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Old 08-13-2016, 01:05 AM   #1
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A Hot and Humid Return to WDW- TR 7/29 to 8/10

My family and I try to get down to Florida every year and this year the only time my work would let me get away was the first two weeks in August. So It was a very humid and hot time of the year to go.

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Me- Jamie ,40 something theme park junkie and beach lover
DH- Cody, 40 something deep sea fishing junkie and Disney fan
DS1- Christian, 16 film and gaming buff, loves technology and roller coasters
DS2- Cooper, 14 football player and gamer, loves big rides and running wild at the parks

Our plans were 4 nights at Kidani Village and tickets for a 7 day park hopper.
I tried out renting DVC points from David's Vacation Club and then build a do it yourself package with tickets and the dining plan.
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Signing on. Can't wait to hear your thoughts and how thing worked with using David's Vacation Club as we are thinking of trying that out for our next big trip in Oct 2017.
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We went the first two weeks of August once long, long ago. You are so right about the heat and humidity then. Terrible! Can't wait to read more.
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Day One 7/28

I convinced my boss to let me leave work early to get on the road.
My hubby kept my SUV to load up all of the clothes snacks and etc. that goes into a really long road trip.
We are road warriors that drive straight through from South Dakota to WDW with taking turns napping, roughly 25 hours in total. We took off around 5pm in the evening and headed south. Our rush hour is nothing so we thought leaving at 5pm would be a good time to go. This would take us through Saint Louis, MO at about midnight and Nashville, TN around 5 in the morning. The road between Saint Louis and Nashville is where we ran into our first hiccup with road construction and we hit Nashville closer to 7 in the morning, just in time for their horrible rush hour. My husband and kids were sleeping and I was in the driver’s seat. Nashville has a few interstates converging and I was having trouble navigating the heavy traffic to get onto the interstate I needed to be on. I truly felt like Clark Griswold “Look kids Big Ben, Parliament” laughing hysterically. I ended up doing two loops around Nashville and lost an hour.
The rest of the ride down went pretty smooth until we hit Atlanta at rush hour and we lost about 3.5 hours on the bypass around the city. The only thing I can say about Atlanta is I hate driving there and I don’t know why anyone would live there. I am sure it has redeemable qualities that I will never know about as I try and avoid Atlanta at all costs.
We arrived at our hotel at around 10pm and checked in to sleep at get ready for our big weekend.
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OMG! I give you credit for driving all the way down. I could never do it! 7 or 8 hours in a car and I'm toast! Sorry for your traffic troubles in both Nashville and Atlanta. Not fun! Thank goodness you made it in one piece and can get a good night's sleep!
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Glad you arrived safely, but that is a lot of driving with a few traffic problems.
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Wow! Great job driving! You must have been sooo tired! Can't wait to hear about the trip.
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Wow, you guys are troopers! I couldn't imagine being that many hours in a car.
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