Driving your own car

[Jamesbyr]

We are driving from NYC because a) DS2 hates flying and b)the air fares for the last week of April are really high! We have flown and also done the train.
We are renting a minivan. We have driven before, and it is not a problem. The kids, 16 and 21 now, LOVE to sleep in the car. One stop in North Carolina, usually, at a very inexpensive motel.

To fly means you get there faster, but also that you need another 2 hotel and park days in Orlando. Less gas, more Orlando expenses. A rental car either way. We only went carless in Orlando once. Never again.

Five well-planned days are really enough for us each year to see everything. We then have money left over for a non-Disney vacation too. (Good for mental health.) And wonder of wonders, we have DVC points left over!

 

[Jamesbyr]

I forgot to add that one year we flew KIWI AIRLINES. They turned out to be a charter masquerading as an airline. They leased out many of their flights to American Airlines cruise passengers during the AA strike some years back. We lost a full day of our vacation when our flight was postponed, an hour at a time.

Now, my in-laws were able to check in to our accommodations. My father-in-law had a heart condition and had bypass surgery a year later. Would you not know that this was the first and only third floor walk-up we have ever stayed in at OKW?

When we fly, we always ALWAYS plan an extra day for this kind of nonsense.

 

[tiff211]

We are driving and leaving in just 16 hours!!!!!!!! YIKES! We were in the market for a new car and knowing we would be driving to Disney bought a Yukon Xl....a seat for everyone...makes my life so much easier. ( lighter wallet with these gas prices though! ) Plan on driving through the night tomorrow night! HERE WE COME!

We have an expedition. When you come back, please tell post how much you spent for gas!!!! Have an awesome trip!!!!