Camping Newbie.....Questions and Maybe some More Later...

[Disneymommom]

HI and Welcome to the camping forum! I'll try to answer some of your questions....I'm sure others will as well.

All loops have a bus stop ...usually near the entrance to the loop. The buses run in two directions. One way to the Settlement area (trails end , marina etc)and the other way to the Outpost. You can grab a bus from the Outpost bus stop to head to other parks. Maybe this is where you heard you need to take two buses?

The marina is located near the Settlement. A boat is the quickest and easiest way to get to the MK , WL or the CR where you can grab the monorail .

Golf carts are about $50/day. Cheaper if you take for an entire week. Yes, magical express works for the campground. Usually people tenting or staying in the cabins use it.....I thought you were bringing a 31' camper?

Enjoy your stay! You will be back

Hi, I'm her Mom, we are coming together, my DH and I are coming from Louisiana and she and her family are coming by air from NJ. We are bringing the camper and we're all camping there together!!! We are trying to find out everything we can as we've never camped there before.

thanks so much for the information!!! I like the boat idea, I love boats and think DGS will love it too!

 

[Disneymommom]

Disney always wants the names of each occupant at a site. As long as they include your name on the ressie you will have no problem.

Honey, make sure that our name is on the ressie so we can get in with the camper and all of your names are listed as well so you can get the Magical Express to bring you. If not, you know we'll come get you, if you're really sweet, LOL!!!

 

[Disneymommom]

Yes, you will be able to use Magical Express as long as your folks list you on the reservation. They will need to give the CRO folks your flight #s and dates of arrival and departure. The Magical Express information will arrive at their home, so they will need to forward it by mail to you. You will receive DME tickets and yellow tags for your luggage. Your luggage will be sent directly to Ft. Wilderness from MCO with the yellow tags and you will be driven by bus to Ft. Wilderness. If your parents have already arrived, they can meet you up at the checkin area, OR your can just call them on the phone and find out what Loop they are in and take a bus to your site and ya'll are ready to go. Your luggage will be delivered to your campsite a few hours later. You can also ask them to take you to your loop in a van if you have a lot of carryon items.

As far as internal busses, to go to Magic Kingdom, the Studios, Wilderness Lodge, and Contemporary, you would need to take a bus from your loop to Settlement. To go to MK, Wilderness Lodge, or the Contemporary, take the short walk to the marina and take a boat to one of those places. To get to the Studios, just transfer to the Studios bus. There is also a bus to Wilderness Lodge at Settlement. There is also a walking path to Wilderness Lodge at Settlement.

To go to Epcot, Downtown Disney, Animal Kingdom, Blizzard Beach, or Typhoon Lagoon, then take an internal bus from your loop to Outpost, then transfer to the appropriate bus when it comes by.

If ya'll decide to rent a golf cart or if your parents can bring bicyles for everyone, then just drive the golf cart or bicycles to the locations mentioned above and take the appropriate bus to your destination. There is golf cart and bicycle parking near the bus stop and marina at each end of the campground.

That is a lot of great info CL, thank you so much. By the way I saw tht Mickey camper in Tennessee and was fascinated by it. It's adorable!!! I took a ton of pics of the one we saw, probably not you it was cool to see that in person!

 

[Disneymommom]

Well, actually the reservation is in my name, and then their names are listed on there as the rest of the guests in our party.

Good idea....Definitely have them come meet us at check in to drive us back to the loop...It would be too much with carryons and a 4 yr old


Thanks

We'll take the 4-year old, you can come on behind us with your carry-ons, Well I guess we can let you ride in the back of the truck, hahaha. By the way, we'll be needed a car seat for him won't we?

 

[Disneymommom]

Well, since the reservation is in your name, then just make sure Central Reservations has your flight info in their system. The DME stuff will then come to you.

Also, it might be easier if your parents try to arrive about the same time you do and just park in the overflow lot as they probably won't be able to check in without you. Then once you complete the checkin paperwork at the desk, all hop in the camper and drive to the site.

Now this could create a problem. Sharky, do you you think you can change the reservation names to ours so we can check in whenever, you know DH will get impatient if your plane is late or whatever happens for a delay. Then put your names as the rest of the party with your flight information so you can use ME. Let me know.

 

[Disneymommom]

We were just at the Fort-

My parents drove in their RV. We did MYW so they had to make a separate reservation because they arrived two days ahead of us. We were able to link the res. so that they did not have to move the RV. They had to re check-in on the day we arrived and could check in all of us so I did not even have to check in. The reservation was is my name.

They met us at the Outpost because they wanted to greet us, but we could have taken a bus up to the loop.

We arrived via Southwest and used the Magical Express. Somehow I never got my special tags, but no problem! I just described my luggage. We were not at the RV when the luggage arrived, so there was a tag on the RV door. I called the number and about 5 minutes later my luggage arrived! I was very impressed.

As far as the busses go, the drivers were very helpful in what bus to take. There was some confusion in that some of the "yellow" busses said they were actually "purple" so everytime we got on the bus we asked if they were really yellow.

We were in loop 500, Buffalo Bend. We were right near a bus stop. We could also walk up to the Settlement but towards the end of the trip just used the stop near our loop.

Which way do you think is best? Should we have separate ressies and have them linked; should we have the same reservations but in our names and have them listed on our ressies as part of our people in the camper; or have them in her name and us listed as the others but then we can't check in without her? That I think would be the worst choice.

 

[Trentmom]

We'll take the 4-year old, you can come on behind us with your carry-ons, Well I guess we can let you ride in the back of the truck, hahaha. By the way, we'll be needed a car seat for him won't we?

Don't I have a nice mom??

