"For 2,000+ Mile Round-Trip Drivers Only!" (IV)

[dvczerfs]

I am in FL so gas is cheaper here than back home usually.

sure..... sure...... rub it in.

 

[ddluvsdisney]

sure..... sure...... rub it in.

Sorry!! Lol

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[Tweevil]

Hi guys!
I haven't been on here in a bit, no trips for the last year or so (work got in the way) BUT I am heading down August 16th via I95 from South NJ.

I am trying to figure out a good stopping point again - I have to drive at night so we are leaving at 6p or so and heading out. I want to do a hotel room mid-point but I am getting tripped up on the check in-out policies of the hotels.

I estimate I can stop around Walterboro SC around 6a but I just called there and they said I have to check out by 11a or get charged for 2 nights. I don't want to do that.

What do you guys do when your layover is in the early AM? Do you just bite the bullet and pay it OR is there another option?

I am taking my GMa with me and she is a young 87 year old - I think she is going to need a break from the car.

Thanks for all of your help

 

[dvczerfs]

Hi guys!
I haven't been on here in a bit, no trips for the last year or so (work got in the way) BUT I am heading down August 16th via I95 from South NJ.

I am trying to figure out a good stopping point again - I have to drive at night so we are leaving at 6p or so and heading out. I want to do a hotel room mid-point but I am getting tripped up on the check in-out policies of the hotels.

I estimate I can stop around Walterboro SC around 6a but I just called there and they said I have to check out by 11a or get charged for 2 nights. I don't want to do that.

What do you guys do when your layover is in the early AM? Do you just bite the bullet and pay it OR is there another option?

I am taking my GMa with me and she is a young 87 year old - I think she is going to need a break from the car.

Thanks for all of your help

wow, that is a good one. I have never tried that but that is a great question. did you try different brands? other then sleeping in the car, which I cant do anymore or leaving at a different time, not sure what you could do.
would be interesting to hear if anyone has tried it.
I have stayed at the Hampton inn in Walterboro and also the days inn but that was a long time ago. I know others have stayed in other places in Walterboro.

 

[dvczerfs]

Sorry!! Lol

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that's ok..................
are you sitting by the pool sipping a mimosa this morning under the palm trees watching that one little white puffy cloud roll by?

 

[ddluvsdisney]

that's ok.................. are you sitting by the pool sipping a mimosa this morning under the palm trees watching that one little white puffy cloud roll by?

Sure...that sounds fantastic.
No actually I got some groceries at Publix, and walked the dog on the path ( love that path!!)
I promised DS13 I'd take him to Chic FIL A for lunch. We LOVE it there. There were none of them up north but we just found out they are opening one about 40 min. Away. I wouldn't mind driving there!!!
DH and DS17 are at UCF today for a tour. They should be done around 2 then we're heading down to Disney. We have an ADR at Via Napoli tonight YUM!!!!

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[disneyfan55]

We are finding the Days Inn to require 24 hour cancel policy instead of same day 4 or 6 pm.

 

[dvczerfs]

Sure...that sounds fantastic.
No actually I got some groceries at Publix, and walked the dog on the path ( love that path!!)
I promised DS13 I'd take him to Chic FIL A for lunch. We LOVE it there. There were none of them up north but we just found out they are opening one about 40 min. Away. I wouldn't mind driving there!!!
DH and DS17 are at UCF today for a tour. They should be done around 2 then we're heading down to Disney. We have an ADR at Via Napoli tonight YUM!!!!

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your killin me!!!!!

first...... publix brand cream soda.

second...... via Napoli!!!!! ohhhhh lets start with mozzarella caprese. then onto vitello piatti alla parmigiana. and lastly, one of the reasons I drive 2000 plus miles.........GELATO FRIZZANTE!!!!!

(I have my adr for September )

 

[dvczerfs]

We are finding the Days Inn to require 24 hour cancel policy instead of same day 4 or 6 pm.

