
