How long is your drive?

[MIDisneyFamily]

From the other thread, I had to ask. I drive from the Detroit area, we have just around a 20 hour drive with stops. We have four kids, so a bathroom break takes a while. Just wondred what people drive to get there. We have gone straight through, but usually stop near Macon GA. somewhere usually.

 

[hls1023]

129 miles

 

[DISMOM]

From our house map quest gave us about 16 hours, but we stop at a sit down restaurant to eat [who wants fast food indigestion in the car?] and we spend the nite so, it takes us longer.
But another poster said it perfectly, 'the trip is part of the fun..', seeing the first palm tree, noticing all of the same sights on the way, the Disney gates..., the drive home always seems faster..not as much anticipation there.

 

[Jay & Sue]

The 1800 mile trip takes 2.5 days from our home in Denver but only 10-15 minutes (8 miles) from our home in Orlando. (First post after lurking for 5 years so I hope I did this right.) Hi all! :animwink:

 

[ArielWannaBe]

Im about 7 hours ... Its a long drive when your husband wont quit yappin'! lol
The last time I was like "PLEASE GO TO SLEEP!!!" heheh

 

[tigsmom]

The 1800 mile trip takes 2.5 days from our home in Denver but only 10-15 minutes (8 miles) from our home in Orlando. (First post after lurking for 5 years so I hope I did this right.) Hi all! :animwink:

You did just fine! :wave:

 

[mom2boysiadore]

We also live in the Detroit Area. Last time we drove was back in 2000.
We stopped in Sweetwater Tenn and then drove rest of the way. So day and 1/2. Before that was in 1994 and straight through. (so tired) around 20 hrs.
But never again we FLY from now on! I hope I go soon. I miss it.

 

[JessicaB]

We live about 690 miles away so about 10 1/2 - 11 hours. We usually leave Mount Juliet about 1 a.m. and are at WDW by noon. I like driving at night are early in the morning because there usually alot less traffic and DS sleeps. So it's like having the car to your self.

 

[dandaman]

From the other thread, I had to ask. I drive from the Detroit area, we have just around a 20 hour drive with stops. We have four kids, so a bathroom break takes a while. Just wondred what people drive to get there. We have gone straight through, but usually stop near Macon GA. somewhere usually.

Minus the four kids and add a half-hour plus bridge traffic, that's about exactly our plan every drive as well. :lol:

Nowadays since Dad's getting worse for driving endurance, we stop around Dalton (before Atlanta). Before Macon we used to drive through all the time.

 

[Brwneyedgirl72]

It takes us about 3 to 3 1/2 hours for us to get to WDW. I'm driving up tomorrow for the weekend!!! :sohappy:

 

[eroyee]

it took me 45 minutes from when my girlfriend and I left her house until we pulled into the Customs House at the Carribean Beach Resort....sorry guys!!!:wave:

 

[hcswingfield]

From Birmingham it usually takes about 9-10 hours. We've tried a lot of different routes, and the time usually ends up about the same.

 

[dannytaylor]

From my home in LaGrange Ga. I have done the trip in 5hrs 45min that's stoping in Valdosta for a restroom break.The longest it has taken me was 6.5 hrs, cause i had to drive over to Macon to oick up my brother.

 

[hhhmickey]

about 8 hours...have to stop a few times with two young kids

 

[MissM]

It's a pretty smooth drive these days since I-4 is three lanes all the way from Tampa to WDW. (Only took them 15 years or so to finish it.) So now it takes about an hour and 15 minutes to get into the parking lot.
-m

 

[jim1051]

1000 miles from PA, we used to split it up, 10 hours day 1, balance day 2.

Then 1 trip we had driven 11 hours and were already at 700 miles so we decided to keep going for "awhile" We drove 300 more miles. Total elapsed time 16 hours. Ever since, we do it all at once, stay off site in inexpensive motel, check in the next morning EARLY.

 

[disneycouple]

about 10 hrs but i get a rental car to change it up each time.

 

[Ringo8n24]

We were going to visit WDW for this Labor Day weekend, but decided to go to Destin since it was only 3 hours from here. Bad idea, too. It took over 6 1/2 hours today on I-10 with the Labor Day traffic congestion. So...it almost took us as long to come back from Destin as WDW. We are really upset over our decision this weekend. Don't get me wrong...Destin was fun but nothing beats Disney and to think we could have with the time we spent on the roads today is upsetting.

 

[mrerk]

I'm guessing you must live in the city with a 40 minute drive time to Logan, it took me over an hour from Hanover:brick: .

15 Billion dollars and the ride from the south still sucks.

Coming from metrowest (495) it takes about 45 minutes to Logan.

Driving it was 22 hrs. to my BIL's mother's house in Vero and then about 90 minutes back to Disney. I think we could have done it in 20 hrs without the Vero detour.

 

[acourtwdw]

Hi. we are from a little south of Lansing and we always try to get to Macon, Ga. the first nite! funny!

Lansing MI? That's where we live. It's about 22 hours for us. We drive straight through only stopping for gas and restroom breaks. And sometimes breakfast at Shoney's (we don't have that in MI and we love the buffet)

 

[beefog]

half hour to the airport & 45 minutes to the world from MCO. Will never drive form Northern Jersey its insane. Tickets are so cheap even with a family of 4 its still under a $1000.


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