What kind of merch do you get when visiting parks? Feel free to share collections.
I enjoy collecting pins mostly, here is the current state of my pinboard. Mostly coaster related, and the non coaster ones will probably have to soon be relegated to a secondary one!
Not a roller coaster superfan like you, but I thought I'd say those are really cool! I love enameled pins like those. I think they're great souvenirs - they don't take up much space and the more you have the better the display!
You really have me wondering about a drawer somewhere full of all the backs to them.
Yeah the compactness plus the variety of designs/colors makes for a great display! I do have bags full of the pin backs sitting in a drawer and hope I never lose them.
Park maps are priority one. I've got a workbench area that has all my ski and theme park maps. I'll buy a shirt if I find one that isn't awful. I always look but probably only buy one every third park I go to. And then always get a pic of me and whoever I was on the trip with.
That's awesome! It somehow never occurred to me to keep the park maps, but that makes so much sense as a collection and they already look great on your wall.
Sizing, and huge variances in quality as well. I usually buy shirts when I go to concerts but you never know how long it's going to hold up for. Also amusement park/roller coaster shirts tend to have ugly designs IMO.
What do people mean when they say pin trading? Like I get the concept but I've never seen it happen in real life. And why do people trade their pins? If I buy a pin I intend to keep it, why would I want somebody else's? Maybe this all makes more sense in the context of Disney, which seems to be the point of gravity for the pin YouTubers. I have zero Disney pins.
Off the top of my head it's hard to narrow it down. I really like nearly all of the Knoebels shirts I have because they are always such great designs. I also have a Kings Island shirt that contains the coasters all formatted like an 8-bit video game..... And one shirt I do really like is a Volcano shirt that says "It"s hot up here" that I wish I could buy a new one of since I now trend toward XL instead of L 😂
I'll add pictures here later if I get a chance (and don't forget, lol)