Now this could create a problem. Sharky, do you you think you can change the reservation names to ours so we can check in whenever, you know DH will get impatient if your plane is late or whatever happens for a delay. Then put your names as the rest of the party with your flight information so you can use ME. Let me know.

Since this trip is a secret/surprise trip...., and DH is off tonite, I wil call tomorrow tnite and ask what wil happen if you get there before us? If you can or can not check in, without us.......

If you can't then, I will ask them to put you as guest number 1, so you will have no problems checking in early...

 

[clkelley]

That is a lot of great info CL, thank you so much. By the way I saw tht Mickey camper in Tennessee and was fascinated by it. It's adorable!!! I took a ton of pics of the one we saw, probably not you it was cool to see that in person!

Where in Tennessee and when?? I was at the Townsend Smokey Mountains KOA November 2 - 4th with my camper. I live in North Alabama, so if you saw it anywhere between there and Townsend being pulled by a Sport Trac, it probably was me cause I'm hopin' mine is one of a kind!!! I did the Mouse Ears graphics and the blue trim is custom!!

 

[Disneymommom]

Don't I have a nice mom??





Since this trip is a secret/surprise trip...., and DH is off tonite, I wil call tomorrow tnite and ask what wil happen if you get there before us? If you can or can not check in, without us.......

If you can't then, I will ask them to put you as guest number 1, so you will have no problems checking in early...

Thank you sweetie, you are a nice daughter and I am a nice Mom cause I'll let you in the truck, I promise.

 

[Disneymommom]

Where in Tennessee and when?? I was at the Townsend Smokey Mountains KOA November 2 - 4th with my camper. I live in North Alabama, so if you saw it anywhere between there and Townsend being pulled by a Sport Trac, it probably was me cause I'm hopin' mine is one of a kind!!! I did the Mouse Ears graphics and the blue trim is custom!!

It was in a KOA as we were on our way north and we got tired and it was too hot to stay in a walmart parking lot that night. It was end of Aug, beginning of September. I'll have to find my pictures of the trip and post them here and you can tell me if that is you or not. LOL..It' sso cute it really catches your eye!!!!

We are moving to Aliceville, Alabama in the next 8 months or so, we'd hoped for near Huntsville but this is what he got so that is where we'll go!!!!

 

[clkelley]

It was in a KOA as we were on our way north and we got tired and it was too hot to stay in a walmart parking lot that night. It was end of Aug, beginning of September. I'll have to find my pictures of the trip and post them here and you can tell me if that is you or not. LOL..It' sso cute it really catches your eye!!!!

We are moving to Aliceville, Alabama in the next 8 months or so, we'd hoped for near Huntsville but this is what he got so that is where we'll go!!!!

I was at the Cleveland, TN KOA near Chattanooga, August 24th - 26th. We were going Whitewater Rafting on the Ocoee that weekend.

 

[Trentmom]

Thank you sweetie, you are a nice daughter and I am a nice Mom cause I'll let you in the truck, I promise.

aww....thanks

 

[Disneymommom]

I was at the Cleveland, TN KOA near Chattanooga, August 24th - 26th. We were going Whitewater Rafting on the Ocoee that weekend.

Carol, This is the camper we saw at the KOA campground, we aren't positive where we were but we know we were in Tennessee, lol, and it was the last week of Aug, the date should show up on the pic!!! So is this you???

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So you custom designed this camper? That is so creative! I love it!!! Let me know if it was you. We were down the road from this camper, what a coincidence!!! Small world huh?

 

[Shannone1]

You have gotten a lot of great info here. There is a FAQ sticky at the top of the forum that will give you lots of other info...including a nice map link. Hope this helps.

 

[Disneymommom]

You have gotten a lot of great info here. There is a FAQ sticky at the top of the forum that will give you lots of other info...including a nice map link. Hope this helps.

Thanks Shannon we sure do appreciate yours and everyone else's help!!! It's great to find such nice helpful people!!!

 

[clkelley]

Carol, This is the camper we saw at the KOA campground, we aren't positive where we were but we know we were in Tennessee, lol, and it was the last week of Aug, the date should show up on the pic!!! So is this you???

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So you custom designed this camper? That is so creative! I love it!!! Let me know if it was you. We were down the road from this camper, what a coincidence!!! Small world huh?

Yep, that's me!!!! That was the first set of graphics I put on. The front is still the same, but I've changed the sides a little bit since then. That is cool!!

That was Saturday evening and I was out. (Went whitewater rafting that day and had dinner out) I wish I had been there, I would have given you a tour!!!

 

[Disneymommom]

Yep, that's me!!!! That was the first set of graphics I put on. The front is still the same, but I've changed the sides a little bit since then. That is cool!!

That was Saturday evening and I was out. (Went whitewater rafting that day and had dinner out) I wish I had been there, I would have given you a tour!!!

Oh I would have loved that. You don't know how much I wanted you to be there when we walked over to your camper!!! I want to see the changes on the sides, do you have pics??? I took pics from all side and have them in my vacation photos!

 

[clkelley]

Check out the link in my signature. I have a complete history and lots of pictures of my T@B from the day I brought it home, and everything I did to it, and pictures of the trips I've taken in it.

 

[Trentmom]

Check out the link in my signature. I have a complete history and lots of pictures of my T@B from the day I brought it home, and everything I did to it, and pictures of the trips I've taken in it.

Thanks Clkelley.

Your camper is so awesome.... I love the inside pics.

Thanks for sharing

 

[Trentmom]

You have gotten a lot of great info here. There is a FAQ sticky at the top of the forum that will give you lots of other info...including a nice map link. Hope this helps.

Thanks Shannnone.

I iwll have to go and find that sticky