At a glance
For Pin Trading at Disneyland Paris, this is the spot: Pueblo Trading Post stands at the back of Frontierland, with the Cowboy Cookout Barbecue restaurant on one side and the Frontierland Playground play area on the other.
The architecture recreates the rammed-earth adobe style of the Native American Pueblo villages of New Mexico and the Hopi villages of Arizona: a boxy build with rounded corners, warm colors, and Native American patterns around the doors. The era it evokes points to the cultures of the southwestern part of the US, especially the Pueblo, Hopi, Zuñi, and Navajo nations.
The pin board lets you trade collectible pins, and posters list the dates of upcoming Pin Trading events at Disneyland Paris. Products include pins, figurines, lanyards, and bags made for the hobby.
Opening hours are irregular: the shop is mostly open on weekends and during Pin Trading events.
The decor still holds real original Acoma and Hopi pottery, along with cacti, reminders of the shop’s first life, when it was devoted to Native American crafts.
Disney’s official Pin Trading headquarters. This small shop at the back of Frontierland, with adobe architecture inspired by the Native American Pueblo villages of New Mexico, gathers most of the Pin Trading offer at Disneyland Paris. A large display case shows hundreds of rare and limited-edition pins, and Cast Members (park employees) trade with you right there from their own lanyards, in a Western setting found nowhere else in the park.
What you’ll find
History
Open since the park’s opening in 1992, the shop originally sold Native American crafts: Hopi and Zuñi jewelry in silver, turquoise, and coral, carved fetishes, Hopi and Acoma pottery, incense burners, and figurines inspired by the Katsina religion. A few pieces came from Harpo, a Paris shop specializing in Native American jewelry. The merchandise then changed: Western and Tex-Mex goods starting in 1993, Winnie the Pooh merchandise, then a long closure. The shop reopened temporarily in 2004 as a chocolate workshop, before becoming the go-to spot for Pin Trading and figurine collectors around 2010.
Theme & world
Who it’s made for
Pros and cons
The highlights
- Outside, a design drawn from New Mexico’s Pueblo villages
- Original Acoma and Hopi pottery in the decor
- A Pin Trading board dedicated to swapping collectible pins
The downsides
- Products limited to Pin Trading
- Far from the center of the land
- Some original decor has disappeared, such as the gourd-shaped light fixtures and their sign
My verdict
Julie’s tip
Best time to go
Aim for a weekend or a Pin Trading event, early in the afternoon: that’s when trading with Cast Members is in full swing.
Map & getting there
Pueblo Trading Post is in Frontierland, near Cowboy Cookout Barbecue.
Your questions about this shop
01 Where can you buy Disney merchandise at Disneyland Paris?
There are four main places to shop: Disneyland Park (Main Street U.S.A. above all, plus every land), Disney Adventure World, Disney Village (open to everyone, no park ticket required), and, if you book an official Disney hotel, the shop inside your hotel. My dedicated article walks you through the main shops.
02 Is there a way to shop without lugging bags around all day?
Yes. The Shopping Service lets you have your purchases sent to a pickup point, so you can collect them later at the same shop, at another shop on your way out of the park, or even at your Disney hotel’s shop. The service is free in most shops (with a minimum purchase). Just ask the cast member at checkout.
03 What are the shop hours?
Shops inside the parks roughly follow park hours, often opening a little earlier on Main Street U.S.A. and closing a little later after the nighttime show. Disney Village shops have their own hours, usually running later into the evening. You’ll find the exact hours in the Disneyland Paris app.
04 Can you buy Disneyland Paris merchandise online?
There’s no official Disneyland Paris online store. To shop from home, you can use the Disney Store website (formerly shopDisney), which sells official Disney merchandise and sometimes a few items specific to Disneyland Paris. At the resort itself, you buy everything directly in the shops.
