How do I move my externally hosted iTunes to a new computer?

Hello,
I recently upgraded my MacBook Pro from a 2008 model to one of the current retina models.  On the recommendation of many, I chose not to migrate my old system to the new machine.  Instead, I'm simply installing apps and moving files as needed.
One of the bigger tasks at hand: moving iTunes.
On my old machine, I have the last iTunes 10 version installed.  It is a huge music library, but a modest video library.  My in-machine hard disk drive cannot hold everything, so years ago I switched to external hosting (and within the last year upgraded to a new, bigger drive).
On my new machine, I am using iTunes 11.  I signed in with iTunes Match and downloaded 2 or 3 albums.  I've made one video purchase (a TV Season Pass), which thus far only has one episode.
I'd like to move my old library to my new machine.  I *think* I know how to approach this, but in the interest of not screwing anything up, I thought I'd run my plans by the forum.  PLEASE let me know if I'm totally off, missing steps, or on the right track:
1.  Update my old machine to iTunes 11.
2.  Copy the Library .itl and .xml files on my old machine
3.  Create a duplicate file string on new machine -- the exact string as the old machine (e.g. Users > johndoe > iTunes Music)
4.  Delete previous iTunes library files from new machine
5.  Replace with copied files from old machine
6.  Connect external drive to new machine
7.  Open iTunes
Will this work, or are there hidden properties that I'm unaware of that simply prevent such a move from happening in the way I've outlined it?

Bumping one last time! 
If no one has any thoughts on this, I'll give it a shot and report back with what I find.

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