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

[BC1836]

Departed WDW at 7:46 a.m.
GA: 10:57 a.m.
SC: 12:37 p.m.
NC: 3:41 p.m.
VA: 6:26 p.m.
Staying in Thornburg, VA overnight.

No traffic of note during our 803 miles driven today. Headin' for the Jersey Shore tomorrow.

All the best.

 

[amcnj]

Departed WDW at 7:46 a.m.
GA: 10:57 a.m.
SC: 12:37 p.m.
NC: 3:41 p.m.
VA: 6:26 p.m.
Staying in Thornburg, VA overnight.

No traffic of note during our 803 miles driven today. Headin' for the Jersey Shore tomorrow.

All the best.

Safe Travels. Soon you will be doing a "welcome home" at your exit 67!

 

[happily single]

OK. Left okw at 7:00am. Currently on Jersey turn Pike....1/2 way up. So far traffic in Virginia was a bit rough but only really lost 30 minutes. Rained from Georgia to Maryland. Fingers crossed New York and Connecticut will be OK. Eta in RI, 2:00am. Drive down was fantastic. Pulled into Orlando 9:30 ish. Ended up getting a room at a Marriott because Disney had NO availability. Checked in next day at OKW.

I will be driving HOME only from Orlando in less than a month. Can you refresh my memory as to the tolls coming home?

 

[BC1836]

Safe Travels. Soon you will be doing a "welcome home" at your exit 67!

Howdy! We returned home this afternoon at 1:50 p.m.

Total round-trip miles driven: 2,172 (19 of them were driven in WDW).

No major traffic problems except for the usual stop/slowdown at mm 155 in VA where the busy feeder lane quickly creates four lanes of traffic that must return to three (alongside the construction).

All the best!

 

[BC1836]

I will be driving HOME only from Orlando in less than a month. Can you refresh my memory as to the tolls coming home?

Assuming you will be driving I-95: $4.00 (Baltimore tunnel); $8.00 (Maryland major rip-off fee); $4.00 (Delaware rip-off fee).

All the best!

 

[chepic]

I will be driving HOME only from Orlando in less than a month. Can you refresh my memory as to the tolls coming home?

I would love to, but we ended up getting the easypass from the Newport bridge authority and I don't even think about it anymore. I know there was Jersey, Delaware, and New York. Not certain about others, or even the cost. Sorry.

 

[chepic]

How's it going chepic?

Sorry I didn't reply. We got down to FL in record time...pulled into the Marriott just off property at 9:30.

 

[chepic]

Okay, the family named the New Blue Van. It's now officially the People Mover!!

Love it!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[happily single]

I would love to, but we ended up getting the easypass from the Newport bridge authority and I don't even think about it anymore. I know there was Jersey, Delaware, and New York. Not certain about others, or even the cost. Sorry.

Thanks. Didnt even think of that. I have an EZ-pass! Now i have to remember to pack it

 

[amcnj]

Howdy! We returned home this afternoon at 1:50 p.m.

Total round-trip miles driven: 2,172 (19 of them were driven in WDW).

No major traffic problems except for the usual stop/slowdown at mm 155 in VA where the busy feeder lane quickly creates four lanes of traffic that must return to three (alongside the construction).

All the best!

Yes, I had noticed by your earlier post showing times that you made good progress. After you hit VA at 6:26, how much longer was it till you reached Thornburg?

 

[BC1836]

Yes, I had noticed by your earlier post showing times that you made good progress. After you hit VA at 6:26, how much longer was it till you reached Thornburg?

Thornburg, VA is exit #118, and we reached it at 9:15 p.m. (reason for the extra half hour: food stop at Cracker Barrel).

We made our reservation while on the road at about 5:30 p.m. We estimated we could easily reach Thornburg by 9:30 since post-sunset darkness wouldn't arrive until around 8:30, it wasn't raining and the traffic was moderate.

Starting our drive home from Thornburg instead of Emporia (exit #11) or Petersburg (exit #45), two of our usual overnight stops, shortened our drive by about two hours...that's the equivalent of skipping MD (109 miles of I-95).

All the best.

 

[amcnj]

Thornburg, VA is exit #118, and we reached it at 9:15 p.m. (reason for the extra half hour: food stop at Cracker Barrel).

We made our reservation while on the road at about 5:30 p.m. We estimated we could easily reach Thornburg by 9:30 since post-sunset darkness wouldn't arrive until around 8:30, it wasn't raining and the traffic was moderate.

Starting our drive home from Thornburg instead of Emporia (exit #11) or Petersburg (exit #45), two of our usual overnight stops, shortened our drive by about two hours...that's the equivalent of skipping MD (109 miles of I-95).

All the best.

Thanks for the info. I will file it away for any future return trips that involve an overnight stay. That second day drive seems to take forever, and starting it from further north would be a help.

I guess day two you would only be about an hour from DC, and just have to leave that second morning so as to arrive there after the morning rush. No need for a prompt start to that second morning.

 

[BC1836]

Thanks for the info. I will file it away for any future return trips that involve an overnight stay. That second day drive seems to take forever, and starting it from further north would be a help.

I guess day two you would only be about an hour from DC, and just have to leave that second morning so as to arrive there after the morning rush. No need for a prompt start to that second morning.

Indeed, the second day's drive does seem "to take forever," and this further-north start in VA helped. We were home relatively early.

All the best.

 

[Harryo]

23 more days until we begin our annual trek to WDW from Mass

 

[pwdebbie]

Upon your arrival, check in on the Disboards. Perhaps our paths will cross.

All the best!

Today was my first chance to check the boards. We made it safely but the drive in the Charlotte area on the 19th was horrible with rain. We stayed at the Southern Lodge in Orangeburg, SC, supposedly the #1 hotel in Orangeburg. Horrible horrible horrible. Arrived at POFQ at 1:00 pm on the 20th. We head home this Friday. Now to figure out how to get to 417 from POFQ.

 

[pwdebbie]

Are you folks at WDW now?

All the best from the GFR!

Yes, sorry, I have not had a chance to check DISboards until now. We head home Friday. Epcot tonight, playing it by ear for our last two days.

 

[BC1836]

Yes, sorry, I have not had a chance to check DISboards until now. We head home Friday. Epcot tonight, playing it by ear for our last two days.

Alas, perhaps next time. Enjoy your last two days...and then you can start your next count down to WDW!

All the best!

 

[FFMickey]

I think I am going crazy again. Thinking about driving from Omaha to Orlando with an overnight in Chattanooga or Atlanta. We did it last year in December and I said I was not going to drive down again, but we also did it non-stop.... what do you road warriors think?

 

[BC1836]

I think I am going crazy again. Thinking about driving from Omaha to Orlando with an overnight in Chattanooga or Atlanta. We did it last year in December and I said I was not going to drive down again, but we also did it non-stop.... what do you road warriors think?

You're talking about a 20+ hour-1,400+ mile drive! It's safer to do it over two days (one moment of sleep behind the wheel could prove disasterous). And don't forget to drive a bit farther: WDW is in Lake Buena Vista; not much magic in Orlando except for the Orlando Magic!

All the best!

 

[jm106]

You men and women are keeping me going with another drive upcoming. Every time I start to freak out about it, I read here. You all make it seem easier. Thank you. We are breaking it up this time where as October we drove straight through over night(but stopped going home.) We still have over 11 hours on our final leg from Charleston.
I just keep trying to build up excitement about it not dread. (Drive is to Orlando, but not Disney which is part of why I am not as excited.)
Thanks again travelers! 2 more months