I'm going on a cruise...

[nancyagd86]

I drove yesterday from Chattanooga to Orlando. Traffic was great...9 hrs 15 minutes door-to-door with 3 children and a dog (yes, I fly low!). Straight down 75 to the Turnpike, headed east and ended northeast of Orlando. If you're leaving from Canaveral, take the Turnpike to the Beachline (528) and it will all but literally dump you into the port (two turns...maybe?!).
US1 can be scenic, but this time of year it's simply a HOT and MISERABLE route! A1A is the same thing. 95 is by far preferred, but if you choose 95 you're swinging farther east to come back a tad west. The most direct is 75/Tpk/528. If your port is Miami, take the Tpk on south and pick up 95 later.
Cruising is an amazing vaca--just did it this spring for the first time. I've asked for years to go, now hubby is trying to figure how we can do it again before the boys enter HS (all the kids around here go to summer school b/c there is so much overcrowding in our schools!).
PM me if you need more!