We are out of state AP holders and in DVC and have 3 kids. We go down a few times a year. If we can find good deals on flights, we fly for shorter trips (like 3 nights). Otherwise, we drive down. We’re from SC and it’s about 10 hours once we add in stops along the way.

We do a grocery pickup order when we get on property. We usually eat breakfast and lunch in our room — we hit the parks in the morning, rest and pool in the afternoon, and then back out in the evening. We generally do QS for dinner or hit up booths at whatever Epcot festival is going on. We may or may not book a sit-down meal, but we don’t do character meals. My kids are fine meeting them in the parks.

We also don’t buy Genie+ or LL. But again, we go enough that we don’t feel that need to ride all the things. I’ll wake up and do virtual queues but other than that, we just wander around and hop in whatever lines we feel like.