Oh! You reminded me--he did mention a BAD backup on I-4 in Orlando last night. There was a game at the Citrus Bowl letting out as he was coming through if I got his story right, and it was backed up terrible! He gets on teh East West right around the Citrus Bowl, and he said there must have been 600 cars (and an accident) in the cash only lanes, which blocked access to the Sun Pass lanes. It took him about 15 minutes to get through that mess.
Once the 429 opens from Apopka to 192 it should help ease some of the I-4 congestion. As an FYI, I heard on the radio the other day that they plan on widening I-4 from six to twelve lanes, the work is scheduled to take twelve years, and a lane in each direction will be out of commission.
An alternate route will be to get on 417 up above Deland (not sure exactly where it starts up there) and taking it all the way south to WDW. It's longer and a toll road, but if I-4 is closed or really congested it will be shorter timewise.
Anyhow, I've got Spiced Pecan Pumpkin Bread in the oven for him (smells great!), it will be done and ready to eat in about half an hour, so I"m going to wake him up soon and will hopefully have more news.
Anne