beagles7278
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Disney pricing has gotten out of control.
People will pay these higher prices with credit and later discharge it via a bankruptcy.
Sorry.
My pop up site isnt looking as bad now !
This is one of the reasons we will never get rid of our pop-up. The tent/ pop-up sites are gorgeous and have everything all the other do, minus the septic connection. The comfort stations are super nice, modern, air conditioned, and very clean. Loop 1500, in my opinion, is the best location in all of FW. It's small, quiet, and you can walk to the Meadows right across the street.
I second this opinion.
I've had a pop-up for nearly 15 years IIRC.
I think lots of people don't realize how nice and comfortable pop ups are. Ours is now 20 years old and this past year we had considered buying a new one ... more than we would spend on a small travel trailer (we have a large travel trailer that we don't use.) We finally decided to keep the one we have and buy it a new canvas for $1k. Just put it on a few weeks ago and it was an amazing upgrade! Our old canvas didn't technically need replaced, but it was old and didn't clean up the best anymore.
None of our state parks, here in Florida (and most other states we have camped,) have septic on site, just dump stations. We tend to camp two weeks at a time and it's so much easier to deal with a cassette toilet and tow-able grey water tank, than drag the entire RV to the dump station repeatedly.
My only regret with pop-ups is not discovering them earlier in life. When our kids were growing up, I thought they were basically just a tent on wheels, and had no idea that we could have comfortably slept our entire family in one with all the comforts of home. To sleep that many people in a travel trailer, we had to drag the equivalent of an entire house along with us. Our pop up sleeps 7, our 32' two bedroom travel trailer sleeps 8. And our pop up goes anywhere, towed by almost anything. And, of course, can save us lots of money at Fort Wilderness!
I booked a tent site for Christmas 2019. I am STILL in shock at how much it is costing me. On the peak days, it's $150/night!!! OUCH!!!
Hi elaine.
Like I said above, Christmas-New Years is only the 2nd most pricey time period (and it used to be numero uno) but the difference between #1 and #2 is only around $5. So I would consider you lucky to get the dates you wanted for a tent site 8 months out. It certainly is "ouch" indeed but there are off-site alternatives out there (though I don't know if they have your dates).
In my life, my kids are aging out of my household so spring break (March) and holiday time (December) is no longer a priority for us. I have been in early Jan a few times to re-run the Full and Half Marathons (check those off my bucket list again-did those both 15-20 years ago). Now as me and DW enter the age where we get senior citizen discounts [ ] I'm looking forward to trying less expensive times like late January, early October, and maybe, <maybe> early December.
Of course, there are MEMORIES of past visits with kids, parents, nieces, nephews, brothers and sisters <in laws> all over the place at the Fort. Everywhere!
My philosophy is any family member is free to drop a tent on my site (me and DW will be in my A-liner ) at no charge. But the site IS in my name.
Hope you have a good time at Christmas (try to forget what your site costs).
Bama Ed