Yep! I thought so. I was asking if you were in Atlanta to see if we maybe knew each other IRL. The homeschool world is so small!
Really, you are right about that. My kids just loved the classes, but that was offset by the additional days on the tickets previous years.
BUT, if your kids really love the water parks, as a PP said - BOTH water parks will be open in October. So, without any extra cost to you, that's two more days worth of entertainment.
I guess the question back to you is why WOULDN'T you do option 1? For us, we wanted more park days and we have a significant amount of Disney Dream Dollars from our Visa to spend, so we could justify going on our own. Why are you hesitant to go on the trip? I couldn't really tell from your initial post...