You guys are making our upcoming drive sound not so bad! We have a 12 hour drive ahead of us. We just couldn't pay the obscene airfare. We won't have the kids with us on this trip so it shouldn't be too bad and it will give DH some quality time together. We plan on leaving in the wee hours of the morning and driving straight through.
We live right outside of Charlotte, NC and drive there every time we go. We try to leave early to make it past Jacksonvilles rush hour traffic! LOL
How long is the drive from charlotte to disney? We will be leaving Fort Braggs and going to Disney On a Sunday Sept 14th in the morning. Just wondering how early we should leave.
we only used that bypass once. it takes you way out of the way. we never had a problem going through jacksonville (knock on wood) but we never hit it at rush hours. if you get there and its not rush hour, go for it!! we do the same in richmond, we go through int95, so far so good.Okay question about Jacksonville. coming down end of June. DH is convinced that we must take the bypass around the city, he says it saves time and trouble. So does it?
We always drive, too - we live 40 minutes south of Myrtle Beach, SC. I have the trip down to 7 hours and 40 minutes in moderate conditions. I have done it in 7 hours and 10 minutes and as long as 8 and a half. Nothing can keep us from our mission:WDW!
Just curious-Do you take I-95 to Daytona? What road do you take over to WDW? You really make great time getting there. The best we can do from Augusta is about 8 hours. Of course we have to get to I-95 by the back highways no interstate crossing from here to there. Best time from here to I-95 is about 2 hours by way of going through the Savannah River Plant in SC to I-95 at the state lines.
I am with you about the drive home, have left WDW as late as possible too!
Grammie3
We always drive, too - we live 40 minutes south of Myrtle Beach, SC. I have the trip down to 7 hours and 40 minutes in moderate conditions. I have done it in 7 hours and 10 minutes and as long as 8 and a half. Nothing can keep us from our mission:WDW!
Just curious-Do you take I-95 to Daytona? What road do you take over to WDW? You really make great time getting there. The best we can do from Augusta is about 8 hours. Of course we have to get to I-95 by the back highways no interstate crossing from here to there. Best time from here to I-95 is about 2 hours by way of going through the Savannah River Plant in SC to I-95 at the state lines.
I am with you about the drive home, have left WDW as late as possible too!
Grammie3
We take 17S through Charleston, SC and then it merges onto I95 S just north of Savannah. Then we I95 S to Jacksonville and then cut over to 295 S to circle JAX, then back on 95 S to I4. Now, I will admit that there are many times that I exceed the speed limit, but not too bad. We follow the flow of traffic. Another thing that helps our time, I believe is when we leave. We are notorious for late night and early morning drives. And we usually only stop twice for bathroom breaks and grab something quick to eat which we eat and drive.