RVing in our MH at FW = being at home while being away from home. Even staying at OKW in a 1 bedroom or the Tree Houses does not equal the peace, comfort we feel while being in our MH and as such is worth the price of admission for a camp site. The simple fact of being ON PROPERTY at Disney adds that extra incentive to pinch pennies or dollar$
to stay at FW.
I do agree! We can't afford a motorhome, just a pop-up. Even in a tent, I prefer to be surrounded by my own belongings that I'm comfortable using. There is a lot to be said about sleeping your own bed, with your own sheets as well.
There are Florida Resident specials for September available right now. Was looking for this weekend 9/2-9/4 and it popped up (did not include Labor day), but I extended through 9/9 just to see if the special was still there and it was. $41.50 tent; $54.00 full; $62.75 pref; $66.50 prem. Can't believe there are sites available for this weekend, I guess people cancelled because of the storm.
Thanks, those are some great prices! Unfortunately, we can't do weekends as we decided to save on our annual passes and go with weekday only ones. Normally, we would still stay weekends and enjoy things things on site, but our new pop-up is not quite ready to go yet. Hopefully by October. We have reservations in Dec. at POP, but would much rather be at the Fort.
We tent camp quite often at the Fort. I bring with me a whole kitchen. They have grills on each site that we have used. I pack with me a surge protector + outdoor extension cord then I bring my Keurig (you can bring a normal coffee pot, the Keurig works better for my family). I also bring my coleman camping stove, and all my camping kitchen items. We make full meals at Disney no problem. I have read of others leaving the crock pot all day as well on the picnic tables with no problems. An RV makes things a little easier, but we don't have one (although we are renting for our upcoming trip).
I would love to see photos of your set up! I have seen some amazing FW kitchens at sites. I wasn't sure if they took out the grills when they starting allowing approved fire pits. Glad they are still there. We are mostly tent campers as well. I just bought a pop-up so we can still have the option of camping on the tent loops.
When we tent camped many years ago at FW, I always used my crock pot and just left it on the picnic table. I had four kids and the parks were tiring. It was great to come back to a home cooked meal all ready to eat. Back then, I never had the idea to bring the things I have seen photos of on the internet. I will now! Even though we have a pop-up, most cooking will still be done outside.
In the past, we have stuck to preparing most of our own food due to expense. Now, I am on a special diet and would rather have control of everything food-wise. I know Disney will cater to special diets, but I still feel their food is a waste of money. We rarely eat at restaurants at home either. It's kind of like flushing money down the toilet.
When we lived up north and would come down for a once a year (or less) vacation, we would enjoy one meal per day at Disney restaurants. Now that we live down here and go all the time, we just bring groceries for 100% of our food.
