Best Route from Orlando to Vero Beach on a Saturday morning?

[jenhelgren]

We will be visiting Disney's Vero Beach for the first time in October. What is the best route from Orlando on a Saturday morning? My map programs are coming up with several routes and we are not familiar with the area so I have no idea what to avoid or what may be better/worse on a Saturday. We will be coming from Universal Studios. Thanks in advance!

 

[erionm]

The easiest is probably: SR-528 East to I-95 South. Exit 156 (Fellsmere Rd/County Road 512) to 90th Ave (which becomes County Road 510) then right on A1A.

https://goo.gl/maps/zPWmGBmtv2N2

 

[jenhelgren]

The easiest is probably: SR-528 East to I-95 South. Exit 156 (Fellsmere Rd/County Road 512) to 90th Ave (which becomes County Road 510) then right on A1A.

https://goo.gl/maps/zPWmGBmtv2N2

Thank you! Several map programs were showing 3+ routes and being unfamiliar with all of them makes it pretty hard to chose!

 

[jenhelgren]

I forgot to ask..is the 1 hour 40 minutes predicted by Google Maps about right? We have an ADR for character breakfast at 10:30 and I was planning on leaving Universal 8-8:30am.

 

[BillPA]

Just make sure you have a roll of quarters with you, lots of tolls, some without a attendant. Or get sun pass for the tolls. Without any traffic problems, you should be there in less than 1 1/2 hours.

 

[jenhelgren]

Just make sure you have a roll of quarters with you, lots of tolls, some without a attendant. Or get sun pass for the tolls. Without any traffic problems, you should be there in less than 1 1/2 hours.

Tolls were the other question I forgot to ask about
We are from Illinois and have an I Pass that does work in some other states but I am not sure about Florida. Does using a Sun Pass reduce the amount of tolls paid or just make things easier? Here in IL some of our tolls are double without the I Pass!!!
Any guesses to what the cost will be in tolls? We will be driving from Vero back to Illinois most likely via 95 N so it would be good to get an idea of toll costs on 95.

 

[erionm]

Just make sure you have a roll of quarters with you, lots of tolls, some without a attendant.

If they go SR-528, all toll plazas they would pass through will have manned lanes.

We are from Illinois and have an I Pass that does work in some other states but I am not sure about Florida.

Currently, the only out-of-state tolls systems that are accepted in FL are from GA (Peach Pass) & NC (Quick Pass).

Does using a Sun Pass reduce the amount of tolls paid or just make things easier?

Electronic tolls are less than cash tolls.

Any guesses to what the cost will be in tolls? We will be driving from Vero back to Illinois most likely via 95 N so it would be good to get an idea of toll costs on 95.

If you take SR-528, you would pass through 3 main line toll plazas with a total one-way cash toll of $4.25 ($2.25, $1.00 & $1.00). The SunPass rate would be $3.51.

As for any tolls on I-95: http://www.i95exitguide.com/tolls/

 

[Paula Sedley-Burke]

It took us a little longer we got stuck in traffic. I would allow hours to be sure.

 

[jenhelgren]

Thanks Michael!! That's super helpful-it doesn't seem worth it to look into a Sun Pass and now I can be prepared with change

It took us a little longer we got stuck in traffic. I would allow hours to be sure.

What day of the week/time of day did you encounter traffic?

 

[Paula Sedley-Burke]

Thanks Michael!! That's super helpful-it doesn't seem worth it to look into a Sun Pass and now I can be prepared with change



What day of the week/time of day did you encounter traffic?

It was a Saturday morning. We did not expect it at all. Must have been some vacation traffic. It was coming into Vero the traffic got slow.