Anyone else taking a roadtrip over long Thanksgiving weekend? - The DIS Discussion Forums

dizluvah · 11-01-2009, 10:04 PM

DH and I are driving 13 hours to visit family in Ohio from our NH home. We both took off Wed before Thanksgiving - so we will most likely leave late Tuesday night after work and drive for however long we feel like it, get a room and then do the bulk of the trip Wednesday.

Note: we have made this drive many times before and can do it in one shot if we have to.

So Thursday will be hang with family, watch football and eat.

Friday - we will drive 1 hour each way to Football of Hall of Fame. Then back to relative's house Friday night.

We will leave Saturday - around noon and drive straight home. Then Sunday we can relax/recuperate and watch football. I will probably start decorating our (fake) Christmas tree on Sunday.

I am getting too old for these kind of roadtrips - in my 20's I thought nothing of 12 hours in the car - it was an adventure....now I'm not looking forward to it but I am looking forward to seeing family.

just curious if anyone else is planning a roadtrip...

AshleyW · 11-01-2009, 10:38 PM

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Originally Posted by dizluvah

DH and I are driving 13 hours to visit family in Ohio from our NH home. We both took off Wed before Thanksgiving - so we will most likely leave late Tuesday night after work and drive for however long we feel like it, get a room and then do the bulk of the trip Wednesday.

Note: we have made this drive many times before and can do it in one shot if we have to.

So Thursday will be hang with family, watch football and eat.

Friday - we will drive 1 hour each way to Football of Hall of Fame. Then back to relative's house Friday night.

We will leave Saturday - around noon and drive straight home. Then Sunday we can relax/recuperate and watch football. I will probably start decorating our (fake) Christmas tree on Sunday.

I am getting too old for these kind of roadtrips - in my 20's I thought nothing of 12 hours in the car - it was an adventure....now I'm not looking forward to it but I am looking forward to seeing family.

just curious if anyone else is planning a roadtrip...

I am! All of DFiance's family lives in Mississippi (with the exception of his parents). So, Wednesday before Thanksgiving we're making the 12 hour trek down there. We'll leave at about 5:30 or 6am and get to his grandparents' home in time for dinner.

It'll be a full house.. my future in-laws and their 2 dogs, my fiance & I, DFi's grandparents, DFi's aunt and uncle, DFi's cousin and wife and baby (plus their bulldog) all under the same roof and sharing two showers.

We'll spend Thanksgiving eating and visiting with extended family that drops by. I've heard that DFi's uncle is bringing their 4-wheeler with them so I'm sure most of the afternoon will consist of the boys being stupid in the field behind the house.

Friday we usually visit with more extended family and go out to dinner and do some shopping. Saturday is a lazy day around the house just visiting with each other, and then we go home Sunday.

Should be an interesting long weekend, for sure.

pixiewings71 · 11-02-2009, 03:16 PM

Well sort of...we leave on Wednesday evening to drive to DL. It's about 6 hrs but with traffic we are guessing it might be worse.

That's nothing tho, if we were heading to my families we would be driving 10 hrs minimum, probably much more considering we have to drive thru the Sierra's. As much as I want to be home for the holidays this year it's just not likely at all.....

momrek06 · 11-02-2009, 03:19 PM

Not sure if it really is considered a road trip...we are driving 1.5 hours South to La Jolla, CA for Thanksgiving with friends and family. We will stay Thurs-Sat!!!

hrh_disney_queen · 11-02-2009, 03:23 PM

We will be driving from Savannah to Detroit. 16 hours at least. We leave Tuesday when school lets out, stop overnight, then drive Wednesday almost all day and arrive at DH's mother's. Here's where it gets good. (stupid) We spend Thanksgiving with DH's family. Friday we spend about half the day, then get in the car to start driving home. We get home sometime on Saturday evening so we have Sunday to recuperate, plus we are avoiding driving on busy Sunday. Sound worth it?

Pembo · 11-02-2009, 03:30 PM

Not a road trip but an air trip...we leave the 23rd for the sunny beaches of FL.......

james'mommy · 11-02-2009, 03:51 PM

Sorta counts. We leave on the Saturday the 28th for Disney. Which is also DH's bday. The in laws usually come down for Thanksgiving but this year we are meeting up in Disney for a post Thanksgiving trip.

Robinrs · 11-02-2009, 06:13 PM

Really considering it! I'm thinking of driving to my second fave city in the world, Savannah!! Cannot WAIT to leave Atlanta!

hrh_disney_queen · 11-02-2009, 06:16 PM

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Really considering it! I'm thinking of driving to my second fave city in the world, Savannah!! Cannot WAIT to leave Atlanta!

C'mon over! Have things dried up yet in Atlanta?

bebelle · 11-02-2009, 06:55 PM

We are taking our first LLLOONNNGGGG car trip--about 10 hours to NC to celebrate with friends! Sort of getting excited about it--the trip not the travel!

luvmyboys · 11-02-2009, 07:43 PM

We drive every year from here (near D.C.) to my FIL's in Ohio.

