Planning for Diverse family?

[princesskaelybear]

We're busy planning our WDW Trip for May 24-28 and have stumbled across some "issues" that we're trying to work through and could just use some outsider's opinons!
Here's an explanation of the family:
Gma & Gpa - don't care for "thrill" rides, love shopping, and have both been to MK & Epcot before.
DH & my Brother (21) - live for "thrill" rides, hate shopping, and prefer to do their own thing.
Me - ok with thrill rides, like shopping, would like to "do it all"
DS5; DD2 - DS would ride the thrill rides that he's tall enough for; DD is stuck with me.
We're staying off-site in my parent's timeshare.
Anyways; we're trying to figure out the best way to deal with separating. So here are my questions:
What works best in the parks: Walkie Talkies or Cell Phones?
Is it wise to separate into different parks?
Should we even attempt to "plan" each day in the park or just go by a checklist of things we want to see (prioritized of course!)?

Any other suggestions for making an enjoyable trip with this nutty family?

Thank you!!

 

[monami7]

I would pick a park and meet up at lunch or whatever time you choose to see if you want to switch parks. Just pick a meeting place. Cell phones work best if you have the walkie talkie feature. My family did this last year and it worked great. I heard that the real walkie talkies sometimes interfere with each other. Good luck and don't plan too much just what you want to do but not an actual time schedule.