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Three new designs will soon appear at the In Character - Disney's Costume Shop at Hollywood Studios. This machine had already been removed about a month ago and contained 3 designs with Snow White, Ariel and Cinderella. Three new designs with the same characters will soon appear to replace the old designs that had the Disney - MGM Studios logo on them. |
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Thursday, November 13th, 2008 |
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Two more designs for the new Wall-E series and three more designs for the new Disney Prince series have appeared at Walt Disney World. They can be found at the Emporium at Magic Kingdom and by 1900 Park Fare at the Grand Floridian. From the Disney Prince Series: Prince Phillip, 4 of 7 Beast, 1 of 7 Prince Charming, 7 of 7 From the Wall-E Series: 4 of 7 M-O (Microbe Obliterator), 7 of 7 |
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Sunday, October 12th, 2008 |
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The remaining pressed coin design to complete the Cars series is now available at Oscar's Classic Car Souvenirs at Hollywood Studios. This design contains Doc Hudson from the Disney / Pixar Cars movie and is number 4 in a series of 9 different designs. |
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Thursday, October 9th, 2008 |
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The new T-Rex Cafe located at Downtown Disney is scheduled to open October 14. This new themed restaurant owned by Landry's Restaurant Inc., which also owns Rainforest Cafe, will have two new machines with four dies each according to Pennycollector.com. |
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Saturday, September 27th, 2008 |
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The Happiest Celebration on Earth Quarter with Donald Duck located in Tomorrowland Light & Power Co. arcade at Magic Kingdom has been replaced. The new design contains Mickey Mouse riding Space Mountain with the Space Mountain building showing in the background. |
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Machines That Will Soon Be Unavailable |
Tuesday, September 16th, 2008 |
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Every year Blizzard Beach and Typhoon Lagoon closes for refurbishment. During this time, the pressed coin machines located at these locations are unavailable. This year, Blizzard Beach will be closed from September 28 through October 25. Typhoon Lagoon will be closed from October 26 through March 21, 2009. Country Bear Jamboree at Magic Kingdom will be closed from September 28 until October 31 for refurbishment. |
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Friday, September 12th, 2008 |
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Received a report that the Happiest Celebration quarter with Dale has been replaced with a quarter containing an image of all the buildings of the World Showcase. |
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Current Listings Have Been Updated |
Sunday, September 7th, 2008 |
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All 4 of the current listings have been updated. There have been 45 new designs added and 35 designs removed at Walt Disney World since the listings were last updated in May. |
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Cars Series Update |
Friday, August 29th, 2008 |
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The remaining Cars Series, 4 of 9, will be installed in the single die machine at Oscars at Hollywood Studios. This machine has been rolling short for years. As soon as the necessary repairs are made to this machine, the die will be replace with the remaining Cars design. |
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Friday, August 29th, 2008 |
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Today, the start of two new penny series arrived at Walt Disney World. The three dies in the machine located on the porch of Disney Outfitters at Animal Kingdom were replaced with two designs from the new Wall-E series and one die from the new Princes series. Both of these two new series will have seven designs each. The new designs that were added today were Wall-E (1 of 7), Eve (3 of 7) and John Smith (6 of 7). Information and images of these new designs will appear soon on our New Coins web page. |
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