for those that drive to WDW....

[GrimmGhosts999]

i live in South Carolina, so i've always driven to Florida. It's about 6 hours to WDW for me....i was just wondering. For those that drive to WDW, what are your favorite snacks to bring along for the car ride?

i like to bring:

-soda / water bottle
-Doritos or Pringles
-some kind of hard candy....like Jolly Ranchers, mints, Lifesavers, etc....

 

[Firewolfe51]

It's about a 9-10 hour drive for us. Our first time to fly down was in June. BTW...it was great. We don't mind driving though, but we always bring snacks for the ride:

-Pringles
-Cheese Nips
-Candy of some kind
-Nuts
-Anything I see at Wal Mart that is travelable
-Diet Pepsi, water, beer (for later of course)
-Soft Baked choc. chip cookies (can't leave home without em!).

 

[cheezedoodle20]

someone brought up the idea of the auto train well i just checked it out it would cost us a family of 4 1404.00 so i think i'll drive for around 450.00:wave:

 

[Nemo14]

Thanks for checking that - I thought it was fairly expensive. Besides the worsdt part of the drive for us was always between RI and Washington.

 

[Disnut]

We usally have:
Cookies
sodas
peanuts
chips
and we will stop and make some sandwiches.

 

[Jekyll Baker]

I drive from Brunswick GA, so it's only 3-3.5 hours for me (for example - 221 miles from my house to WL parking lot). The only 'snack' I might have would be if I stop in St Marys GA (3 miles from FL line) at Chick-Fil-A for a chicken biscuit or a chicken sandwich, depending on time of day. Other than that, I try not to stop or have a snack.

 

[Hakunamatata]

We have driven twice from Houston since 2004. Lots of juice, soda, granola bars, pretzels, sammiches, and fruit.

 

[clarkstallings]

I drive from Macon, GA. It takes me 5 hours and 15 minutes. That's stopping once for gas in Lake City, FL (always the same gas station and even pump usually, I'm so ritualistic about Disney.) I fly though. I try to maintain 85. It's 372 miles from my driveway to WDW.

 

[KYfriedPanda]

We have a ice chest that plugs into the cig. lighter and works as a refrig. and that works great.

I've been looking all over the place for one of those... Anyone know where to find one? (I live in MA so the shops up here may be a bit different than in TX).

 

[Kriszee1]

We are taking our 3rd drive to WDW in November, 1st time w/ a child(3). I plan on taking the cereal boxes, sippies, soda for the hubby, sweets, and definately pretzels. I did stop by the disney store and found some clearance Nemo & Princess lollipops as well as Buzz little hard candies for the older kids going with us to put in their "drive down surprise bags". Without kids, it took us about 16 hours w/stopping from the Jersey Shore. We usually stop for a HUGE late dinner in FL at like an Applebee's or Friday's.

 

[tigsmom]

I've been looking all over the place for one of those... Anyone know where to find one? (I live in MA so the shops up here may be a bit different than in TX).

Coleman makes a good one. Do you have any sporting goods/camping stores nearby? Like D. I. C. K. 'S or Gander Mountain?

 

[dvcnut39]

Usually some fruits, hard candies, and stopping at Cracker Barrel. Yum!

 

[figment1985]

we are too excited to eat on our 8-10 hr drive from North Carolina!!!!

But if we do eat.. we eat fast food :lookaroun

 

[campdisney]

Its about a 26 hour drive for us from Wisconsin (2 days drive time with one night at a hotel each way). Still cheaper than flying, even with hotels and higher gas prices. For the trip down, we always pack a cooler with ham & rolls, Pringles, juice boxes, water, granola bars, etc. I don't know why, but we always eat like cows on our roadtrips and the sandwiches are usually gone by the time we're out of Indiana.

We do stop at regional restaurants the second day and of course, on the trip back North. My kids get a big kick out of both Sonic and Waffle House restaurants. We have neither up here. If we want real food, we stop at a Cracker Barrel. And we always stop at a hotel with a contenential breakfast and that sets us up for a good long time before we have to stop to eat again.

The worst is all the potty stops. Its not the kids either. My husband sips coffee all day long on roadtrips. Part of his "routine". I swear the man has a bladder the size of a walnut. Every hour, a potty stop. I make the kids go too when hubby stops and they get mad "Mom, we just went an hour ago!!" :lol:

 

[Hakunamatata]

We do stop at regional restaurants the second day and of course, on the trip back North. My kids get a big kick out of both Sonic and Waffle House restaurants.

Those places rock....I'll have the hashbrowns scattered, smothered, and covered please.

We have neither up here. If we want real food, we stop at a Cracker Barrel. And we always stop at a hotel with a contenential breakfast and that sets us up for a good long time before we have to stop to eat again.

The worst is all the potty stops.

:lookaroun

Its not the kids either. My husband sips coffee all day long on roadtrips. Part of his "routine". I swear the man has a bladder the size of a walnut. Every hour, a potty stop.

:lookaroun

Alot of that sounds really familier :lookaroun

 

[metscool]

I always bring soda, potato chips and a lots of snacks. When coming from Jacksonville, FL we stop at Daytona. It is the half way piont and we get food and some snacks.

 

[magicalmemories]

Twistlers are a must for my husband. We drive straight through from Ohio usually leaving around 7pm and driving through the night. Twistlers are a great snack to nibble on to keep us busy while driving. Fat free and they taste pretty good (granted, we usually steer clear of them for a while after we get back, snacked out on them by the time we get home). Other than that, sodas, capri sun for the kids, hard candy, Cinnamon teddy grahms, pringles, sandwiches, you name it. We usually only stop for gas but we do stop and get breakfast (usually Waffle House) when the kids wake up which is usuall north Florida (last time Lake City). Best way to travel if you can handle driving all night!

 

[DisneyDragon]

My family is always amazed at how the meal sizes get larger as we head south. Even the offerings at 'standardized' restaurants (like McDs and Wendy's) seem to be larger - especially when you consider the regional product offerings. However, this is mostly observational and not empirical (we would love to test our theory, but honestly we just want to get to WDW).

We have a cooler than will keep ice cold for 5 days at 90F. More than enough to get us to WDW in an overnight run.

My only issue is the lack of Tim Horton's south of the border. Where does everybody on the highway get their coffee in the US? Our Starbucks tend to be in relatively urban and suburban areas. I find that I'm forced to get my coffee at McD's and Dunkin' Donuts in the US; and that's just wrong. Now that Wendy's owns Tim Horton's, the US should soon be seeing more 'Timmies' outside of NY.

 

[nyfrenchy]

Wow! Where did you find that deal? When I checked, it was going to cost us $1300 for 4 people and our car.

It was last march, I dont remember the exact price but it was around $300 for 2 adults and a regular car (it's a lot more expensive if your car is more than 65" tall)

 

[HHI Surfer]

I feel very strongly about this subject and so I have composed a haiku to express my feelings on it:

I love Swedish Fish
On the drive to Disney World,
They are like heaven.

 

[3fordisney]

When we drive, we must have the following:

Mountain Dew for the hubby- He's addicted to the stuff
Water
Chips-Little one's favorites
Boiled peanuts- my husband always stops for these. I can't stand them, but he loves them.

We usually stop for fast food for lunch and try to stay the course. We do make frequent stops at the rest areas to stretch our legs.