Just returned-Tent camped in the 2000 Loop

laurafergie

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We just returned yesterday after staying in site number 2032 from March 9-15.

The check in was easy easy. We got our site right away, early around noon. :thumbsup2 The site itself measured approx 35 x 20 with a 10 x 12 part for the grill area. We squeezed 2 large tents, 10x20 and 15x16 and also a 9x8 tent on, and put our 10x10 canopy up partially on the pavement. We put the picnic table by the grill, so under the canopy was the cooking area and the sitting in the chairs area.

The water and electric is up front of the tent pad, and there are trash cans and recycle along the loop.

This site, 2032 is on the Creekside Meadow side, backing up to the canal. There is a bridge in this area that is a short cut to the 900 loop, so the walk to the Meadows Trading Post area is shorter. The Comfort Station was only a few sites down and was incredibly clean at all times. The water pressure and hot water in the showers were great.

The 2000 loop sites are all on raised sand pads on railroad ties, except for sites 18-22, if I remember correctly. The sites that are level to the ground are better, of course. My smaller children kept falling off the raised pad.

Unfortunately, the clearing is not looking good. It kind of looks like a big mess right now. But I did see some crews starting to plant new trees along the road. Maybe by summer, it will look a little better.

One thing that happened that wasn’t so great – the first night there, a family arrived by shuttle at 2 am!! :scared1: And with the shuttle headlights shining, proceeded to set up two tents with all the accompanying noise! When I called the front desk at the time, I got brushed off, quote – “What do you want me to do?” When the morning came, I got through to a supervisor, and learned that basically you can check in anytime you want. So if someone is setting up at 2 am, tough luck. That policy should be looked at, IMHO. :teacher:

The internal buses are slow, and the external buses were hit and miss. Didn’t bother us, but some people were getting ticked off. We did rent a golf cart at the end of the week, more to play with, than anything. It was fun.

Fort Wilderness was great. We watched a movie, played tennis, swam in the pool, and had a pony ride. The crowds at the parks weren’t bad at all. We cannot wait to come back again. :thumbsup2
 
I'm glad you had fun! Sorry about the 2 am visitors. I can't imagine that happening often, but when it does, it sure is a bummer!

Welcome back~it's time to start planning the next one!
 
Thanks for that report! :thumbsup2

The family & I drove down on 3/15 to check out the partial loops. DH wants to be in Loop 1500 (where there are only 3 sites large enough for our set-up) b/c it's so close to the pool, playground & campfire. Maybe this report will get him thinking about loop 2000 instead. (even though he said that it was up to me where we were....) The boys enjoyed walking around the place & can wait to come down to stay.;)
 
Arriving at 2:00am would be a bummer but at least is was only one of the nights.

We have an A/C unit in the master suite of our fiver and cannot hear a thing when it is blowing, including some of the rude, barking dogs too. We can barely even hear the fireworks explosions going on if we happen to hit the sack early, which seems to be more and more often these days.:scared1:
 

If I was awoke at 2am by late check in's I would probly get up and help them set up so I could get my butt back to bed and enjoy the night, rather then prolong the agony of the lights and noise!! LOL
 
Arriving at 2:00am would be a bummer but at least is was only one of the nights.

We have an A/C unit in the master suite of our fiver and cannot hear a thing when it is blowing, including some of the rude, barking dogs too. We can barely even hear the fireworks explosions going on if we happen to hit the sack early, which seems to be more and more often these days.:scared1:


Last time we were in Ft Wilderness we had our Jayco Kiwi hybrid (much like FtWildernessGuy's Kiwi). My wife and I were talking the other day about how I loved to listen to fireworks as I was falling asleep, but my son HATED the sound of the fireworks. I doubt he will hear them this time as the AC unit in our MH is loud.
 
I was just surprised that it was allowed to set up so late. Many of the camps I have camped in, don't allow anything after quiet time. So we didn't even consider it could happen.

Anyway, it was a great stay. DH and I are talking about returning next January, sans kids.
 















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