A few of our high points--Jan 18-26th

[debster812]

I am still working on the full blown trip report, but thought I would post our Resort experiences:

We stayed at the FW Cabins from January 18th to the 26th

We arrived at FW around 10:30 am on Sunday to check in, not exepecting a cabin to be ready, and as such had planned a couple of offsite errands. Lo and behold, a cabin was available, but not in either of our requested loops. The CMs checking us in, said we had been assigned a *great* location, but if wanted a cabin now, they could place us elsewhere. We decided to wait. In hindsight, I am so glad we did.

Went to an offsite Walgreens and Publix, called FW around 1 and our cabin was ready. Okey Dokey, off we go!!!!!!!

We were assigned cabin 2502, and it was a perfect location, steps to the pool, the bus, and the laundry. And close to the entrance of FW as well, as we took WDW transportation to MK and EPCOT, but drove our rental everywhere else.

The cabin was SPOTLESS when we arrived, no dust, no mold, no cobwebs, nothing. Just clean and sparkly. Lots (and I mean LOTS of towels), fully stocked kitchen, the fridge had been turned down, so it was nice a cold when we got back with our groceries.

We got the Cabin through an AP discount. I had had PO-R booked and paid in full at rack rate, and when the AP rates finally hit, there was no availability at PO-R. CRO suggested the cabins, and since it was the same amount of money we had already paid, we went for it. We ate breakfast in every morning except for one (PS at Donald's at AK) and had cold cuts, snacks, burgers and dogs, water, juice and soda. I figure the money we saved by eating breakfast in, and a couple of lunches/dinners and the snacks and drinks we probably ended up saving money in the long run.

We had Mousekeeping only come in every other day, and could have gone every 3 or 4 days with no problems. Even when we put out the "No Service Required Today" magnet, they would leave us MORE TOWELS! And a few surprises too:

These were our first 'guests'

They also made us a place for our toothbrushes

We had such a great time at FW. You could literally vacation there and never leave the campsite, and still have a great time. DS had a great time going on Armadillo hunts. We don't have any Armadillo's here in Mass. There were peacocks all over the area, some white ones, and some colorful ones. The petting zoo is cute. They now have carriage rides, and the wagon rides have been there for a while. The nightly campfire/sing a long/movie is a lot of fun. Trail's End Buffet is a hidden jewel. Great food, nice prices, very relaxing.

Boat transportation to WL, CR, and MK is just so much fun. We did this too, when we were going to EPCOT. Boat to CR, CR to TTC on the monorail, monorail to EPCOT.

The Electric Water Pageant from the beach was fun too. We caught it only once, but DS and I really liked it. DH just at us. (He is a *tad* Disney challenged, but we're working on it).

So, if there are any other questions I can answer, please let me know.

Debbie

 

[Mamu]

The trip sounds wonderful.

 

[jaysue]

Excellent trip report

Glad to hear you had fun!

thanks
jaysue

 

[jcandtjsmommy]

We are staying at FW 4/24 - 5/2, for the first time. We can't wait! I think our two boys (ages 7 & 10) are going to love it!! I have heard a lot of wonderful things about the resort! We too have requested a cabin in loop 2500, it sounds like a great location.

 

[Jennifer2k3]

Love those towel creations!!! We got a canoe at WL just like yours Deb, with Paige's otter in sunglasses going for a paddle!

Thanks for all the cabin info! I've been curious about them!

 

[sherry8253]

Great report and pictures of the towel creations. I am looking forward to reading your trip report. Glad you had a trip full of Disney Magic.

 

[cmcvean]

Wow, thank you for that report!! We are planning on staying in the cabins next January, so it is good to hear from someone that has stayed that time of year.

How was the weather for the movie (it is outside right??)? Did you rent a golf cart?

Thanks so much! I'm so excited to be learning more about the cabins, I think we are going to really enjoy it!!

Christine

 

[SeaSpray]

Sounds like you had a wonderful time, Deb!! It must've been nice to get away from this cold weather

 

[debster812]

Christine--we did not rent a cart, as we had a rental car. But, I think if you did not have a car, the golf cart would be very useful, but certainly not neccessary, as the internal FW buses seemed to run very often. They ran from 7am-2am about every 10-15 minutes or so.

The weather was nice, if a bit cool for the movies, etc. We ended up in long pants and sweatshirs most evenings.

jc&tjs mom--If you are in 2500 loop, you might want to request a cabin with a higher number (further into the loop). We did not run into this at all, because the weather was so cool, but I can see the pool area getting a bit noisy, and our cabin backed right up to the pool. I don't think it would have been unbearable, just something else to think about.

 

[lilboo]

Thanks for the report Deb! I'd always been curious about FW too...and your towel critter cup runneth over!