I haven't stayed at a days inn in 15 years. good to know.

 

[Disneyholic]

HI!!!!

Now that I am 60 & DH is 70 those round trip drives have begun to be too much for us. We take the autotrain roundtrip if we can or at least 1 way. Since he still works full time & I work part-time it is hard to take off extra days for travel at this time. The thing is that I feel I have made many friends on this particular forum and still want to chime in on occasion to say hi. Hope I won't be alienated because we aren't doing the 2000+ anymore, but you all will eventually get there, too.

We used to do the drive round trip, but we were never able to make it in the 16 hours I see some do. We would leave in the evening and drive most of the night, but had to pull into a rest stop for a couple of hours for safety. The more years we drove, the older we got, the longer the stops. Then we started to do hotels occasionally. I think the least amount of time it took us with naps was about 22. I have trouble sleeping while he is driving because I feel like we are going off the road sometimes. He loves to hit the rumble strips when he sees my head nod.

I'll be keeping up with all of you.

Bev

 

[Liisa1965]

HI!!!!

Now that I am 60 & DH is 70 those round trip drives have begun to be too much for us. We take the auto train roundtrip if we can or at least 1 way. Since he still works full time & I work part-time it is hard to take off extra days for travel at this time. The thing is that I feel I have made many friends on this particular forum and still want to chime in on occasion to say hi. Hope I won't be alienated because we aren't doing the 2000+ anymore, but you all will eventually get there, too.

We used to do the drive round trip, but we were never able to make it in the 16 hours I see some do. We would leave in the evening and drive most of the night, but had to pull into a rest stop for a couple of hours for safety. The more years we drove, the older we got, the longer the stops. Then we started to do hotels occasionally. I think the least amount of time it took us with naps was about 22. I have trouble sleeping while he is driving because I feel like we are going off the road sometimes. He loves to hit the rumble strips when he sees my head nod.

I'll be keeping up with all of you.

Bev

You're right, Bev, we'll all get there! We've only tried the drive once, and that was because we had taken the auto train down and there was going to be an unacceptable delay for the return trip. This was in May when they were having all kinds of problems. So there we were with our car, and decided we might as well drive home. We loved it so much we decided to drive round trip next year, but we couldn't make it home in sixteen hours either (we live in Montgomery County, PA). We drove for about nine hours, stopped at a Hampton Inn for the night, and drove another nine hours the next day. I think we'll be better prepared next year and can hopoefully avoid the crazy traffic we hit, but we will still stop overnight.

 

[dvczerfs]

your killin me!!!!!

first...... publix brand cream soda.

second...... via Napoli!!!!! ohhhhh lets start with mozzarella caprese. then onto vitello piatti alla parmigiana. and lastly, one of the reasons I drive 2000 plus miles.........GELATO FRIZZANTE!!!!!

(I have my adr for September )

HOW WAS IT!!!!!!

heres a song for you guys!!!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pflp9MdhXSM


I have to laugh everytime I here this music. my mom is Italian. that's right, swing first ask questions later. she would listen to this stuff over and over.(all in Italian,no English) when she got mad, she would start talking in Italian and of course us kids had no idea what she was saying. she was barely five foot on a good day and the only time she took that apron off was to go to church.
my mom was the youngest of 11. I never seen 11 people eat, dance and sing as much as these 11. they came here with nothing. they lived in a camp after the war till my grandfather could get them here. not a pot to pee in but the happiest people you ever want to meet.
dw never met my mom, I use to take dw to family reunions at my aunts house when they were all still alive. the first time dw went, I told her you have to eat something, my aunt will unload the frig, till you do.
when we got in the car to come home, dw looked at me with her eyes wide open and said, "oh my god, why do they yell at each other".( my dw being from a non Italian home, had no idea ) there not yelling at each other, that's the way they talk!!! 11 kids, how do you think anyone hears you!!!! I miss my mom, I know she is standing behind a stove smilling somewhere!

