We're at T-36 days (to Universal -- 40 days to Disney). I'm aggressively dieting, going for long brisk walks, breaking in my new sneakers, starting to put together outfits to be packed, picking up cheap rain ponchos and wet wipes to bring with us, assembling our
Amazon Prime Now grocery delivery order in my online cart (to order after we touch down in Orlando), arranging our suitcases in the corner of my bedroom so I can look longingly at them daily, revising our packing lists, confirming availability for our pet sitter, and waiting for final park hours, refurb announcements, etc., so I can tweak our plans as necessary.
In the last week, we've also had fun riding Disney's least-enjoyable attraction, the "rollercoaster of stressful last-minute changes." We: (1) canceled our Polynesian package booking (confirmation of no monorail and unfinished construction = no-go for us, we'll save it for a future time) and switched to a premium suite at the Dolphin, thus saving $600; (2) bought and linked tickets from an authorized reseller, but also upgraded them to parkhoppers, spending $200 more than the original base tickets purchased from Disney; (3) switched our JetBlue flights from our nearest airport, on flights that I discovered have literally never once left on time and are often as much as 3-6 hours delayed, to flights out of an airport slightly further away but with a much better track record, in the process "saving" $400 worth of JetBlue points that came back to my account because the new JetBlue flights were significantly cheaper; and then (4) changed around all of our ground transportation bookings and hotel arrival estimates to accommodate these new plans. All our messing around with the plans did end up netting a cost savings of~ $400 and a "JetBlue points savings" of an additional $400 in value, so it was definitely worth it, but I'm very relieved, after having started to plan and book this vacation at the end of December 2020, to be able to pronounce our present plans "final."
Now that the planning, more planning, and then re-planning are all finished, I'm trying to stay laser-focused on my actual day job and family, because otherwise all I'd do is sit around day-dreaming about our upcoming trip!
. On winter trips I like to bound as fun characters, but this trip is going to be all functional clothes. I’m not worried about the heat. It’s pretty similar to E TN summers….but I don’t usually spend 10 hours outside at home. So, moisture wicking and minimal layers! 
