Pinkee77
Mouseketeer
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- Jul 15, 2008
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Last Thursday, we headed out early and arrived at The Fort around 11a.m. Armed with all the knowledge from the Disboards, decided to check in with the hopes that the site may be ready early.
The CM at the front desk didnt seem to know what he was doing. After walking away then coming back, he told me I was being upgraded to a preferred site at no charge.
We checked the dog into the kennel. Which, btw, I didn't know that I needed a separate reservation for the kennel. Fortunately, they had room for her. Then we hopped on the bus and headed to Downtown Disney.
I obsessively called the number to check if the site was ready every hour or so. I was worried that I would be pitching a tent in the rain. We ended up not getting the site until 5:00 p.m.
I managed to get the site set up before the rain came, which was no easy feat since it was just me and 2 kids (5 and 7).
We headed over to the campfire (forgot to take the camera). We burn...er....roasted marshmallows and were harrassed by Chip and Dale. (Isn't this like some sort of Fort initiation?) Anyway, the kids loved it, and they didn't settle down and go to sleep until around Midnight.
Despite the lack of sleep, we were up early Friday morning and headed to MK
We didn't have to wait long for the boat and managed to get there for rope drop. And to see this woman:
I have no idea who she was, but don't I look nice in my blue dress?
Anyway, by noon we had ridden on all the rides in Fantasyland, some of them twice. It was starting to get crowded, so we headed back to The Fort to take a break.
We hadn't been there long when the lifeguard ordered everyone out of the pool and mumbled something about "inclement weather", whatever that means. Psah, we are natives after all.
So, we headed back to the campsite to cook some hot dogs and get changed, etc before heading back to MK. We could hear the thunder in the distance, but hey, I had my canopy, so no big deal right?
Wrong. It poured. The canopy was no match for the downpour that ensued. I hustled the kids into the van (which was fortunately parked at the site), grabbed the important stuff and threw it in the back of the van. I unplugged the crockpot because I figured electricity and water don't mix. So, in the end, it wasn't the squirrel that got our dinner, but the rain.
Friday night, we returned to the tent, exhausted and slightly damp. The kids were completely worn out and collapsed onto the air mattresses. It took me slightly longer to fall asleep. Every time I dosed off, I kept hearing a noise. I could have sworn something was in the tent.
With flashlight in hand, I thoroughly checked out all corners of my tent and found nothing. I finally fell asleep but only to be woken at 2 a.m. by something that "plopped" in my hair
.
Grabbing the flashlight again, looking up, I saw an EVIL frog clinging to the ceiling of the tent and looking something like this!! ..........
Okay, okay, it may have looked more like this.......
But still, this is NOT what you want staring at you at 2 a.m.!! No one warned me there would be evil frogs trying to steal your kids' trading pins during the night. With a flashlight in one hand and wielding a flip flop in the other, I did manage to eventually get him out of the tent. Unfortunately, not without it plopping down onto my foot and me doing a new dance while whispering explicatives trying not to wake the kids.
Morning finally came, I packed up all the wet stuff, and headed home. The kids didn't want to turn in the golf cart, they enjoyed it way too much.
Nor were they ready to go home, my daughter said "But there is so much more to do here!"
So, we are planning another trip for October. I will however, bring extra flip flops to fight off the evil frogs.
The CM at the front desk didnt seem to know what he was doing. After walking away then coming back, he told me I was being upgraded to a preferred site at no charge.
We checked the dog into the kennel. Which, btw, I didn't know that I needed a separate reservation for the kennel. Fortunately, they had room for her. Then we hopped on the bus and headed to Downtown Disney.
I obsessively called the number to check if the site was ready every hour or so. I was worried that I would be pitching a tent in the rain. We ended up not getting the site until 5:00 p.m.
I managed to get the site set up before the rain came, which was no easy feat since it was just me and 2 kids (5 and 7).
We headed over to the campfire (forgot to take the camera). We burn...er....roasted marshmallows and were harrassed by Chip and Dale. (Isn't this like some sort of Fort initiation?) Anyway, the kids loved it, and they didn't settle down and go to sleep until around Midnight.
Despite the lack of sleep, we were up early Friday morning and headed to MK
We didn't have to wait long for the boat and managed to get there for rope drop. And to see this woman:
I have no idea who she was, but don't I look nice in my blue dress?
Anyway, by noon we had ridden on all the rides in Fantasyland, some of them twice. It was starting to get crowded, so we headed back to The Fort to take a break.
We hadn't been there long when the lifeguard ordered everyone out of the pool and mumbled something about "inclement weather", whatever that means. Psah, we are natives after all.
So, we headed back to the campsite to cook some hot dogs and get changed, etc before heading back to MK. We could hear the thunder in the distance, but hey, I had my canopy, so no big deal right?
Wrong. It poured. The canopy was no match for the downpour that ensued. I hustled the kids into the van (which was fortunately parked at the site), grabbed the important stuff and threw it in the back of the van. I unplugged the crockpot because I figured electricity and water don't mix. So, in the end, it wasn't the squirrel that got our dinner, but the rain.
Friday night, we returned to the tent, exhausted and slightly damp. The kids were completely worn out and collapsed onto the air mattresses. It took me slightly longer to fall asleep. Every time I dosed off, I kept hearing a noise. I could have sworn something was in the tent.
With flashlight in hand, I thoroughly checked out all corners of my tent and found nothing. I finally fell asleep but only to be woken at 2 a.m. by something that "plopped" in my hair
.Grabbing the flashlight again, looking up, I saw an EVIL frog clinging to the ceiling of the tent and looking something like this!! ..........
Okay, okay, it may have looked more like this.......
But still, this is NOT what you want staring at you at 2 a.m.!! No one warned me there would be evil frogs trying to steal your kids' trading pins during the night. With a flashlight in one hand and wielding a flip flop in the other, I did manage to eventually get him out of the tent. Unfortunately, not without it plopping down onto my foot and me doing a new dance while whispering explicatives trying not to wake the kids.
Morning finally came, I packed up all the wet stuff, and headed home. The kids didn't want to turn in the golf cart, they enjoyed it way too much.
Nor were they ready to go home, my daughter said "But there is so much more to do here!"
So, we are planning another trip for October. I will however, bring extra flip flops to fight off the evil frogs.
