How far do you travel to camp at FW.

[ntsammy5]

This is a trick question for some of us. I live 1,250 mile from Fort Wilderness – over a 20 hour drive! Usually when I go though, the RV only travels 30 miles or so. How can that be? Usually DSis and DBil drive their RV over from Polk City and I stay with them after flying down from Buffalo.

When there are more of us visiting we usually stay at one of the AS, SOG or CR. Personally, I like FW the best because DSis drives me around in the golf cart and I drink beer and talk to people. I love doing that. Simple pleasures are the best!

[russm]

1038 miles from our front yard here in New Jersey to the check in gates at the Fort. Just did it two weeks ago and the wife is already saying when are we going back.

[ftwildernessguy]

1100 long miles, but it seems like more. I do love the drive down, though. I hate the drive home.

[4DisneyAddicts]

1050 miles - I agree w/ ftwilderness guy - the trip to is much better than trip home...

[2tiggerriffic]

[COLOR="Blue"]I am guessing around 500 miles for us. About 8 hour drive without the stops. Not bad, like the flat land when pulling the camper.

[Pirate-Jeff]

1029 miles from site 730 the to Driveway at home


Jeff

[drafthorsecrazy]

1078 give or take because of a few uh oh's and oops turns. Mapquest says we should make this in 16hrs 20 mins. Doing 65mph in the mountains or in bumper to bumper traffic pulling a 5th wheel is crazy!:scared1: We usually make it in 21hrs. Plus one overnight stop near Statesville NC and one near Kingsland Ga.

[AuburnJen92]

115 glorious miles to WDW (sorry, I can't say over a 1000):cool1:

[des1954]

Personally, I like FW the best because DSis drives me around in the golf cart and I drink beer and talk to people. I love doing that. Simple pleasures are the best!

You like to drink beer & talk even when you're not on a golf cart!

[ILoveDisney&Cruising]

895.8 miles ........ was going to "guestimate" 900 miles, but decided to Mapquest it.

And yes, the ride home is torture in more ways than one ...........

[thesmittys7]

We live a little over 30 miles away but it can take up to 1 hour and 30 minutes in I-4 Traffic !!:headache: We camp by tent though we just like to chill and have fun

[Mr Man]

it is a 1,113 mile trip. This is an average from the 4 drives we have made to "The world".

I may be in the minority here, but I find the trip to FW seems to take forever (anticipation I suppose). The drive back always seems to go faster (nothing to look forward to really).

The most depressing thing for me on the drive back is the 1st stop we make outside of FW (usually a gas station). The attendant doesn't tell me to have a magical day (really doesn't even bother to stop picking his nose long enough to run my card), the bathroom is a mess and my KTTW card doesn't work anymore! :sad2:

Magic recedes. Real world intrudes (until the next trip).

[Gatordad]

82.37 miles, plus 4 trips for more beer.

[We4mickey]

1248 miles and worth every minute of the drive. :thumbsup2

[my3princes]

1400 miles and change or a 28 hour drive straight through. We love fort wilderness. We'll be camping there for 3 weeks next summer.

[clkelley]

687.13 miles from my driveway to Ft. Wilderness. Will be there on October 6th!! Can't wait!!!

[lawnspecialties]

613 miles for us. We split up the drive down staying at a campground in Ga.
But we run all the way coming home just to get it over.

I would have never guessed we were closer than someone from Alabama.

[michelle9343]

We are lucky to live less then 30 miles away. We use to have an 1100 mile trip from NY.

[poptoone]

550 miles from Door to Ft. Wilderness entrance. We will split it over two days!

[clkelley]

613 miles for us. We split up the drive down staying at a campground in Ga.
But we run all the way coming home just to get it over.

I would have never guessed we were closer than someone from Alabama.

The problem with North Alabama is it is (almost) impossible to get from here to Atlanta. There is actually a route that is about 70 miles shorter, but about 2 hours slower, and I prefer interstate. We actually have about 4 choices for ways to get there. There is also a route that totally bypasses Georgia, but that is slower also.

Hopefully, in my lifetime, they will start building and finish the "Memphis to Atlanta" freeway, then the trip to WDW will be immensely easier.

I too split up the trip. I start driving after work, so I can get through Birmingham and Atlanta during non rush hours. I stop somewhere between Atlanta and Macon for the night, then it's an easy ride down I-75 the next morning.

