The real Griswolds are planning your next great American road trip.
Family road trip planner to Walt Disney World, Universal Orlando, and cruise ports — with stops, hotels, and dad jokes included.
Plan Your Road Trip
Custom Routes
Enter your starting point and we map the best family-friendly route with overnight stops spaced for kid endurance.
Curated Hotels
Pool, free breakfast, under $150/night. We pick the chains families actually like — and you book direct.
Griswold Commentary
Every stop comes with Clark-Griswold-style tips, warnings, and the kind of honesty only a real road trip family can give.
Pick where you’re headed and we’ll plot the route, the stops, and the hotels — for real American road-trip families, by an actual one.
Atlanta to Walt Disney World road trip planner
It’s about 7 hours and 45 minutes if the kids cooperate, which they won’t. We’ve driven I-75 south so many times we know which Cracker Barrel has the good rocking chairs and which truck stops to skip. We’ll route you with overnight options if you’d rather break it up.
Plan my Atlanta-to-WDW trip →Drive to Universal Orlando from the Northeast or Midwest
Whether you’re rolling out of New York, Pittsburgh, Chicago, or Cleveland, we’ll plot the smart route — usually one or two overnight stops, family-friendly hotels with pools, and detours that don’t add an hour. Coming from up north means I-95 or I-77 strategy, and we have opinions on both.
Plan my Universal road trip →Road trip to Port Canaveral, Tampa, Miami, or Fort Lauderdale cruise terminals
Driving to your cruise instead of flying saves the airline-baggage tap dance and lets you stop wherever the kids see a Buc-ee’s billboard. We route to all four major Florida cruise terminals — Disney sailing, Royal, Carnival, you name it. Plus advice on where to stay the night before so you’re not white-knuckling the drive on embarkation morning.
Plan my cruise drive →Family road trips with kids — built by parents who’ve done it
Every recommendation here is filtered through the question: “Will my kid melt down here?” We score stops by kid-friendliness, plan stretch breaks at intervals tuned to backseat endurance, and flag overnight hotels with actual pools. Yes, we’ll say which playgrounds are worth the exit and which aren’t.
Plan a family road trip →Meet the Real Griswolds
Yes, our last name is actually Griswold. Yes, that’s our actual Truckster. Yes, it’s the same one Warner Bros. rented for the 2015 Vacation reboot.
The actual Truckster
Steve built her himself. Wood paneling, the works.
On Jay Leno’s Garage
Steve and Lisa, the Truckster, and the man himself.
Signed by The Man
Leno crossed out “Wagon” and wrote “Truckster.”
Postcards from the Road
Every recommendation in this planner comes from places we’ve actually driven — and parked the Truckster.
Ready to Hit the Road?
Tell us where you’re starting and where you’re headed. We’ll do the rest.
Plan Your Road Trip