The Disney Dozen (Part 2)

It's still day 3.  The girls and I found some shade in the animal Kingdom in which to eat some ice cream :)

We went to Africa (Animal Kingdom) when one of the street performers enlisted Ashley and Aliyah to dance in front of everybody....

Our group of rollercoaster riders (minus Sherry)  LOVED Expedition Everest!!!

Here's Ash going up the fist hill....

here's the "broken track" that they freak everyone out with before making the coaster go backwards into a dark cave.  Ashley screamed again....so cute!

Here's Aliyah screaming!

Notice how tiny the people look from the top...

Here we are in front of the tree of life....so cool.

Stephen and I went on a date that night to Epcot...

I'm going to stop and tell you about trading pins.  We discovered these little gems two years ago.  You start out  by buying some Disney trading pins....there are just hundreds to choose from.  Some are expensive and some are even more expensive....or you can buy them cheap on ebay ;)  

After you purchase your pins, you can walk up to any Disney cast member (that's what all their employees are called) who has pins and they have to trade any pin you want of theirs, for any pin of yours you want to give them.  This becomes VERY addictive.  Very smart way to nickel and dime tourists to death.  We of course embraced this practice w/ fervor.  Even the very unsuspecting can get sucked in.

Here you see Lucy trading pins...

Here she and Papa are picking out pins from one of the park's trading "books"...

Here's and unsuspecting tourist pinning on his first pins on his first day at Disney....

Here's what became of him, note the fully decked out lanyard.....

And this picture is just cute of the tourist and his wife....

The next day we ALL went to Epcot...

We were able to get some half way decent pictures on the Journey into Imagination ride....

Sherry and I got our picture w/ Mickey :)

Nena and Papa with 3 happy kids on day 5 at Hollywood Studios.

The End.