We are going on the June 9 trip. We received our box several weeks ago so I would guess yours will be coming any day. Our itinerary is quite different from the published standard one, I am suspect it is because of Vatican activities. We only get a morning in Florence vs the full day. None of us have been to Italy before and we know that we will want to go back, so we are just going with the flow - there will be way more to see than we can cover in this trip anyway.
Sorry we won't get to meet you, I have enjoyed your trip report - my kids are quite a bit older - this was my daughter's pick for her high school graduation. My kids (18 and 20) love ABD and she picked this when offered any kind of trip (solo, private, cruise etc). She wanted guides and other families etc - said it would be boring to be on a private trip. We missed celebration trips in 2020 and 2021 due to Covid - so this is going to be a big one, we are all really excited. Unfortunately I have had zero time due to work to book anything for our pre and post day.