You can add days on to your tickets at any time while you are there so if you end up deciding you want to go to the parks for a little on your down day or on your arrival/departure day you can. Once you're past 4 days, the difference per day is ~$8.00/per ticket. So once you have 7 day tickets, for $32 you can add an 8th day onto all the tickets.
We've done this a couple of trips when we weren't as tired as we thought we would be on our down day and ended up wanting to go to the parks after all.
You'll do fine without the Hoppers also, especially with staying at Bonnet Creek and early bedtimes. We've always gotten the hoppers since we like to stay at the Boardwalk. We go to one park at rope drop until mid-afternoon when we go back to the hotel for a break (nap or swimming). Then we walk over to Epcot for dinner and drinks and sometimes more rides and fireworks if the boys napped that day. We typically do dinner in Epcot every night since DH and I are really looking forward to a cocktail by then, especially if we've spent the day at MK which is dry
If we stayed off-site or at a resort where we weren't able to walk back at closing, we wouldn't do the Hoppers but it is worth it for us staying right there.
Mommy to my 2 sandy boys
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