I called the Adventures by Disney customer service dept. yesterday and they told me that we would be receiving our pre-trip information and package on either Monday or Tuesday of this week. My family is pretty excited about this trip. We are going on the Spirit of America trip soon. I don't know what comes in the famous pre-trip package, but I know that there is a backpack, because so many people talk about the backpacks. I will post what ours looks like when it arrives, in case it is different from past years.