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Wow this game has been a trip down memory lane AND reminded me of how my pin madness all started years ago, so thanks for that. I spent a long while agonizing over what goes on this short list, but here we go. #1 - I remember purchasing this pin at the Disney store, I would make frequent trips to my closest Disney store at the time. I was at the parks once or twice a month then, and at the Disney store about once or twice a week, in fact it was my frequent visits that led to it being my first real job a few years later. This pin was back when I was collecting a bit of everything, and since then I've narrowed my focus considerably, but 101 Dalmatian pins always give me that hit of nostalgic desire, and seeing this pin reminds me why, just look how cute Domino is! #2 - This was one of my first Lady and the Tramp pins, and it was my love for this particular pin that eventually led me to narrowing my collecting focus almost exclusively to Lady and the Tramp. It's a very special pin in my collection and one of the very few survivors of what I call 'the great pin purge' when I thought I was 'done' with pin collecting and trading. (Haha, jokes on me, you're never really done!) #3 - Alright, this pin made me laugh so hard, it's listed as originally being priced at $15, but I remember years ago when I bought it thinking 'My goodness, this is the biggest and most expensive pin in my collection!' (It wasn't, and if I could go back in time and tell past me how much pins are now, or how big they get she'd keel over!) I never did buy the matching Disney Dog's pin and since it has Lady & Tramp on it that remains a deep regret for me! (In fact the Dog version would have taken this spot, but it's not listed as a 2000's pin despite me being almost positive they came out at the same time.) #4 - Back when I started collecting pins I was a Tinkerbell/Pluto collector for the most part (dabbled in everything though), and I found this pin on a cast member lanyard. I remember how lucky I felt that day and this pin took a center spot in my pin bag. It was my first cast member trade for a pin I was looking for. #5 - This one is bittersweet, as I said I was a Tinkerbell/Pluto collector when I first started pin trading. This Tinkerbell was my first ever 'big girl trade' where I had to go up to a non cast member and try and trade what I had for what I wanted. I was overwhelmed by all the great pins people had, but I really really wanted this Tinkerbell pin, it's design was unique to me since I mostly had a lot of Tink in her usual pose with glittery wings and the shape, pink castle, and date on this pin made it seem so extraordinary to me. I did in fact manage to trade and wow what a great feeling. Sadly when I switched to collecting Lady and the Tramp I traded or sold off almost all of my original Tink/Pluto collection. Seeing this pin again makes me wish I'd held on to it for sentimental reasons, but it also reminds me that sometimes letting go to grow is good for us.

@beccarz Hey Becca! Were you able to get it working? This happens when there is an update on your phone. We have the app team looking into it. I wanted to check in with you to make sure you got it resolved! Molly

Awesome! So glad that worked! Not sure if related but just in case wanted to mention it. Anytime my phone does an update, I notice that my logins for several apps get wonky and so I've learned that deleting and re-downloading the app usually fixes it.

Thanks Pincessjazmin I deleted the app and re downloaded it now it works.

@gottagojt Have you tried deleting the app and re-downloading it from the website? Or re-typing in your email and PW after clicking to remove the invalid message? I know some people have reported similar issues and it's usually due to device saving info but if you clear any saved info and type it out again, may fix it. It took 2 or 3 tries when that happened to me a few weeks ago but it did let me log in. Tagging @TheTwins for help if that doesn't work.

I have not been able to log into my mobile app for a month now. I have tried shutting down my phone. The error message I get is invalid_grant. I can get into my account on my laptop BUT NOT on my cell phone. I want to be able to use the photo search that is the whole reason I paid for the yearly subscription. I wish there was a phone number or something so someone can help me. I sent a message a month ago but am still waiting to hear back with help. PLEASE PLEASE help me. Thanks

@DisneyGal22 I can't find it either, so my guess is we don't have any pictures of it. It would be a big help since you have the pins to add them to the database. Here is the link on the guidelines for adding, picture taking and description writing. https://pinpics.com/guides/database/ Thanks

It's an older pin, my husband got it last year at a trade event.

@DisneyGal22 If this was released this year it might not be in the database yet because we don't have any pictures of the pins.

Hi everyone! I am having trouble finding this set in the database. Any help?

