This has been the rule for a long time. They may have changed the wording slightly, but it is not substantially different. They get around the ‘only 1 pin bag’ rule by claiming the bags belong to multiple family members or friends.
The reality is that for whatever reason Security has determined that it’s not worth the fight to enforce these rules so long as the traders are not being belligerent or disruptive… taking up multiple benches does not constitute disruptive behavior. I was told this
specifically by a lead security CM when I stopped to comment on the issue at DCA’s GS. So it’s straight from the
horses err, Mouse’s mouth. The Security CM I spoke to implied that it would be
more disruptive to the overall guest experience to kick the traders out of the park, or make them move somewhere else.
Here’s what I don’t understand: if I wanted to bring, say, all my Disney tshirts (we have *A LOT* of them between DH and I dating all the way back to Grad Night 1987
) to display and “trade”… you think they’d let me do that on property? Nope. Not a chance!
So, I hope it’s really true, but I’ll believe it when I see it.
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ETA: I remember when the traders had to set up outside the park near the picnic area to the far left of DL’s gates. This was way before DCA existed… the picnic area was basically where the lockers are now. It wasn’t a very big space, really... of course, I hardly ever remember many picnicker there.
The traders set up what looked to be their own card tables in front of the hedges outside the actual picnic space (which was tucked in behind the hedges)
