Driving on July 4

[queendarvet]

We are driving this June to Vero and WDW and are scheduled to leave BWV on July 4 to drive home to NJ. How bad is traffic on the holiday? I think it would be better to cut a day off our disney trip to drive home on Sunday, July 3rd? Any driving veterans out there to help me?

 

[Missytara]

I can say it all depends on what day of week it falls on - this year, July 4th is on a Monday. That will be a federal holiday, so you won't have the whole entire Balt/Wash corridor traffic early in the morning or around rush hour, but you will see people returning to the area, who may have gone home for the holiday weekend.

 

[Girlie1]

We are leaving HHI on 7/3 but we stop overnight. I was hoping that if we get up early and beat the 7/4 late evening traffic in NY from the holiday it won't be too bad. Only time will tell.

 

[Pembo]

We drove from FL to OH on July 4th...traffic was fine but there were ALOT of cops out there!!!! We really had to watch our speed.

 

[Traveliz]

I wouldn't cut a day off my trip to avoid driving on the 4th. Honestly I don't think it will be much different than the 3rd - and further more - you know if you cut a day off to avoid traffic you will be stalled by some huge accident and wish you hadn't done so.

Liz