National Lampoon's Vacation (1983)
Directed by Harold Ramis
Clark Griswold insists on driving his family from suburban Chicago to a California theme park, and every stop across the Midwest and Southwest makes things worse.
- Travel shown
- On foot, bike, skis or swimming
- Not shown on screen
- Fictional place
- 1Griswold home≈ 00:02:00Chicago, IllinoisStated on screen
Clark ends up with the Wagon Queen Family Truckster and loads the family up for the cross-country drive.
- 2Wrong-turn neighbourhood≈ 00:14:00St. Louis, MissouriStated on screen
A wrong exit leaves them lost in a rough neighbourhood where the car is stripped and spray-painted.
- 3Dodge City, Kansas≈ 00:20:00Stated on screen
Clark plays tourist at the Old West attractions and riles a saloon keeper.
- 4Cousin Eddie's farm≈ 00:24:00Coolidge, KansasStated on screen
Cousin Eddie's family host them and saddle them with cranky Aunt Edna and her dog.
- 5Campground≈ 00:37:00South Fork, ColoradoInferred
- 6Desert crash≈ 00:47:00Monument Valley, Utah/ArizonaInferred
- 7El Tovar Hotel, Grand Canyon≈ 01:00:00Inferred
- 8Normy's house≈ 01:04:00Phoenix, ArizonaStated on screen
- 9Walley World≈ 01:15:00Stated on screenFictional
The journey in numbers
- Distance travelled
- 3,229 km
- Places
- 9
- Countries
- 1
- Stops
- 9
- Car: 3,229 km
Distances are measured in a straight line between stops, so real road distances are longer.
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