akacake
Earning My Ears
- Joined
- Oct 29, 2010
We were originally booked to stay at FW from Nov 27-Dec 4th. Being a Canuck I wasnt aware of the US Thanksgiving holiday on the 25th and the promise of huge crowds for that week. We are on a year long RV adventure so we are flexible with our dates
so to make a long story short, we changed our reservations to have us arrive on Nov 12 until Nov 24. The crowds were nothing at all from Nov15-19. The weekends were busier but still fine.
our campsite 523
We used our AAA (CAA for us Canucks) and received the discount for a premium site. It worked out to the same price as a full hook up. Having never been to the Fort before I had no idea what the difference was between full, preferred and premium sites. We were assigned site 523 and liked it fine, it was nice to have concrete throughout the whole site! We would have liked to put up out cooking shelter at the back but didnt as there was nowhere to hammer the stakes into being on concrete. We were probably the shabbiest RV on our loop, we have a 1993 23 ft class C motor home, and we were next to huge, beautiful, expensive, polished rigs!
nice big rigs!
We pedaled our bikes around and found a site that we fell in love with, site 725. It would have been perfect for us but we didnt feel like packing up from 523, not that there was anything wrong with the one we had. I would have liked to been closer to the pool and the sing-a-long for our sons sake, but it was nice to be close to the marina and the dog park.
We rented a cart for one day, just to see what looping was all about, it was great! We got lost at night; we ended up at the Fort Wilderness Lodge and had to turn around! DH wants to trade his Harley in on a golf cart now!
here is one that some friends we @ FW made own..
and another cool one...
the green lagoon!
The bathrooms were very clean and the nicest bathrooms I have ever had at any of the campsites we have stayed at, EVER! DH couldnt shave using the sink as the tap had a motion sensor, which made it impossible. The laundry facilities were very clean and worked well.
We went to Mickeys Back Yard BBQ and had lots of fun. The ribs, mac and cheese and cornbread were to die for! At the end we all stocked up on Mickey ice cream bars, so very good!
We went swimming to the Meadows pool with our son. It was nice and warm and not too crowded.
We bought some of our groceries from the trading post, eggs, milk, bread, and yes a few bottles of wine ☺
We dont have a cell phone and I needed to use the internet to communicate with a business partner back in Canada, so I paid the $10 three times and connected to do all my transactions etc. The wifi didnt work at Crockets Tavern so I had to walk all the way to the Meadows Trading post to get it hooked up.
The nooseeums were biting at my ankles pretty badly while I sat outside, I am used to mosquitoes the size of birds that you can actually see and swat away!
We have a large collection of bumper stickers on the back of our motor home and I looked everywhere to find a Disney or FW one to add to the back. I finally found a Disney one on eBay and had a FW one designed for me thru Vista Print. Hard to believe that there werent any available to buy onsite.
DH tried his luck at fishing. He is fly fisherman from Northwestern Canada so is used to catching salmon and trout etc so his 1st time out fly-fishing for bass in the side channels wasnt too good. The next time he tried he caught and released quite a few big-mouthed bass. We saw lots of turtles as well!
We walked down to the marina to watch the nighttime electric boat parade and the fireworks. Some parents had their kids wrapped up like it was winter, us Northerners were in shorts and t-shirts!
The Christmas and Mickey decorations were fantastic!!
The boat ride across to the Magic Kingdom was perfect, we would go for half the day then come back to eat dinner and walk the dog before going back again at night.
All in all we loved FW and it made out entire 1st visit to WDW a huge hit. I couldnt imagine not staying at FW and being cooped up in a hotel somewhere else. I think those of us that are able to experience FW are really experiencing WDW as it should be done!
Before we arrived, DH was less than thrilled with my plans of dragging him camping just to see Mickey Mouse etc. Once we arrived at FW and he saw how clean it was, how organized it was, he was in love with the place! Once we dragged him to the Magic Kingdom, he was in awe. He changed his whole idea of the place and ended up buying a Mickey Mouse t-shirt and several Mickey pins!
our campsite 523
We used our AAA (CAA for us Canucks) and received the discount for a premium site. It worked out to the same price as a full hook up. Having never been to the Fort before I had no idea what the difference was between full, preferred and premium sites. We were assigned site 523 and liked it fine, it was nice to have concrete throughout the whole site! We would have liked to put up out cooking shelter at the back but didnt as there was nowhere to hammer the stakes into being on concrete. We were probably the shabbiest RV on our loop, we have a 1993 23 ft class C motor home, and we were next to huge, beautiful, expensive, polished rigs!
nice big rigs!
We pedaled our bikes around and found a site that we fell in love with, site 725. It would have been perfect for us but we didnt feel like packing up from 523, not that there was anything wrong with the one we had. I would have liked to been closer to the pool and the sing-a-long for our sons sake, but it was nice to be close to the marina and the dog park.
We rented a cart for one day, just to see what looping was all about, it was great! We got lost at night; we ended up at the Fort Wilderness Lodge and had to turn around! DH wants to trade his Harley in on a golf cart now!
here is one that some friends we @ FW made own..
and another cool one...
the green lagoon!
The bathrooms were very clean and the nicest bathrooms I have ever had at any of the campsites we have stayed at, EVER! DH couldnt shave using the sink as the tap had a motion sensor, which made it impossible. The laundry facilities were very clean and worked well.
We went to Mickeys Back Yard BBQ and had lots of fun. The ribs, mac and cheese and cornbread were to die for! At the end we all stocked up on Mickey ice cream bars, so very good!
We went swimming to the Meadows pool with our son. It was nice and warm and not too crowded.
We bought some of our groceries from the trading post, eggs, milk, bread, and yes a few bottles of wine ☺
We dont have a cell phone and I needed to use the internet to communicate with a business partner back in Canada, so I paid the $10 three times and connected to do all my transactions etc. The wifi didnt work at Crockets Tavern so I had to walk all the way to the Meadows Trading post to get it hooked up.
The nooseeums were biting at my ankles pretty badly while I sat outside, I am used to mosquitoes the size of birds that you can actually see and swat away!
We have a large collection of bumper stickers on the back of our motor home and I looked everywhere to find a Disney or FW one to add to the back. I finally found a Disney one on eBay and had a FW one designed for me thru Vista Print. Hard to believe that there werent any available to buy onsite.
DH tried his luck at fishing. He is fly fisherman from Northwestern Canada so is used to catching salmon and trout etc so his 1st time out fly-fishing for bass in the side channels wasnt too good. The next time he tried he caught and released quite a few big-mouthed bass. We saw lots of turtles as well!
We walked down to the marina to watch the nighttime electric boat parade and the fireworks. Some parents had their kids wrapped up like it was winter, us Northerners were in shorts and t-shirts!
The Christmas and Mickey decorations were fantastic!!
The boat ride across to the Magic Kingdom was perfect, we would go for half the day then come back to eat dinner and walk the dog before going back again at night.
All in all we loved FW and it made out entire 1st visit to WDW a huge hit. I couldnt imagine not staying at FW and being cooped up in a hotel somewhere else. I think those of us that are able to experience FW are really experiencing WDW as it should be done!
Before we arrived, DH was less than thrilled with my plans of dragging him camping just to see Mickey Mouse etc. Once we arrived at FW and he saw how clean it was, how organized it was, he was in love with the place! Once we dragged him to the Magic Kingdom, he was in awe. He changed his whole idea of the place and ended up buying a Mickey Mouse t-shirt and several Mickey pins!
