Driving from PA to Fl..Need a good hotel half way..

[lovedisneymagic]

Hello! I'm looking for a nice hotel half way to stay at. We are traveling from PA to Disney and looking for something off of I-95. Any suggestions? Thanks so much!

[GAN]

When you say halfway, do you have an idea of what general area you plan on stopping at? I suggest you use Trip Advisor to get honest reviews of hotels -choose an area and it will show you what reliable options would be available to you.

[lovedisneymagic]

Hi, Sorry I was a little tired when I wrote this last night ... I'm looking to stop in either North or South Carolina. I looked into Trip Advisor but there wasn't any current information on the topic. Thanks! Hopefully Someone can recommend a good place!

[bunkyg]

You don't say where in PA you are coming from, or what route you will be taking. I26 on the western side or I95 on the eastern and how far you want to drive each day. And how much do you want to spend?

['Guest' of the MasterControlProgram]

Ok, so you will be on I-95 by the time you are in the Carolina's... Well, we started our trip on Thursday April 5th and considered a few places:

• Best Western, Emporia, VA (exit 11)
• Hamton Inn, Fayetteville, NC (exit 49)
• Best Western, Lumberton, NC (exit 22)

We left on the 2:30 pm Cape May ferry since the kids had a 1/2 day and didn't feel like taking them out when it was only a short day. Usually it's the 7:30 am ferry for us. And then we'd stop in GA. So since we left later we figured we'd get close to South of the Border by midnight if we hurried. Hence stopping in lower NC. We were about right. We had stayed at the Emporia Best Western going home in 2002 and it was nice. The other two looked okay from reviews.

Turns out that the two NC hotels above were booked up by the time we reached the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel - I started calling. I meant to pre book but my credit cards renewed 3/31 and my wife misplaced the new ones and the stupid Internet sites wouldn't let me book with cards that would be expired by the time we checked in

So... I found the Comfort Suites in Lumberton, NC at exit 22 and it was good. Now, if you can push it to the GA border then there is an amazing Comfort Suites at the first exit (exit 109 Port Wentworth). Been there 3 times.

Good luck

[GAN]

The Hampton Inn in Fayetteville gets pretty good reviews. The only negatives have to do with the surprise that it is a "motel"-style Inn. It's right off 95 and could be had for around $70 or less.

[ANG]

• Best Western, Emporia, VA (exit 11)
• Hamton Inn, Fayetteville, NC (exit 49)
• Best Western, Lumberton, NC (exit 22)

Good luck

We drive to Jacksonville at least once a year and stay at the Hampton Inn in Fayetteville. I recommend it.

Oh and we come from MD

[Muppet girl]

We actually just got back from Disney a few days ago. On the way down, we stopped at the Hampton Inn in Fayetteville, NC. We have stayed at this same hotel for the past 3 years and were very satisfied. I think with the AAA rate, it was around $80. They also have refrigerators in the room if you are taking anything down in a cooler which makes it convenient. Be sure to request first floor, though, because there are no elevators to the second floor (we ended up on the 2nd floor last year). They offer a nice little breakfast at 6:00 a.m., too. They are very friendly and welcoming to all their travelers. It is right off I-95 so you don't have to drive far to get to it from the highway.

[NJGIRL]

We have driven before and we stopped in SC. I can't give you the hotel because it wasn't very nice. I didn't have a definate place we were going to stop. My suggestions would be to know exactly were you want to stop and research the hotels in that area. I also suggest going further than VA & NC on the first day if you can. We stopped in SC near the GA border and still had quite a few hours drive the next day.

[Brian]

We drove from Central PA on our last two trips (in 2010 and 2011). Both times we stayed at the Holiday Inn Express in Walterboro, SC. It's located just off of I-95. The street address is 1834 Sniders Highway. The area seems safe and we were pleased with the hotel on both stays. We will be driving again next year and plan to stay at this hotel again.

For what it's worth, we take I-81 to I-77 to I-26 and then pick up I-95 in South Carolina. So, I don't know if Walterboro, SC will be halfway for you or not. For the route we took, it was slightly more than halfway.

[hokies4life]

We come from just north of Baltimore, MD and usually stop at the Hampton Inn in Santee, SC. There isn't too much in the area but they provide complimentary hot breakfast (eggs, waffles, sometimes biscuits and gravy) along with the normal bagels and pastries. It normally ends up being about 8 hours for us to get there, and then another 6 hours to get to WDW. It works out well for us.

[barnaby]

Its a little more then halfway, but on our trip in 2008 we stayed at the Days Inn in Port Wentworth (Savannah, Exit 109), GA. It was clean, had a free breakfast, and had the usual gas stations and restaurants nearby. We bought duct tape at the gas station nearby to hold our front headlight in place that had come loose during our travels.

[mydisneygirls]

When also stayed at the Comfort Inn & Suites. It was very clean and we got a continental breakfast.

[shortcake311]

On our last trip my husband and I stopped in SC on the way to Disney from NJ and NC on the way back to NJ from Disney.

In SC we stayed at the Country Inn & Suites By Carlson, Florence, SC.
In NC we stayed at the Hampton Inn Fayetteville-Cross Creek Mall.

Both places were well priced and nice experiences. If we weren't driving straight thru this time we'd be doing the same thing.