@kaytieeldr Thanks so much for the feedback. Our school calendar has now been approved by the school board. We know spring break will be the last week in March, 2020. Additionally, we now have info about the band trip, and that info led our boys to say "no thanks" to the band trip. So, we're now just planning a regular Disney trip with the idea that our boys will be able to meet up with their band peeps at various times during the week. When the boys were possibly going to be with the band, both sets of grandparents wanted to see them perform. Now that they are not performing with the band, the grandparents are on the fence about coming.
We've decided to sit tight until 2020 packages come out, and I also understand that booking a three bedroom villa will be nearly impossible. So, we are weighing our options around the advice that Dis folks have given regarding booking studios/1 bedrooms/2 bedrooms or just booking three regular rooms at the same resort. It will all depend on how many grandparents decide to come and how pricey everything is. We want to "splurge" a little because it will be probably the last time our boys (a senior and a freshman in high school) will be on the same spring break schedule and if DH's parents come, it will be their one and only time to visit WDW.
We'd really like to be on the monorail, and I know that will be more expensive than some of the other resorts, so probably we'd book just three regular rooms at one of those three resorts. A combo of villas would more likely be feasible at OKW or SSR or AK. We'll just have to see the prices and weigh out what we value most, I guess? All 4 grandparents are in good health and are very mobile. However, a WDW vacay is really demanding in terms of walking, and I can see them really appreciating the ability to hop on the monorail and get back to their rooms quickly. Plus, I LOVE the Disney "feel" that the monorail resorts provide. However, having the amenities of studios/villas would be really nice too. I dunno...
In 2014, my folks came with us to WDW, and we stayed in a 2 bedroom villa at OKW. We all loved the 2 bedroom villa...we had breakfast food, snacks, and water delivered from WeGoShop, which was awesome, and we loved having a washer/dryer, and we appreciated having common living space and separate sleeping space for everyone. However, I didn't love OKW itself...it was just OK. We found the resort to be huge and very spread out, and we had to walk a long way to get to the pools, to the bus stops, etc. This added on the walking at the parks was sort of a bummer for my folks. The QS options there also were not awesome, so I know we would not opt to stay there again. I don't know if SSR or AK are similar to OKW in this regard?