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

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I just saw this post and was wondering if you still take the same route from Pittsburgh to WDW and make the same stops. I'm driving to WDW from Pittsburgh and trying trying to figure out where to stop. Thanks.

[SurferStitch]

We have been driving to WDW from Pittsburgh for the past several years. We travel I-79 south, to I-19, to I-77, to I-26, to I-95, then exit 94 in Savannah, GA to the Marriott Spring Hill Suites. Typically $100/night AAA rate in the summer months. It takes 12 hours from Pittsburgh to Savannah, then 4 more hours to Disney the next morning traveling I-95 to I-4. On the way home we split the trip in half by stopping along I-77 north of Charlotte at exit 18, and stay at the Marriott Fairfield Inn. Rate is usually $90/night during the summer. It's only 8 hours from Disney to Charlotte, then another 8 to Pittsburgh.

We do the I-81, to I-77, to I-26, to I-95 route, and also stop off in Savannah, GA, but we stay at a Country Inn and Suites (it's actually Port Wentworth). Even with the small amount of points I collect in their loyalty program, I never pay more than $59 or so a night there, or about $80 AAA sometimes. Great rooms, very comfy beds, and well-lit parking lots. They have a great hot breakfast, and always have cookies and coffee available.

We leave from NEPA (Lehigh Valley) around 5am, and get to the hotel by about 8-8:30 pm. That includes stopping for a sit-down breakfast and dinner, and a quick lunch, plus several fuel/stretch/coffee breaks. We then get going around 6am the next morning, and arrive in WDW by about 11am (if we stop for breakfast at Cracker Barrel, if not, we get there a little earlier).

Cracker Barrel is a staple restaurant when we drive down/back. DH would cry if we didn't eat breakfast and at least one dinner there on the drive. Every time we eat at the one where we live, we sometimes feel like we are on a WDW road trip!!!