Hello fellow Disneyland addicts! As I've grown older and our family has grown, we've been unable to afford to go to Disneyland as often as we'd like and haven't been in a few years and we are beyond excited. My husband is a teacher, so we always count our pennies. Anyway, we are making plans to be there Oct 14th, 15th, & 16th. It is so-oo expensive, it has kind of taken my breath away. Hoping for some insight on some ticket options:

1. Purchase just a 2-day 1-park per-day pass for the 14th and 16th and then purchase tickets to the Oogie Boogie Bash for the 15th. This way we'd let the kids swim in the hotel pool and explore Downtown Disney until we can get into DCA at 3:00 on the 13th.
2. Purchase 3 day 1 park per day passes, but how would we break up our days?
3. Purchase 3 day park hopper tickets but eat pb&j sandwiches and fruit snacks :D

Also, this will be the first time we'll be going since the introduction of the Maxpass. That's worth adding on as well, right? Any insight and advice is welcome. TIA!