[CyndiL]

It's 1,222.19 miles from here to Disney. This will be the farthest we have ever pulled our camper.

[marybrat]

We just did the 1200 mile trip for the first time. Totally worth it!!

[gon2wdw55]

1000 miles almost always 1 day DW helps with driving, leave at 3 AM get to fort about 6 PM not bad that way for us & ew are 1st at crackle barrel yum-yum.

[CCIntrigue]

675 miles for us. We drive to St Augustine on day 1 and overnight at the Flying J. Then a short drive the next morning and early check in.

[mamaloya]

About 900 miles for me. I will split it up over 3 days though. I want to keep my driving days short. Also, I plan to stay the second night in Lake City so I only have about 3 hours to the World.

[2DIZNY]

1,005 miles for us, stay two nights on the way. Don't like to drive more than 400 miles in a day driving a motorhome towing a car.

[Katie Dawn]

650 miles each way.

I agree that the drive to vacation is always shorter than the trip back. We might stay at a hotel on the way home if we're getting tired.

Oh, for those of you who aren't hauling, here's a cool website through AAA that will estimate your gasoline cost for the trip based on your make/model/year of your vehicle, where you're driving and the average gas prices for the region:
http://www.fuelcostcalculator.com/TripGasprice.aspx

[kimluvswdw]

We have about 800 miles one way. We hope to move closer one day.

[Tent Camping Mom]

688.70 miles from DS's school since that's where we always leave from when camping. We do the interstate all the way with a sleepover in Valdosta on the way down.

[kg66]

1184 miles says Mapquest, but it feels like so much further! This time I told DH we're not driving right through, it makes for 2 grumpy drivers and 2 antsy kids.:headache: We'll split it up with a stay in a Walmart lot and be there the 2nd day sometime.

[bradisgoofy]

1290 miles over two and a half days.

[CyndiL]

Brad

I think you must not live to far from me. I live in southwest Michigan, near Kalamazoo.

[CottontailCurl]

600ish miles, van is packed the day before because I know I'll be 'too tired to sleep (we heard that!)', we leave at oh dark 30 and glide through silent and sleeping cities. We are officially on our way to Disney when our tires first hit I-95 and we're watching the sunrise on our left. Goal is to reach the Fort between 2 and 3 and get camp set up before sunset. Man that makes me wish I were on the way NOW!!

It's 1,453 miles back.

[PenskeSth1]

We live 45 miles from the fort. It usually takes us about 40 to 45 min. to get there. We take back roads and stay off of I-4 except for about 2 miles. If we get slowed down, it is ALWAYS on the I-4 stretch.

[bradisgoofy]

Brad

I think you must not live to far from me. I live in southwest Michigan, near Kalamazoo.Yup, just east of Jackson. :wave2:

[elastigirlfan]

We are 900 ish miles from the Fort. Usually takes us 18-19 hours to get there which we divide between 2 days. The 1st day we do like 12 hours and then the remaining 6 on the 2nd. It's definetly worth it!!

[bevypoo63]

We are 901 miles from the Fort. We usually leave at 4:00 in the afternoon and travel all night with a mandatory stop at a Cracker Barrel for breakfast and arrive around 1100 the next day.

[Memph1s]

88 miles Takes us anywhere from 1hour and fourty-five minutes to two days depending on traffic. :rotfl: :eek:

[rapriebe]

550 miles from Door to Ft. Wilderness entrance. We will split it over two days!

We must be neighbors. I'm approximately 560 miles to FW, takes two days to get there but we come back in one day. What a sad ride that is!:sick: :sick:

[Goingtoseethemouse]

We drive 154. miles. It take 2 hours and 29 minutes on a good day.

[CNDKangaroo]

3311.89 miles....we are going to fly down and camp...it should be interesting!

[dudspizza]

I am considering this trip next year pulling a 29' Jayco Travel Trailer. www.randmcnally.com says our trip is 1587 miles from Minnesota to Orlando..... am I nuts for considering this? My kids are 11 and 8, so this is something I would like to do sooner than later.

Question... how is the towing through the mountains in Tennessee and such?

Thanks.

Duds

[LarryJ]

900 miles give or take and we stay in Jax/St. Augustine the day before so the drive to check-in gets us there early.

Larry

[lawnspecialties]

I am considering this trip next year pulling a 29' Jayco Travel Trailer. www.randmcnally.com says our trip is 1587 miles from Minnesota to Orlando..... am I nuts for considering this? My kids are 11 and 8, so this is something I would like to do sooner than later.