The problem is that my birthday is Nov 26th. This year, it's on Thanksgiving, but usually it's a day before, after, etc. So I've spent almost every birthday for the past few years at my in-laws or in the car for 5-6 hours. I think I deserve a do-over birthday, but DH never agrees!

Mary Jo · 11-02-2009, 07:45 PM

This year I'm driving to El Paso, & my daughter wants to come along. It's a 12-hour drive, so we'll leave early in the morning, and drive until we get there.

wdwgirl03 · 11-02-2009, 08:16 PM

I was hoping to be able to go down to FL/Disney World since my school's basketball team is playing in the Old Spice Classic at the Wide World of Sports. Unfortunately it was just too expensive (oh yeah, and my mom would kill me if I was gone for Thanksgiving...).

MM27 · 11-02-2009, 08:37 PM

Not a long roadtrip, but I'm going to my brother and sil's house over Thanksgiving. From NJ to NH usually takes about 6 or 7 hours depending on whether I drive straight through or stop to eat.

emma'smom · 11-02-2009, 09:42 PM

10 hours from Ohio to the Adirondack Mountains----Literally "Over the river and through the woods to Grandmother's House we go!" We do it every year and end up spending a wonderful Thanksgiving in a cabin in the woods, usually with snow falling, holiday music playing, and Grandma (my mom) cooking up a big turkey while we all watch the Macy's Thanksgiving Parade on TV.

11-01-2009, 10:04 PM	#1
dizluvah DIS Veteran Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: NH Posts: 792	Anyone else taking a roadtrip over long Thanksgiving weekend? DH and I are driving 13 hours to visit family in Ohio from our NH home. We both took off Wed before Thanksgiving - so we will most likely leave late Tuesday night after work and drive for however long we feel like it, get a room and then do the bulk of the trip Wednesday. Note: we have made this drive many times before and can do it in one shot if we have to. So Thursday will be hang with family, watch football and eat. Friday - we will drive 1 hour each way to Football of Hall of Fame. Then back to relative's house Friday night. We will leave Saturday - around noon and drive straight home. Then Sunday we can relax/recuperate and watch football. I will probably start decorating our (fake) Christmas tree on Sunday. I am getting too old for these kind of roadtrips - in my 20's I thought nothing of 12 hours in the car - it was an adventure....now I'm not looking forward to it but I am looking forward to seeing family. just curious if anyone else is planning a roadtrip... __________________ Christine 5/2009 05/2008 Off-site, 1st P&PP 10/2007 Off-site, Our first MNSSHP 05/2007 Off-site 11/2006 Thanksgiving POR (First stay at WDW) 05/2006 Off-site 5/2005 Off-site

11-02-2009, 03:16 PM	#3
pixiewings71 Sweet!!! Totally!!!!! YAY for good weather! It's that Disney Magic, I don't know how it works but it does! Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Suisun City CA Posts: 11,104	Well sort of...we leave on Wednesday evening to drive to DL. It's about 6 hrs but with traffic we are guessing it might be worse. That's nothing tho, if we were heading to my families we would be driving 10 hrs minimum, probably much more considering we have to drive thru the Sierra's. As much as I want to be home for the holidays this year it's just not likely at all..... __________________ Kerri DBF DD13 DD9 APs expired 1-3-2010, the girls are still good until 2-6-2010 but we have no plans for a visit before they expire. No plans for our next visit, it will be 2011 or 2012 before we head back. We've had fun DLR/DCA, we will miss you while we are gone. We took 14 trips from July 07-July 08 and around 16 from Jan 09-Jan 10.

11-02-2009, 03:19 PM	#4
momrek06 The first person to reply on any thread needs to quote the OPShell Smuggler! BEE FRAGMENTS??? I do NOT eat bees!! Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Newport Beach, CA. Posts: 16,098	Not sure if it really is considered a road trip...we are driving 1.5 hours South to La Jolla, CA for Thanksgiving with friends and family. We will stay Thurs-Sat!!! __________________ KAREN KAR and Goofy Thanks, Grumpy Pirate

11-02-2009, 03:23 PM	#5
hrh_disney_queen My DH has the hots for Stacey Momma wuvs her little kitty-kitty, oh yes she does, oh, yes she does I knew what he was before I touched him, just never thought they could MOVE that fast Join Date: May 2004 Location: In my laughing place Posts: 10,760	We will be driving from Savannah to Detroit. 16 hours at least. We leave Tuesday when school lets out, stop overnight, then drive Wednesday almost all day and arrive at DH's mother's. Here's where it gets good. (stupid) We spend Thanksgiving with DH's family. Friday we spend about half the day, then get in the car to start driving home. We get home sometime on Saturday evening so we have Sunday to recuperate, plus we are avoiding driving on busy Sunday. Sound worth it? __________________ .... "Fat, drunk, and stupid is no way to go through life, son." Dean Wormer

11-02-2009, 03:30 PM	#6
Pembo OH-IO Join Date: Aug 1999 Location: The Buckeye State Posts: 5,207	Not a road trip but an air trip...we leave the 23rd for the sunny beaches of FL....... __________________

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11-02-2009, 03:51 PM	#7
james'mommy I've always been a green stripe kinda girl I love you Sweatpea Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Charlotte, NC Posts: 1,848	Sorta counts. We leave on the Saturday the 28th for Disney. Which is also DH's bday. The in laws usually come down for Thanksgiving but this year we are meeting up in Disney for a post Thanksgiving trip.

