Minnie&Mickey
I want to live at the Fort!
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April 3rd
As some of you know, we just bought our first motorhome. We had only been camping one time before (back in October in a friends Class C) and had been seriously looking for a motorhome of our own since then. After going to several RV shows, and shopping at every RV dealership in the Atlanta area, we finally found a used Class A that a couple was selling about an hour and a half from our house. Its a 2006 Fleetwood Providence, and the previous owners were just wonderful. I think we talked to them by phone and email for over two months before we finally bought it. We went to pick it up on Wednesday, April 1st and the husband spent over two hours explaining everything to us and even had checklists made up for arrival and departure from the campsite. They are fellow Disney fans and this RV has made many trips to Fort Wilderness. We didnt get home from picking up the RV until around 11:00 at night. Toby and I both had to work on Thursday and Friday, so it didnt give us very much time to get it all packed up.
The original plan was to get out on the road at around 7:00 p.m. on Friday and drive for three or four hours and stop at a rest stop. Unfortunately, we didnt get on the road until after 10:00!!! We only drove two hours before we decided to pull into a rest stop in Dooley County, GA. As we pulled in, I noticed a familiar site it was a Jayco Seneca that I had seen pictured in a signature on the DISboards! Could this be a fellow DISer???
We parked the RV, pulled out the bedroom slide and slept well, Toby slept I was kept awake by a tractor trailer that parked right next to us and kept his engine running all night long.
April 4th, 2009
In the morning, we got up and took our dog, Jazz, for a walk. While I was walking around with him, I noticed a man with two dogs out near the Jayco Seneca. So I walked over and asked him if he was on his way to Disney World. Sure enough, it was Jeff! Cheryl was inside showering, so we chatted for a minute and then I headed back to the RV so that we could get on the road again.
We drove until we got to Exit 2 because the people that we bought the RV from said that was a good place to stop for gas, and while Toby was fueling up, I took the dog out for another walk. Low and behold, who comes driving into the same gas station Jeff and Cheryl! I didnt go over and say anything this time because I didnt want to look like a stalker, but I thought it was funny that we both stopped at the same rest area and then the same gas station.
We finally arrived at the gates of Fort Wilderness and I told the guard that we had already done online check in, but he said we had to get in the long lines with the other RVs.
The lines were awful, and but we chose the shortest one big mistake. We sat in the line for approximately 45 minutes before we got up to the window of course every other line moved much faster, but we were stuck. When we got to the window, we told them about online check in and the girl went to the center building to get our packet. It included a birthday button with my name on it! She wished me a Happy Birthday, and we were on our way within about 2 minutes. I have no idea why it took all those other people so long!!!
I was very excited when I saw that we had been given campsite 863 because that meant I got what I requested. We pulled into the loop and guess whose RV was sitting there Jeff and Cheryl! Now I am really starting to feel like a stalker! We pulled out our checklist, taped our green DISboards sign to our front window, and started getting setup.
Our first problem was that my husband turned the battery off once we had the electricity plugged in, and we lost all power and then it wouldnt come back on. Toby went to a nearby campsite and got some advice from a fellow camper from Georgia, and we were back in business in no time. After that, we tried to get the satellite working but we didnt have any luck, and we didnt bring a cable that was long enough to reach the box. We decided to walk to the Meadow Trading Post to see if they had any, but when we walked out the door of the RV, there were Jeff and Cheryl in their golf cart! We chatted for a while and then mentioned our cable issues to them. Believe it or not, they had extra cable and said we could borrow it! Arent campers just the nicest people? So we went to their RV its beautiful, by the way, and got the cable, talked for a few more minutes and then went back to the RV to hook it up. Success! We finally could watch TV!
After that, it was time to head to the Magic Kingdom and pick up my birthday gift card (we have annual passes and didnt need the one day park admission). We decided to walk to the Settlement to catch the boat and Jeff and Cheryl passed by in their golf cart. Isnt it funny how in place as large as Fort Wilderness that you keep running into the same people? We had never met them before, yet we kept bumping into them.
We got on the boat, and when we got to the Magic Kingdom, we noticed it was packed. We went to the ticket window and got my gift card and then ran over to Guest Services on the square to cancel our reservations for Narcoosees. This was supposed to be my birthday dinner, but we were both pretty tired from all the excitement of the day and just didnt feel like going over there.
We were hungry, so we tried to find someplace at the MK to eat, but everything was full. My husband asked about availability at Liberty Tree Tavern, and they told him that the Diamond Horseshoe Review was taking all of the overflow and that we could go there. The menu was the same and the food was delicious.
After eating we walked around for a little bit so that I could take pictures.
Then we decided to go spend my gift card on stuff to decorate the RV, so we went to the Emporium and did some shopping. I bought a Mickey trivet, Mickey towels, ladle, and two Mickey watches ($10 promotion).
We left the park as Spectro was starting and were able to get a boat to FW fairly quickly. We walked back to the 800 loop, checking out the decorations at the first campsite amazing!!!
Then went back to the RV and slept!
