First time driving.....anyone heading down 75 for springbreak?

[hinodis]

I need any and all advice from the experts on here. We have always flown but can't afford the $500 airfare this year. I need help planning this drive. we are coming from southeast Michigan. I have Nothing boooked as of today, I mean nothing! All we know is we want warm weather in Florida. Probably going to a beach. I need to get moving on this so I am open to suggestions.

 

[BridgetBordeaux]

Try to avoid Atlanta during am and pm rush hour.

Can you drive on the weekend? That might help.

Tune to AM 750 WSB for frequent traffic updates.

We used to live in Plymouth, MI but never drove to WDW until we moved here.

 

[hearts8701]

we drive from chicago alot straight thru about 18 hours 65-24-75 we love to drive
but more important you need to book a room ASAP for spring break

 

[HHSTigerFan]

Just be ready for a LOT of traffic, the times we have gone to Spring Break I am always suprised at the amount of traffic during the overnight hours.. can remember driving thru Georgia at 2AM and 75 was busier than it normally is during the day..

 

[BridgetBordeaux]

On a normal day, Atlanta is about 7.5 hours from WDW.

On the Sunday after Thanksgiving a few months ago, it was closer to 9.5 hours.

 

[Figment_Fan]

We drive from mid-Michigan (Lansing area). There are times we take I-69 down through Indiana and time was take 23 to 75 down. We tend to leave early in the morning to avoid traffic, sometime around 3 or 4 am.

I agree with BridgetBordeaux, avoid Atlanta during the rush hours. We tend to get to Valdosta on the first day. The next day, leaving around 7 a.m. gets us to Disney World after the morning rush around 10:30 to 11 or so. 8 times out of 10, they have a room ready for us and we can check in a start our day. If no room is ready, we just get our tickets and proceed to whatever park our plan has us going to first.

It's really not a bad drive, but I relax as the drive progresses. If you don't like to drive, then it can be a problem. Don't forget a DVD player for the kids. The "are we there yet" can be delayed by a response of how many movies to go until the destination. A six hour drive left just sounds better when the response is "3 more movies to go."