Question... how is the towing through the mountains in Tennessee and such?

Thanks.

Duds

What are you pulling with?

[ram101]

We are 901 miles from the Fort. We usually leave at 4:00 in the afternoon and travel all night with a mandatory stop at a Cracker Barrel for breakfast and arrive around 1100 the next day.


We will be traveling down in Mid September, we plan on leaving PA between 4-6pm and driving through the night. I work nights so it should be easy for me. Any tips on traveling over night on such a long ride?

[FloridaTeacher]

We are just over 400 miles. We take two days. We leave after work, drive about half way to Madison, FL and stay at Jellystone campground. Next morning we finish the trip, arriving at the Fort around noon. We take our time and stop to eat and walk the dogs. It's a vacation - no rushing allowed! :goodvibes

[kilroys]

I am considering this trip next year pulling a 29' Jayco Travel Trailer. www.randmcnally.com says our trip is 1587 miles from Minnesota to Orlando..... am I nuts for considering this? My kids are 11 and 8, so this is something I would like to do sooner than later.

Question... how is the towing through the mountains in Tennessee and such?

Thanks.

Duds

Easy towing except for west of Chattanooga on I-24. Long hill down but not that bad.

[kilroys]

About 420 for us, from just south of Atlanta. We leave at 6am, takes about 8 hours with fuel stops and lunch, this puts us there around 2pm. A head of the rust hour traffic on I-4, most of the time.:3dglasses

[bevypoo63]

We will be traveling down in Mid September, we plan on leaving PA between 4-6pm and driving through the night. I work nights so it should be easy for me. Any tips on traveling over night on such a long ride?

We usually have things packed the day before so we aren't tired from that and we drink lots of coffee:) . It works really well for us since we don't require alot of sleep.Traffic is much lighter at night on 95.
Our DS sleeps 8-9 hrs, which makes the trip much more pleasant.(we have a motor home). We both stay up and talk ,and if we get really tired we pull off at a rest area for about an hr nap. There is a cracker barrel in Jacksonville and we stop there for breakfast, this gives us a much needed break.
The worst part is I-4 traffic is always heavy, and being tired makes this part of the trip really long.We always make sure we stop and walk around for a few minutes just to stretch our legs and wake up whenever we start feeling sleepy. We would rather take a little longer than have an accident.
Drive safely, enjoy the light traffic and have fun!

[DebbieT11]

according to Mapquest, 370.86 miles, 5 hours, 44 minutes. *sigh*.... Hurry *up* December!!

[gtp618]

985 miles door to door. Going down in about 3 weeks Sept 21-29th. Just bought a pop up this year and looking forward to staying at FW for the first time.

[bradisgoofy]

I am considering this trip next year pulling a 29' Jayco Travel Trailer. www.randmcnally.com (http://www.randmcnally.com) says our trip is 1587 miles from Minnesota to Orlando..... am I nuts for considering this? My kids are 11 and 8, so this is something I would like to do sooner than later.
Question... how is the towing through the mountains in Tennessee and such?Thanks.DudsDON'T GO THROUGH ATLANTA. :scared1: I'm not sure how you will make your way down but once you get to I-65 take it all the way south to Montgomery, AL. Take I-85 east about 6 miles to US-231 south and take it all the way south to I-10. US-231 is a four lane 65mph road that goes by only two big towns ( other then Montgomery ). It is very scenic and going this way ( I-65 and US-231) there are absolutely NO mountains. This is the way we go to FW with our 39' motorhome pulling our 7x10 enclosed trailer with the golf cart inside. For us, using this route and not going through Atlanta only adds 100 miles to the trip and staying away from Atlanta is worth the extra 2 hours. You can also take another scenic route down to Ocala by getting off I-10 at US-19 ( exit 225 off I-10 ) taking that to ALT-US-27 at Chiefland, FL over to I-75. This too is a four lane 65MPH road that has little or no traffic most any time of day. Don't forget to jump on the Turnpike and then take the Western Way ( Route 429 ) toll road into the west side of WDW. Once again, a road with little traffic. ( Unless everyone has finally discovered the secret.:scratchin )

[lawnspecialties]

985 miles door to door. Going down in about 3 weeks Sept 21-29th. Just bought a pop up this year and looking forward to staying at FW for the first time.

