Vinylmation Limited Time Magic at Epcot

     This weeks Limited Time Magic is a special one. From March 18-24 guests can purchase  special Easter Egg hunting maps for $4.95 and then head off into the World Showcase to hunt for 10 hidden Easter Eggs. Once you have found all the eggs and marked them on your map you can then return to Port of Entry to get a choice of one of the Vinylmation Pairs 2 key chains sets.

    
      I was able to stop by on the first day and spend my day at Epcot so obviously the first place I headed was the Port of Entry to buy my map and set of int search of Easter Eggs. I started out in Canada and was beginning to get worried by how hard they were hidden until I found it can went on to the UK and realized they are not too hard to find. The whole search took me about 30 to 40 minutes including some extra stops around the world. When I returned to Port of Entry it had gotten more busy with a line to buy the maps and a line to pick up your prize which they had hidden under half Easter Eggs. The cast member would stamp your map and then show you what was under each egg and you got to choose, I chose the Donald pair since he is my favorite. They had all of the pairs except for the Cheshire Cat pair which I was glad I had already gotten in the past. 

This is the map that you are given along with stickers you place the sticker with the corresponding character that you found

    
     I believe this is one of the better Limited Time Magic's (Besides the Long Lost Friends Week) especially to help people get into the Easter mood and to reward guest and maybe introduce new people to Vinylmation. However one could look at this as a way to get rid of the Pairs 2 since they have been one sale and in the outlets, but besides that its still a fun way to get into the Easter mood.

Trading at the Parks #1

     So a trip to Epcot and Magic Kingdom this weekend lead to a surprisingly good trading turnout. Our  day began around 12 at Epcot with a stop by Mouse Gear to check out the trader box with the recent trip to DTD and a poor turnout of traders from both D-Street and Pin Traders I was really not expecting anything great and just there for the fun of it. However this was not the case I traded my Mascot Pluto and on my first try pulled a D-Tour DJ Mickey... not bad but not really what I was looking for since I all ready had one for trading. However my second pull was surprisingly good and I was quite excited when the person pulled out Jose Carioca from Animation 2. It goes with out saying I took him with me which started my goal to get Panchito Pistoles when Animation 3 comes out. This would be just the beginning of my great day of trading. 

     After leaving Mouse Gear I took my usual tour around showcase and had to stop and ride The Gan Fiesta Tour staring the Three Caballeros to celebrate and also since Donald is my favorite character. After spending a few hours at Epcot I took the monorail over to the Magic Kingdom in hopes to continue this good luck which didn't let me down. The first thing I did was stop in at the Emporium to again this time I traded my D-Tour DJ Mickey however both pulls was good this time the first pull was an Animation Fantasia Donald which I would have snatched up if I had not all ready had one. So I guessed again and pulled a Villains Medusa. I was never really interested in the Villains series but saw her and had to have her. 

   I had my friend with me that day so he used his Theme Parks Favorites Tee Mickey to trade and pulled yet another good one a Villains Gaston! Gaston just happens to be my favorite villain. So after we left and enjoyed the rest of the Magic Kingdom which sadly didn't include Pirates since it was down for most of the day. However before leaving that night I said why not stop in again since we had one trader left which I don't recall at this time and see what they have. The good luck stayed all day because in the clear box was a Pixar Mike! He just had to come home with me. 

This was our good luck finds of the day

     This recent trip made me think maybe the recent reduction of trading boxes was actually a good thing. Maybe it did help remove unwanted vinyls from the boxes.