Traditions you do - auto's, pennies, etc.

[Sharon1026]

I was wondering if anyone had traditions that they did on their trips -extra things like having to get autographs with characters, a pressed penny collection, pin trading, epcot passport, hidden mickeys, etc. Something that is an extra "goal" that they work on.

My DS 11 really likes squished pennies. For $10.22, we can get 20 around the park! (Not that we ever really get that many).

Just curious as to what quirky fun things people like to add on.

p.s about pin trading - Isn't the number of different pins being produced just out of control? I only collect Stitch pins - if I get any.

[mudpuppysmom]

My cousin got DS (who was 3 at the time) started on pin trading.....he is now (at 5) a pin trading a holic!!! He THINKS he needs to trade with EVERY CM he sees!!! We have all tried to tell him that he does not NEED to trade with every single CM he sees, but here and there!!! AND, to further that one, he HAS to actually complete a trade to be happy!!! I could just "brain" my cousin!!!! but DS enjoys himself doing it, he just slows us down quite a bit from doing other things.

Also, we have started to do pressed pennies/quarters. Seems like a lot of the machines are being switched from pennies to quarters -- at least it seemed like it last trip. We did find some cool ones at the resort hotels though, so that was fun!

Those two "hobbies" are quite enough for us thank you!!

[WDWTEXAS]

I guess this is sort of what you are talking about. Every time I get off TTA, as I go down the moving walkway, I "slap" the blue roof. This is also a bit similar, every time get on or off the plane at the airport, I touch the blue One World sticker next to the door.

To keep with the pin theme, if I save enough money, I collect a set of 12 pins. I get (at least) one Mickey pin, one American pin, one pin with a foreign country, one Toy Story pin, and an animated movie pin, and then just any other pin I want.

[mickeysworld]

Pressed pennies, or as my girls like to call them, "Penny Smashers!" are very popular with us, and not just Disney ones, anywhere we go, they keep an eye out for these things! Sharon, I see we are neighbors!

[LudwigVonDrake]

Two...I have to buy a WDW baseball cap EVERY trip and I have to shop at the store that's just outside the turnstiles at the Animal Kingdom (I can't remember the name right now)

[CraniumCommando]

I buy a T-shirt (at least one, often more ) every trip.

I was collecting ride vehicles, but this time the only ones I saw were the Buzz Light Year car which I already have, and the Resort bus which I bought.

Does anyone know if the ride vehicles are still being made? I think I have most of them.

Oh yeah, I just remembered my new tradition. I take a picture of my wife in the UK wearing a bobby helmet.

[AndrewJackson]

I started collecting sericels from Disney/MGM studios. They have a series of "Magic of Disney Animation" cels. I started collecting back in 1992. I have the first one in the series, as well as several others that have been retired. I don't get one every year. I now have 8 in me collection. They are all lined up on the wall in the basement.

[DisneyOtaku]

I buy trading pins, but I usually don't go trading them ^^; I don't also always collect Disney ones (though those are the majority of them), but I also have anime pins and such. I wear them on my visor and the characters all love to look at them when I get pictures taken ^^

[casey@bat]

We get an ornament for our Christmas tree every trip. Sometimes we make one out of whatever. One summer, we got a "button pin" from River Country and made it into an ornament. It reminds us of River Country and how Goofy got into the water and played with the kids. He also went down the slide! It was so much fun!

[darthmacho]

I've just gotta visit France for a glass of wine and a pastry!

[Ghost * Hostess]

We also do the pressed pennies and quarters. We always purchase the the photos from the character breakfasts and dinners. Have been collecting those since dd first trip and are a must have. Also because most of our trips we have gone in Nov/Dec we always get Christmas decorations for the tree and around the house and our number one yearly decoration is a gingerbread ornament from the Grand Floridian's Gingerbread House. We have many other traditions like the order of the rides we go on when we arrive and where we have lunch. I miss being there so much.

[mook3y]

Lol... me thinks pins are unavoidable when you have little kids. We watch disney's store for pin sales and buy up a bunch when they are cheap so that we have "stock" our kids can trade when we visit the world.

Personally, I like the pressed coins I have been collecting them for many years. Only Disney tho...

As far as collecting things go... I think we should all count our blessings that Pogs didn't stay super popular!

As far as traditions in the World, It appears one we are starting is the kids and myself getting hair cuts at the MK barbershop on the first full day at the park. They love to walk around the park with pixie dust and get a kick out of daddy doing the same. We have done that on our first 2 trips and have plans to repeat this tradition this year!

[Donald A]

My wife and I have bought a drawing or taken a picture of the resort we have stayed at every trip beginning with our honeymoon. We display all these resorts in nice frames on the wall of our guest bedroom.

[Sharon1026]

Pressed pennies, or as my girls like to call them, "Penny Smashers!" are very popular with us, and not just Disney ones, anywhere we go, they keep an eye out for these things! Sharon, I see we are neighbors!

Lucky us! We are so close to the park...
We were going to go this afternoon, but DS is feeling under the weather. Oh well... there's always next weekend!

[Sharon1026]

Wow, what great traditions everyone has! I really like all of the ideas that people have.

Do they still sell the ride cars? I don't think I've ever seen those.

[snowflakegirl]

I'm mildly obsessed with the pressed pennies. We also collect pins. And we always get one shot glass from each theme park and downtown disney plus one or two of rides that we particularly liked.

[CraniumCommando]

Wow, what great traditions everyone has! I really like all of the ideas that people have.

Do they still sell the ride cars? I don't think I've ever seen those.

Die cast scale models of the ride cars, usually with a Disney character riding in them

[tinksmom02]

I was wondering if anyone had traditions that they did on their trips -extra things like having to get autographs with characters, a pressed penny collection, pin trading, epcot passport, hidden mickeys, etc. Something that is an extra "goal" that they work on.

My DS 11 really likes squished pennies. For $10.22, we can get 20 around the park! (Not that we ever really get that many).

Just curious as to what quirky fun things people like to add on.

p.s about pin trading - Isn't the number of different pins being produced just out of control? I only collect Stitch pins - if I get any.

Um, yes to all! LOL DD was the perfect age for autographs on our last trip (almost 4 1/2), so we focused a lot on that (too much, according to DH!). And I'd purchased some pins off of eBay for her to trade (not enough, apparently, she traded for ones she liked and then made me buyv tons more, for keepers LOL). I bought her the passport in Epcot, which she had fun with (AND the mask, too LOL) and I wanted to draw the line at that, but then grandma got her into the penny pressing, and that became the mission: Grandpa had to find the penny press EVERYWHERE we went! We bought the penny press book (a great investment of $6.50, by the way), and filled up up 2/3 in a matter of days! I actually think Grandpa had more fun with that then Jenna did!

So yes, my daughter has a collection of collections in her room now LOL

[Sharon1026]

Die cast scale models of the ride cars, usually with a Disney character riding in them

Thanks! I went to ebay and saw some there, too. I might have to get a doombuggy....

[Jared]

I buy a new T-shirt virtually every trip. My favorite store is Mouse Gears in Epcot.

We always make funny faces in the camera on moving platform leading back to Tomorrowland after Space Mountain.

My brother and I wave at the oncoming cars on the Tomorrowland Transit Authority.