I thank you all very much for your thoughtful and impassioned responses!

We have made a decision. Where is the drum roll icon? We will be departing for CA on June 1, woo-hoo!!

We are VERY excited. We will be starting south, with San Diego Zoo and Sea World, then will make our way to DLR on the 5th and plan three days at DL/CA. I hope that will be enough. I'm anticipating two of those days will be DL.
We are VERY much looking forward to experiencing the original magic and feeling the presence of Walt. I am a HUGE iasw fan so I, myself, would probably head west just to see that masterpiece. I know many of the things that are different. My 7-year-old daughter can already name the rides at DL, just based on the planning DVD and my husband's visit. Yes, he had the nerve to call us a couple of weeks ago when he was riding the tram into DL, the stinker.

But he is ingratiating himself to us once again by taking us now.
Now. Any suggestions for pre-trip planning and reading? Besides here, of course. I like a book I can hold in my hand. How is the Passporter for DL? We don't do much pre-trip reading for WDW anymore, except just for the excitement of it, but even though DL is smaller I feel we would be foolish not to learn as much in advance as we can. I sure wish there was a TourGuide Mike for DL, alas.
Someone mentioned all-day fast passes booking with
AAA. Are those still available, does anyone know?
Thank you again for all your input. I know we will not be disappointed. I do hope we get to beat some of the crowds that first week in June. We're saying this is a once-in-a-lifetime thing for us but who knows? We'll take it one trip at a time.
