Over 5 years. In 2006 I read something on the web about a " Disney for adults". We decided to check it out and stopped for 1 day as we headed to Miami for a cruise. We immediately booked a LSV for later that year and started planning and dreaming of the day we could join the fun. Even though we knew it would be a few years before we could retire, I spent many a cold and snowy Saturday looking at real estate on the net. We made 3 more visits over the next few years. Finally after all this time we close on our home in St James next week. Can't hardly believe we are finally going to become frogs