2018 Coin Update |
Thursday, December 28th, 2017 |
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Disney's theme for this year appears to be "The Year To Be Here" which is on some of the new 2018 coins. In addition to the locations that were mentioned yesterday all of the resorts that had 2017 dated coins now have new 2018 designs. New 2018 designs were put in today at Epcot at The Land, Disney Traders and Mouse Gears. That leaves Magic Kingdom and Hollywood Studios that still need to be completed or that are not available like the Stage 1 Company Store that was mentioned yesterday. CTM Group who is the vendor that makes the dies for the machines has posted artwork of most of the new 2018 coins even though they are not all available to get yet. We have used the artwork they have posted and pictures we have taken of the machine faceplates to show what all fifteen new 2018 dated coins look like. Hopefully, the remaining new 2018 coins will all be available soon. |
New 2018 Dated Coins |
Wednesday, December 27th, 2017 |
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Replacing the 2017 coins with new 2018 dated coins has begun today. It started with replacing the quarters at All-Star Music and All-Star Sports resorts. The 2017 penny at Chester and Hester's Dinosaur Treasures and the 2017 quarter at Harambe Wildlife Express Train Station at Animal Kingdom were also replaced with 2018 designs. New 2018 anniversary designs will continue to be put in at the same locations where there were 2017 coins until all fifteen have been replaced. We will be posting more info and pictures soon as the 2017 dies are replaced. There is one location that appears will be a problem. A little over a month ago construction walls were put up in the Stage 1 Company Store at Hollywood Studios which blocked access to the quarter machine that had a 2017 design. We were originally told by cast members that this machine would not be available for several weeks. The latest thing we have heard is that this area of the store won't reopen until Toy Story Land opens summer 2018. Hopefully, this machine will be relocated somewhere else so that the quarter in this machine will be available to get to. |
Database And Listings Updated Today |
Monday, October 30th, 2017 |
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We have updated our database and all of our listings today. In the past three months there have been 23 new coins added and 11 coins removed. In addition to these coins being added and removed there have also been three machines that were previously removed and put back on-stage at different locations and another three machines that have been moved to different locations. |
Big Hero 6 Machine Back On-Stage |
Friday, October 13th, 2017 |
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The Big Hero 6 3-die machine that was removed from Pizza Planet at Hollywood Studios when it closed in January 2016 is back on-stage at Epcot. This machine is at Epcot Character Spot which is located inside the Innoventions East building. Disney also calls this location Hiro's Workshop which is the Meet-And-Greet place for Baymax. |
Splashdown Photos 8-Die Machine Temporarily Moved |
Friday, October 13th, 2017 |
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The 8-die Frontierland machine that was placed on-stage at Splashdown Photos a year ago has been off-stage several weeks due to the refurbishment being done at Splash Mountain. This machine has been temporarily moved to the Briar Patch gift shop until after Splash Mountain reopens which is currently scheduled for November 17. |