FirstTimeDisneyDad
Mouseketeer
- Joined
- Oct 24, 2007
We are driving next month for our trip and since it's our first, I'm not certain how it will go.
We did a similar length drive to Halifax two years ago, but were able to break that up into 3 days with a stop at the in-laws in Montreal, plus our youngest was only 16 months, so we needed to break it up.
We plan on leaving at about 4 AM and driving to just south of Charlotte and stay Rock Hill, SC. I know that many folks use this as a Day 1 stop.
Question - has anyone pushed this day and gone on to Columbia, SC? Is it worth the extra hour? Hotel suggestions? I think that if we drive for about 15 hours (with stops) , then a 6 PM-ish stop around Columbia would be about right.
On the way back , we figure our first day laving WDW will be the easier one (we'll probably leave later then 3 am!) and plan on stopping in Rock Hill again. Then do the tougher day the next one...getting home when we get home.
Our tricks...
Crazy Frog CD, DVD player, 2 screens, tons of movies! That, and our kids are great sleepers in the car.
Thanks for any thoughts on the above question.
Cheers
FTDD
We did a similar length drive to Halifax two years ago, but were able to break that up into 3 days with a stop at the in-laws in Montreal, plus our youngest was only 16 months, so we needed to break it up.
We plan on leaving at about 4 AM and driving to just south of Charlotte and stay Rock Hill, SC. I know that many folks use this as a Day 1 stop.
Question - has anyone pushed this day and gone on to Columbia, SC? Is it worth the extra hour? Hotel suggestions? I think that if we drive for about 15 hours (with stops) , then a 6 PM-ish stop around Columbia would be about right.
On the way back , we figure our first day laving WDW will be the easier one (we'll probably leave later then 3 am!) and plan on stopping in Rock Hill again. Then do the tougher day the next one...getting home when we get home.
Our tricks...
Crazy Frog CD, DVD player, 2 screens, tons of movies! That, and our kids are great sleepers in the car.
Thanks for any thoughts on the above question.
Cheers
FTDD