Anyone like to plan days for fun? Want to help me decide a plan of attack-warning not rope dropping (higher degree of difficulty)

[mom25kiddos]

We have finally gotten the green light to leave tomorrow (had to do covid tests today) and all 7 of us passed! Our first day is Sunday and at DCA (I usually do DL first but we got Oga's the next morning so flipped them when there was still availability). I recognize the parks are packed. We have 5 kids ages 9-18, all have been to WDW several times pre-covid and the older 2 have done DL before twice I think. We will not make rope drop. We just won't, and are cool with it. We are willing to buy ILL, already have genie plus. We don't have to see/do everything and do our best to not commando parks (we will be back, and travel with five kids is stressful enough). So, all that being said, the kids want to do rides! Anyone want to suggest a plan of attack for our first day? Our kids are vampires and can stay up late no problem if that helps. We have four days total in the parks with park hoppers and genie +. What Genie + should we book first? Where should we head next? What ILL should we buy?

 

[pharmama]

I think it may be hard to make specific recommendations as it will depend a lot on what things look like when you get to the park since you don't plan to RD. With 4 park days you should have plenty of time to do everything and favorites more than once (esp. with G+ and some ILL) so maybe ask your kids what rides they want to prioritize? Carsland and Avengers Campus are both unique to DCA so they might be nice places to start (yes, they're probably going to be the busiest areas of the park but so be it). That said, both are also awesome at night so make sure you visit both areas after dark as well.

Glad you are cleared to go and have an awesome trip!