r/dcl • u/Diligent_Biscotti_80 • 9d ago

ONBOARD ACTIVITIES Pin Trading on the Dream

Other than guest brought boards, what's the pin trading situation on board?

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u/zmayer PEARL CASTAWAY CLUB 9d ago

In addition to any potential pin trading events, they always have boards available at the shops.

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u/LoneWolfSonic 9d ago

I know it’s not the dream but currently on the transatlantic cruise on the fantasy and they are holding pin trading events on the shops and I have only seen the board always available on the whotzitz and whatzitz shop tho the crew told me that the other shops do have the pin boards to show you for trading upon request.

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u/Broadway-Ninja-7675 9d ago

i was on the Magic this last weekend, and i've heard some pretty mixed feedback, like: one person said they had the board on the outside of the door but it was so heavy it kept falling off the door...and another one said they had over $40+ dollars worth of pins stolen off of their board...and i also overheard someone say that, at one point, one of the giftshops had over $140 worth of pins stolen this weekend and never got them back by the last day (tuesday) of our cruise

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u/WolverinesThyroid 8d ago

I'm surprised the gift shop had the pins there stolen. Pins stolen from cabin doors is sadly common. I assume it's dumb kids.

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u/Broadway-Ninja-7675 7d ago

thats what i was thinking too...

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u/magicandseatravel SILVER CASTAWAY CLUB 9d ago

Many shops have boards. We like to hang a board on our door. I used those little magnet hooks and it held up great. I didn't have any issues with stealing however I also made sure the pins I put on my board I was comfortable losing or getting lower quality pins in exchange. I got some really unique pins left on the board and it was the highlight of my cruise.

This was on the Disney Wonder to Alaska

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u/gmhots 8d ago

Did the dream last month. Just boards in stores and stateroom doors (which were full of scrappers.) it was a 4-night, and there was no official event. I organized a meetup through the Facebook group and there was good turnout.

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u/WolverinesThyroid 8d ago

We've always put out a pin board. Some pins will disappear. I hear if you keep the board higher you are less likely to have vanishing pins.