I thought it'd be fun to do something a bit different with this post. Let's enjoy a classic ride through pins by exploring the database to come up with some often overlooked-but-pintacular gems! And since Adventureland is my personal favorite, why not start on that "mysterious river of adventure," right? Mention “Jungle Cruise” and almost everyone starts laughing! If you enjoy one-liners and puns, then this is probably pretty high on your rides list. It’s one of the most iconic Disney attractions around the world and one that Walt envisioned long before his “Mickey Mouse Park” had even developed into the future Disneyland. Jungle Cruise was an opening-day ride for both Disneyland in 1955 and Magic Kingdom in 1971, and unique versions of the ride also appear at the Hong Kong and Tokyo parks. If you look the ride up online, there’s no shortage of fun with the puns, the spiels and the comic views associated with this ride; and if you search for Jungle Cruise in the PinPics database, you’ll find over two hundred results. Some of the pins can be quite a challenge for completists to add to their collection! Sis and I have known a couple of collectors who stayed complete with this, and that was no small feat. But there’s so much more to this ride than meets the eye . . . or should I say “meets the ear”? To begin with, I’ll tell you a little secret . . . we haven’t ridden this attraction since 2001! Pirates was closed when we went to the park last year, which meant that the line for Jungle Cruise was backed up into the main walkway. But don’t worry! Even if you're like us and can’t get to the park to experience everything in real life, there’s quite a lot of cinematic and Disney history packed into this attraction, and you can find pins that show some of these neat props. While not technically part of the Jungle Cruise ride, let’s start right outside the entrance with some of my personal Walt Disney World favorites -- the Liki Tikis. These great statues have always been closely associated with the ride, having been designed by legendary Imagineer Marc Davis as a photo opportunity located near the Jungle Cruise river. A couple of years after Magic Kingdom opened, the wooden Tikis were moved to their prominent position by the top of the stairs leading down to the ride’s dock area. Over time, the wooden statues began to deteriorate and were eventually replaced in the 1990s with fiberglass replicas which spray water and mist. They’re now a beloved area in Adventureland, but (perhaps a bit surprisingly) have only been featured on a few pins! There was a four-pin set released in the WDW Cast Lanyard Series 3 back in 2004/2005, and that was it for a long time. Sis and I were absolutely thrilled when the tikis finally rated another pin design as part of the recent Adventureland mystery set (PP#166030), showing Stitch enjoying the water on a hot day. Honestly, these tikis are so cute that I don't understand why they're not featured on more pins. If anyone knows of others, please share! After a good photo session with the tikis, it’s time to head down into the queue area to await the arrival of your boat. This building is referred to as the “Amazon River Base” and is filled with Easter Eggs, something that we love looking for at Disney. One funny one is a crate of crocodile-resistant rubber pants labeled “Goff’s Brand”. This references Harper Goff, possibly the most instrumental Imagineer on this particular attraction. Before coming to work for Walt Disney Productions, Goff was an Art Director and set designer for Warner Brothers Studios, where he worked on classic films like Casablanca and Sergeant York. Quite a Renaissance man, he also served as a magazine artist for National Geographic, developed camouflage for the Armed Forces during WWII, appeared as an actor in some small roles, and was an accomplished Banjo player. You might be wondering what this has to do with pins, but Goff is credited with many of the iconic Disney designs which we still admire today. One of the most famous is the design for the Jungle Cruise boats. He actually took his inspiration from Humphrey Bogart’s steamboat in the 1951 film, The African Queen. The iconic Disney ride vehicle was one of the first to be featured on a pin and can be found on some pre-Official Pin Trading designs, including PP#75, PP#149 and the real-cloisonne beauty that was featured in the WDW Millennium Pin Catalog, PP#828. (This is one of the top pins on my wants list right now, so if anyone's trading . . . please PM me!) If your taste runs to the fancier pins, never fear! A more elaborate pin-on-pin design was released at Disneyland in 2000 (PP#1694), and in the following year we got our own LE 5000 pin-on-pin design with Mickey at WDW (PP#6538). Now, for those of you who have completed your Jungle Cruise collection, here’s a pin you probably don't have but need to get (PP#60753). Yep, I know that’s Minnie and Mickey dressed like Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman in Casablanca. This pin was actually released for The Great Movie Ride in Hollywood Studios. “So, what’s it got to do with Jungle Cruise?” you ask. Well, back in the late 1980s, Disney started looking around for a Lockheed Electra plane to use in this scene for the ride. They found one and put the front half into the Casablanca scene, while the back half of the plane was used as a prop in the Studios Backlot Tour. When that closed, the plane was inserted into the landscape of Jungle Cruise, where it’s still seen to this day. [N.B. There are statements online saying that this plane was actually used in the filming of the real Casablanca finale, but that’s not the case. A real plane wasn’t used in the film, because it was shot on a small soundstage that wasn’t big enough for more than a scaled-down wooden model (hence the use of so many fog machines during the scene), but it is the plane from The Great Movie Ride! Interestingly, Harper Goff was the set designer in 1942 for Casablanca and this memorable scene.] Another fun thing about the WDW Jungle Cruise is that it receives a Christmas overlay in November, being transformed into the festive Jingle Cruise. Brightly wrapped gifts and vintage decor are spread throughout the queue and scenes along the river, and even some of the puns and jokes change around. This is actually the only Magic Kingdom ride where Guests can experience the full overlay during daytime park hours without attending the Christmas Party, so it’s a cool thing to check out if you’re visiting in November or December. And yes . . . there are even a few pins which feature Jingle Cruise! They haven’t made one in a while, but you can still find some for trade here on PinPics! Check out them out here: https://pinpics.com/pins/?filter_name=jingle cruise Naturally, Jungle Cruise still features quite heavily in new releases (making it a sort of ever-growing pin collection), but I hope this post shared some older pins that you may not have noticed before. And next time you’re visiting the park, be sure to discover that "River of Adventure", and take time to notice some of the hidden details in this ride that’s truly packed with fun! ~ Sarah

