DD has been on 4 trips (9 mo., 21 months, 28 months, and 34 months). The first two trips she did not care. I thought because she couldn't read she wouldn't care on the last two trips. On the trip when she was 28 mo. she noticed other kids getting autographs and asked for a book toward the end of the trip. My mom had bought her a coloring book so we just used that. On the trip when she was 34 months, we bought a real autograph book (actually, we bought two because she filled the first one up). She LOVES characters. Her ideal trip would be meeting characters everyday all day....with a few rides on Small World and the carousel.