Welcome to planDisney, Molly!
I am thrilled to hear that you are taking your bunch on a magical vacation of a lifetime! Molly, I came from a large family, and while I am sure planning our trips was a little bit of a headache for my parents, we always had the absolute best time.
Molly, as you have already figured out, you will need to book two rooms for your family. What you will need to do is go ahead and book the first room for half of your party. Once that room is booked, and linked to your
My Disney Experience account, you can go ahead and book the second room, and link that room to your My Disney Experience account.
When you book multiple rooms at
Walt Disney World Resort, they will be treated as separate reservations. So you will need to pay two deposits and do two online resort check-ins before you arrive.
Molly, even though these are two separate reservations, you can still link both rooms to your My Disney Experience Account. This will let you manage plans,
Disney Park Pass system reservations, and more for every member of your party.
I hope that this helped, Molly!
Happy Planning!
Sarah B.