[Dana]

Char - I really think you should let her sleep at home and leave in the early morning. It's not worth the chance that she doesn't sleep on the way there. It will make her miserable and your first day will be wasted. If you get there around 1pm, you will still have plenty of time to do plenty.

As for what she can do on the way to WDW: do you have a portable DVD player? Movies work wonders. They entertain me and I am not one for sitting still for 8 hours to do anything..lol

Please think about leaving later and not getting her up from her bed at 2am to sit in a car seat. If she isn't one to sleep in a car seat, she will most definately not sleep in it no matter what time you put her in it. Let her sleep till at least 5am and then drive up. Arriving at one will ensure she at least had some decent sleep. Nothing worse than a miserable, tired child at WDW.