Disney Pin Traders Meet and Now Celebrate Six Years of Marriage
I read this Disney Love Story under the Comments Section of my “10 Years of Pin Trading” blog post and just had to highlight it for ya’ll!
This is the story of Chrissy and Mike. It’s a tale of Love and Disney Magic! The kind of Disney Magic that sets the soul on fire!
On a cool Christmas Eve almost 10 years ago, Chrissy and her dear friend were enjoying a stroll around Disney’s MGM Studios. Chrissy had a deep love for Disney, just like you and I. She took that love one step further and showed her devotion for The Mouse as a Disney Cast Member. Pin Trading had just been introduced that year, and being an early adopter, Chrissy made her way to the MGM Pin Trading Station to pick up a set of “1999 and 2000 Monorail Pins” as a gift for her brother.
As luck would have it…Mike was scheduled to work at the MGM Pin Trading Station that very same Christmas Eve!…and Disney Magic was about to happen! As Chrissy searched for just the right pins…Mike saw Chrissy and offered to help. (Insert Pixie Dust here!) The two lovebirds talked for quite a bit, swapping stories about working for Disney and what they thought of the whole Pin Trading experience. Chrissy made her purchase for the night and like Cinderella at the stroke of midnight was gone from that magical place…
The story doesn’t end here my dears… No…as fate would have it, a few weeks later after that Fairytale Encounter, Mike and Chrissy would meet once again!
Chrissy was an engraver at the World of Disney. She decided that she would pick up an overtime shift. Where, you ask? Why at Disney’s MGM Studios of course! While at work that day, several of the other cast members sharing in her experience talked of a lovely Prince Charming they thought she should meet. In Chrissy’s own words he had been described as “very family oriented and down to earth and just plain nice.” Chrissy decided that she just had to meet this man! And as the ‘Magic that is Disney’ would have it…that Price Charming was Mike! (Insert more pixie dust here) Chrissy and Mike shared a meal together that fateful day and have been sharing their lives together now for the last decade! This weekend will mark their 6th Wedding Anniversary! And it would have never been possible, had it not been for their shared love of Disney Pin Trading! Remember…it all started with a Mouse!
Join me in wishing Mike and Chrissy Pagnotti a Magical Anniversary and may they share many many more! Cheers to the Happily Married Couple!
Until Next Time,
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