The Drive To Atlanta

[Matt]

We will be flying from Az. I so wish we could go by bus though. We could have so much more fun but our school says if you go more then 300 miles you must fly to that destination. So we must fly. We could be out of school for so much time it would be great. My parents left today with all the equipment that we will need. We could not take it on the airplane and so some how we needed it to get there. So they are driving. It is 1800 miles from here to Atlanta. I so wish I could be with them but I have to go to school because of a stupid reason. See all you guys there. Keep safe and have fun.

[Melissa Nute]

Buses will be more fun. Its was cheaper for my team to go on the bus also, but then again it is only a 6 hour drive.

[Kit Gerhart]

Originally Posted by Figment

I think for our team (233) from florida it was cheaper to just bus and it sounded like fun. I'm looking forward to spending 8 hours on a bus with a bunch of pink people. What could be better than sitting next to someone who has pink hair, a pink face, a pink hat, a pink shirt, pink pants, pink shoes, and pink anything else you can think of . Pink is the best color of all, by far. Seriously though, chillin on a bus is way cooler than a plane cuz u can actually stand up and not get yelled at by a flight attendant, not to mention we can watch anime the whole way there on the tv screens. The airlines usually don't play anime on a trip from orlando to atlanta, at least from my experience.

Also, we are only little past the "break even on time" distance, when you consider time to the airport, check-in time, wait at the gate, boarding, the flight itself, taxi to the gate, bagage collection, wait for transportation to the hotel, etc. The bus trip should be about 8 hours. When you add it all up, flying would be maybe 5 hours. If I were making the Space Coast to Atlanta trip by myself, I'd almost definitely drive, while if I'm going from here to my my "old" home in Indiana, I fly unless I need to get a car or lots of stuff from one place to the other. Flying is MUCH quicker for the FL to IN trip which is about a 17 hour drive, even with only minimal break time.

[fred]

We are flying down there, I thought it would be cheaper to drive, but then again, I'm only an ignorant programmer who doesn't know all of the logistics of what is cheaper and what isn't. For us, I think the Car trip would have been around 12 hours (ball-park estimate) and the plane ride is only like 2 hours or less. The negative part is that we have to be at school and ready to go at 5:30 AM Wednesday.

BTW: If I was drivin, it would only take 10 hours

[Ryan Albright]

Originally Posted by Figment

I think for our team (233) from florida it was cheaper to just bus and it sounded like fun. I'm looking forward to spending 8 hours on a bus with a bunch of pink people. What could be better than sitting next to someone who has pink hair, a pink face, a pink hat, a pink shirt, pink pants, pink shoes, and pink anything else you can think of . Pink is the best color of all, by far. Seriously though, chillin on a bus is way cooler than a plane cuz u can actually stand up and not get yelled at by a flight attendant, not to mention we can watch anime the whole way there on the tv screens. The airlines usually don't play anime on a trip from orlando to atlanta, at least from my experience.

btw, good call on the racing minivan Kit I think the caravan would make a great racecar if u put 233 all over it.

Yes from Florida it is def cheaper to bus. Airfares from florida were starting at 200 a person, so we opted to bus, but then a few students are driving so we can have cars to go out i am leaving with ultimatep at 130 today to head up to gainsville we are spending the night there and leaving there and going to atlanta and hopefully be there about 130 tommorow and i think we are giong to go to the coke musuem. The rest of our team that are taken the vans we rented leave tommorow at 5 am..o well sucks for them

Mapquest said it will take 10 hours and 27 min to get from Ft. lauderdale Fl to Atlanta so we are planning to make it in 8

[Guyute]

I leave wednesday 6am for a probably 26hr drive via SEGWAY







actually we leave wednesday same time we fly out of Indy.

[Joe Matt]

Originally Posted by ahecht

Those of you that are bussing long distance, I am curious as to why. Was is a safety thing with the school district (yes, I know airplanes are safer than busses), or a cost issue?

I know that when we did the math on traveling from Massachusetts to Atlanta, it was significantly cheaper to fly than to bus.

Cost, hands down. We flew the past two years after 9-11, but due to costs, we chose to drive down. Also, Deep Run got in touch with us and now we have a full bus, so everyone pays less! HURAH!

[Mr. Ivey]

Originally Posted by JosephM

Cost, hands down. We flew the past two years after 9-11, but due to costs, we chose to drive down. Also, Deep Run got in touch with us and now we have a full bus, so everyone pays less! HURAH!

Pay less is a good thing, and riding on the bus should be fun with everyone, but I know I'm going to be sleeping most of our trip, either that or sitting watching DVDs on my computer. Bus trips are usually fun, and on the way back home, it will probably be silent... or the occasional snore.
ivey

[Figment]

I was wondering if anyone had any cool ideas of stuff to do on the bus that would make it even more fun (This goes for all teams since some of you have much longer trips than team 233). I figured that 99 bottles of (insert drink of choice) on the wall wouldn't work for 8 hrs straight. So...if anyone has any suggestions, put them up here quick, before we leave tommorrow morning!

See you guys there!

[Pat McCarthy]

The HOT team (67) is taking a charter bus down to HOTlanta(it's actually a legit nickname!)
We'll be leaving the Milford GM Proving Grounds at midnight on tuesday and arrive in atlanta around 2 in the afternoon Wedesday.
The reason for the departure time being so late is so the students will sleep through the night, lol But anyway, there is a DVD player built in to the bus, so we'll be watching movies on the way there and back.

-Pat McCarthy
HOT Team Webmaster

[dman9385]

I am HOT alumni.. me and my friend Josh are leaving at 3am thursday morning. We are taking a 2002 impala. Should be able to get there with in 10 hours from Michigan, that's if all goes well. See everyone down there

[Anthony]

I'll be pimping my Black 2003 Pontiac Sunfire from Raleigh NC leaving somewhere around 12:30 Wednesday. My team is leaving via short bus (go 900) around 10 am (last I heard). So all things considered I should beat them by a cool hour , but seriously, everybody be careful, especially around Atlanta which is well known as one of the worst speed traps on the east coast. See everybody there.

[Randy_VanW.]

Well depending on the nature of our Charter Bus we might end up playing some Video games... cause I mean nothing passes time better have a tournament with everyone on the team... and thats our idea. Were esitmating a good 1/2 day on the bus so we need all the entertainment we can get!

[UCGL_Guy]

Team 476 ground crew leaves today around 4 pm with many pit stops between here and Atlanta pulling the 476 trailer full of stuff.
Honk if you see us on the interstate.
The rest of the wimps on the team are flying out tonight.
Should be about 15 hour drive from the cultural center of the universe here in beautiful Northern Oklahoma.
Ken

[Ryan Albright]

well we have made it on the first leg of our trip 5 hours, being pulled over once (91 in a 70 i guess is bad) and two stops later we aer in gainsville and we are going the rest of the way tommorow