This week on What's Up Wednesday, WOW, what a week. Here's a wrap-up and what's next.
Thanks to everyone who attended Balloon Fiesta in person, watched via Balloon Fiesta Live!, or even just from around town. And an even bigger thanks to those of you who shopped Balloon Fiesta Stuff, whether you shopped online or in person at one of our 4 physical locations. Obviously, the three locations on the field are now closed, and we have brought the remaining merchandise back to the warehouse for inventory and reallocation to the online store and the gift shop. We anticipate that it will take us about a week or so. What that means is that items that may appear sold out online could have additional stock available when that process is complete. If you have something you are interested in, and it shows as out of stock, check back starting next week. Of course, not every item will have additional stock available. In that case, the item will be removed from the store.
For those of you who shopped online, you had the option of free in-store pickup, and there are a LOT of orders waiting for you at our Gift Shop. If you chose shipping, even with the extra staff we brought in to handle the orders, it's taking a few days longer than our normal 2-day turnaround due to the sheer volume of orders. Thanks for your patience.
Now for an update on those new products released during Balloon Fiesta. The 66 on Old 66 pin to celebrate the RC Balloons or Globitos appearance on Rt 66 is almost sold out. The celebration of the 100th birthday of Route 66 has begun with Balloon Fiesta joining in with the 2026 theme....The Scenic Route.
The Mystery Pin Boxes did sell out. There were 1150 boxes, each containing 2 special pins. We've already heard of folks who have been able to trade and collect the entire 12-pin set, including one of those Golden Ticket pins, of which there were only 100.
Thanks for jumping on this new product concept, and watch for more fun mystery pin collecting opportunities in the future.
As our merchandise team announced on Balloon Fiesta Live!, there's a new set of pins coming soon! You can watch it at the 1h 27m mark of the final Sunday show. But simply, it's a pin of the month deal. Each month on the first Wednesday of the month, we'll release the pin for that month. Of course, that will happen as What's Up Wednesday hits your inbox. In addition to the pin of the month, we have produced the perfect pin board to show off your collections.
Stay tuned to What's Up Wednesday for more information and pictures!
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Next week on What's Up Wednesday, we'll highlight some of the inventory that is back online and available.
Thanks for your support of Balloon Fiesta and Balloon Fiesta Stuff.