Tip: Push the black rubberized pin back on the pin at an angle. This creates a much tighter fit!

One time when I was little I had lost my lanyard and I was crying so a sweeper came over and asked my mom what was wrong, she explained what happened, so he took us to an area and said to wait here. He left and came back later with his special collection of pins and gave them all to me. They all had those special mickeys there were also some original antique pins. I will forever be thankful for him and his kindness. He and people like him are what truly makes Disney an experience.

Are we gonna talk about the fake Disney pins, my sister works at Disneyland and says cast members aren’t allowed to say no to a trade even though they can tell the pin is a knock off

If you need a pin back you can ask a cast member who is sweeping. Sometimes they'll see them around and pick them up. They'll give one to you if they have one.

Tips from someone who has been trading since 2003. 1) don’t buy pin lots online. You may be getting 100 pins for 25 dollars, but they’re all fake. 2) you’re allowed to say no, don’t let people pressure you to trade. 3) check for fakes at the board, lots of people don’t follow rule number 1. 4) have fun 5) I suggest if you decide to collect, choose one topic... from experience. 6) buy locking backs from amazon, you get 40 for 10 dollars, and they don’t damage your pin back or require a wrench.

Tip: you can't trade a pin with a cast member if they already have that pin

I did the career start program in Disney world. When I worked there, the cast members were allowed to place one pin backwards. That would be a secret hidden pin. Anybody who was curious about the pin would have to trade for it before seeing what it was. It just made it a little bit more fun, like a mystery pin.

I have the Gaston tie pin! I didn't realize how hard they are to find lol. I got mine in a vintage store near Disneyland!

Ok mister fast-talker! You should have shown all the tie pins you got in the end!!! OR show all of the pins you landed. Fun video. I LOVE pin trading. I think I may even have a tie pin. I'll have to check on that now.

In the Army, we called the pin backs "Damn-its" because when you get home after a long day and realize that you lost a pin back you say, "Damn-it!"

When I was at Disneyland I was walking and something was clicking in my shoe, I turned it over and there was a pin in my shoe lol

Darn it ! You got me started on pressed penny's and my friends thought I was crazy! Now I want to try pin trading. Curse you Chris !

In the Navy we called the pin backs (back of our rank insignia) damnits cuz, "damn it, I lost another one!"

Love love love this video. Thank you Chris for wearing my pin. I didn't know about the secret pin at the photo store, awesome fact. Also good tip on the tie being harder to find. Message me and let me know which ties you ended your day with, because I have some more from that set. ❤️ Love you guys ✌️ Jake G!

I'm totally a beginner to this so thank you so much for informing us noobs on how to pin trade lol

Who knew pin trading could be so exciting! Have always wondered what it was all about. Now I know! Thanks for another fun vid!

I'm a beginner pin trader, and just stumbled upon this video. THANK YOU so much for posting this one. I've only been collecting Star Wars pins, and was finding that trading isn't that easy. Great tips! Thank you!

I haven't had cable in 15 years but these videos remind me of Travel Channel back in the 90's. Absolutely killing it with these videos! I'm so sucked into these videos I might have to plan a trip to Disney.

You missed two tie pins on two different boards.

You trade Olaf! 😱😱😱 you made someone really happy 😂💚

This was randomly on my recommended and I’ve been on the Disney KZfaq community in years. This just makes me love it more and I definitely subscribed! I need to trade pins now

I didn’t know about the mini black Mickey ones were cast members. I am going to be sure to add those to my must have pins list!!!

Chris every time you tell a pun, I hear a whole auditorium of volunteers moaning in unison.

Thank you Chris for explaining pin trading! I never understood what the excitement was all about -- but now I see just how fun it could be!! You guys are always consistent in showing me so much more then I ever knew about Disney! I LOVED the Pressed Penny video you did also -- and I got pressed penny books for all 4 of my kids after I watched it. We have been making pressed pennies a tradition now for all our trips (it's a great souvenir to get when you have 4 kids) Hopefully we are all going to make a trip to Disneyland this March and they are excited to get pressed pennies there!!

I went to Disneyland a few years ago and fell in love with the Duffy pins! I collected all the Duffy pins with the different Disney character hats on them. I managed to get the completer pin but I still need to find the silver ones now! Great video loved it! I learned some more trading etiquette.

Thank you for the tip about the pin traders at the Grand Californian. I will have to bring all my trader pins when we visit the parks next year.

obsessed with the way you say "pin"

Me: "What a stressful day..." Provost Park Pass: "New Video!" Me: "What an awesome DAY!"

Pin trading is the most underrated activity at Disneyland! There are even pins you can trade through trivia at various locations in DL and DCA.

