jenhelgren
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Mar 13, 2010
We will be driving from northern IL to Disneyland October 15-18 and I need advice! First-for some background we are a family of 4 and do not mind being on long trips. We hardly ever fly and make frequent drives from IL to WDW and the east coast. The furthest drive we have made non-stop with two drivers is WDW and its around 17-18 hours for us, so we do not need to plan 8 hours of driving a day and can handle longer stretches.
We will be flying back out of San Diego and are just driving the way to Disneyland. We have never been anywhere out west or drove through the Rockies so I am definitely looking for some scenery!
The first route mapped is straight through Colorado. I did some weather research and found out that Vail Pass was closed down in 2013 the same dates we will be traveling. I really want to see Colorado but do not want to have road trip nightmare-so I am thinking the same bet is the southern route but would love opinions and advice from anyone who has made the drive straight through Colorado in late October! The southern route is Missouri, Oklahoma, Texas, NM, and AZ. Can the Grand Canyon be a part of that route without much extra trouble? I know people vacation for the entire week at the Grand Canyon and it is not something you can "tour" in an afternoon but it is not a high interest level for our family and it would be fun just to "see" it. I have no idea when we will make another car trip out West and it is not a vacation destination we would chose. Are there some overlooks at the Northern rim that we could plot into our route? I read that the Northern rim is much less crowded and touristy so I was thinking it would more fit what we are looking for.
I am open to and interested in any other routes that would work for us in October!!
ALL ADVICE GREATLY APPRECIATED!!!!!!!
We will be flying back out of San Diego and are just driving the way to Disneyland. We have never been anywhere out west or drove through the Rockies so I am definitely looking for some scenery!
The first route mapped is straight through Colorado. I did some weather research and found out that Vail Pass was closed down in 2013 the same dates we will be traveling. I really want to see Colorado but do not want to have road trip nightmare-so I am thinking the same bet is the southern route but would love opinions and advice from anyone who has made the drive straight through Colorado in late October! The southern route is Missouri, Oklahoma, Texas, NM, and AZ. Can the Grand Canyon be a part of that route without much extra trouble? I know people vacation for the entire week at the Grand Canyon and it is not something you can "tour" in an afternoon but it is not a high interest level for our family and it would be fun just to "see" it. I have no idea when we will make another car trip out West and it is not a vacation destination we would chose. Are there some overlooks at the Northern rim that we could plot into our route? I read that the Northern rim is much less crowded and touristy so I was thinking it would more fit what we are looking for.
I am open to and interested in any other routes that would work for us in October!!
ALL ADVICE GREATLY APPRECIATED!!!!!!!