UPDATE HERE!
Day 3, Nov. 23
AKA ARRIVAL DAY!!! 
It is a one and a half hour drive from Grammas to WDW. We will rise and shine, eat breakfast, tell Gramma well see her in a couple days and hit the road. Im hoping by 9 am, but if its later than that, no worries. I dont want this day to be a rushed day. The whole point of leaving two days early is to get to WDW raring to go
not exhausted like we would have been if we had driven down this day. Im looking forward to seeing the Mickey utility pole along the way! Maybe Carla could post her pic of it on here? (I dont want to just swipe it from her!)
We cannot check into the condo until 4pm. Ill probably call when we get closer and see if that is just a guideline or etched in stone.
The sole purpose of today is getting to Epcot! I expect it to still be busy with folks there for Thanksgiving. A CM told me that the crowds would lessen considerably on Sunday.
What I want to do this first day
our first time in Epcot
is to get our bearings. Get the lay of the land, if you know what I mean! Since we will have two days to explore I am thinking we will explore Future World today and World Showcase on Thursday.
Things we MUST do in FW include:
Spaceship Earth
Test Track
Nemo and Friends/Turtle talk
Soarin
Living with the Land
Honey I Shrunk the Audience
Ice Station Cool (anyone want some Beverly?)
Things we MAY do:
Mission: Space
Ellens Energy Adventure
Innoventions
Where we eat dinner and how late we stay will be dependent on whether or not we can check in early at the condo. Or maybe well leave, check in and go back and spend the evening and watch Illuminations? Just not sure.
We may have to (gasp!
) wing it!
One thing Ive been doing to prepare for the trip is collecting little tidbits of info that I want to remember when we get to each park. You read so much and then you get there and forget!
One thread Ive been reading on here is Your best WDW Secret. It is filled with things that you may or may not find in any of the guide books. Its like 968574635879095587 (Tat
) pages long now but I read the whole thing! Anyway
as I came across something that I thought was interesting I copied and pasted it into a Word doc. Then when I was finally done, I printed them, cut them out and glued them onto colored index cards, punched a hole and stuck them on binder rings. Epcot cards are blue, MK are pink, MGM are purple, AK are green and extra info on yellow. Im also writing our ADR info on these cards. Then when we hit a park I can just grab the cards we need for that park! Here is a pic of my card system.
The things I have listed to do or look for in FW are:
1. The shooting water fountains.
2. The talking water fountains.
3. The sidewalks that twinkle at night.
4. Ice Station Cool
5. The pathway between Imagination and Ice Station Cool that plays music when you step on it.
6. Something good to know: the Fountain View restaurant has good frozen juice drinks. (My kids love icees!)
7. At Finding Nemo, the sea gulls by the sign chirp mine, mine! if you stand in front of them long enough.
8. I have also noted to check the times guide for Mickeys Tree Lighting Ceremony.
While I am sharing my organizational skills
~ here is a pic of the file folder thingy (yep, it's a technical term!
) that I have been keeping lots of important stuff in!
It has our personalized maps,
MVMCP tix, park tix, sea world map and tix, condo info, that list on stuff at each exit... All very good stuff!
It is basically the epicenter of our trip planning process! Because I know Sharky will want to know: The label says "DISNEY 2007 WOOHOO DISNEY 2007 WOOHOO DISNEY 2007 WOOHOO"!
Hopefully we will have a good first day!
Hopefully the fast passes wont be all gone by the time we mosey on in!
The next day will be spent at MGM!
it!
The thing is, I had already made our countdown calendar that would end on Thanksgiving Day. I arranged it so that the days lined up with where they would fall on a regular calendar. For example, the calendar starts on a Wed. which would be the 24th of Oct. which is 30 days before Thanksgiving. Here is a picture of the calendar so you can understand this jibberish I've been typing! 
I know that I should not be so type A about it and just do it 30 days before we leave but there's that little part of me that is just not gonna let it happen! Maybe I can pry them off and re-glue them! 