I remember having this cool kingdom hearts limit edition one... it was so cool. Everyone would want to trade something for it but I wouldn't give in. Sadly I lost that with my other amazing pins when I move out of Cali a few years ago but thankfully I'll be moving back next month and want to get back into pin trading because I remember how fun it was to trade every time I went to Disney area

Started collecting pins when I became an annual pass holder. Can’t get enough of it!

Omg at 6:00 they had a freaking club penguin puffle pin, IM DYING THATS SO AMAZING

Love this video! Can’t wait to everything you did in video when I go there a again, especially spotting the hidden Mickey!

2:11 BEST TIP EVER .. Not heard ANYONE else say that one! .. Very GOOD idea!

2:44 I like the use of repetition on this one quote, lol

Chris... I’m on your side about Frozen. I support you

Ursula has been at Cafe Orleans for Soo long! We always recognize her!

I’ve always wanted to collect pins but they are so expensive!😭 I’ll try to start my next trip!!!

My favorite Pin I ever traded for was the "This is Not a Pin" set.

The editing on this video is perfection. 🤣❤️

I just loved this video so much, I loved that you found a lot of ties even though they're so weird and special, the best was that the people changed them to you ♡

So amazing,My youngest was gifted a pin at the Haunted Mansion this year by a random park guest. Had got something in my eye had to wipe it off it was sweet.

I am at Disney this week with my family and I actually tried pin trading, and it was pretty fun. My niece and nephew saw what was I was doing and they're loving it. Found some square pins as my collection with Hades as the second one. Found a Daisy one too but my niece got at it before I did. But thank you for the hints, this is a huge hit!

My lanyard is full because I love trading !! Thanks for all the tips and tricks

Wow, cool...I always heard about Pin Trading. Now, that I know more about it...I may start one day, but right now...sounds like too much work...lol. Thanks for the video. Keep up the good work.

We’ve been trading for two years and have gotten bored with the pin boards around the park. We’re always so nervous to trade with people because we don’t know who is trading and who isn’t! You reignited our passion for trading by letting us know about the California Hotel trading at 5pm! We went trading yesterday and had a BLAST! Walked out with so many cool pins ! A lot of pins we’ve had for almost a year (that we thought nobody wanted) were taken instantly! So much fun! We got a lot of cool pins we wanted too! Thank you Provost Park Pass! I’m so grateful for this video ♥️

A few things with the video. "Completer" pins are actually called "Chaser" pins. The more hardcore traders are actually now no longer to setup shop inside the parks. They used to give them an area in Frontierland and also in Tomorrowland but what wound up happening was that they would pay people to go inside the shops to buy up all the LE pins because they have a limit on how many you can purchase. So they wound up ruining it for everyone. Limited Edition pins will have a number on the back of how many of that pin they are limited in production to. Some might be 5,000, others 100. Pins can also be gotten in a wide variety of weird ways, not just purchased in the park. I started collecting Tron pins when I went to the premier of Tron Legacy. Fandango did a secret promotion with Disney that a random amount (I believe it is 1000) pins were sent to people who bought their tickets to the movie from Fandango. Weeks after I attended the movie, I just got this really cool pin in the mail from the movie. There was also a super rare Tron pin that was only available from a somewhat unmarked gumball vending machine in downtown disney. It was the only place you could get it, so Disney sometimes makes these pins available in very weird ways. Hence, the rarity of some of them. Lastly, if a cast member is wearing a green pin board, they will not trade with adults, only with kids 12 and under!

We recently found your channel and can’t stop watching. Thank you for being so informative about pin trading. Had no idea about the 5 o’clock meet up.

Very informative. Thanks! I bought pins that I liked when I went. Never traded any.

Another fantastic video full of advice. Thank you for sharing the magic ✨

Thank you so much for this advice! I can’t wait to go to Disneyland in a few weeks and start pin trading!

I have four lanyards of pins: basic Disney, villains, Halloween, and Christmas. I keep the pins I want to keep on the right side of the lanyards and the ones I want to trade on the left side. Just a suggestion to the new collectors out there. When you trade for a pin you REALLY want to keep, pocket it or put it in your purse to avoid losing it when you're on a Disney ride.

You started me off on Disney pin trading

My favorite pins I have WDW cast member hidden mickey uniforms with a silver Tower of Terror!!! And of course the original red head pin!

I did not know there was a pin trading thing. I just thought you bought them and took them home as souvenirs. That is cool I am glad people asked about them or I would have never know. THANKS TO ALL OF YOU WHO ASKED ABOUT DOING THIS VIDEO. WOO HOO GREAT NEWS.

This video is great, wish Disney would share this video (endorse!) because we got to the park and didn't know what all the pin business was about. Keep up the great work Chris!

Really enjoyed this video! Never bought pins or pin-traded before, but you may have just created a monster.....

Everybody loves Aerial!

This was such a fun video lol I can see myself getting very addicted to this 😬😄

I just started collecting Disney pins and it's really fun, I haven't traded any pins yet because I'm just starting. It's really amazing to see so many pins in the stores. Thank you for all the information about pin trading! You're incredible Chris!

