He already drives my wife and I crazy talking about minecraft all the time, I can only imagine if he knew about this. He would probably be all packed within the hour, just like I was when I was a kid.
Be careful about telling him you're going somewhere else, like Grandma's. I've seen some videos online of kids who were terribly upset when they found out they were going to Disney instead of wherever the parents had told them they were going. Best if you can get away without saying anything.
FWIW, I found that Disney trips helped to teach my son a sense of time passing. Months, weeks, days, even hours as we prepared. Many people make paper chain countdowns, which, as they are cut out and pasted together show how the days add up and how it seems like SO many at first, but every day you take down another link in the chain and it slowly starts to become closer. Absolutely invaluable method of teaching this, IMO.
We managed to take our girls on a surprise Spring Break trip to DisneyWorld a few years ago (they would have been 7 and 9, I think? We've been there a lot and it wasn't our first time). The thing that makes it all worthwhile, IMO is what you plan for the reveal. In our situation, I sometimes have to travel to conferences for work- I've taken them with me to, so this time I told them I was going somewhere boring, and they were going to stay home with dad, but they all needed to get up really early to drive me over to the airport (hour and a half away)- because they were going to be going to the zoo after they dropped me off. We had started secretly collecting their summer clothes, packed them all and threw the suitcases in the back of the car. When we got to the airport, we turned to them and said- what if, instead of me going to a conference, we all go to Disney instead. And when they realized we were serious and had their luggage in the back, their screams probably woke people sleeping about a mile away
I think you can only pull that sort of thing off once, but it's fun...and this time, we're still being cagey, and throwing out all sorts of cryptic clues about where we're going this summer (they're older now- wouldn't recommend that for a 6 year old), but our reveal will be putting on the Disneyland planning video when it comes (this is our first time going to DL)- and actually, the WDW planning video was how we prepped for the first trip there (that they both remember)- I'm not sure how long it takes to come, but that might be away to prep your son
Be careful about telling him you're going somewhere else, like Grandma's. I've seen some videos online of kids who were terribly upset when they found out they were going to Disney instead of wherever the parents had told them they were going. Best if you can get away without saying anything.
Leaving out the fact that we'll be seeing Grandma & Grandpa in California and not Washington ;-) Our flight to CA is on the same airline, and roughly the same time (just a bit longer flight) that our trips to Seattle are, and my parents are getting into CA before us and will pick us up at the airport just like they do in Seattle. Aside from an unfamiliar airport and my parents having a different car it'll be pretty much the same travel routine, but I expect my older two will pick up on the fact that things are different once they start seeing Palm Trees instead of Evergreens. Ha!
My parents live in Washington too. If I told my daughter we were going there she might be broken hearted if we went to Disneyland instead. LOL! She really wants to go to Washington again. Sounds like a fun trip for you. We met my parents (and their older 2 grandkids) at Disneyland last year. Had such a great time. Have fun!
Be careful about telling him you're going somewhere else, like Grandma's. I've seen some videos online of kids who were terribly upset when they found out they were going to Disney instead of wherever the parents had told them they were going. Best if you can get away without saying anything.