For this trip we are surprising my niece with it as a 13th birthday present. We were originally going to tell her on Christmas Day, but we recently decided to tell her on Thanksgiving Day. This way she can have a bit more of a say in the vaca since Fast Pass booking is right around the corner, and it also gives me a little more time to change our 1 ADR we booked for Crystal Palace if she prefers something else. We are also hoping a Thanksgiving Day surprise will come totally from left field and she will be blown away. Planning a scavenger hunt with my stepfather that will end with a scratch off that will reveal we are going to WDW in Feb. My mom and I made her this cute shirt to add to the surprise (ignore the sunshine, its a solid white shirt lol):
And yes you read that right, one ADR, but thats only for the first three days my parents, sister and niece are with us as we want to maximize our park time. For the three days after they leave, I booked one ADR per day for DH and my extended stay. BOG here we come! Our "extended stay" will most likely be me trying to do everything I will gallantly sacrifice for my niece's wishes. This is where being a grown up is hard.