Sorry, not scared off, slightly offended by some.. but whatever
been super busy! Hi guy who says I don't have 9 kids! So, in trying to read and respond to all the comments...
My older children don't mind helping with the younger...in fact the oldest boy LOVES spending time with my 2 year old. My oldest daughter going says shes excited to go on rides with my 9 year old..etc..they are a great help and realize we will appreciate their help..and not free child care. Wow.
I thought about just taking the little ones but decided to turn it into a family vacation. I am completely expecting the older boys and possibly girl to hate it, but if they end up wanting to go back all the better, I would love to go again! (To take my daughters family....I think, considering we haven't gone yet, we might all decide we hate it. Hehe)
We have asked them if there's anything they would like to do, shown them videos, websites, anything I can think of..
As far as the drive, we went on a road trip to Indiana a few years ago(sadly because my older kids grandmother was not doing well) with babies and did fine. Granted we werent going through exhausting days at parks but the drive itself is no biggie. We have camped a week at a time, taking hours to get there..I'm not jumping -completely- blind into this.
Also, again, this summers trips were based around my oldest son and older kids(camping/hiking/state and national parks/cultural) so I dont think "forcing" him/them to go on our family vacation based on the younger kids is unfair(wink people who say I am being unfair and controlling LOL)..oh yes, and actually we hadn't expected the older kids to drive but thank you for trying to make it sound like I am using my children instead of trying to take my family somewhere ..awesome.
Yes the older kids have their own tent.
Anyways..I'm actually not that into going to Disney, in fact I have been anxious about the whole trip. So not really a dream trip for me, living in a land locked state, I would rather go to the beach lol!
So yes, the trip is more for my younger children, I tried to give some details on my older kids to give an idea of their mindset, didn't realize I would get trashed for it. I was thinking the seasoned Disneyers might have some great suggestions to make it more fun for my older kids..thats all I was looking for! Thank you for the people who gave actual suggestions!! =)