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kimluvswdw
11-29-2009, 05:34 PM
We went to cruise around the Fort today and were shocked to see at least 50 RV and campers checking in at the same time. All six lanes open and very full.

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Bet they are booked solid.
mamaloya
11-29-2009, 05:55 PM
I thought everybody would be LEAVING today. Wow!!!! I have NEVER seen it like that. Maybe it is the arrival of the snowbirds?????
BearwithMouseEars
11-29-2009, 06:05 PM
The reason for this "backup" is hidden in the pic. There is a huge golf cart accident just past the check in booths that has ft wilderness drive temporarily closed to traffic . Fortunately no one was injured .
Born 2 Fish
11-29-2009, 06:12 PM
Yeah,,that.
AND everyone here keeps tell'n the whole friggn world how the WHOLE world should be at the Fort !!!
LuckyinGa
11-29-2009, 06:32 PM
Kim, what time of the day was this?
BradyBz12
11-29-2009, 06:52 PM
Holy guacamole!!! We've checked in on the Sunday after Thanksgiving a bunch of times (most recently '08) and never saw anything remotely like this.

Note to self - NEVER again. :headache:
tfoster
11-29-2009, 07:47 PM
Oh man - that looks awful! I hope check-in goes pretty quickly at least.
kimluvswdw
11-29-2009, 07:59 PM
Kim, what time of the day was this?


It was exactly 12:50pm this afternoon.
kimluvswdw
11-29-2009, 08:01 PM
The reason for this "backup" is hidden in the pic. There is a huge golf cart accident just past the check in booths that has ft wilderness drive temporarily closed to traffic . Fortunately no one was injured .



We were there for a couple of hours and never saw a golf cart accident. We were just watching people check in for awhile.
DisneyBishops
11-29-2009, 08:09 PM
On a friday before labor day, couple of years ago. we were stuck in check-in for over and hour. all lanes were open but it was backed up just like the pics you took.

So please tell us about the gc accident.
Grady's*Gal
11-29-2009, 10:05 PM
We left at 12:30 today and saw this backup also. No golf cart accident that we saw.
ElementCamper
11-29-2009, 10:26 PM
The reason for this "backup" is hidden in the pic. There is a huge golf cart accident just past the check in booths that has ft wilderness drive temporarily closed to traffic . Fortunately no one was injured .

Guys and Gals, I believe that was possibly a joke?popcorn::
I'm thinking backup due to a lot of Sunday arrivals, those having to take the weekend to drive down.

We'll see how it is next Saturday, I come rolling' in!:yay:Overnighting Friday night at O'leno State Park up in High Springs.
mdoc
11-30-2009, 06:49 AM
What we noticed, since we had a utility trailer parked in overflow parking, was that the overflow parking area was packed, and that motorhomes and trailers were hanging out into the aisles in their attempt to squish in there. When we were leaving on Saturday we were not able to get our 45' motorhome into the lot to hook up our trailer and we had to drag and push the trailer out by hand and hold up traffic on the exit road while we attached it. Everything seemed crazy busy to me starting on Friday. When we checked in the Saturday before Thanksgiving, it wasn't all that crowded in the check-in area - maybe 2 campers in front of us (only 2 lanes open) and no line inside the outpost. I thought the bigger crowds to check-in would be the weekend before T'giving, but I was obviously wrong.
Grady's*Gal
11-30-2009, 09:13 AM
Well ya never know about an accident. They seem to be occuring more and more often.
BradyBz12
11-30-2009, 09:46 AM
What we noticed, since we had a utility trailer parked in overflow parking, was that the overflow parking area was packed, and that motorhomes and trailers were hanging out into the aisles in their attempt to squish in there.

In our experience that's pretty typical the Sunday after Thanksgiving as there is a mass exodus OUT and it takes Disney a while to get all the sites ready for people, so overflow stacks up early and well.

Seems to get worse every year. Last year we waited more than 3 hours for our site on that day (longest wait ever) - but then it wasn't helped by the fact that a downpour/storm rolled through early afternoon. We finally got our site around 3pm.

Luckily next year we're coming in a week before Thanksgiving week (whew)
TheRustyScupper
12-01-2009, 12:02 PM
1) Based upon the time and the day, this is not unusual.
2) At checkin / checkout crossover time, it frequently jams up.
Minnieboo
12-05-2009, 06:50 PM
What a surprise to see our picture at check in . (Montana) it was very busy but went quick. They had a lot of sites to get ready, thankfully ours was ready.