FYI on the customized maps...they print the family name on it, and they get the family name from the name they are sending it to.
So if you send it to yourself, and put it in your name, it's going to say "to the MKCP84 family" all over it. If your postal carrier is a kind and understanding soul, you might want to put the family's last name on there.
How am I so aware of this? Because neither DH or I took each other's names after we got married, and DS is hyphenated. So there are 3 last names in our family. I am the one on all the Disney accounts, so when our maps arrived they were all in my last name only...now it's not like we totally mind that...we chose to have these last names and choose not to be overly annoyed, but still, it's not quite as welcoming to DH and DS. And they don't *tell* you as you're going through the process that your name will be used on the maps, so there's no way to help them out with this.
Anyway, if you're making them and sending them to yourself, be aware about the last name.
Now IMO what's even MORE fun (b/c the customized maps are more for planning, not for taking) is if you could get your hands on some actual park maps. On the Disneyland forum of a disney site we often have threads where people have snagged some extra maps and will send them out for no cost...I've actually swapped with a WDW visitor, and it's very very fun to hvae actual park maps ahead of time! So if you, or someone you know, has some park maps that you can part with, that's lots of fun as well. Something to look at ahead of time and can take with you...
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