11-02-2009, 06:13 PM	#8
Robinrs Sistah Souljah! Others love Spidey, but Spidey loves ME They change color depending on the light old as dirt but still rockin' Join Date: Sep 1999 Location: Atlanta, GA originally from Bklyn, New York Posts: 29,458	Really considering it! I'm thinking of driving to my second fave city in the world, Savannah!! Cannot WAIT to leave Atlanta! __________________ My family!!

11-02-2009, 06:55 PM	#10
bebelle DIS Veteran Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: 1200 miles from the magic Posts: 628	We are taking our first LLLOONNNGGGG car trip--about 10 hours to NC to celebrate with friends! Sort of getting excited about it--the trip not the travel! __________________ If I were any happier, I'd be in heaven!

11-02-2009, 07:43 PM	#11
luvmyboys WoW Widow Us non-confrontational people aren't very skilled at laying down the law! I shed worse than an English sheepdog! I got one leg stuck in the holey knee Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Leesburg, VA Posts: 2,333	We drive every year from here (near D.C.) to my FIL's in Ohio. The problem is that my birthday is Nov 26th. This year, it's on Thanksgiving, but usually it's a day before, after, etc. So I've spent almost every birthday for the past few years at my in-laws or in the car for 5-6 hours. I think I deserve a do-over birthday, but DH never agrees! __________________ Shannon

11-02-2009, 07:45 PM	#12
Mary Jo Techarita Loves the star on the mountain Join Date: Dec 1998 Location: Near the original Magic Kingdom Posts: 20,126	This year I'm driving to El Paso, & my daughter wants to come along. It's a 12-hour drive, so we'll leave early in the morning, and drive until we get there. __________________ DISneyland Forums Clip of Matterhorn Ride WDW 1999 Sequoia & Yosemite 2002 Autumn in Yosemite 2002 Wonder Cruise 2003 (lots of pics) Never lose a chance of saying a kind word.

11-02-2009, 08:16 PM	#13
wdwgirl03 I'm just a big Disney Freak! :-) I will throw a party the day I get a tag!!! I am pretty wimpy when it comes to thrill rides Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 7,460	I was hoping to be able to go down to FL/Disney World since my school's basketball team is playing in the Old Spice Classic at the Wide World of Sports. Unfortunately it was just too expensive (oh yeah, and my mom would kill me if I was gone for Thanksgiving...). __________________ I HEART WALT DISNEY WORLD!! been there, done that, GOING BACK! '91-Disney villas '93, '95, '97, '99, '01, '02-Polynesian '03-All Star Sports '05-All Star Movies; offsite- Universal/Disney Oct. '06, Dec. '07/Jan. '08-Saratoga Springs May '08-Animal Kingdom Lodge Dec. '08-Beach Club Villas Aug. '09-Villas @ the Wilderness Lodge April 2010-Kidani Village ???Dec. 2010-Saratoga Springs??? DVC member since 2006 Disneyland- '04, '06 Check out my August 2009 TR HERE! and my April 2010 PTR HERE! facebook twitter: mugirl0307 thanks, tinkgurl!

11-02-2009, 08:37 PM	#14
MM27 DIS Veteran Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 3,259	Not a long roadtrip, but I'm going to my brother and sil's house over Thanksgiving. From NJ to NH usually takes about 6 or 7 hours depending on whether I drive straight through or stop to eat. __________________

11-02-2009, 09:42 PM	#15
emma'smom P.S. Who would serve turnips at a wedding? Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 2,058	10 hours from Ohio to the Adirondack Mountains----Literally "Over the river and through the woods to Grandmother's House we go!" We do it every year and end up spending a wonderful Thanksgiving in a cabin in the woods, usually with snow falling, holiday music playing, and Grandma (my mom) cooking up a big turkey while we all watch the Macy's Thanksgiving Parade on TV. __________________ April 2010- DCL- Eastern Bound Transatlantic June 2009- HHI- Yay! May 2009- DCL 3-Night and Memorial Day at OKW March 2009-Animal Kingdom Villas June 2008- HHI March 2008- Wilderness Lodge August-2007 Wilderness Lodge June 2007- Disney's Hilton Head Island Resort March 2007- Poly/Beach Club Villas/POR February 2007- Boardwalk Inn June 2006- Saratoga Springs Resort March 2006- Port Orleans Riverside

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