At what point is driving too far?

That's a long drive for sure, but some people enjoy the road trips too. I would fly though (personal preference is anything over 5-6hrs). Not sure how far you are from DFW but I live in the Tulsa area and a lot of people here drive the 3 hrs to use that airport instead of TUL.

For cruises its best to fly in the day before as you never know if there would be delays or cancellations flying in day of that would get you there after the ship leaves port. The ship won't wait for you. Are you able to fly in the day before? Can you afford 6 airline tickets and probably two hotel rooms if you fly down? If it was me in your shoes, I'm driving. I'm guessing $300 a person for round trip flights plus probably another $300 in luggage fees for everyone combined. If you drive and stoped a night going and coming back you probably save about $1400-$1500 driving vs expense of flying. If that amount is small in your world than fly but if it is a sizable amount than drive.

7 hours. Do you want to spend the first day of your cruise exhausted? Do you want to get back home exhausted? Driving sounds like a terrible idea.

I can't imagine driving any longer than the time it takes from Baton Rouge to Destin.

Anything longer and I'm flying and leaving the poors behind.

I'm gonna try and find flights but i just don't how much luck i'll have trying to find 6. I'm 4 hours from DFW & MEM, 2 hours from LIT & SHV, and of course my first choice would be TXK.

8 hours is usually the cap for me. If I can' t get there in 8, I fly.

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I'm guessing $300 a person for round trip flights plus probably another $300 in luggage fees for everyone combined. If you drive and stoped a night going and coming back you probably save about $1400-$1500 driving vs expense of flying. If that amount is small in your world than fly but if it is a sizable amount than drive.

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The contrast between sound advice and the use of then/than here is great

If its under 10 hours I much prefer driving, over that it all depends on price, how much time I have, etc. It also depends on if there is a direct flight option.

If you have to rent a car, the door to door break even time with flying is around 5 hours give or take how far the airport is from each of your destinations. I laugh when I hear people say "I'd rather fly 1 hour than drive 5 hours", yeah but that doesn't include the 30 mins to the airport, 2 hour arrival early to the airport, waiting on bags, picking up rental car, and then driving from rental car to destination.

Waze and google maps on phones has really helped with my view on driving too, being able to see bad Interstate traffic jams ahead of times makes me much prefer driving.

Is your wife going to help drive or does she expect you to go to work on Friday and stay up the entire night and then waste an entire day of the cruise sleeping and feeling like total shite? If yall are going to split up the driving then it might be doable. I would drive to save the money for a family of 6 but I wouldn't do it in one night. No way.

It depends on the situation. When you consider the cost of flying the family to a destination that is drivable then the tolerable distance increases. If the route you take means you can hit a few sites along the way it also increases the tolerable distance. I'm not going to fly to anywhere within 5-6 hours of drive time, it just does not make any sense time and money wise. I do like road trips though, so take that into account. One trip I'm never taking again is driving across west Texas to New Mexico.