One of the things we do is purchase a day planner and every Friday we go and buy something for our trip. Such as chapstick, dollar store glow necklaces, socks, etc. That way the kids have something to look forward to each week. We mark down when we can book reservations for restaurants, what we are going to do, and once the calendars are out, we start to pencil in extra magic hours and what we will do on certain days. I usually buy inexpensive stickers to mark highlights and this makes a great souvenir once the trip is over.
When we make a payment on the vacation we usually take the kids out for a special treat. We also have gotten the printed maps from the disney website and place the stickers on them on Sunday nights. We do the count down to vacation about 4-5 months out. They really look forward to this even if it's not a year we go to DisneyWorld.
Bonnie
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