driving form PA

[michiml03]

Hi I'm a new poster on the Transportation boards and have a few ?.We are driving for the 1st from P.A. with 3 kids any suggestions on thing to do for them they are 15 which i'm not worried about and the other 2 are 6.They have I-pods, t.v. If anyone has a certain route they go that is better than what you would normally find on the internet. TIA

 

[pepe of ohio]

Hi I'm a new poster on the Transportation boards and have a few ?.We are driving for the 1st from P.A. with 3 kids any suggestions on thing to do for them they are 15 which i'm not worried about and the other 2 are 6.They have I-pods, t.v. If anyone has a certain route they go that is better than what you would normally find on the internet. TIA

Not sure where in Pa you're from but us in northeast Ohio, few miles from the Pa border take the traditional 77south, to 26 to 95 approach... Then 4 to WDW....

For us we kind of have 3 choices.... Main arteries being 71 to Cincinnati... 77 south.....

76 to Pa turnpike to 95 south

And as for mentioned above : 77 south

For our location, less miles and quickest time... 77 to 26 to 95 to 4.....15.5 hours 1046 miles

 

[Yellowstonetim]

Hi I'm a new poster on the Transportation boards and have a few ?.We are driving for the 1st from P.A. with 3 kids any suggestions on thing to do for them they are 15 which i'm not worried about and the other 2 are 6.They have I-pods, t.v. If anyone has a certain route they go that is better than what you would normally find on the internet. TIA

Depending upon where in PA you are traveling from, I suggest avoiding Philly, Baltimore, and DC by taking I-81 to 77 in Virginia, then heading straight south back to 95. Fast, little traffic, and pretty. It is roughly 25 miles longer than 95 from central PA, but it is actually faster because you avoid both DC and 15/17 if you try to avoid DC.

Sounds like you have the entertainment in hand. Try some books and some activities, too. Simple toys, crafts, coloring, etc.

 

[toystorymom]

If they're anything like my kids...lots of snacks!!

 

[mjmyers10]

We leave the Philly area around 3 am and are in property by dinner. We just take 95 the whole way. You leave early enough to avoid Baltimore and DC traffic.

 

[chartle]

We are coming from western PA and its straight down 79 to 77 to 95 to 4. Last trip we left at 5 ish Friday. Drove until 11 and stayed the night just outside West Virginia. Oddly, on this route, about a third of the trip is through WV.

To go through DC takes an extra hour and a half.

Thats the way we went years ago with my family. Of course the bad part about the shorter way is that you miss South of the Border, the gold standard for tourist traps. When we took the auto train years ago I think I remember waking up and seeing it off in the distance.