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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;d_lairson, post: 282137, member: 8441&quot;]Hey, I&#039;m a big fan of Disney, I have an annual pass, I visit the park at least once a month, I own most of the Videos, DVDs and even Laserdisks. I have thousands of dollars worth of Disney art and probably as much in collectibles, including hundreds of dollars worth of pins. I have visited Disney World, Disneyland Paris, Disneyland Tokyo, and Disneyland (in California), and Disney Seas (Tokyo). </p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m just commenting that I think it is very irresponsible for a company with a reputation like Disney&#039;s, on for clamping down on almost every instance of copyright infringement, to let something like this happen. Disney (as a company) is known for having amazingly tight controls on everything that happens in its parks, so the fact that they are allowing fake US coins to be sold inside one of their parks is baffling.&nbsp; And the fact that the Chinese coins were labeled as reproductions while the US ones were not was also a little strange. </p><p><br /></p><p>Also, while I know I should not do this... I think that there is a huge difference between buying something in the Pirates of the Carribean gift shop, inside the Magic Kingdom, and buying something from a shop in Epcot. In the Magic Kingdom there is a feeling of whimsy, a willing suspension of disbelief, you do not have the expectation of authenticity that you normally would. Epcot is completely different. It is billed as a venue where you can obtain authentic products from around the world. When you buy something you are led to believe that the product is exactly as described, and from the country you bought it in. The pirate gold coin is a poor example though. If I were to see a morgan dollar in Frontier Land, in the Magic Kingdom, my first instinct would be to think that it is a fake, a souvenir, unless it clearly stated that it was in fact real. But in Epcot, if I were to see (and I did) a Trade Dollar at the China pavilion, my first thought would be that this was in fact a real coin, unless I was told otherwise.&nbsp; It&#039;s just a matter of the expectations that you have when in the park. Expectations that are carefully crafted by Disney.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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