Originally Posted By tinkerbellfly check out this web site: www.fuelcostcalculator.com You just enter in where you are coming from and where you are going too. Then it asks you the make, model and year of your car. It will let you know how much it will cost you in gas to drive one way and round trip. I posted this under the topic of Flying vs. driving. I thought I would share this website with anyone who is thinking of driving to disney and comparing the cost to flying. With the way gas prices are going these days, this site helps out when trying to decide what to do.
Originally Posted By tinkerbellfly I think its a good site if you are debating whether to drive or fly, or trying to budget the expense for driving.
Originally Posted By Disneymom443 I bookmarked the site, so I can see how much it will cost to drive. We are going in December.Driving is still less expensive because we will have 6 in the van.
Originally Posted By mouse of the south The cost for us to fly roundtrip (delta) is $2233.20. The price for us to drive according to fuelcalculator is only $150.00. What a difference.
Originally Posted By mouse of the south I already have!! Our trip is already paid in full including dining, so I have three months worth of pay checks I've saved just for disney. The only time I'm not tight with money is when we go to disney.
Originally Posted By t1lersm0m ^^Wow, where are you from that airfare is so high? Or do you have a big family?
Originally Posted By Coachbagfanatic1 Wow, that's nuts for airfare. That's another vacation for a lot of people!!
Originally Posted By OldKeyWestie Flying is wonderful when you're four people, or three people, or two, but when you are Mom, Dad, and four kids, flying, even when its JetBlue @ 69.99 (not counting all of the other charges) can become prohibitive. And driving is not all that bad. Overnight from the northeast down I-95 is a pleasure ("Did he say 'pleasure'?"). DVD player, kids in the back, a talkative daughter up front, good company for the long journey. When its painful is not the drive down, its the drive home.
Originally Posted By vbdad55 <When its painful is not the drive down, its the drive home.< Amen to that -- not that we don't like going home, but the anticipation is far far less than on the way down.... for us it's 80 to 65 to 75 to the turnpike on the way down
Originally Posted By pixiedust1 And driving is not all that bad. <<Overnight from the northeast down I-95 is a pleasure ("Did he say 'pleasure'?"). DVD player, kids in the back, a talkative daughter up front, good company for the long journey. When its painful is not the drive down, its the drive home.>> We did it for 22 yrs... the trip home was harder for sure... but we made it enjoyable as possible for the kids.. One night on the road and we were there the next day... We didnt have the luxury of DVD's and big electronic games.. we kept the kids happy with old time fun... We learned from Sparky Griswald... LOL...
Originally Posted By mouse of the south We don't mind the drive either, the kids take turns picking movies. The big question we get is - how many movies till we're there. It's only about 12 hours for us. We won't be able to drive straight through this year, our son is graduating @ 11:00 a.m. the day we are leaving. (bad planning on my part) I figured we will be leaving about 11 hours later than usual. We are planning to go as far as Gainsville, then we should be able to check in or at least be assigned a room by about 10 or 11. In the past we have always been able to check in as early as 10 a.m. Hope we have the same luck this trip!
Originally Posted By t1lersm0m ^^I wish it was only 12 hours for us.....18 from NE PA. That's a breeze. We're going to Tennessee the beginning of June, and it's only 10 hours to get there. That will be like a piece of cake compared to driving to Orlando. But, I do enjoy driving more than most people. My husband included....he hates driving long distances. He's not even looking forward to driving to Tennesssee. I will probably be stuck doing most of it.
Originally Posted By Labuda You're not the only one with a monster drive who does most of the driving, Leigh! 17 hrs 44 minutes according to Expedia - though it took about 25 or 26 hours on our adveture through hurricane country. But, I figure if Expedia says that long, we can make it in about 16 to 16 1/2 hours if we hit traffic right.
Originally Posted By Labuda Oh, yeah... the reason I do mosat of the driving is that I'm a control freak, though! LOL
