I want it mainly for the feel. My hands are a little too big for the XT (if that makes any sense)

It wouldn't be 5-600 cause I'm going to get rid of the XT so whatever the difference would be. I'm not really worried about MP count. In real life they all pretty much take nice pics. I'm not talented enough to take pics that warrant the best.

I guess I'm pretty sold on getting the 30d. It's definitely a conveniece upgrade as opposed to a performance upgrade. All in all, it would maybe be no more than a 300 dollar difference and there arent any lenses that I want in the 300 dollar range. Maybe the next lense I get will be the 70-200L is.