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10-14-2009, 03:27 PM
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| Community Rank: Scout   Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Alaska
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| Road Trip - Montana to WDW in 3 days... doable? Erin and I are driving this time to WDW. I'm flying from Alaska down to Montana and then from there we're off! I've got it down to three legs/days of road travel down First Leg - Gold Creek, MT to Omaha, NE (19 hours) Second Leg - Omaha, NE to Memphis, TN (11 hours) Third Leg - Memphis, TN to Coronado Springs Resort (13 hours) are we crazy? we'd be driving in shifts... ETA - ok so Erin found a quicker route so now I'm all confused lol we'd be driving by not through Omaha and Memphis... hmmmmmmmmm ETA 2 - Okay, forget all that we've revised the travel plan... now it'd be: First Leg - Gold Creek, MT to Sioux City, IA (15 hours) Second Leg - Sioux City, IA to Nashville, TN (13 hours) Third leg - Nashville, TN to Coronado Springs Resort (10.5 hours) a little more doable.... we're talking about taking the other trip on the way back home.
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10-14-2009, 03:33 PM
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| Community Rank: Globetrotter  Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: TN
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| Hey! If you do this, I live in Memphis, maybe we can meet for a meal or something (like breakfast before you leave or whatever)! And I think this is doable - exhausting, but doable. Are you crazy, you ask? Hm. Possibly! But if you've got the time and are looking for some adventure, I say do it. It's a wonderful way to see the country, even at 65 mph!
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10-14-2009, 03:36 PM
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| Uncle Duck  Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Paradise, CA
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| Doable... but have large cushions and back rests for all those hours in a sitting position  
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10-14-2009, 07:40 PM
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10-14-2009, 08:07 PM
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| Community Rank: Navigator   Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: British Columbia, Canada
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| Those are some long days Toni. I drove from home to Edmonton with an over night. Second day was a 10 hr one, and it almost killed me. I couldn't wait to get out of the car, and I stopped for meals, etc. Is 4 days feasible? Or too much time taken out of WDW?
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10-14-2009, 08:29 PM
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| I think teh mentality is - it's too much time on the road/too much eaten out of Disney. we'll be switching off doing shifts of 4 hours or so, though Erin loves to just GO so, we'll see. We're also planning a couple of stops for photos (I want a dang picture of the Mississippi as I didn't get one when I was in St. Louis!)...
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10-14-2009, 08:54 PM
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| Community Rank: Navigator Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: British Columbia, Canada
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| Memphis sounds like a great stop. Hope you will have some time to see a few sights. I've always wanted to go to New Orleans. That would be one of my stops. 
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10-14-2009, 08:56 PM
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| Community Rank: Navigator Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: British Columbia, Canada
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| Oh, do you have a GPS? I have one (Tom-Tom) and love it. It comes with me to Florida! I got a great price on one in the after Christmas sales! Up here we call it Boxing Day sales!
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10-14-2009, 09:07 PM
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| I don't think that we do lol
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10-15-2009, 04:50 PM
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| Community Rank: Sightseer   Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Kansas City
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| Looks like your trip will pretty much take you the same route as we would take (once you hit Kansas City, MO that is). *I couldn't resist looking at your route on google maps
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10-15-2009, 04:57 PM
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| It is definitely doable since you can share the driving. I drove from Eastern Virginia to Missoula, Montana, over four days all by myself! If I can do that, you can certainly do the three day drive. What fun! You'll have a great time!
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10-15-2009, 10:29 PM
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oh, and, Sue, Erin DOES have a GPS.... in her phone *facepalm*
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10-16-2009, 10:33 AM
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| Community Rank: Day-Tripper Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Greater Suburbia--Illinois
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| It is do-able. Be certain to take breaks--get out and stretch your legs. Power naps of 20-30 minutes work great. Also, check for road construction on your route. I like to drive because it gives you such great flexibility. Have a great and safe trip! |
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10-17-2009, 02:28 AM
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| Community Rank: Navigator Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: British Columbia, Canada
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 esp in Florida!!! They get blown down in hurricanes, and takes forever to be replaced! And sometimes roads seem to have several different names, A state road #, a regular name like Margate Blvd, and another name or number. Drives me crazy 
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10-17-2009, 08:10 AM
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| I Love PassPorter  Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Frankton, IN
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| Make sure you have a good old fashioned Atlas as a backup to that GPS!! It's totally do-able and it really, really sounds like fun!!
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