I was in 1600 last January and it was easy to navigate and I had a decent site. I think all the Full loops would be fine. I was going to see how much the price difference is between a Premium and a Full, but will probably go with a Full. Since we plan on coming down for 2 weeks, even if the Premium is only $30/night more, that is still over $400 I would have to fork out for a little wider site. Here was my site in 1600. This was along the back side and backed up to the 1500 Tent loop. Plenty of room for the 42ft me and the toad.go to YouTube and search fort wilderness 1700 loop to see the video… doesn’t look so scary for backing in as I thought it would…
Perhaps I used the wrong phrase. I'll add my family when I book. I recall saying that we all want to say I'm traveling with @Teamubr, @jbrostek, @bama_ed, etc so we'll be placed near each other in lieu of the group reservation contract that was the original plan. But that's what I remember and who can trust my memory...me included.Normally I would say you can add (or remove) people, but with the changes implemented post-Covid requiring a cancel/rebook for date changes, it is worth confirming if changing people will impact the reservation.
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I'm not sure how often that works or how we would do it today. The only time we tried it, friends were driving their motorhome down and we flew in to join them for a few days. Their son and his family were staying in a cabin. They asked to be in a Full loop close to the cabins where their son would be. They did get in the 2100 loop closer to the cabins, but their son was in a cabin loop a bit away.Perhaps I used the wrong phrase. I'll add my family when I book. I recall saying that we all want to say I'm traveling with @Teamubr, @jbrostek, @bama_ed, etc so we'll be placed near each other in lieu of the group reservation contract that was the original plan. But that's what I remember and who can trust my memory...me included.
I am not sure how they would manage it either, but if we book a bunch of the full hookup, and all have travel with, there are only so many loops they would put us in. So I could see them giving us the same loop if possible.
The most I have traveled with to Disney was 5 RVs and while we where not all next to each other, we did end up in the same loop. Some of us side by side, I was 2 sites down from one pair and 2 more sites down the loop was another pair.
I think we can expect to do well… why just last week I got a video from Disney showing me the that they have implemented new technologies to get us in contact with the Fort front desk….I know some people claim they still fax site requests in. As my younger staff remind me, most fax machines are now only on display at the Smithsonian, so I don't know if faxes are actually a thing at the Fort or not. Given the rest of Disney IT, it is quite possible since the rest of their system seems to run on dial up modems and AS400s (Google it for the non-IT people. They came out in 1988)
If they are still taking (and reading) faxes, this might be the best option. Send a spreadsheet (looking at you @Part-Time Paradise ) a few weeks before we start to arrive, via fax with our reservation numbers, dates and names (and anything else PTP thinks it should have).
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When setting up the 'travel with' I was armed with at least one reservation number and full name, arrival. Now I am not sure how this might have changed in the latest....upgrade (more like downgrade). Last round I called both in at the same time, but I knew the other families information.
I took a few moments to ask a cast member on chat. She suggested that we get our reservations, and if we know the reservations we would like to request for a 'room' nearby, we can call that in afterwards. I think with this we should try to do that, and maybe even contact the front desk 30 days before arrival and request it there too.
Let me make sure I have this-book a Full campsite for the dismeet, and later, align with one another. At this point the main idea to get a site. And, ask for Full. Yes?
Wow! I used to operate one of those at my high school. What a relic.I think we can expect to do well… why just last week I got a video from Disney showing me the that they have implemented new technologies to get us in contact with the Fort front desk….
Thanks for the answer. Not urgent for 5/31, but something we need to figure out. I'll make a sheet that's private to attendees and categorize by what loop you reserved with everyone's info to send to FW.
As an aside, would a TA be helpful to help with all this? I think one wouldn't be bothered making this work if we hand them 20 different ressies to make.
I missed the other thread. I was traveling for work this week and only keeping up here from notifications. Apologies.Jack,
In the thread I started on the main Camping Board about the 2024 booking, a poster noted that Travel Agents (TA) will not earn commission on booked Fort Wilderness campsites. That means there will be no money for them in working for us.
I'm not going to go behind WDW and determine who and who doesn't get commission for booking accommodations at WDW. What I CAN tell you is for our 2020 DISMeet (which I was the chief cat wrangler for), the TA working for us did earn a percentage for their efforts on our behalf. They earned it IMO.
TA's earn their money from doing work that benefits us AND pays them (which I am all for). If booking campsites in 2024 doesn't earn them commission, I appreciate the heads up. I often wondered why TA's got FW site commissions (a LONG BACK story I will tell you only in person) when the per-night revenue was not near Value or Moderate rates. Campsites are HARD to book MOST of the time for individuals so why pay?. Dreams Unlimited (the host of the DIS website) used to take request for any Disney Resorts on property EXCEPT campsites (nope, no past screen shots but it WUZ). It's the same as of today.
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Cabins yep. Campsites nope. Campsites are nowhere on their website.
We're on our own and have to do the best we can.
And we can.
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