We drove form Hilliard to WDW.....left around 6 or 7 pm and drove straight thru to Daytona, 14 hours and stayed at the Sands for 2 days before driving on to WDW.....we used to do this all the time back in the late 70's and 80's from Youngstown, Ohio......19 hours, drive straight thru and unwind one night on the ocean so the children and see what the ocean is...past trip the stop at the ocean was for the granddaughter first ocean experience and also to unwind from the drive.....from Daytona, short 1+hour drive to WDW.......
We've just about gotten our fill of the ocean over the years and if driving again, would stop a little better than half way down for the night and proceed on early the next morning.....me and the wife tried a driving trip a few years ago (we're Amtrak people anymore) and we decided to drive straight thru from Youngstown to Cinn and take RTE 75 down.....we got tired late the forst night and found a room for the night and proceeded on the next day early.....we found driving too stressful, boring and tiring on the both of us and vowed to return to the train trips....good luck!
