Disney Vacations
LloydXmas
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Just booked a family trip to Orlando. The wife and I are torn on spending the extra 1000+ for flight or do we Do the Griswold style trip and drive 1200 miles over two days. We have 7, 5 and 2 year olds. We.ve got a Antarctic Blue Super Sportswagon from Lou Glutz Motors.
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I would say fly if you're staying on the property. Drive if you're not because then you will have to rent a car anyhow.
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gotta eat regardless of driving or flying.
i vote drive
Nuff said
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i get that. but if u fly u eating at home on the cheap
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excellent point
I feel sorry for anybody going to Disney World in the summer. Had a major blast but it was dangerously hot in June.
booked universal orlando 2 days ago ..going in april
FLY FLY FLY...3 HOURS SIMPLE
Or at least Peter Pan your ass over there.
You can stop at Subways for lunch, etc. It doesn't need to be expensive. I once actually got down too fast and had to stop a half hour outside Disney b/c I didn't have the room booked there that night (expected to stop, but it only took me 17 hours - yes, 17 hours with a few stops). It flies.
I've done it both ways - leaving at 6 AM and leaving at 10 PM. Either way is fine. It's really what you are up for. Once you get past Washington DC, it's open sailing. So, time it based on getting past there before traffic hits.
If the kids have electronics (DS's?) and a movie, it is easy.
The trip back kind of sucks, but that is when to plan on stopping somewhere (Savannah, GA, Wasington DC, etc. Just not South Carolina unless you are going way off the highway) to break it up (just like the flight back sucks the most. Going back to real life always sucks).
Just have the kids packed well - if you leave at 6 AM - you get up early, have their breakfast waiting in their seats in the car. Pack the night before and have their books, in car games, whatever near by. Plus - the tunes are great. It gets the kids to listen to a lot of PJ (last year it was PJ Radio the whole way down with a few breaks for movies).
Plus, think about flying - an extra hour or 2 at the airport, dealing with your kids in the airport, then the plane. You can only pack so much (which I guess could be a good thing, but it also limits what you can bring home). I like flying, but this is an easy road trip.
Disney is an exciting overwhelming thrilling and exhausting adventure for child and adult
alike.
treat yourself, fly ...
after you budget the real savings on paper I think you'll be glad you did
Have a stupendous time!
We made great memories there in the mid to late 90's
I did a drive to New Orleans last year from NYC, just me and my 2 year old. Driving down was a breeze, left early both days and stayed over one night and a arrived around 1 in the afternoon. But, driving back, I found to be a lot harder. Just facing 20 hrs of driving was a bit daunting. ( and on the return I had my Hub with me)
I did it once, I know what it feels like- so the next time, I'll spend the extra money and fly.
we have done chicagoland to charleston and chicagoland to savanah....it's very rythmatic...take her car, tank holds about 300 miles of gas....so we stop every 4 hours or so, gas up, get a snack if needed and switch postions. nothing too it.
I would have to say, if you are not going to stop and see things on the way, then just fly. Long road trips with small kids can be a nightmare.
When we drove, we picked kids up from school and drove straight through, go there about noon the next day, it was brutal, but we had our car and packing was easier (except packed way too much) and not stuck with airline schedule. Driving home sucked.
Kids did great on the plane, we had more time for the vacation, spent less time travelling.