How Many Miles To The Fort ?

[2goofycampers]

I have seen posts from people all over US and Canada and was wondering who drives the most miles to get to the Fort? And how often do you get to go ? For us it's 656 miles. We go once or twice a year...

[PolynesianPixie]

As my "location" says~721 miles! we're in VA. I'm still trying to figure out how to move to Orlando!

[ftwildernessguy]

Too many miles, and once a year for 2 weeks.

[drafthorsecrazy]

Since we usually make minor side trips on the way down (tire shopping, beer hunting) I used mapquest to come up with 1195 miles FW. We now try to go once a year and stay till we are broke.

[DznyRulz]

857 miles according to my Garmin. Too, too far away if you ask me.

[TheGreatGonzo]

From Columbus, OH -
978 miles if I take the East route down I-77 (WV Turnpike) to I-95 to I-4.
1012 Miles if I take the West route down I-75 to the FL Turnpike.
I usually take the West route to avoid the WV Turnpike; it's a real pain to drive on when pulling a camper. Even though it's a longer route to the West it's usually a little quicker because the roads are less curvy and hilly. It also depends on if I can get through Atlanta without hitting rush hour. I guess it’s kind of a a toss-up weather to go through Atlanta or Orlando, both are often bad.
I make the trip at least once a year, more often if I can (the years are listed in my sig).

[Shannone1]

1120 here

[big kahuna1]

A long and treacherous 150 miles here...maybe 160.

[ILoveDisney&Cruising]

894 miles ..... we usually go at least once/year for 10-14 days.

[RvUsa]

Google maps says 1024 Miles, but with getting off for gas, and campgrounds, and one lap around the grounds and back out on I-4 (see trip report for explanation of that one) the truck said about 1125 miles. We want to go every year, but in all likelyhood the next trip won't be till Oct 09. :(

[bord1niowa]

1300 each way from Iowa. We go once a year , for 2 weeks, but in 4 years we will be moving much much closer. Just waiting for employee rates on insurance when we retire...lol.

[loveDmouse]

It is a little over 800 I think. I will have to double check that. I know it takes us about 15 hours.
We only get to go once a year right now. Hopefully we will have time to come more in the future or at least for more than a week at a time.

[Disbuf]

1184 miles from Auburn, Indiana to the Fort.

[ntsammy5]

A little over 1,200. If I go the other way it's a little under 23,700.

[LONE-STAR]

About 1,000 miles for us one way. We get AP and go twice on them 2 weeks each time. But its almost a year between trips.

[bobbymac]

2314 Km from Bowmanville Ontario about 1450 miles

[LarryJ]

I have seen posts from people all over US and Canada and was wondering who drives the most miles to get to the Fort? And how often do you get to go ? For us it's 656 miles. We go once or twice a year...

Right at 800 miles door to door and that's just outside of D.C. at the intersection of Rt. 28 and I-66 in western Fairfax County (basically 10 miles directly south of Dulles Airport) to the 1600 loop at FW. :rotfl:

Larry

[Momof626x3]

About 1260 from Clifton Park, NY! This is our first trip camping at the Fort but we always drive to Disney no matter where we stay, and we'll be camping for 11 nights.

[Brer Bear]

680 miles....AND WE'RE LEAVING FRIDAY!!!!!:cool1:

[aLitlGoofy]

A little over 1,200. If I go the other way it's a little under 23,700.:rotfl:

618 miles and we go about every 18 months.

[JCJRSmith]

979 miles according to Google Maps.

[kc5grw]

1086 miles

[Shannone1]

A little over 1,200. If I go the other way it's a little under 23,700.


:confused: This must have gone over my head ;)

[3gr8kids]

:confused: This must have gone over my head ;)

Over mine, too, I'm afraid. :upsidedow

We are approximately 1350 miles from my driveway to FtW, and although we've never driven (yet), I've been told it will take us about 20-24 hours.
Will find out in April of '09, as that's the next trip planned :sad2:

[RvUsa]

PSSSST, he's talking about going around the world in the opposite direction. :stir::ssst:

[LONE-STAR]

:confused: This must have gone over my head ;)

The circumference of the earth at the equator is 24,902 mi. So he is saying if he went around the world to get to WDWorld it would be 23,700 miles.

[3gr8kids]

aaahhhh. Of course. That's, ummm, what I thought, but, ummm, I wasn't sure. heehee.:rolleyes:

[ram101]

1016 miles says google maps

[BigDaddyRog]

Im about 650 miles...its oly about a 10 hr drive that we have made once a year...we were going to start doing it twice a year...once for the parks, and once just for camping at the fort...but gas may not allow us to do that after this year.

[bradisgoofy]

1298.3 miles according to Streets and Trips. We go once a year for a ten day stay. This will be the first year we will go twice, but we will fly down in October and stay at a DVC resort.

