That is an awesome help thanks Mel! But ooohh you are starting to sscare me all you guys sound so organised! I have only really just confirmed my holiday and have only 5 weeks now to get organised, plus keep up with everything at work..which is keeping me busy enough. It sounds like you are packing pretty lightly also which scares me cos i am seriously a BAAAADDDD packer! You watch...i will be the girl rocking up to get on the bus with a MASSIVE bag.... ha ha ha! You will all spot me from a mile away! Apart from Disneyland do you guys have anything planed for the few days before the tour starts?

Hi again Hayley, I was originally going to be doing the Wild Western that was meant to be starting the 24 June after the Grand Southern, but cancelled doing that coz I wanted to spend more time in New York (so now doing the New York Explorer). So I will be heading back to LA on the 26 June and then fly back home on the 28th. You got plans for your time between tours?
I have worked out all the optionals that I have planned to do on the Grand Southern are going to set me back around $670US, but that could change

Hey Kimmi,

i am flying back from NY on the 26th also afetr the NY explorer. My flight departs NY at 7.10pm, when is your flight.
In between tours i am just going to take a bit of time and chill out i think. Maybe lay around the pool and explore at my own pace!
I want to go down to Laguna Beach area ( anyone else a fan of that show oor the Hills?) do the star homes tours etc.

Hey Guys,

Just thinking what things doyou think we could bring along to amuse and entertain ourselves on the bus? Any idea's....

Hey Hayley, i'd hate to think how large our post would be if you had joined back in August like the rest of us.
I'm taking my ipod for on the bus plus was thinking about a pack of Uno cards.
On my other trips there have been DVD's played or bus games.

hhmm yes but what kind of music will be on the ipod Pervy. New Kids on the Block????
I have never played Uno! Is it hard?

Although we will need a pack of normal cards cause thats all you need for a good drinking game well cards and of course the alcohol.
I drank this crazy sweet bubbly wine thing when I was there last time but I was so already fairly gone when I had it so I have no idea what it was called! haha oh well

Im a fan of The Hills and Laguna Beach! I think they are good shows. I love The OC as well. I have been watching any american tv I can to get pumped for America. Cant believe we leave in a MONTH YYYYYYYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY
I am so fricking excited and nervous and just cant wait to go

There will be no NKOTB on my ipod. Plus Uno is just like last card. Verty easy to play.

Come on Pervy you know you love them, I bet you posters all over your bedroom walls

whats last card?? It it involves counting of any kind then not for me! Maths isnt exactly my strong point! haha I might get run out of the US for not tipping properly

GUYS !! I GOT MY DOCS TODAY !!!!!!! (well my travel agent girl got them, im going into the city on friday to collect them !!! ) YAYYYYYY !!
Anyway now that i have half calmed myself down - Hayley ... oh dont worry my bag will be more than full, gonna have to make my husband take less so i can take more ! its a problem....havent fine tuned my trial pack yet - still to do it.
Oh Tazzie, Tazzie.... we both know Pervy LOVES NKOTB.... hes a closet lover on them - i bet his ipod will be full of NKOTB by the time we get to the states... haha

BTW, does anybody watch 'The Real Housewives of the OC' ... omg.... im totally addicted....but thats not hard considering im the worlds biggest fan of reality tv...cant wait to hit Anaheim, once we hit the ESPN bar i have to go back to my room to surf the tv for good tv shows - seriously the anaheim hotel had the best channels last time, funny really, its a cheap hotel yet had so many channels, other places we stayed at that were nicer only had half the amount.....i bet one night us girls will be crammed into a room on the GS watching some reality show - whether it be the Hills or whatever... haha...can just see it now... oh and Pervy your invited too !!!

Thanks Mel, and just because I post one NKOTB video on facebook doesn't make me a fan. Will there be any time to watch TV apart from hockey finals and baseball?

sure, sure Pervy... thats all i can say....

Yeah reality TV...love it! I was even a Big Brother fan...man i love that show. mind you i am not such an Idol fan, watch it every now and then but BB i loved! Sad hey... Def reckon we will be squashed in a room watching some reality show!
Pervy ,are you saying that i talk heaps when you say that you would hate to see how long the posts were if i joined in August?

So excited guys.....wooo hoooo!!! Four and a half weeks for me!
Are many of you bringing a laptop?

haha Hayley ! its great to have somebody else on here that loves to chat !
we are taking a mini notebook over.
i love reality shows !!

Hayley I would say loves to talk about the trip rather than chats lots, It's a very good thing to find people who like to talk about the trip. People who aren't doing the tour just don't understand the need to talk about it.
I'll be taking my laptop.
Big Brother rocked.