2007 Pin Celebration - Day 3 (Final Day)

We began our day again by having breakfast on the waterfront at OKW. It was another peaceful, quiet morning breakfast on the last day of our trip.

After we checked out of our room, we went to Epcot to meet up with our friends who live in Orlando to spend the day with them. Upon entering Epcot, they had a sign by the entrance welcoming the Epcot guests to join the Pin Celebration event at 11:00. The event was opened at 9:30 am, but will open to the public at 11:00 am. More on this later.


We did Soarin' (again) and went over to The Seas with Nemo and Friends to do the Nemo ride (still lukewarm towards it), and then did test track. So here are pictures from Nemo and Test Track.



After lunch at Morocco, we rejoined the pin event with our friends, who had never been to one of these things before. There were still pin games and pin trading doing on. The characters also made their appearances. Mickey, Minnie, Goofy, Donald, and Chip 'N Dale were there, and they were mingling with the guests all over the event floor. This is the way it should be, I'd say. They were roaming all over the event, playing with the guests/kids, and generally having a great time.






Mickey even tried the Mr. Toad vehicle.


While many pin event attendees have either gone home, or didn't attend the last day of the event, there were still interesting things to be had. They no longer replenish the games with the cast lanyard pins that were released at the event, but they still replenish them (less frequently) with good pins. But here's something I didn't realize till that day. The pin partners, who are cast members from other Disney theme parks (Disneyland, Disneyland Paris, Hong Kong Disneyland, Tokyo Disneyland) started trading with the guests as well using pins they they brought with them from their home parks! Long lines started forming to trade with Paris, Hong Kong, and Tokyo! Whoa! The last day of the event isn't a throwaway after all!

Anyway, it was a very exhausting trip, but I can say without a doubt that it was the most fun Pin Celebration that we have ever attended. It is certainly a lot more enjoyable when you know many friends at the event. Being able to leave our pin trading albums at one location with someone always keepign an eye on them while we go do our pin games certainly made it a lot more convenient. And just being able to sit down and talk with friends and other pin traders made it a lot more enjoyable.

We are already looking forward to the one next year. In fact, we are also considering going for the 1-day pin event at Animal Kingdom in May.

Zz.