Pin Trading at Walt Disney World, Florida During Covid

My kids have really gotten into pin trading over the last 10 years and, consequently, so have I. Although we normally visit Disneyland every year, with the uncertainty surrounding Covid restrictions in the area, we decided to book our trip to Walt Disney World this summer. I was excited because in January of 2020, just before Covid became a phenomenom, I was in Orlando for a business trip and would take side trips everynight to Disney Springs and even spent a day at Epcot. I was amazed at the number of cast members with lanyards on and pins to trade - particularly in the World of Disney Store in Disney Springs. It was a pin traders dream! I knew things would be different this trip with cast members not yet allowed to trade pins, but I was still excited for my kids to have the Walt Disney World Pin Trading experience. 

 Because there is no trading directly with cast members as of yet, pin boards with pins on them are placed generally in each "Land" of each park. Here are a couple of examples of the pin boards:

Rules

I won't spend a lot of time on the rules on pin trading here, assuming that if you are reading this, you have probably traded pins before.

Rule 1 - when you get to the board, each guest is allowed to trade a maximum of 2 pins. This is an important rule because sometimes long lines can form and it is important to be mindful of guests aiting behind you. Rule 2 is that you can't trade a pin that is already on the board, thus creating a duplicate on the pin board. Having a variety of pins makes pin trading more fun anyway. 

Locations

We went to Animal Kingdom our first day and Epcot our second day and unfortunately, I didn't create any sort of a list of places that the pin boards were at these places. I do remmeber there being a pin board at the Canada Pavillion at the World Showcase because we checked it before and after seeing the Canada Far and Wide film and the cast member slightly repremanded us for returning to trade pins at that location so soon. There is also a pin board once through the entrance just infront of the shop on the right hand side.

I got a little smarter at Hollywood Studios and took this picture, detailing where the pin trading locations are:

And again at the Magic Kingdom, I took these pictures:

And I obtained this pre-marked park map with pin locations from a cast member as well:

So as of July 2021, these were the pin trading locations at Walt Disney World. Hope this helps you find all the pins you're looking for!