(and this was like pulling teeth with me because I hate flying!).
How did you get over the fear of flying??
We drive from Upstate New York. Not too bad with DD9, dvd player, plenty of movies, games... The fares from the planes have become high, so we drive. It's a 2 hour drive to any airport anyway I look at it, so 2 hours driving to the airport, 2 hours in the airport, 3 hours in the air... So not worth it. Along with my DD preoccupation with the airplane's bathroom, she must go there at least 3 or 4 times during the flight.
We drive from Raleigh, NC every trip - I think we've done 6 in the last 5 years. It's 9 1/2 hours for us. Until 2005 gas prices made it a no brainer. Even now though we use about 5 tanks of gas at about $40 each, so it's $200 for us to drive and would be more than that to fly. There are few direct flights from RDU to MCO, so we figure 30 minute to airport, 2 hrs in airport, 1 hr flight, 2 hr layover, 1 hr flight, 1 hr from MCO to Disney = 7 1/2 hrs anyway, and this way we have our car.
For the next trip we HAVE to drive as I'll need to bring a million things for the wedding!!!!