Congratulations. I'd rather stay at the Fort than their best rooms. Even if they were priced the same.:thumbsup2

[clkelley]

DON'T GO THROUGH ATLANTA. :scared1: I'm not sure how you will make your way down but once you get to I-65 take it all the way south to Montgomery, AL. Take I-85 east about 6 miles to US-231 south and take it all the way south to I-10. US-231 is a four lane 65mph road that goes by only two big towns ( other then Montgomery ). It is very scenic and going this way ( I-65 and US-231) there are absolutely NO mountains.

I'm the opposite, I HATE, HATE, HATE 231. I would much rather go through Atlanta. However, being relatively close to Atlanta, I can time my trip to run through there at 10:00 at night. No problems at all!!! I leave Huntsville/Madison at 5pm CT and that puts me through Birmingham by 7pm and through Atlanta by 10pm ET, then I stop somewhere before Macon, then head out bright and early the next morning, getting to Ft. Wilderness/Disney right around 1:30 pm ET

[miztigg]

1031 miles from nj. were going in feb for a week then off to daytona for the race. were staying at the fort for the first time and haulin my 5th wheel only on its second longest trip (we went to bristol for that race a few weeks ago) but im smart :rolleyes1 im flying the DH down with the kids ill drive all by myself and meet them there:) ill stop at a walmart whenever i get get tired. the plus side never hearing "are we there yet" as im going over the delaware memorial bridge cant wait till feb:thumbsup2

[RustManFan]

probably the distance is about 1050 miles from our home in NJ but we only drive as far as Lorton, Virginia and then from Sanford to Orlando. We love to take the Amtrak auto train and have our own car. Plus you don't have to pack for accessing stuff at hotels or changing from a rental car if we flew. Haven't done this in a few years.....

TIME FOR TRIP PLANNING !!

[mike k.]

:surfweb:
1104 miles door to pad, or 1,457,221 dashed lane lines, 6 on ramps, 5 construction zones and 3 speed traps:rotfl2:
I never remember the trip down, it's always a blur. We're always planning our next trip on the way home. It helps with the depression.:sad1:

[mike k.]

We will be traveling down in Mid September, we plan on leaving PA between 4-6pm and driving through the night. I work nights so it should be easy for me. Any tips on traveling over night on such a long ride?

:surfweb:
STAY AWAKE!:rotfl2:
Seriously, if you're not accostumed(sp.?) to long time night driving, Interstate 95 can lull you to sleep past Richmond,VA and especially in South Carolina. Every trip we've taken, amazes me on how many fresh crash sites you see. The ones that cross into the left median are usually the sleepers.:cloud9:
Be carefull and make sure someone competent stays up with you.

[ram101]

:surfweb:
STAY AWAKE!:rotfl2:
Seriously, if you're not accostumed(sp.?) to long time night driving, Interstate 95 can lull you to sleep past Richmond,VA and especially in South Carolina. Every trip we've taken, amazes me on how many fresh crash sites you see. The ones that cross into the left median are usually the sleepers.:cloud9:
Be carefull and make sure someone competent stays up with you.



Isn't that what cruise control is for?? :rolleyes1 :joker:

I know all about driving while tired. I am staying up late tonight so I can sleep in. Then we will be off....Woo Hoo look out here we come...:banana: :banana: :banana:

If I get too tired a stop over and an hour or two of rest will do good...

I could always let my DD16 practice for her license!! :crazy2: :crazy2:

[wdwbound]

1570 miles for us here is Maine to travel to Fort Wilderness, always much better when you have 2 drivers but I let DH do the driving and we take a lot of breaks for the dog. Seems like he has marked every tree at every rest stop.

[ntsammy5]

but I let DH do the driving and we take a lot of breaks for the dog. Seems like he has marked every tree at every rest stop.

DH or the dog?:lmao: :lmao:

[disney4dan]

1330 miles for us if we take the shortest route, but we like to wander.


328 days to go until we pull into the Fort!

[wdwbound]

Sammy That was a good one. I guess that I need to make sure I am more specific in the future, huh?

[bord1niowa]

Just a tad over 1300 miles

[FortWildernessLoopy]

80 miles each way

[tungpo1]

242 miles!!!:scared1:

[4daubers]

1280 miles one way. Truly an example of the end justifies the means. We hate the trip on IH 10 but as soon as we hit the Fort, we forget every bump and mile.

[lisa8200]

120 miles:yay: