Trip Saving Tips- Disney

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Just thought of another thing that’s great for cheap souviners.

My aunt lives half the year in Torrence, which isn’t too far south
of LA, and she bought a season pass, and goes weekly when she’s out
there. She discovered something that all of the “cast members” do-
collect disney pins.

You buy a few cheap pins somewhere, like at the Disney Store, before
going, and attach them to a lanyard (those neck “shoelace” things).
While you are in the park, you can trade pins with the workers, and
other people. Sometimes, the cast member will be wearing 2 lanyards-
one regular one, and one that’s a different color (I think my aunt
said pink??). those pins are usually special ones, limited editions,
older ones, and what not, that they will only trade to kids.

if a
kid wants to trade with them, they have to trade.

it’s a fun way to get new pins, with little start up investment.
i’ve looked them up for my aunt on ebay, and you can get
some “starter” sets fairly cheap. in the end, you have ones you like
(say you started with bambi, but like the princesses- you’ll most
likely wind up trading bambi away for a cinderella, or ariel, etc),
and you have the fun of trading through out your vacation. you can
take pictures of the trade, or your child with the person they
traded with, too.

there are clubs all over the internet dedicated to the pin trading.

i don’t know if they do it at wdw in florida, but i imagine they do!

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