Can We Camp in Our Car??

[AuburnJen92]

Next year you can steal an even bigger box, with a shelf to hold the kumgaloosh ingredients.

Todd will buy you another, bigger box since you will be staying in the 3000 loop.

 

[BRDof3]

This is sort of OT but I keep seeing people saying the "try a value, its cheaper" thing, and I don't get it


I am looking at 11/1-11/2, because that is the first day of the week that we are hoping to go to FW.

A standard site at FW is $44 , standard value room $118.

If you can snag a discount - FW $37 , value room $89.

So its like twice as much to stay at a value.

Maybe people are talking about premium sites, but I don't know why you'd get one of those if you were tent (or car ) camping.

I know the values used to be a lot cheaper ...

Am I missing something?

You have to look at the whole picture. You have to get park passes, you have to eat, you have to have a place to stay. Resort rooms get meal plan and other perks that campers are not offered. The accomodations may be more expensive, but the whole package may be cheaper. It will certainly be nicer than sleeping in the car for 2 weeks.

 

[ftwildernessguy]

disney says they will offer me free dining for staying in the refrigerator box. I just have to go to the dumpster behind TE.

 

[BRDof3]

disney says they will offer me free dining for staying in the refrigerator box. I just have to go to the dumpster behind TE.

Use the dumpster behind the Wilderness Lodge. That's where TE is catered from. It would be like getting first in line at TE.

 

[ftwildernessguy]

Use the dumpster behind the Wilderness Lodge. That's where TE is catered from. It would be like getting first in line at TE.

I don't dare. The DVC people would rat me out.

 

[DaveInTN]

disney says they will offer me free dining for staying in the refrigerator box. I just have to go to the dumpster behind TE.

There ain't NOTHIN like cowboy dumpster beans, with a side of giddyap chicken skin. That's eatin!

 

[ElementCamper]

Folks, I have to back the OP about car camping. Before I got the T@B, I camped in the Element. The rear seats come completely out leaving a totally flat floor more than six feet long and wide enough for two twin or one queen size air mattress. Honda sells blackout curtains to cover the windows, a tent for the rear so you can enclose the tail and lift gates when they are open. If you close the tailgate and leave the tent up, you have a changing area. The AWD models like I have has a sun roof in the rear that can be opened for ventilation, and a screen kit is offered to keep the bugs out. Um, where do you think I got my Disboards name?

There is absolutely nothing wrong with someone posting that they would like to car camp, it all depends on your comfort level. Not everyone can afford a big ole motorhome or trailer. Remember we probably all started out as tent campers at one time, I consider car camping (done properly) a step up from sleeping on the ground.
There, I am off my soap box now.

 

[MandMLUVMMandDVC]

Would you consider doing a "box swap" and letting us use it the following week? I promise to leave it in good condition for whoever wants it the week after.

oh, you cheap SWA people!! fly free, sleep free, what more do you want? oh, wait, Just kidding (pls read 'about me')

 

[polkadotsuitcase]

I love it because it doesn't even mean anything close to what it sounds like. I had a cat named Magellan. His nickname was Jelly. He was fuzzy.

Simple and cute!

Spent a night sleeping on bench seats of a '55 Chevy in St. Luis MO in August of 1988. Good times, slept better there than the Knight's Inn outside Columbus OH.

I slept in my car back in college once -- it was a Yugo, so I had to be careful not to stretch my legs out or I'd punch leg-holes in the side. Hey, I bombed all over Buffalo in six feet of snow with that little car. I couldn't afford leg-holes.

Folks, I have to back the OP about car camping. Before I got the T@B, I camped in the Element. The rear seats come completely out leaving a totally flat floor more than six feet long and wide enough for two twin or one queen size air mattress. Honda sells blackout curtains to cover the windows, a tent for the rear so you can enclose the tail and lift gates when they are open. If you close the tailgate and leave the tent up, you have a changing area. The AWD models like I have has a sun roof in the rear that can be opened for ventilation, and a screen kit is offered to keep the bugs out. Um, where do you think I got my Disboards name?

I think those set-ups are pretty cool, actually! (The Yugo didn't come with any of that extra stuff -- that would have been high-class car camping!)

 

[des1954]

You dumpster divers are such novices!! I stand at the exit to FtW between 10am and noon holding a sign that says: "Save the Otters! Donate your left over food." It's amazing how many people accommodate me. Better than clipping coupons!

 

[christinou]

I think camping in the car is fine is that is what you want, or waht you can afford, I don't understand why you would reserve for days you won't be there, I would rather figure out which nights I need a room, and then actually get a room. But again just my opinion.

 

[dmccarty]

Back in the day when Jeep Wagoneers and Cherokees were big vehicles my dad built a setup that sat in the back of the Jeeps. We had three boxes in the Jeeps cargo area. One of the boxes fit completely across the Jeep and held axes, chains, etc. The other two boxes when put side by side fit across the Jeep. Those two boxes had lids that folded down. You opened them up and we had room for our two burner Coleman Stove, cook ware, food, etc.

We could fold down the back seat. Pop into place two sawed off saw legs which held up a section of 4x8 plywood. The plywood and the three boxes formed a platform to sleep on. We would pump up some air mattresses, unroll the sleeping bags and camp was set up. Took 15 minutes.

It was a great setup up. We camped all over GA, FL, TX, NM, and CO in the back of those Jeeps.

Later,
Dan

 

[ntsammy5]

I used to sleep in IFVs

 

[allmydisneydreams]

Well, kinda...at the values they have extended the free dining, which is NEVER EVER given to us po folk campers because we supposedly can cram 10 people on a site. (uh huh) So I believe that the food was the extra option that you would not receive at the tent/car site

Ah, that makes sense

I wasn't thinking of food or tickets because we are trying for a super budget one park day (GAD) relaxing camping trip ... we'll mostly grill our food to save $.

But if you were getting a package then, yes, I guess it would be cheaper. Weird, huh?

 

[Vijoge]

I wasn't thinking of food or tickets because we are trying for a super budget one park day (GAD) relaxing camping trip ... we'll mostly grill our food to save $.

Have you looked into any of the State Parks in the area? If you're only planning one park day you could probably camp the rest of the time in a State Park, which should be less expensive than Disney. I haven't checked in FL, but here in IL we have State Parks for as little as $13 per night.

 

[medic9016]

I used to sleep in IFVs

Better than a mud hole.

 

[ftwildernessguy]

Better than a mud hole.

I've slept in them, too.

 

[ntsammy5]

Better than a mud hole.

Just a little wetter - but I never slept much any how

 

[mikeymouse1]

Now we know what all the markers and electrical conduit behind the 300 loop is for Ftwilderness guys upscale box!

 

[BRDof3]

Now we know what all the markers and electrical conduit behind the 3000 loop is for Ftwilderness guys upscale box!

No way. The kungaloosh bar alone would need more power than that.