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Re: Roadtrip TR (w/ pics): Miami Beach to EWR
« Reply #20 on: July 08, 2015, 05:34:36 PM »
How did you find out what hotels are new?

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Re: Roadtrip TR (w/ pics): Miami Beach to EWR
« Reply #21 on: July 08, 2015, 07:22:04 PM »
How did you find out what hotels are new?
Was wondering the same. I also realized that you guys actually had a fully kosher kitchen in the Towne Place, since it was never used.

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Re: Roadtrip TR (w/ pics): Miami Beach to EWR
« Reply #22 on: July 08, 2015, 09:33:10 PM »
The Internet is truly full of information. It's absolutely incredible

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Re: Roadtrip TR (w/ pics): Miami Beach to EWR
« Reply #23 on: July 08, 2015, 09:45:25 PM »
(No clue, though, why every time we took a pic up there using our rebel ts3 it came out dark-paging SF!!!! :-[ :-[)

Please post or PM a sample.

Great TR so far!
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Re: Roadtrip TR (w/ pics): Miami Beach to EWR
« Reply #24 on: July 08, 2015, 09:53:10 PM »
The Internet is truly full of information. It's absolutely incredible
I'm assuming this is a (sarcastic) response to mine and yehudah's question. Obviously this information can be researched online. We were (or at least I was) wondering if that kind of info is readily available on Marriots website. I don't recall seeing it there.

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Re: Roadtrip TR (w/ pics): Miami Beach to EWR
« Reply #25 on: July 08, 2015, 09:53:57 PM »
Nice TR keep it coming!

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Re: Roadtrip TR (w/ pics): Miami Beach to EWR
« Reply #26 on: July 09, 2015, 12:09:22 AM »
Nice TR. Do you have more tips of how to get keep a toddler so quiet for long drives?

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Re: Roadtrip TR (w/ pics): Miami Beach to EWR
« Reply #27 on: July 09, 2015, 01:53:27 AM »

Nice TR. Do you have more tips of how to get keep a toddler so quiet for long drives?
+1 ?, I'm really curious about that

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Re: Roadtrip TR (w/ pics): Miami Beach to EWR
« Reply #28 on: July 09, 2015, 07:05:01 AM »
How did you find out what hotels are new?
Was wondering the same. I also realized that you guys actually had a fully kosher kitchen in the Towne Place, since it was never used.
I wish we had time to use the kitchen-good point I had not thought of though...
As far as knowing it's new, whenever I conduct a search on Marriott.com I always select the option in the side bar menu for new hotels and it singles out which ones are opening soon or have just opened (the option will only be there if it's relevant)

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Re: Roadtrip TR (w/ pics): Miami Beach to EWR
« Reply #29 on: July 09, 2015, 07:09:29 AM »
Nice TR. Do you have more tips of how to get keep a toddler so quiet for long drives?
+1 ?, I'm really curious about that
Firstly who said he was so quiet??? ;D ;D ;D Just kidding-firstly, each person has to know their own kid if they are able to handle something like this-In our case he happens to love the car. Also, it was similar to taking your kid on a long flight (like from Us to TLV)-you need to come prepared-we loaded up our laptop and kindle with lots of kids videos like thomas, nursery rhymes, etc..We bought a set of magnet cars and planes that magnet to the metal box they come in, lots of coloring books and crayons/markers, and of course-lots of patience!!  ;D(after all-you dumped them in this situation for your own enjoyment :P)

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Re: Roadtrip TR (w/ pics): Miami Beach to EWR
« Reply #30 on: July 09, 2015, 07:10:11 AM »
Great TR. I did the reverse of this trip a few years ago. We went along the coastline and managed to avoid the 95 until past JAX.
We stopped at some of the same places. Good stuff.

