Preparing The Vehicle For A Disney Trip

If you are driving to Disney, it is important to make sure your vehicle is well maintained and ready for the trip. Right now our radiator is leaking, but I have three months to get that fixed. The following is from my 2013 journal:
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Leading up to the 2009 Florida Trip, we were having van problems. The mechanic was working on the van right until we were ready to leave. And on the way to Florida the van broke down leading to a terrific family vacation that I wrote about in Our Family Vacation story.

Since then, we got a new van: a 2009 Dodge Caravan. The van has taken us on many vacations and trips. But leading up to this particular trip, the van has been having problems. First, problems with the shocks. Then, problems with the shifter. The shifter would be very hard to shift into Park. Sometime we would have to jiggle the shifter to get it into park. I took the van to the garage two times and as of yesterday? We were still having problems. So, without an appointment, I showed up to the Dodge garage and told them they needed to fix the problem because I leave for Florida tomorrow morning.

After looking at the van for several hours, I received the news: The hydraulic valve in the transmission was bad. It requires the transmission to be taken apart and repaired. The process will take all day. Luckily it is covered by our warranty (we paid a kazillion dollars for a huge extended warranty because Dodge vans are crap as they age).

This is starting to sound a lot like our 2009 trip! As soon as the van gets out of the shop we are going to start packing it in preparation for leaving tomorrow morning!