Originally Posted By disneymomsons Just a question for you all..... How do you countdown to your wonderful trip to the best place in the world, Disneyland ?? Our family makes a paper chain starting the day we decide to actually go. We write on each chain the date, how many days are left before we go, and the name (or initial) of who's turn it is to rip that peice of the chain off... My kids absolutely love it !! It's fun to see how long the chain is in the beginning, and watch it get shorter and shorter as the days tick by ! The last chain, which is the day we actually leave is ripped off by my sweet hubby who is the one who makes the trip possible for us every year !! We also mark off on the calendar, too, but the paper chain is the big hit here !! Would love to hear other ideas from you all !!!
Originally Posted By disneymomsons oh... just to add.... our last chain started at 98 !! That was so much fun watching it get smaller and smaller !!
Originally Posted By 4Disnee That sounds like fun Im sure that our DS would love to do something like that. Great idea thanks for sharing.
Originally Posted By Disney Joy I make pull off calendars for all the grands. They are probably 4 x 4 or close in size. I used colorful paper. I cut out squares of the countdown days usually 30 is a good place to start with. I put the squares on a cardboard decorated with Mickey. Each morning I call the grands and we say "how many days left" and pull off our squares together. They get so excited the closer we get. OK I get more excited than them. O))
Originally Posted By SleepingBeauty82 I get out my mixed CD of Disney toons and start listening to it in the car. And the night before I may watch a Disney movie or two to get in the spirit!
Originally Posted By dzy76 I can't count listening to disney music because I pretty do that every day as it is. But we do make a list of Disney movies (mostly related to attractions) and start watching them before hand. This year we added movies that just have a Disney theme or remind us somehow of DL and we had around 70 movies listed! We always start with Walt -Man behind the myth and then the Opening of DL in 1955. So it's alot of fun. I also check in on LP every day to see my countdown number!
Originally Posted By CaptainRon We built a little board with 30 hooks,each one has a tag with a number on it (counting from 30 to 1)each day my son gets to turn one around, on the back is a the name of a Disneyland ride or resturant ,he cant wait for the next day to turn it over.
Originally Posted By ImTinkerbellsfan The week before I go, I start watching my Disney movie collection. Also, during the rest of the countdown, I visit the LP site, read up on the hidden mickeys and fun facts.
Originally Posted By Misty We watch Disney movies w/appropriately themed dinners. Sometimes they are based on rides, sometimes character movies. For instance, we watched Honey I shrunk the kids and had "mini-food" for dinner - I made mini burgers, bought baby vegetables, etc. Chinese food with Mulan, chiken legs and apples w/Pirates, etc. We used to make matching tie-dye shirts with Mickey silhouettes, but my 16-year-old has balked lately!
Originally Posted By ImTinkerbellsfan Misty I like the idea about the matching shirts. I seriously doubt my family would go for it.
Originally Posted By stagemomx3 Misty- I love the Disney dinner and a movie theme idea that is clever! I'm going to have steal it to try in my house!
