Travel to cocoa beach

[mkacar24]

We are driving to disney for the first time this year. We are coming from near nashville and will probably be making the trip over two days. We are looking at a stop at cocoa beach on the second day of driving.

All the directions on google maps and such are giving me two options. All the way down 75 and the east at orlando or down 75 to 95 and down the coast. Anyone have any experience with this. It seems more logical to me to drive down the coast but it will be spring break time and I'm worried about traffic.

Also, if anyone has any suggestions for a cheap, clean, safe hotel for us to crash at please feel free to share as well. We will probably make it as far as southern georgia or the tip of florida on that first night.

 

[WDWisTheBest]

We are driving to disney for the first time this year. We are coming from near nashville and will probably be making the trip over two days. We are looking at a stop at cocoa beach on the second day of driving.

All the directions on google maps and such are giving me two options. All the way down 75 and the east at orlando or down 75 to 95 and down the coast. Anyone have any experience with this. It seems more logical to me to drive down the coast but it will be spring break time and I'm worried about traffic.

Also, if anyone has any suggestions for a cheap, clean, safe hotel for us to crash at please feel free to share as well. We will probably make it as far as southern georgia or the tip of florida on that first night.

I would suggest that you consider I-75 to Lake City, FL and then east on I-10 to Jacksonville, then take the bypass around Jaxsonville, then south on I-95, east on 528 towards Port Canaveral. Just look at mapquest or google maps.

The cities near Valdosta, GA have many good and safe motels to stop.

 

[swilshire]

The most direct route is definitely to go to Orlando and then east to Cocoa Beach.

Unless you have some specific reason to go to Cocoa Beach, a much simpler beach visit from Nashville is to just keep going down 75 to Clearwater Beach. Then you're only about 1 1/2 hours to Disney. The beach there is much nicer anyway.

Less driving and a better beach.

Sheila

 

[ladylinda65]

I agree - unless you want to go to the Atlantic Ocean I would stop in Clearwater on the way from Nashville. Cocoa is east of Orlando. However, if the ocean is what you want then come to Orlando and take 528 straight to Cocoa Beach.

I would avoid going to I-95!!!

Have fun

 

[mkacar24]

Thanks, everyone. Clearwater will be fine, we just want to go to a beach on the way. I came up with Cocoa from a google search about beaches close to Disney.