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To a new day, we go on.
It's time to move on and move forward.
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what type of plan do you have?? ie, do you drive straight through, or do you stop over night? and where do you stay if you do stop? how many hrs is the drive? what time of day do you leave?
Am i crazy for considering driving? It's me, dh, dd7,ds7 and ds5 at the time of the trip. we've flown twice but now for some reason i am really nervous about flying. honestly how is the drive, and does anyone have an idea of what it typically costs them to drive?
I thought we weren't going to be able to go this year, and now there is a glimmer of hope that we may. I know southwest has $84 flights and for 5 of us it would be $1000, would driving be much less than that round trip or should i somehow get over my fears?? any help and advice is much appreciated.
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We are trying to drive stright though this time. Last time we stoped once in Tenn. about dinner time. Horrible hotel we never slept and left at 4am. This time we will take turns driving and if we get to tired will stop for sleep. DH thinks it will be around 200 for gas he firgured 100 gallons of gas, way cheaper then 4 airfares, rental car (we see family besides disney,) gas for rental, and hauling car seats.
We stop for meals, rest areas let the kids run for a bit snack and potty.
We drove from NY last year and will again this year. My dad will not get on a plane. We have dont both where we drive straight through and stop for the night. We usually stop somewhere in S. Carolina or Georgia. Our drive is about 20 hours. This year we will be stopping overnight. DH says its to hard to drive overnight. DH says we spent about 400 on gas for the entire trip and it was about 3 dollars a gallon then. deciding!!
Some people view the drive there as part of the vacation. So, it really depends on how well you think your family would do. We much prefer to fly. (and were only coming from GA) I think $84 tickets is a heck of a deal! But multiply that times 5 and you would probably profit to drive. (we have similar problem, having 5 kids; something sounds cheap until you multiply it by all of us). If your comfortable making that long, long drive; go for it! If you can swing the flights, that would probably be more enjoyable thought. Either way; Have a great trip!
If you go on to Road, Travel, and Financial Services - AAA, they have a trip calculator which will estimate your gas cost based on current prices. Though prices may change, at least you can have a rough idea. We are planning to drive to WDW in May from NJ, it estimated our trip at 18 hours without stopping and about $200 in fuel costs. Even if you added another $200 for food, it will be much cheaper than flying.
I'm not from Long Island, but I live in CT which is pretty close. When my sister and I were kids, my family drove down about 3 times I think...we always left really early in the morning, 6 or 7, drove for maybe 12 hours, and stopped in North or South Carolina, wherever we happened to end up, got up the next day and continued to WDW! It was fun, I'd love to drive again, but it just takes up too much time, it would be like losing almost 4 days of vacation. I'd rather just get on a plane and be in FL in 2 and a half hours!
We're from NJ, so kind of close. We are planning on driving next trip down. I think we will leave at 3am and stop overnight in Jacksonville @6pm. Get some rest and then we'll only be a couple of hours from the WDW the next day.
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