driving to orlando first time?

Question

I am driving to orlando from melbourne , florida which is a hour away to take my 9 yr old daughter to wet n wild tomorrow. I am so nervous cause i only do local driving...I did print out a map from mapquest but i am so not good with directions, i am so afraid i am going to get lost....anybody else ever feel like this at one time or another??? how do i calm my nerves?

Answer 1

I live in Orlando. Roads are a little bit tricky thanks to all those lakes. Especially near downtown. Driving in Puerto Rico is a million times worse, roads are not straight, street names for example have no East/West, North/South designations, and drivers are insanely aggressive. Using the turn signal there has the opposite effect.

Ok, what I do is to write down the roads before my exit/turn (to be in the correct lane) and the ones after (just in case I miss them). Also, you might memorize the important roads near the Wet and Wild area. For example, I4, John Young Parkway, Sand Lake Road, 528 BeachLine, International Drive, etc. (I am that careful because I am a contractor and have job interviews in random places anywhere.)

Google Earth is great, although the Orlando photos are ancient. You can see some landmarks, simulate driving, etc.

If I get horrendously lost, I use the sun as my reference. Don't forget to keep track of how many miles between points. You do have a copilot, that makes everything much easier. :)

Answer 2

Yes, I have done that before a few times....LOL...LOL.. What I did to help me over come the fear of getting lost. I turn the whole thing into an adventure. Yep, that what I did I turn my trip into an adventure and have fun with it.

OK, think about this here for a moment, you have everything right there in front of you to make this an adventure. You lived in Orlando and you have an hour drive to Melbourne, Fl to a theme park (Wet n Wild).

This is your mission to get your 9 yrs old daughter to Wet n Wild and the two of your return home safety. Your only enemy is Fear and getting Lost, there is no time to panic. The great time that your daughter and yourself is counting on you, with map quest is your guide. You can defeat Fear and getting Lost hands down. Now, mother....good luck and be adventurous. Now think about the music score from Mission Impossible playing.....Or you can pretend that you're Luke Skywalker and I am Oben wan given you instruction about using the force (the force is believe in yourself that you can do it without the fear of getting lost) smile. Good Luck mom, you can do it..I know you can...trust the force.....wink...

Answer 3

pay interest to elderly and vacationer drivers. i've got considered human beings pull U-activates the main highway. comprehend the place you're going till now you bypass. pay interest to signs and warning signs, and stay interior the remarkable lane on the line so which you do no longer ought to diminish for the duration of four lanes of site visitors to get off an go out. there are extremely some human beings using in Orlando... my ex in simple terms returned back there after a 4 3 hundred and sixty 5 days absence and he replaced into surprised.... reported you need to no longer rigidity everywhere and not utilising a postpone.

Answer 4

LOL....Just make sure you have things packed to keep your daughter busy so that she is not a distraction and pay attention to signs. Mapquest is pretty simple directions so you should be fine.

Have Fun :)