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Re: Roadtrip TR (w/ pics): Miami Beach to EWR
« Reply #31 on: July 09, 2015, 07:18:30 AM »
Wednesday-Day 4

Our final day of the drive was going to be mostly driving-from Florence, SC all the way until EWR! Originally we were going to go I-95 straight (through Washington, Baltimore, etc.) and with leaving early enough we would hopefully miss most of the terrible afternoon DC traffic.  However,  we ended getting a bit of a late start (maybe it was the new hotel thing) so we instead figured that instead of going that route and sitting in traffic we may as well take the longer scenic route back which usually has not too much traffic. (We were not planning on any attractions in DC area anyhow as we live not too far away and that can be done anytime). The route we planned was up the coast through North Carolina, Virginia, Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania, and FINALLY New Jersey. One of the really cool things along this drive (aside from it being really beautiful as opposed to boring I95) is the Chesapeake Bay bridge tunnel. It connects the Delmarva Peninsula with Virginia Beach and the Hampton Roads metropolitan area. They have a nice visitors center with a great lookout point at the beginning (or end if you are coming from the other side) and the whole idea of driving along a four lane road that keeps switching from a bridge to a tunnel for what seems like an eternity was pretty cool.

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View from Tunnel Bridge Visitor’s Center


And Finally!!!!!


This day of driving took 13 hours and I must admit that at about 9 hours when I looked at the gps and it said there is 4 hours remaining (and it was already 9 pm) I turned to my wife and said-why in the world did we do this-BUT four hours later-returning the van at EWR, I was more than happy we did!!

If you plan on doing a drive like this and want more info please post questions here as I have lots more info of things that we did not do, etc. which others may be able to gain from! Hope you enjoyed!!

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Re: Roadtrip TR (w/ pics): Miami Beach to EWR
« Reply #32 on: July 09, 2015, 07:30:22 AM »
I wish we had time to use the kitchen-good point I had not thought of though...
As far as knowing it's new, whenever I conduct a search on Marriott.com I always select the option in the side bar menu for new hotels and it singles out which ones are opening soon or have just opened (the option will only be there if it's relevant)
Cool, I never noticed the "new" option.

Nice tr! Thanks for writing it up and finishing!

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Re: Roadtrip TR (w/ pics): Miami Beach to EWR
« Reply #33 on: July 09, 2015, 08:56:35 AM »
thanks for the tr. how do you blur yourself out, photoshop?

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Re: Roadtrip TR (w/ pics): Miami Beach to EWR
« Reply #34 on: July 09, 2015, 09:05:33 AM »
Don't recall if you mentioned it, but how much was gas for the entire trip ?

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Re: Roadtrip TR (w/ pics): Miami Beach to EWR
« Reply #35 on: July 09, 2015, 09:20:01 AM »
Cool, I never noticed the "new" option.

Nice tr! Thanks for writing it up and finishing!
Yea neither did I, but I guess that's because:
I wish we had time to use the kitchen-good point I had not thought of though...
As far as knowing it's new, whenever I conduct a search on Marriott.com I always select the option in the side bar menu for new hotels and it singles out which ones are opening soon or have just opened (the option will only be there if it's relevant)

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Re: Roadtrip TR (w/ pics): Miami Beach to EWR
« Reply #36 on: July 09, 2015, 09:21:51 AM »
(after all-you dumped them in this situation for your own enjoyment :P)
Shhh... 8)

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Re: Roadtrip TR (w/ pics): Miami Beach to EWR
« Reply #37 on: July 09, 2015, 10:25:45 AM »
thanks for the tr. how do you blur yourself out, photoshop?
Yup-just finished a course to get cert. in graphics 8)

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Re: Roadtrip TR (w/ pics): Miami Beach to EWR
« Reply #38 on: July 09, 2015, 10:26:30 AM »
Don't recall if you mentioned it, but how much was gas for the entire trip ?
It was a minivan and I filled up 4 times for $60 each=$240 total

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Re: Roadtrip TR (w/ pics): Miami Beach to EWR
« Reply #39 on: July 09, 2015, 10:27:26 AM »
Nice tr! Thanks for writing it up and finishing!
My Pleasure (maybe someone else we know could finish..ahem....ahem...just saying ;) ;D ;)
thanks for the tr.
And thanks for yours as well!!
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