Countdown to Disney....keeping the surprise

Making a Walt Disney World vacation a surprise is super fun and super hard! Part of the joy of planning is everyone picking their favorites: rides, foods, attractions, etc, reminiscing about past vacations, picking a resort, and watching videos/looking at pictures. It is all so fun to do as a family. When you make the trip a surprise it is hard to NOT do those things. We are so excited and keep mentioning things that we probably shouldn't be saying out loud! The good thing is that we all watched a YouTube video one day that happened to mention that park reservations are completely sold out through July! So luckily, everyone seems to think that we can't go anyway. SO, we are getting to watch videos together with everyone assuming we are speaking about a trip next year. It just kind of happened that way, thankfully. 

This is such an odd situation and strange time in our world. Uncertainity about the trip makes us want to keep it a secret as long as possibly but we are prepared that it might slip out at some point or little smarty pants P9 might put the peices together and figure it out on her own. As we keep watchig videos about how things are changing so rapidly in WDW, we keep getting more and more excited about the possibility of a more normal Disney Vacation. Social Distancing markers are slowing going away, mask requirements are slowly going away, restaurants and shows are slowly opening back up. Fireworks shows are being tested.  I am STILL crossing my fingers that Disney Dining Plans will magically reappear soon too! 🤞

Since the day that video mentioned the park being sold out, keeping our surprise as been much easier. We are able to talk about our next visit and ask questions about what we want to do and what we want to skip. We have done some meal planning, meaning the kids litterally picked out meals and snacks. We have watched POV videos of rides and marked them as dos an don'ts for each kid. 

We are now working on plans for the big reveal IF they don't figure it out. We thought about just driving to WDW and heading to the resort and filming them as they see us approach the famous sign. Or, maybe letting each of them open a small Disney themed gift since this is a Birthday/Graduation celebration. Or maybe playing some type of clue game. We do love a good scavenger hunt! 

What do you think? How would you do the big reveal!?