So when we went when I was 12, my dad and I made the mistake of getting a set of like a dozen pins and a lanyard. By the end of the trip, we had traded all but one from the pack and had a set of pins that we all loved. The next summer, mom and dad each got lanyards and started trading. It wasn't too bad that year, but the next time we went to Disney World was August of 2015, now I being a soon-to-be-sophomore wasn't into pin trading as much anymore, but I occasionally traded for a Beauty and the Beast, Figment, or Chip and Dale pin. Dad was looking for Disney Transportation pins (he works for the US Department of Transportation) but was like me in the sense that he wasn't constantly looking for pins to trade. Mom on the other hand, she kinda went a little bit to the extreme end.
Our most recent trip was last August, and she spent the better part of the trip trading pins with every cast member she could. Every cast member we pasted trying to get across the parks, "OOH WAIT! THEY HAVE PINS!" It took us 25 minutes to get from the exit of Voyage of the Little Mermaid to Toy Story Mania because she kept making us stop so she could look at pins. We barely made our Fastpass time because of it! She also had accumulated so many by the 3rd day of our 10 day trip, that she had multiple lanyards completely covered in pins, and a gallon-sized ziplock baggie in our backpack with a bunch of pins scattered in it. After we did Toy Story Mania, it was almost time for Fantasmic. Dad and I decided to head over early to get good seats, and mom decided against going to see it with it, even though it's always been one of our favorite shows. She said she was just going to head back to the room and relax for the rest of the night. Now, everyone on here I'm assuming knows that Fantasmic is about a half and hour show. Factor in my dad and I getting there half an hour early. So that's about an hour in total. My mom beat us back to the hotel room only by 10 minutes. Yeah, she spent that much time trading pins!
Most people are workaholics, some alcoholics, not my mom. No, my mom is a 58 year old pin-aholic! For her birthday in April, and Mother's Day 3 weeks after, guess what she asked for? Pins. Dad and I ordered big packs of about 25 for only a couple bucks for her to trade. She's already started sorting the ones she wants to keep, trade, and decide on later. We don't even get to Disney until August 14th! With all the pins we have, she can trade an average of 12 per day, for the whole 10 days we're there! Dad and I spend our time at Disney meeting characters and trying new attractions, redoing old favorites, talking with other guests and cast members from around the world, eating amazing Disney food, swimming in the awesome pools... Mom spends her vacation doing all of that for maybe a 1/4 of the time dad and I do, and the rest of it trading pins... I guess this is her equivalent of gambling XD
I love my mom. She works very hard all year and always has the best time on vacation. I'm glad she has fun with it and really lets out her inner child! Pin trading is really awesome, but if it's not the main thing done while at Disney World I just wish that sometimes she'd come down from the pin-trading and spend a bit more time with dad and I while we're there, because it's supposed to be a family vacation. Not dad and Andie, and mom somewhere behind us, trading pins without us.
Is anyone else addicted to pin-trading? Or recovered from this addiction? Haha, how do you stop someone who's gotten hooked? Is there a pin-addict rehab? Are there pin-trading withdrawal symptoms? If anyone can relate, or help (jokingly of course!) I'd love to hear it!
Our most recent trip was last August, and she spent the better part of the trip trading pins with every cast member she could. Every cast member we pasted trying to get across the parks, "OOH WAIT! THEY HAVE PINS!" It took us 25 minutes to get from the exit of Voyage of the Little Mermaid to Toy Story Mania because she kept making us stop so she could look at pins. We barely made our Fastpass time because of it! She also had accumulated so many by the 3rd day of our 10 day trip, that she had multiple lanyards completely covered in pins, and a gallon-sized ziplock baggie in our backpack with a bunch of pins scattered in it. After we did Toy Story Mania, it was almost time for Fantasmic. Dad and I decided to head over early to get good seats, and mom decided against going to see it with it, even though it's always been one of our favorite shows. She said she was just going to head back to the room and relax for the rest of the night. Now, everyone on here I'm assuming knows that Fantasmic is about a half and hour show. Factor in my dad and I getting there half an hour early. So that's about an hour in total. My mom beat us back to the hotel room only by 10 minutes. Yeah, she spent that much time trading pins!
Most people are workaholics, some alcoholics, not my mom. No, my mom is a 58 year old pin-aholic! For her birthday in April, and Mother's Day 3 weeks after, guess what she asked for? Pins. Dad and I ordered big packs of about 25 for only a couple bucks for her to trade. She's already started sorting the ones she wants to keep, trade, and decide on later. We don't even get to Disney until August 14th! With all the pins we have, she can trade an average of 12 per day, for the whole 10 days we're there! Dad and I spend our time at Disney meeting characters and trying new attractions, redoing old favorites, talking with other guests and cast members from around the world, eating amazing Disney food, swimming in the awesome pools... Mom spends her vacation doing all of that for maybe a 1/4 of the time dad and I do, and the rest of it trading pins... I guess this is her equivalent of gambling XD
I love my mom. She works very hard all year and always has the best time on vacation. I'm glad she has fun with it and really lets out her inner child! Pin trading is really awesome, but if it's not the main thing done while at Disney World I just wish that sometimes she'd come down from the pin-trading and spend a bit more time with dad and I while we're there, because it's supposed to be a family vacation. Not dad and Andie, and mom somewhere behind us, trading pins without us.
Is anyone else addicted to pin-trading? Or recovered from this addiction? Haha, how do you stop someone who's gotten hooked? Is there a pin-addict rehab? Are there pin-trading withdrawal symptoms? If anyone can relate, or help (jokingly of course!) I'd love to hear it!
