Halloween golf cart parade logistics help?

[PJ]

We have a 5:45 ADR at trails end. We will be driving to FW (Local AP holders) and want to watch the parade b4 our ADR. Schedule says it starts from the hitch/unhitch area at 5:00. Trying to figure out what time to get there to park, see parade and get to settlement hall for our 5:45 ADR. Not sure how long it lasts, the route or how much it impacts the internal bus traffic between the reception outpost and settlement hall. Suggestions greatly appreciated. Thanks!

 

[bama_ed]

PJ,

Here is a youTube video link to last year's parade. Note it is 14 minutes in length and is filmed in front of the Meadow Trading Post and looks like it goes straight down Fort Wilderness Trail.

As for parking since you have an ADR you MIGHT be let into the Fort parking lot but it sounds like it can get pretty full on that weekend. If so Security seems to direct people over to the Wilderness Lodge parking lot and you can bus into the Fort at the Settlement bus stop (near the Tri Circle D Ranch building and the old petting farm). That might not be a bad idea as your first choice, come to think of it. Go early.

Of note to the youTube viewers, the winners of the various parade awards are listed in the comments section of the video.

Bama Ed

PS - the parade might go all the way down FW Trail to the 3 way intersection at loops 100/400/700 which itself isn't very far from TE...

 

[PJ]

Thanks Ed!