Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Stay off property in a rental house, rent a large 15 passenger van (if you're all doing the same activities each day)
You can get a huge house for a week for $2500, rent a car for $500, pay for Disney parking for 5 days at $100 total, and tickets are $5442.15 for 5 day hoppers for everyone.
That's just shy of $8600 for everyone's ticket and lodging, call it $781 per person, so $2345 for your family plus whatever you decide to subsidize for in laws. You could even cover their whole portion and still be well below $6000.
Having the ability to easily purchase regular priced breakfast food and snacks makes a huge difference in the food budget. My wife is obsessed with Disney and we go to either World or Land at least once a year, and we both wholeheartedly agree that staying off property is no different than staying on property, other than the price. Our most recent trip was last month, and we stayed at the Yacht Club, and it further solidified our preference to stay off-site. We even have a child below age 1, so the "convenience" that Disney likes to market just doesn't outweigh how much more it costs.
Staying off property and renting one vehicle can work well for one nuclear family, but I think with OP's more varied family, and just the size of the group, it will be a hassle. With a younger child, OP's nuclear family might want to head back to the resort for a nap, or the grandparents might want to go back early, etc. Meanwhile the BIL with his older kids, will probably want to stay at the park much longer. Staying on site, with the Disney transportation, will give them a lot more flexibility to start out as a group, split off into smaller groups as the day goes on, then re-group later at night, etc.
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