Musuem of Pintiquites Week Begins...

Im back from the Museum of Pintquities... It was great... Thanks to all who followed me on twitter and such... I hope you all enjoyed...

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Thursday-

Lets just say it started off good by us being upgraded from Coronado Springs to Wilderness Lodge (that is why there are lots of pics of teh room and surrounding area) becuase CS was packed full, and WL was said to be at capacity... Then we headed over to the Yacht Club for Early Registration, but first ate at Beaches and Cream. (sorry no pics from registaration because forgot camera in car) THe line seemed long when we got there, but it moved pretty fast. IT was organized. Then we walked around the trading room, didnt really do much trading... Went to dinner then headed to DIsney's Hollywood Studios to walk around and more importantly, see Luxo Jr. (have pics)

Friday-

Got to Yacht Club to eat breakfast then headed to Epcot, by the time we got to the gate, the park was open, but the line to get in the park was LONG. We walked to World Showplace and got in line around Canada, the line to get in was organized and moved rather quickly. Once inside i was hit with a refreshing coolness, that i what i like about the WOrld Showplace, it is always cold... I stood in lines most of the day to get the new HIdden Mickey pins. The boards were FULL of the them. I mean i was the person right BEFORE they refreshed them and they had LOTS more of the new HMs to choose from. Walked around the back and talked to people. THen for dinner i headed to Paradisio 37, in Pleasure Island, it was good (have pics of food). THen we walked around PI then headed to Riverside for the CJDPT pin trading event... THat was great (dont have pics because camera battery died). I met lots of people and made a couple trades...

Saturday-

Got to Epcot about the same time as Friday but line to get in was not as long. We got into the park and to World Showplace and was just around the bend, near the food cart near World Showplace. Got in and moved to lines to get more time at the boards... Saturday morning and later saturday afternoon, the board lines moved SLOW, even though i was like the 5th person in the first line, it took about 10 minutes, at least to get to the board to trade, over all it was good. Then I looked at the Pin Partners, the WDW pins, DLR, DCL pins, DSF pins, and of course VINYLMATIONS (i have many pics)... And they will have an Orange Bird, which is a passholder exlcusive... I stood in line again, and walked the back and talked to people... Then it was time for the "Scoop One O'Clock Pin CHAT", even though it was advertised as a TALK, it was a chat with Steven and little talking with Scoop. I think many people were a bit dispointed becasue they advetised it as a TALK, and thought it would be like his old talks on Main Street, it was ok... We learned many new things that are coming, (many of which have been said on this board in the news section, so i wont explain them again) but i am exicited for the Trade City USA... Then was the Silent Auction and the Ultimiate Trivia Challenge, i didnt get picked for it But it was good, some questions were hard some where easy... Finally they gave away the three grand prizes, The Masterpiece, Great Discovery and the Breakthrough... THen there was a suprise, the new Disney AMbassadors and Steven picked three people to have admission to next years Trade City USA, and each person could also bring one guest, so in total they gave away SIX admissions to next years event... Congratulations if you are one of those winner.... THen we left and headed to Magic Kingdom for the night (have pics)..

Sunday-

On sunday we didnt head to the event because we had all we wanted so we headed to MK again for teh Hall of Presidents AP preview... The updates were really good, nice crisp pics and such, and of course great AAs by WDI. I dont have pics becuase they said no photography, but people were taking pics... We got into the first showing before 11am and the lines that i saw the rest of the time i was there were not long... IT was a good preview....

I hope you enjoy the pics...

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If anyone out there has pics or reports or comments on the MOP event... Please share by emailing them to me at gdpinvestigator@gmail.com... Also im still looking forward to read all your PinSpectives.... Tomorrow we will start our MOP series on teh sections of the event... Art, History, and Science as we look at the Pics and Pins of each....Stay Tuned...