Day Two coming soon!
As some of you know, we just bought our first motorhome. We had only been camping one time before (back in October in a friends Class C) and had been seriously looking for a motorhome of our own since then. After going to several RV shows, and shopping at every RV dealership in the Atlanta area, we finally found a used Class A that a couple was selling about an hour and a half from our house. Its a 2006 Fleetwood Providence, and the previous owners were just wonderful. I think we talked to them by phone and email for over two months before we finally bought it. We went to pick it up on Wednesday, April 1st and the husband spent over two hours explaining everything to us and even had checklists made up for arrival and departure from the campsite. They are fellow Disney fans and this RV has made many trips to Fort Wilderness. We didnt get home from picking up the RV until around 11:00 at night. Toby and I both had to work on Thursday and Friday, so it didnt give us very much time to get it all packed up.
The original plan was to get out on the road at around 7:00 p.m. on Friday and drive for three or four hours and stop at a rest stop. Unfortunately, we didnt get on the road until after 10:00!!! We only drove two hours before we decided to pull into a rest stop in Dooley County, GA. As we pulled in, I noticed a familiar site it was a Jayco Seneca that I had seen pictured in a signature on the DISboards! Could this be a fellow DISer???
We parked the RV, pulled out the bedroom slide and slept well, Toby slept I was kept awake by a tractor trailer that parked right next to us and kept his engine running all night long.
April 4th, 2009
In the morning, we got up and took our dog, Jazz, for a walk. While I was walking around with him, I noticed a man with two dogs out near the Jayco Seneca. So I walked over and asked him if he was on his way to Disney World. Sure enough, it was Jeff! Cheryl was inside showering, so we chatted for a minute and then I headed back to the RV so that we could get on the road again.
We drove until we got to Exit 2 because the people that we bought the RV from said that was a good place to stop for gas, and while Toby was fueling up, I took the dog out for another walk. Low and behold, who comes driving into the same gas station Jeff and Cheryl! I didnt go over and say anything this time because I didnt want to look like a stalker, but I thought it was funny that we both stopped at the same rest area and then the same gas station.
We finally arrived at the gates of Fort Wilderness and I told the guard that we had already done online check in, but he said we had to get in the long lines with the other RVs.
The lines were awful, and but we chose the shortest one big mistake. We sat in the line for approximately 45 minutes before we got up to the window of course every other line moved much faster, but we were stuck. When we got to the window, we told them about online check in and the girl went to the center building to get our packet. It included a birthday button with my name on it! She wished me a Happy Birthday, and we were on our way within about 2 minutes. I have no idea why it took all those other people so long!!!
I was very excited when I saw that we had been given campsite 863 because that meant I got what I requested. We pulled into the loop and guess whose RV was sitting there Jeff and Cheryl! Now I am really starting to feel like a stalker! We pulled out our checklist, taped our green DISboards sign to our front window, and started getting setup.
Our first problem was that my husband turned the battery off once we had the electricity plugged in, and we lost all power and then it wouldnt come back on. Toby went to a nearby campsite and got some advice from a fellow camper from Georgia, and we were back in business in no time. After that, we tried to get the satellite working but we didnt have any luck, and we didnt bring a cable that was long enough to reach the box. We decided to walk to the Meadow Trading Post to see if they had any, but when we walked out the door of the RV, there were Jeff and Cheryl in their golf cart! We chatted for a while and then mentioned our cable issues to them. Believe it or not, they had extra cable and said we could borrow it! Arent campers just the nicest people? So we went to their RV its beautiful, by the way, and got the cable, talked for a few more minutes and then went back to the RV to hook it up. Success! We finally could watch TV!
After that, it was time to head to the Magic Kingdom and pick up my birthday gift card (we have annual passes and didnt need the one day park admission). We decided to walk to the Settlement to catch the boat and Jeff and Cheryl passed by in their golf cart. Isnt it funny how in place as large as Fort Wilderness that you keep running into the same people? We had never met them before, yet we kept bumping into them.
We got on the boat, and when we got to the Magic Kingdom, we noticed it was packed. We went to the ticket window and got my gift card and then ran over to Guest Services on the square to cancel our reservations for Narcoosees. This was supposed to be my birthday dinner, but we were both pretty tired from all the excitement of the day and just didnt feel like going over there.
We were hungry, so we tried to find someplace at the MK to eat, but everything was full. My husband asked about availability at Liberty Tree Tavern, and they told him that the Diamond Horseshoe Review was taking all of the overflow and that we could go there. The menu was the same and the food was delicious.
After eating we walked around for a little bit so that I could take pictures.
Then we decided to go spend my gift card on stuff to decorate the RV, so we went to the Emporium and did some shopping. I bought a Mickey trivet, Mickey towels, ladle, and two Mickey watches ($10 promotion).
We left the park as Spectro was starting and were able to get a boat to FW fairly quickly. We walked back to the 800 loop, checking out the decorations at the first campsite amazing!!!
Then went back to the RV and slept!
Day Two coming soon!