[Elliott]

978 miles / approximately 20 hrs from Dover, Ohio.

[TuckandStuiesMom]

Google sez 1,726 miles (we fly ;) )

[dean_and_monica]

According to Yahoo maps...1,847 miles without any sidetrips from Denver, CO. Since this will be our first drive I'm not sure how it'll go and with gas we may be able to afford to tow out there and never get back :rotfl:

[Colson39]

160 miles. Normally about 2 1/2 hours for us.

Although one time I made the trip in 1 hr and 40 minutes (just driving a regular car of course :P). And of course I was following the speed limit the entire time ;)

[GoCamels]

Unlucky SEVENS for us (too far away) 777 miles

[chiefcop]

1026 miles.

[clkelley]

It's approximately 690 miles for me, and we go about 3 - 4 trips on an annual pass, then we force ourselves to not have an Annual Pass for at least 8 - 10 months.

[seahag2020]

1440 miles 25.5 hrs

[ORLCampers]

21 Miles for us

[MomofPirate&Mickey]

47 Miles by 417, 44 miles by I-4. How is it 10 minutes longer going I-4 & 3 less miles (not to mention $5.00 cheaper??):lmao: :lmao: :confused3 :headache:

[homebrew2]

Im about 650 miles...its oly about a 10 hr drive that we have made once a year...we were going to start doing it twice a year...once for the parks, and once just for camping at the fort...but gas may not allow us to do that after this year.

Now that is the wrong attitude!!!!!!!!!! Just cut back on useless luxuries
like booze for the wife, food, clothing,ect and you'll be able to
afford the gas.:rotfl2:

BTW: Around 1100...was at WDW three times last year, once at POP, once in
cabins, and once camping.

Will only go once this year.....but have ressies for 22 days:banana:

[2goofycampers]

Unlucky SEVENS for us (too far away) 777 miles

Hey,it won't be long now!!! Think of us when your there,,naaa don't do that , just have a blast ! :goofy: :goofy:

[Memph1s]

88 for us

[breick]

1230 for us. We go almost every summer for 3-4 weeks and sometimes at Christmas.

[des1954]

As my "location" says~721 miles! we're in VA. I'm still trying to figure out how to move to Orlando!

Ami- We have a LOT of houses for sale down here!! No jobs, but plenty of houses!! :rotfl2:

[des1954]

25 miles for me. We (used to) camp once every two months or more until DH became one of the unemployed statistics. Now, we settle for taking our bikes over & just riding around FtW when we can.

It sucks to pay for a MH & not be able to afford to use it. On the other side of that coin, at least for now, we can still afford to pay for it.

[LONE-STAR]

25 miles for me. We (used to) camp once every two months or more until DH became one of the unemployed statistics. Now, we settle for taking our bikes over & just riding around FtW when we can.

It sucks to pay for a MH & not be able to afford to use it. On the other side of that coin, at least for now, we can still afford to pay for it.

At least you can get to the fort and back for about $20 bucks in fuel. I cant see the fort for less then $800 in fuel.

[DebbieT11]

367 miles.... and we'll be there next on Memorial Day weekend. Yes, we're prolly nuts.

[DisneyDadinOhio]

This year will be "only" 965 miles - and we leave next Friday..! Usually we leave home (just outside of Dayton, OH), visit family in SE Ohio, then pick up 77 down to 95. No family visit this year, so we are heading straight down 75..!

[wrongagain]

Over mine, too, I'm afraid. :upsidedow

We are approximately 1350 miles from my driveway to FtW, and although we've never driven (yet), I've been told it will take us about 20-24 hours.
Will find out in April of '09, as that's the next trip planned :sad2:

you must be real close by.
I am at 1360 miles, and the gps told me the same time frame,...well wrong again.
it took about 26 hours at max speed and $1500.00 for fuel, that was at around $3.50 a gallon.
now diesel is around $4.20 a gallon, hope it drops some before we go back in the fall.

[3gr8kids]

you must be real close by.
I am at 1360 miles, and the gps told me the same time frame,...well wrong again.
it took about 26 hours at max speed and $1500.00 for fuel, that was at around $3.50 a gallon.
now diesel is around $4.20 a gallon, hope it drops some before we go back in the fall.

:faint: Dang!! Adding 6 more hours!? I wouldn't mind an additional 1 or 2, but SIX??? Are you trying to make me cry? lol

[Boomer1]

Google Map says almost 1900 miles. We only go once a year at Christmas time and stay for three weeks. Worth every one of those 30 plus hours IMHO.

