Cabin requests for Ft Wilderness?

jenhelgren

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My waitlist for a cabin came through and I know nothing about Ft Wilderness! I had given up hope on the waitlist. Are there any cabin locations or requests that I should consider? We plan on renting a golf cart for a night to see the holiday displays and will spend one day at Magic Kingdom and one day at Epcot. Not knowing the resort or how the internal buses work makes me nervous-I would love and all advice from Ft Wilderness regulars!!
 
My waitlist for a cabin came through and I know nothing about Ft Wilderness! I had given up hope on the waitlist. Are there any cabin locations or requests that I should consider? We plan on renting a golf cart for a night to see the holiday displays and will spend one day at Magic Kingdom and one day at Epcot. Not knowing the resort or how the internal buses work makes me nervous-I would love and all advice from Ft Wilderness regulars!!
All of the cabins are in the same area on Loops 2200 - 2800. They are served by 2 of the internal bus routes (orange & purple) which start and end at the same locations, but take a different route through the resort.

https://www.wdwinfo.com/resortmaps/fortwilderness.htm
 
2300 and 2500 will put you on the other side of the road from most of the construction. If you haven’t already reserved a golf cart, I would do that ASAP. We were there for 4 nights in Sept though and we were fine without one.
 
If you have a golf cart, my personal request is always 'back of loop'. That gives you a cabin farthest from the road and bus stops. Outside of loop is also a preference - as the inside ones sometimes have too much of a view of other cabins - though depending on which loop you're in, some of the outside loops can back up close to the next loop's cabins - that's why I really prefer the outer cabins at the very back of the loop, which usually have just woods or canal behind. Feels more 'woodsy'. For those without a cart, it means more walking to get to the bus stops - not that it's a great distance, but something to keep in mind.

I always liked 2800 loop, and 2700 loop (except the cabins 2738 and higher) - because it's big, had almost all woods behind in all directions, and is far from the pool (I don't use the pool when I go). If you intend to use the pool a lot, then you'll want the lower loops like 2300, 2500. In 2700 loop, 2738 and up back up to the pool area, so I avoid those again because I like the woodsy views.
 

We check in on Friday for 10 nights !!!
the first time we stayed we got one of the corners at the beginning of the loop which gave us enough room to have a big blow up movie screen and firepit (both of which we plan to bring again). Watching Christmas classics with an approved firepit on your lot was sooo nice.
With the new cabins are there any cabins that have a little more grassy area ??
Some of the inside loop cabins look crazy close to each other imo
 
We check in on Friday for 10 nights !!!
the first time we stayed we got one of the corners at the beginning of the loop which gave us enough room to have a big blow up movie screen and firepit (both of which we plan to bring again). Watching Christmas classics with an approved firepit on your lot was sooo nice.
With the new cabins are there any cabins that have a little more grassy area ??
Some of the inside loop cabins look crazy close to each other imo

It’s for all practical purposes the same as before - some will have more usable space than others. Our cabin last week had a great grassy usable area behind it. Our cabin two years ago was mostly swampy around.

We saw lots of people with various setups around their cabin - campers seem to always make the best of available resources! :-)
 
In general, many of the outer cabins on the loops have more space between, especially around the 'bends', while the inner ones are sometimes more squished together.
 
Does anyone know how many inches the deck opening is (want to get a baby gate for the pups)
Thanks so much
 



















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