We played on average 3 hours a day July 10. 11. 12 and about an hour on the 13th. The game is SOOOO much fun. as long as you are willing to really get into it! We were there 9 days so time was not an issue for us either. I was elected mayor of frontier land and purchased the golden horse shoe the first day we played. Had to repurchase the horse shoe on our third day of play as the nasty rainbow ridge varmints bought it the 2nd day we played and the buildings can only be bought once a day. Made wanted posters, apprehended criminals, got thrown in jail, played high card, made posters at the welcome center, did several "rive water" challenges, got taken onto stage of the horse shoe a couple of times, sent and delivered telegraphs, earned and spent well over 3000 bits, and overall had a blast! The game continues to evolve every day and new elements are rolled out. On the day we left just as we were leaving FL they announce there was gold buried in FL, and I was so sad I couldn't stay to look for it!
I think your plan is good in that you will work up an appetite playing the game so you will enjoy BTB when you are done playing. We ate there twice last week.
If you do play tell all the CM's (they are all entertainment CMs and are fabulous) that Slue Foot Sue sent you, I doubt they will ever forget me. LOL
We had so much fun we are trying to get a room to come back Labor Day weekend just to play a few more days as that is the scheduled end date. I'm even willing to stay off site (all DL hotels are full) to go do this again and I haven't stayed off site since the early 1970's, so you know I loved playing!!!!
dsny1mom