Paulaparm
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Who: Paula and Gary
When: January 19-Feb 19, 2025
Where: Fort Wilderness and The Daytona 500
Travel Days January 19, 20, 21
We had packed up the camper on Saturday afternoon in dreary Northeast PA and got it hooked up and ready to go. We headed home (we keep our camper parked at a lot close to our seasonal summer spot) to relax a bit and ordered some Domino’s Pizza for supper. We hit the hay by 10:00.
We were up and out of the house by 6:30 Sunday morning. We had a few things to throw in the truck and were off by 7:10.
We live in northeast PA, and the weather man was calling for a storm this afternoon. Shortly after we got on the road, it started flurrying, but luckily nothing too heavy or laying on the road. The further south we went, the snow got a bit harder, but the roads were still just wet. Even with the less than stellar weather, we made good time. We hit MD at 10:15, WV at 10:26 and VA at 10:51.
We were in NC at 4:20 and SC at 6:20. Our goal for the night was a Cracker Barrel in Orangeburg, SC. We arrived around 8:30, ate some leftover pizza, turned the furnace on, watched some tv and headed to bed.
After a good night’s sleep we headed into Cracker Barrel for breakfast. We fueled up the truck across the road and left around 8:30. We entered Georgia at 10:15 and Florida at 12:13!
We had reservations at Orlando/Kissimmee KOA for the night. We arrived there at 4:20 and were escorted to our spot for the night. This was a great place that we would definitely consider staying at again. The pull-thru site we reserved was more than long enough for us to be able to keep the camper hooked up to the truck for the night.
After we got things set up for the night, we took a walk. It was really needed after all those hours of riding! We did have to bundle up though, it was quite chilly! And would stay that way for a few days.
January 21 Finally!!
While check-in for the campsites at Fort Wilderness is 3:00, we like to get there earlier. You can check in anytime, if your site is ready, you can go to it and set up. If it isn’t ready you have the option of parking in the overflow parking lot and waiting, or you can head to a park, Disney Springs, or use that free water park ticket. Another option is to ask for a different spot than the one assigned to you. That is what we did.
We were going under the sign around 10:30…
And had everything all set up around 1:00!
As soon as we got all set up, it started to rain. It was still on the chilly side too, so we spent most of the rest of the day inside.
When: January 19-Feb 19, 2025
Where: Fort Wilderness and The Daytona 500
Travel Days January 19, 20, 21
We had packed up the camper on Saturday afternoon in dreary Northeast PA and got it hooked up and ready to go. We headed home (we keep our camper parked at a lot close to our seasonal summer spot) to relax a bit and ordered some Domino’s Pizza for supper. We hit the hay by 10:00.
We were up and out of the house by 6:30 Sunday morning. We had a few things to throw in the truck and were off by 7:10.
We live in northeast PA, and the weather man was calling for a storm this afternoon. Shortly after we got on the road, it started flurrying, but luckily nothing too heavy or laying on the road. The further south we went, the snow got a bit harder, but the roads were still just wet. Even with the less than stellar weather, we made good time. We hit MD at 10:15, WV at 10:26 and VA at 10:51.
We were in NC at 4:20 and SC at 6:20. Our goal for the night was a Cracker Barrel in Orangeburg, SC. We arrived around 8:30, ate some leftover pizza, turned the furnace on, watched some tv and headed to bed.
After a good night’s sleep we headed into Cracker Barrel for breakfast. We fueled up the truck across the road and left around 8:30. We entered Georgia at 10:15 and Florida at 12:13!
We had reservations at Orlando/Kissimmee KOA for the night. We arrived there at 4:20 and were escorted to our spot for the night. This was a great place that we would definitely consider staying at again. The pull-thru site we reserved was more than long enough for us to be able to keep the camper hooked up to the truck for the night.
After we got things set up for the night, we took a walk. It was really needed after all those hours of riding! We did have to bundle up though, it was quite chilly! And would stay that way for a few days.
January 21 Finally!!
While check-in for the campsites at Fort Wilderness is 3:00, we like to get there earlier. You can check in anytime, if your site is ready, you can go to it and set up. If it isn’t ready you have the option of parking in the overflow parking lot and waiting, or you can head to a park, Disney Springs, or use that free water park ticket. Another option is to ask for a different spot than the one assigned to you. That is what we did.
We were going under the sign around 10:30…
And had everything all set up around 1:00!
As soon as we got all set up, it started to rain. It was still on the chilly side too, so we spent most of the rest of the day inside.
It seems that we will do this trip probably every 2-3 years. We last visited 3 years ago during the same time period. Then we spent 2 weeks at Fort Wilderness and 10 days in the parks. We both felt we didn’t have enough time to spend enjoying the Fort, so we said that the next time, we would do 3 weeks and still just do 10 days in the parks. After visiting WDW, we head over to Daytona Beach for 10 days to attend the Daytona 500. That’s more his jam! Sooooo, that’s my really long way of saying we also tend not to rope drop or spend open to close in the parks. Luckily, we get to spend 10 days, so rope drop and really long days don’t always seem necessary during the time frame in which we visit! Our schedule for this trip worked out really well, we would spend 2 days in the parks and then have a rest day. It was great. We didn’t get tired feet, blisters, and we never got that special kind of “Disney tired”!
I mean, you gotta have the important things. 
