Headed To Florida

[Japher]

Friday we leave for Disney World. A nice 16 hour car ride with a 3 y.o. and a 10 m.o., yeah! Looks like we'll be going via Knoxville and Atlanta route, any ideas on where to stop for lunch/dinner, etc.?

I am excited to hit up a Hardees/Carl's Jr. as it has been a while. Denny's is also not around in Cinci so we hit those ups as well. How is Shoneys?

Anyone? Ideas?

We'll probably find a place to get peaches in Georgia.

[SlowwHand]

Avoid che at all costs.

[Space05us]

A nice 16 hour car ride

[-Jrabbit]

That's a rough ride with young kids to make in a day. We do Chicago-Tampa twice a year. Usually take I-24 across TN and hit Georgia at Chattanooga. We usually stop in Kennesaw GA overnight, traffic willing. Atlanta's a b1tch for traffic anywhere near rush hour, and there's guaranteed to be construction on the main interstate through central GA. Always.

I'm not a huge Shoney's fan, but it's OK and beats the heck out of Waffle House. For family-style food, look for Perkins, breakfast lunch or dinner. Steak 'n Shake has also moved into the South, so you can find some Midwest comfort food.

I found this amazing sandwich shop in a Gainesville strip mall, very reasonable prices and all homemade soups and sandwiches. I hope it's there when we take the daughter back to campus in August.

[Docfeelgood]

be safe

[Dinner]

Remember you're on vacation and make sure to bang the hell out of your wife.

[Japher]

We'll be taking 2 days. First day is 9 hours though ...

[-Jrabbit]

Much more reasonable.

[Japher]

I'm hoping to get to Atlanta before rush hour... probably won't though. Suburban has a dvd player in it and Josie loves movies. Easily keeps her busy for 5+ hours. Jace though, he's liable to do anything once the sudafed wears off

[rah]

BEWARE THE MONORAIL.

[Japher]

Yeah, I heard... We should not be needing it. We are staying in a condo through our vacation club and only doing Disney for 3 days. Other days will be spent at Sea World, Cocoa Beach/Cape Canaveral, and Gator World/Pool...

We will be staying in Perry, GA on the way there and back. If I hit Atlanta at rush hour is it better to take the beltway around or just stay on 75?

[-Jrabbit]

It's much better to just stay on 75 through downtown in rush hour. It's a bear either way, but you save about 10 miles going straight through.

Learned that the hard way.

[Japher]

Thanks

Will try to make it to Knoxville, TN for lunch. Any suggestions?

[Imran Siddiqui]

Stop in Atlanta for a meal

[Imran Siddiqui]

If I hit Atlanta at rush hour is it better to take the beltway around or just stay on 75?

The later. Connector usually moves better than 285.