Best route Miami-Orlando/Davenport. (Kissimmee, Haines City: house, beach, ticket)

[FlyMIA]

So I will be driving up to Davenport FL from Miami this weekend starting off in NW Miami-Dade. Google is giving me two routes both the same time and just a few miles apart in length. I am leaving Miami Friday afternoon, and Davenport late Sunday Morning.
Two routes are:

Turnpike to West Osceola to 530 237 miles 4 hours and 15mins, I have done MIA-ORL drives in under 3.5 though, or,

Turnpike to Yehaw to 60West to US27 212 miles 4 hours.

It do find it amusing that google is telling me just getting right onto to US-27 is the quickest route. I may take that route on Sunday the way back if I do not have anything to do on Sunday a bit more scenic than the most boring highway in the world the FL Turnpike also ever since I was a kid their used to be a sign in Miami that said "Haines City 220miles... " Ever since then I have always wanted to take 27 to Hains City , but may just not have the time this time around.

Anyway given that I would be in the Orlando area around rush hour is the Turnpike route still the quickest? If traffic is good I would be going around 80mph. Where I am going is right off US-27.

I would imagine taking the Turnpike to West Osceola to 530 is the better of the two?

Thanks for the help!


(mods: I posted this in Florida general forum with little luck, please feel free to delete my other thread, trying to see if orl can get me any info, thanks)

[chopchop0]

US 27 is full of stoplights and cops, especially around Lake Wales and Haines City. Haines City also has several red-light cameras that will mail a $158 ticket to your house if you get caught.

[TedTLPN]

Originally Posted by chopchop0

US 27 is full of stoplights and cops, especially around Lake Wales and Haines City. Haines City also has several red-light cameras that will mail a $158 ticket to your house if you get caught.

Very true...

BUT..

For the OP... If you have time, try taking US 27 all the way up. It's certainly a more interesting drive than the coma inducing TPK. Cheaper too!!

[annerk]

You won't be hitting 80- mph on the Turnpike during rush hour.

[FlyMIA]

Originally Posted by TedTLPN

Very true...

BUT..

For the OP... If you have time, try taking US 27 all the way up. It's certainly a more interesting drive than the coma inducing TPK. Cheaper too!!

The weather is suppose to be great on Sunday, I may take it all the way down depending on the time. I would imagine it would not add too much more time to the drive?
Will make sure not to speed in the towns. As for the red light cameras they are all over the place down in Miami too, used to those.

Originally Posted by annerk

You won't be hitting 80- mph on the Turnpike during rush hour.

I expect that near Orlando that is for sure. Hopefully wont be too bad before I get close to the city. I'll see what the GPS tells me, most likely would be the turnpike. I am thinking Turnpike up and hopefully if I have time US-27 down back south.

Thanks for the info. Hope to take 27 all the way down, seems like a nice ride compared to as I said the most boring road known on this planet the Florida Turnpike.

[chopchop0]

Originally Posted by annerk

You won't be hitting 80- mph on the Turnpike during rush hour.

If he goes on the weekend, he may be able to. Sometimes I reverse commute out of Orlando on the turnpike heading south, and it's smooth sailing even during the week.

[melvin charles]

I just came from clermont a couple of days ago, and I took the turn pike up and us 27 back. It was actually quicker driving us 27/and a lot cheaper, that will be the way I go from here on out.

[chopchop0]

Originally Posted by melvin charles

I just came from clermont a couple of days ago, and I took the turn pike up and us 27 back. It was actually quicker driving us 27/and a lot cheaper, that will be the way I go from here on out.

US 27 is painful sound of I-4.... lots of stop lights and small towns

[doom1001]

I've been taking US 27 to and from Orlando from Miami for the last couple of years and I honestly don't miss the turnpike.It obviously takes at least an extra 30-45 minutes more than the turnpike depending on how many lights you have to stop at but I think the positives outweigh those extra minutes.First of all it's free,second it's not as boring,the towns around the lake are pretty cruddy but once you get to Lake Placid/Sebring the towns have more to see.Also if you're destination is Disney once you get to I-4 you're like a 5 minute drive on I-4 from Disney.Being able to avoid that drive on the turnpike from Kissimmee to Ft.Pierce alone is worth it.I do agree that you should slow down in the towns,if you're somebody who needs to drive 80+ stick to the turnpike although there are plenty of cops there as well.I did get one ticket in Clewiston once but it wasn't for speeding,I got stopped like at 1am coming back to Miami for the light being out on my tag.

[Sugah Ray]

Does US 27 have a median througout the road? I am kind of afraid of those type of roads where people coming in the opposite direction can use your lane to pass and then head-on collisions occur. I already saw that type of collision once (Krome ave) and was traumatized like for two months. I am especially concerned with that stretch between Palm Beach and sebring where I don't see any towns in Google maps. I would only use it one way though, no way in hell I would take that route twice. I just want to visit some of those towns.