Who drives to WDW

[dawz1026]

We drive from north central Illinois. @ 18-20 hours depending on how things go. We have drove 3 times to Disney. Kids age's ranged from 2-9. We have 3 children. We have only stopped once on the way down when my youngest was 2. That worked out good because we were ready to go staight to the parks when we got there. I am afraid to fly. However, I am also too cheap to fly. No matter how you look at it, when you can drive straight through it is much cheaper to drive. Even with the inflated gas prices.

I hear u..everytime we say lets fly...5 minutes later and a plane goes down or has issues..ugh

 

[chasenluke]

We will not be going through Tennessee, but I was wondering if anyone knows of any traffic problems with I-10 due to the hurricanes?

Also, does anyone know of any other car games that are fun for the kids?

Thanks!

You can get straight through on I-10. The bridge over Lake Ponchatrain is still being worked on but isn't an issue. I live right outside of New Orleans so i am familiar with it. I am pretty sure it is straight going in Mississippi as well.

 

[atpatt]

We drive but we're only 8 hours away. Dh would love to fly but it makes no sense from a monetary standpoint, that and I hate flying! My kids do great, its dh that is the problem, lol!

 

[Amyz00]

You can get straight through on I-10. The bridge over Lake Ponchatrain is still being worked on but isn't an issue. I live right outside of New Orleans so i am familiar with it. I am pretty sure it is straight going in Mississippi as well.

Thanks! That's good to know. DH was concerned about this and since we are driving straight through, he didn't want any suprises.

 

[beachgrl001]

We drove one time, from PA(philly) getting there was fine comming home not so great. As much as I spent on gas and hotel for the night, I could have flown. Last year I got really great airfare 100.00pp r/t

 

[Amyz00]

We drove one time, from PA(philly) getting there was fine comming home not so great. As much as I spent on gas and hotel for the night, I could have flown. Last year I got really great airfare 100.00pp r/t

Wow! What a great deal! Too bad the fares aren't that low anymore - at least not from what I have seen.

 

[ABCD's Mom]

We leave from just outside Philly (Langhorne) between 2:00 and 3:00 am and take I-95 straight through. Traffic isn't bad b/4 6:00 am. Anytime after that is terrible and I think we would go around DC then.

 

[Ashlander]

We drive from Va and leave in the evening and drive through the night. We have 3 kids 6, 5 & soon to be 3 and they will sleep through the night. We actually get there faster...no traffic and not as many potty breaks!

It is definitely a little hard on the body, but normally we are so excited to be at Disney we forget about geing tired!

 

[mickeystoontown]

You can get straight through on I-10. The bridge over Lake Ponchatrain is still being worked on but isn't an issue. I live right outside of New Orleans so i am familiar with it. I am pretty sure it is straight going in Mississippi as well.

Don't know about the Lake Pochatrain bridge but we get on I-10 right before you get to Mobile, Alabama. For the last two years, they have been working on the bridges between Mobile and Pensacola. We try to go through that area at night. We definitely don't want to hit it during peak hours.

 

[lovegrumpy]

We drive only because we live 4hrs away from it.

 

[byoung]

No way am I driving. Southwest keep up good rates, to keep me from driving.

 

[Amyz00]

Need some help!!

Two of my children, DS 6 and DD 8, have both been experiencing bouts of car sickness recently. I thought that maybe it was the stomach that they had, however, it still continues and they are no longer sick. Does anyone have any ideas for what we can do on our long road trip to WDW besides taking disposable bags? I am thinking about calling our pediatrician and asking him for help. Since we are driving from Texas, it will be a long trip! I know that when they focus on their Nintendo Ds's or a movie, they seem to be alright, however I know that there is no way that they will watch tv or play games for 16+ hours!

 

[jdtopgun71]

We drive from VA when we go. We consider the drive part of our family time together and is usually as memorable as the trip itself. We stop on the first night because we leave after work and can't make it straight through.

 

[Kim in SPR]

My grandparents retired to Florida from upstate NY when I was a kid. They made the trip back and forth every Christmas and for the summer for 20 years (Grandpa was afraid to fly - plus it enabled them to have their car with them when they got here). Though I have flown plenty of times to visit them, when we decided to go to Disney we weighed the options and decided to drive. We left at night and drove non-stop, splitting the time between DH and I. We usually rented a mini van in Albany and it would take us about 20 hours or so from there. The cost of renting a van and gas didn't add up to the plane fares for four people traveling at Thanksgiving time (when we usually go) PLUS we had the added convenience of having a van while there, being able to pack food and a cooler to save on meal expenses, and not worrying about how we were going to cart or ship home our souveniers. It also enabled us to save money by staying off site some trips. The kids slept most of the ride and they really enjoyed seeing the different states - my youngest gets totally psyched seeing the "Pedro" signs as your approaching the border between NC and SC! Seeing all the states was also a fond memory of mine from my childhood trips. We also took advantage of being able to travel around Florida during our stay, spending a day on each coast and seeing the beaches and sites other than Disney.

When the kids were younger, I packed their handheld games and made them bags full of dollar store "to do" stuff like games, cards, puzzle books, disposable cameras, etc. We rented movies and brought the DVD player. I also made them activity books from printing stuff I collected on the net that were Disney related - coloring pages, puzzles, etc. In it, I added pages for journals for each day of their trip so they could write their thoughts and favorite things.

The one thing we had on our last trip this past November that we found the most valuable was the GPS. It made it effortless to navigate especially while we were in Florida.

Whatever you choose, be safe and have fun!

 

[O_Jr71]

We drive and fly but i LOVE driving. We come from central jersey it takes us probably 18 hours but we always stretch it and make a pre-disney mini vacation. it takes about 2 days...we're doing it again in august and i can't wait

 

[NYDisneyKid]

I drive there every day,,,ºOº

 

[dawz1026]

I drive there every day,,,ºOº

are u happy there?I almost moved there 2 yrs back..still thinking about it

 

[NYDisneyKid]

are u happy there?I almost moved there 2 yrs back..still thinking about it

Of course,,,Why do you ask? ºOº

 

[dawz1026]

Of course,,,Why do you ask? ºOº

We gave serious thought to moving because we LOVE Celebration.We found it to be pretty much priced the same as Long Island but c'mon...so beautiful.I hate snakes though and it keeps me back..silly I know

 

[DisneyLiLi]

I dont drive to DW,I fly on a plane.