Hotel for non-park days? Plus WWYD itinerary questions

[BriannaRuth]

On rest days, we like to sleep in, watch TV, have a leisurely meal. At WDW, we usually end up riding around on the ferry/skyliner/monorail and visit playgrounds or play lawn games and snack at various resorts.

Just wanted to be sure you know that you won't be able to ride the monorail at DL on a non-park day as it stops inside DL park; you have to have a park ticket.

While I haven't ever been around July 4, I've personally never experienced a bunch of drunk guests whooping and hollering after park close at DL. Maybe it's because there's limited alcohol available at DL park (vs. DCA, which closes earlier), or just the attitude at the parks in general re: what's acceptable behavior vs. DW, IDK. People are generally just walking around happy but very tired from a day at the parks. Some people may be a bit more animated than usual, but groups of rowdy, drunken guests are usually not a thing. Both of my daughters have stayed off-site when they were in their teens/early 20s and had zero issues walking back to their hotels after park close.