What happens when Apple send a box for repair?

Hi,
After calling AppleCare about my white MacBook's discolouration issue again today, they have agreed to take it in and replace the inner top casing - which makes me very happy. They have said that as soon as they receive it, they will repair it and send it back the next day, so hopefully no more than a week in all - even better. They said they would "send a box" via TNT. Not having had to send in any of my Macs for repair before, I wondered if any of you who have been through this experience could tell me what the procedure is. When they say they are "sending a box", does this mean when TNT come around they will pop my MacBook in a box and take it away with them there and then? Will they want to take away the original packaging (and software, remote, power adapter etc) along with it, or just the MacBook itself? I'll be at work when they come with the box and my other half will have to deal with it, so I just want to make sure I have it all ready for her and know what to expect...
Thanks!
MacBook white 2Ghz, iBook 1Ghz, MacMini PPC   Mac OS X (10.4.6)  

Same procedure, different machine!
It so happens I had to send back a 15" G4 PB today for service. Apple generously flew an empty cardboard box from Cologne to the Milands for me to pop it into!
UPS is very used to the procedure (the guy told me they have to pick up so many faulty iPods!) so they're happy to hang around for the 1 minute or so it takes to pop your Macbook in a bag like the one it originally came in, then lay it in the box (you have to break off pieces of polystyrene which cunningly create the perfect sized aperture to snugly fit your model).
If Apple didn't mention it then they don't want anything except the Macbook.
Once it's in the box the UPS guy then sticks on a sealed security label, and you wave it goodbye for a week!
I must say I'm impressed at how quickly Apple has acknowledged the discolouration issue - it was an official announcement today that they would replace the top case of affected machines and they attribute it to manufacturing defect.

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