For those that drive from Massachusetts...

[DVC-Don]

We used to make it a three day/two night drive as I don't like driving after dark. Bout 10 hours the first day and stay around or just south of Richmond, VA. 8 hours the second day and stay at Pooler, GA. Bout 5 or 6 hours the third day to WDW.

 

[pooch]

IF I were to do it, that would be my plan too. 10 hours in a car is way more than enough!

 

[hardcorestitch]

IF I were to do it, that would be my plan too. 10 hours in a car is way more than enough!

Even worse? 10 hours in a car hearing garbage Filipino music (this is coming from an actual Filipino)…

 

[ddluvsdisney]

We drive down once year from SE MA. We used to stop in NC overnight. Now we drive straight thru. My DH drives thru the night and I take over in the morning.
It’s hard to tell exactly how long it takes we’ve done it in as little as 18- 21 hours overnight. The 2 day trip takes a little more time bc of traffic.
There’s a great thread on the transportation board called for 2,000 mile round drivers. There are lots of helpful people with great driving tips.
Good luck!!

Edit to add: when we do 2 days we left by 3-4am
Straight thru leave by 7 pm

 

[Pea-n-Me]

We did it once, straight through. Not in any rush to do it again, unless there comes a time where we’re retired and not on a schedule, etc. Then we might try it again but take our time and break it up. I agree it is nice to have your own car. We even took our dog on that trip!

Issues we had were hitting a lot of construction delays, even in the middle of the night (not sure if those are as big an issue today), and massive 18 wheelers that were literally inches from our car in the pouring rain on a lot of the busier sections of the highway. Pretty intimidating, even for us Boston drivers, lol.



I also had good intentions about driving but had trouble staying awake enough to drive safely during the night. And I couldn’t sleep when anyone else was driving, either, too worried they’d doze off. So not a great experience. I don’t really like to fly, either, so I’m kind of stuck either way, but flying overall is a lot easier and more peaceful for me.