Have you considered taking one or more group VIP tours? Depending on your exact dates, the Star Wars tour could be expanded and more like the AK group tour. We have taken both the multi park Ultimate Day of Thrills and Ultimate Nights of Adventure (AK)—loved both. The Day of Thrills has been around a while, and there were people with us who have taken it multiple times. I don’t blame them. We would have taken one in December, but they suspend group VIP tours over the holiday weeks.
I thought a lot about this, and also the option of DAH, which is similar in that it almost guarantees you'll get the rides you want. In the end, we chose the club level FP program for a few reasons- first, we don't see the waiting time between FP as a problem- we haven't been to WDW in years so catching up on all the "lesser" attractions is very appealing. It's not all about the rides for us. Second, there are the other, numerous amenities of staying club level; and finally, we just don't want another person hanging with our family- the kids are (technically) grown up and we don't all live in the same place anymore, so we're looking forward to enjoying each other's company without a third party around.
Understood. Having an extra adult is a definite plus in your situation. I know we had people who skipped rides on our tours, but I don’t believe any who sat out rides were children. One group actually left after only about 2 hours in for the 7+ hour Ultimate Day of Thrills—not sure why they even paid the $349/person.I considered the tours, but one daughter won’t be tall enough for most rides. I guess that’s another reason to use a tour guide - they could stay with the little one while we do rides that she can’t go on, instead of spending time doing rider swap for all these rides. And we could enjoy the rides together as a family instead of only one parent at a time.