 

[dvczerfs]

HI!!!!

Now that I am 60 & DH is 70 those round trip drives have begun to be too much for us. We take the autotrain roundtrip if we can or at least 1 way. Since he still works full time & I work part-time it is hard to take off extra days for travel at this time. The thing is that I feel I have made many friends on this particular forum and still want to chime in on occasion to say hi. Hope I won't be alienated because we aren't doing the 2000+ anymore, but you all will eventually get there, too.

We used to do the drive round trip, but we were never able to make it in the 16 hours I see some do. We would leave in the evening and drive most of the night, but had to pull into a rest stop for a couple of hours for safety. The more years we drove, the older we got, the longer the stops. Then we started to do hotels occasionally. I think the least amount of time it took us with naps was about 22. I have trouble sleeping while he is driving because I feel like we are going off the road sometimes. He loves to hit the rumble strips when he sees my head nod.

I'll be keeping up with all of you.

Bev

hi disneyholic!!!! stop more often!!!!

 

[dvczerfs]

BC!!!!! check out these pictures of Disneyland 59 years ago...... theres a pic of fess parker.

 

[dvcville]

I found this youtube video. Walt Disney World: A Dream Come True. Enjoy!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQ97MYGVm0I

 

[dvczerfs]

I found this youtube video. Walt Disney World: A Dream Come True. Enjoy!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQ97MYGVm0I

that's a great video. I still remember a lot from when I was a kid. what we call the magic kingdom was called walt Disney world in our house. it was the only thing there. mission to mars, the swan boats, if you had wings. I have pictures of the red, RCA sign that glowed in front of space mountain. eastern airlines and even pepsi had a hand in it, country bears.
just about every attraction had a corp. sponsor. now, read some boards and some threads and they throw a starbucks sign on main street and the world is coming to an end. the way mr. Disney bankrolled his park was through corp. sponsors, today the newbies call it corp. greed. I remember the big sealtest ice cream sign on main street.
characters? there were no meet and greats. if you were lucky you would see one of them standing in a corner with mobs, I mean mobs, there were no character attendants keeping order. I kinda miss the old wdw but, times have changed. what was jaw dropping back then, isn't today. I hate when I read about an old attraction or space going away but after the new is in place, I like what they have done. I still have old park tickets when they would rubber stamp the date on the ticket. I have a partly used ticket book from 1973 yet from my visit. I keep it an the safety deposit box.
we use to stay on rt192, which by the way had a lot of orange groves on it at the time. it was only a two lane road. I have pictures of us parked on the main road to get into the mk. the park hit capacity an we couldn't get in. what is funny was in the picture, there is nothing around!!! no epcot monorail tracks nothing. I have a picture of my dad with Minnie at the mk in our living room, again it was a stoke of luck. she had just walked out in front of us and we managed to grab the picture.
back then driving was fun. i95 wasn't completed so you had to keep jumping on and off. it was a 24 hour trip back then.
a lot has change. a lot of great memories. wouldn't trade any of it for the world!

 

[BC1836]

BC!!!!! check out these pictures of Disneyland 59 years ago...... theres a pic of fess parker.

What pictures?

Help!

All the best.

 

[dvczerfs]

What pictures?

Help!

All the best.

http://www.imagineeringdisney.com/


sorry, forgot to post the link.

 

[BC1836]

http://www.imagineeringdisney.com/


sorry, forgot to post the link.

Thanks!

Yeah, Fess Parker was THE star of the opening ceremonies at Disneyland. He was filming the Davy Crockett keel boat episodes at the time. And this December marks the 60th anniversary of "Davy Crockett, Indian Fighter," the first of the original three episodes. And 2014 marks the 25th anniversary of the Fess Parker Winery!

All the best.

 

[BC1836]

The BEST part of our drive:

The section of World Drive from the Magic Kingdom entrance until Seven Seas Drive, where we make a left heading towards Floridian Way.
The magic gets us every time.

All the best.