This was exactly the guide video I was looking for! Thanks

Very nice video. I can't wait to spend Hundreds of Dollars on tiny metal pins yay !!!!

Agreed on Frozen. In fact Tangled > Frozen.

I was never into pin trading, but this video made it seem like so much fun, I may have to try it the next time I'm at Disney! Thanks Provost Park Pass, your videos make my day by bringing me Disney magic while I am anticipating my next trip.

Tip: Some retail shops at tin the park will sell mystery packs for about $5. Other pins that are not mystery start off at about $7. You can trade your mystery pin for a different one if you don't like it.

Thank you so much for this! I just completed my very first lanyard and this is a new hobby of mine. Thank you for all of the great info!

Tangled it better than Frozen. Be mad bout it or Let it go.

I followed your tips over labor day with my daughter and grandson. We had so much fun. I loved the tie pin you had and I was determined to get the whole set by the end of the trip. I was able to do this only trading with cast members and pin boards.

I forward this to my sister since they were heading to Disneyland and my niece and nephew had a great time doing this while they were there!

My D Pins on Katella and Euclid has a ton of random licensed Disney pins for cheap if you are looking to to start a trading collection, only a mile from the park

Donald is my FAV for pin collection. THANKS for the tip on the SECRET pin (I had no idea about that one, been trading for over 20yrs.)

I'm allergic to the magic bands so they swapped out my band for a round thing whith a landyerd and I put my pins on it

That Hades pin is great

Loved the video I have pins but only ones I love can’t wait to tell my friend buy some pins to trade and go to the hotel for pin trading thanks for the tips

Thanks so much for making this video! In November I'll be going to Disneyland for the first time in 12 years (and my first time as an adult) and I have a small but beloved pin collection from when I was a kid. Glad to know pin trading is still going strong. I never knew about the Grand Californian meetup!! That's definitely going on our itinerary! Great tips and really fun vlog. :)

I just recently got into pin trading because they've been pushing it hard at Shanghai Disneyland. I'm loving it

I’m not a big fan of Frozen either!.....so glad to meet you!

Love pin trading! i'm obsessed! And this is a great video about it!

I love this video!!!!! I'm so glad you finally made it!!! :)

I agree with you on Frozen i am not a big fan either

Pin trading is awesomeness....... We got hooked Immediately... We moved from two lanyards to a jansport mickey mouse back pack in less than a month.... New release pins are fun to see

We were told proper etiquette was to ask to see the pins and the cast member would hold their lanyard out to us. Also, do they still have cast members wear the colored lanyards indicating that only children can trade with that cast member?

Thats so cool how pin traders get together! Your videos are enjoyable

Being a pin trader is hard because I see these videos and I'm just like GET THAT ONE I LIKE THAT ONE😅😅

You guys always get me so excited for new ways to enhance my disney experience! Already have my idea for what I wanna start collecting! Queue me hunting down all my pins that I’ve bought over the years! You guys are amazing! Thank You So Much! ☺️

Question!? Hope you can answer it. So I see a lot of custom made Disney pins from private seller on Etsy or independent sites. Are those allowed to be traded or only specific Disney brand trading pins!? And also how do you spot fakes!?

oh my god… most of my pins have the little mickeys on them. i havent traded pins since i was 5-8 so its kind of touching that the cast members were so sweet haha

Looks like 4 people accidentally misplaced their finger and missed the ‘like’ button- love the vid super useful!

i have a club penguin pin, but since club penguin shut down in 2017 i refuse to trade it for a different one. if you wonder what it looks like, it is a black penguin in an astronaut costume

I love your first pin

My family and i take our first Disneyworld trip here in last then 2 weeks. So excited ❤❤❤

Glad to see you got your tie pins!! Super cool video! 🤙

That would be a TIE TAC Dude!

When did pin trading Start? How about trading vintage pins? How do you tell real pins from fake pins?

Chris - since this video was recorded there has been a very important change regarding pin trading. We were at Disneyland and DCA during Spring Break 2024 and the cast members were not automatically trading pins with guests. The cast members are trying to weed out fake pins from the parks, so if the suspect your pin is fake, they WON’T trade with you. FYI

I can’t believe you were willing to trade the frozen and princess pins. Those would be my top two favorite pins

3:53 nicest dad ever 4:40 Matt’s Insides: But it does hurt my feelings *internal crying*

Cool . . . also Disney is pretty genius at getting people to part with their hard earned cash 😏🤔

Hello! I'm Matthews sister from Rocklinsk8 and I Love Disneyland so much and your videos we watch them over and over! We are coming to Disneyland in the first or second week of September I hope that we will see you!

I am totally not into pin trading, but it was a blast watching you do it. I'm not a big fan of Frozen either.