[Rhonda]

We used to stay more often, when we lived 1500 miles away (in Minnesota)! But, now that we live about 120 miles away (Fort Myers) we don't go for long trips anymore. We usually hop up for a long weekend, and stay at another resort. But, we always spend a day hanging around the Fort. We only camp about once a year now. :goodvibes

[2goofycampers]

Google Map says almost 1900 miles. We only go once a year at Christmas time and stay for three weeks. Worth every one of those 30 plus hours IMHO.

so far Boomer1 your winning.

[ntsammy5]

Google Map says almost 1900 miles.

St John (home of Moosehead)? How do you come down? The last time I drove down was just over 1300 miles in 1995 and I'd rather poke my eye with a pencil than do that again! We fly now!

[2goofycampers]

Still 650 for us. How about you?

[jeepfreak]

1458 from Hanover Ma.

[CDNCruiser]

1,410 miles for us!

[North7]

I'm a little more than 1 hour north of CDNCruiser, so for us, it's 1,463 miles... and well worth it :thumbsup2

[martymarty]

953 miles and 15 hr

[Disneylitch]

We are at about 956 miles. Wish we were closer. We usually stay for 2 weeks, but I would love to be able to go for a 3 day weekend. It would be nice to see The Fort at Halloween without having to stay for 2 weeks. I'm not complaining about staying at The Fort for 2 weeks, but I would rather spend that time during the Christmas holidays.

[soccermomof3]

943 miles for us:sad2:

[ebank]

59 Miles for me!
We go just about every holiday weekend for 3-4 days at a time.

So that's New Years
MLK day,
President's day,
Easter,
Memorial Day,
Independence Day (every other Year),
Labor Day,
Thanksgiving and
Christmas.
About 25-30 nights a year.

[Disneylitch]

That's what we want to do. All the holidays at The Fort are fantastic.

[rapriebe]

680 miles for us. That's the longest drive down and the shortest drive home. Why does it always seem to take forever to get there?

[bxtx]

990 miles says Google Maps. We go once a year for 2 weeks. Takes 24 hours towing, sleeping for 8 hours, eating, innumberable potty stops etc.

[Teamubr]

1004 according to my mapping software.

j

[brat]

Just arrived at Animal kingdom:lovestruc:banana::banana::banana::cheer2:


.Map says 2021 miles without our side trips

[2goofycampers]

Just arrived at Animal kingdom:lovestruc:banana::banana::banana::cheer2:


.Map says 2021 miles without our side trips

A new 'winner". Long trip, glad you finally made it.

[Stinkerbell1973]

We are 488 driveway to campsite (500 loop).

[drew-in-KY]

835

[AshFamily]

639 miles and 11 hours acourding to google maps. Looking forward to that 1st drive, but i'm thinking we can do it in about 10 hours :rolleyes:

[cruisinbeagle]

We arrive in 25 days and will be traveling 2576 miles according to Google Maps. This will be our 4th trip over a span of 24 years, the last being 4 years ago. We are so excited!!! With Diesel being so high we're going to be adding some serious bucks but we've been planning so long we're not backing down. An extra Thank You to these boards...you have been a valuable tool in making our trip a memorable one! :yay:

[Bearikens]

1910 miles for us...worth every mile when we arrive.

[PrincessNana]

1164 miles for us. Wish we could go more often!

[Cindy F]

About 400 miles and we go 4-5 times a year. Sometimes we go just to stay at the Fort and don't bother with the parks :)

[ArcticCat]

1201 miles... drive to gate.

[2goofycampers]

We arrive in 25 days and will be traveling 2576 miles according to Google Maps. This will be our 4th trip over a span of 24 years, the last being 4 years ago. We are so excited!!! With Diesel being so high we're going to be adding some serious bucks but we've been planning so long we're not backing down. An extra Thank You to these boards...you have been a valuable tool in making our trip a memorable one! :yay:

We have a new "winner". I sure hope it's a long stay.

[cruisinbeagle]

Yep, we'll be there for 2 weeks!

[Miss Peach]

We are 2517 miles, door to door ;)

But we have only been once--about 14 year ago. I still hold out hope that we may return!!

Cathy

[ynottony99]

92 Miles.

[brat]

Safe travels cruisinbeagle and all others traveling

[MMFanCipher]

1404 miles, 5 years ago.

[Goofyseven]

1237 from the 1800 loop to home in Gurnee IL

Just clocked it today, (two day drive)

Paul

[GoNfast38]

1056 for us. This will be our first trip over 200 with this TT. Just hope diesel stays under $5.00

Can't wait until October :banana:

[nhicknell]

1316 miles. We leave in 11 days :)
:cool1::banana::woohoo::yay::cheer2:

[flamingogal]

1000 miles. Arrive 11/3/11. Lots a beer, lots a kids (well the "kids" are all adults now, but that's OK).

Jeanne