re: Driving to Disney World

We always left about 9 pm, I drove straight through. Get to the area about 7 am or so, go to an IHOP near the parks. Eat, change the kids, drink coffee....go straight to the park for Day 1.

Leave the park about 6 pm go check in and let daddy sleep all night like a rock. Get up and hit day 2 refreshed.

Drove home same thing.

My memory is tons of deer, big arse deer in my headlights right off the side of the interstate starting in MS. I'm trucking 85, if a deer had run out we're screwed.

One giant buck in MS standing right on the centerline.

Those were good days, fun times when our 3 kids were little. We went 3 times before they were 10.

Edit: Worst was one of those trips we left at 9 pm, bad wreck on interstate at Satsuma. Less than 10 miles from the house were trapped on I12 for 3 hours. Didnt get started driving till midnight. Still went ahead and drove all night but tough.