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This is a great game!! After going through the pins a few times from 2000. I realized I picked the pins that re-created the most vivid memories for me, which became very difficult only picking 5. #1) This is how it began for me years ago watching the Mickey Mouse club in black & white, reciting every lyric over and over again to M-I-C….K-E-Y! I used the plain ears because I couldn’t use mickey’s face twice. #2) Sorcerer just makes me smile! He has been one of my favorite pins from the beginning to collect and still is today. It is one of my most treasured pictures of our family’s first visit to WDW all together with him. #3) My daughter & I share a love for Disney so on our trips (TOT is one of her favorites ), it has become the running game to ride and look back at the photo pass to see how scared I look. I am petrified of heights, still close my eyes and hold on so tight my hands hurt but we always look back at previous photos and laugh! Yes, they are that bad. The things we do for our kids #4) This is a heartfelt memory for me. Our family trips to Disney and seeing the Osborne lights were magnificent! The moment the snow was falling and the reactions of our children, their faces lit up as bright as the lights, especially when they put the glasses on and they were surrounded by gleaming starbursts. #5) This pin represents today; the wonderful friends & family that have come into my life because of pinpics and pin trading! .…..and who doesn’t love a Steiff bear!

Thank you Buzz2001 and PincessJazmin for your quick replies! I'll be at Epcot on 11/17, hopefully the pin will be available then.

@mermayda Hi! My home resort is Disneyland. I was at pin drop Tuesday both last week and this week and as far as the stores I was at, this pin has not yet dropped. Previous years pins dropped same day online and in parks but has not been the case for this year. Not sure about WDW as it usually the case where both coasts get pins dropped same day but due to shipping/stock issues there have been several cases this year where they aren't dropped same day and one resort has a delay. If I see this pin, I'll make sure to come back here to let you know.

Looks like it has already been released at the parks

Hello, hope everyone is having a wonderful day! I missed out on the Disney Store release of Tiana and Naveen's Thanksgivning pin. Does anyone know if the pin will be released at the Disney Parks anytime soon? Thank you so much!

Recently went through a small collection set aside everything I wasn’t 100% sure of. These are the ones I couldn’t say for sure were fake and just wanted a second opinion on.

Currently, we don't have that built into the app software. I'll add that to the wish list for future updates, though!

Congratulations, @buzz2001!!! So happy for you!

Some great pin mail waiting upon our return from WDW!! Finally was able to secure my grailiest pin of all Walt pins, 43108.

Lady Tremaine looks good.

Just did our first Disney trip! And started trading not sure how to tell which r real or fake

I've got 12 of the 13 but won't be home until Sunday.