I teach band and orchestra so my sub is ready to conduct!
As far as the game goes - it is pretty involved, but I will do my best to give you the short version.
Last time, we did a scavenger hunt, so my wife was worried that if we did that again, the kids would figure it out. This time we did a quiz game. We are telling the kids that we bought a great game called "The Incredible Journey" on
Amazon. They will buy it since we are constantly ordering things from them. I printed out labels to decorate an old amazon box with prime logos and a game logo including the name "The Incredible Journey" so the box looks authentic. Inside the box is a big wooden game board I made with little brass key hooks on it, placed strategically. Also there are 30 question cards for the quiz game. Each question is something they will know the answer to and is age appropriate for each kid. In a second box are "thinking caps" we made out of felt hats from a craft store with stars and their names glued on them. They have to wear these to help think of the answers to the questions of course! Inside two separate very large boxes is 15 balloons each, numbered from 1 to 30 to go along with the questions. As they each answer a question correctly the have to find the matching balloon and pop it. Inside each balloon is cash ranging from $1 to $20 (their spend money for the trip) and a wooden disc with a letter on it. The wooden discs are numbered and have a small hole I drilled in the top so they will hang on the brass key hooks on the game board mentioned above. As they collect the discs they will hang them on the hooks and eventually spell out the words "In three weeks our family is going to." Finally they will open one more package which will have a pencil box with their name on it. Inside the pencil boxes will be their magic bands which should give it away since we used those on our last trip. We also created custom t-shirts with Incredibles logos on them to wear in the parks. They will also get the Birnbaum kid's guides once they get their magic bands.
After our last trip we talked about going as the Incredible Family for our next trip (which they think is Summer 2017) so EVERYTHING (game board, question cards, balloons, wooden discs, magic bands) are color coated red for DS and yellow for DD. This is also the reason we are calling the game the "Incredible" journey.
That wasn't very short, but there is a lot to it! Nothing like cutting it short, but our magic bands still aren't here, although they shipped on the 18th. USPS says they are out for delivery, so here is hoping they arrive with our mail in a few hours. I even called Disney to see if we paid off our trip early, if they would ship them early, but they said they couldn't do that. *FINGERS CROSSED*
EDITED TO ADD - bands just arrived in the mail! So happy. Can't wait until morning.
) so I'll keep that in mind!
I might be repeatedly checking the tracking website to see if they've been delivered yet.
DD (5) was so excited! She wore it all night. I was excited too. LOL
Have fun!!
I can't wait to bring my mother's magicband over to her tonight! 
