October Trip Reports w/activity calendar

[snowmedic]

Yep that is correct. Maybe trying to add more parking for the pool.

Here are pics of the new beach area with the weeds still growing out of the water


And the other side with the construction fence up




We took the boat to the Contemporary today as soon as those pics upload I will post construction pics. Doesn’t look like much, no steel being erected, yet.

 

[bama_ed]

Can you check and see if they have put in speakers behind the new beach for the MK Fireworks shows along the treeline like they had between the old beach and the playground?

Thanks for being our man-on-the-street, snowmedic.

Bama Ed

 

[snowmedic]

Just walked back to the new golf cart area for better pics. This is taken from the bridge between the pool and trading post looking to the left


This one is at the entrance



There are 50 wheel stops.

 

[4077]

Looking forward to my arrival to Orlando (thanks to my employer) and my one Disney day and TE dinner on Monday the 28th! Will walk the Fort a bit too! Hope to find a few sites of whomever is there!

 

[snowmedic]

Looking forward to my arrival to Orlando (thanks to my employer) and my one Disney day and TE dinner on Monday the 28th! Will walk the Fort a bit too! Hope to find a few sites of whomever is there!

I will be here! Would like to met you. We have a TE ADR @ 6:20. We will be in and out of the Fort that day but I will watch the boards for your arrival.

 

[4077]

I will be here! Would like to met you. We have a TE ADR @ 6:20. We will be in and out of the Fort that day but I will watch the boards for your arrival.

You have an ADR on that Monday? Mine is at 5:40!

 

[snowmedic]

Off to the Springs for some Ghirardelli ice cream

 

[bama_ed]

I will be here! Would like to met you. We have a TE ADR @ 6:20. We will be in and out of the Fort that day but I will watch the boards for your arrival.

Having met Jimmy/4077 in person, and you too Vince/snowmedic, I can say ya'll need to DISMeet for sure.

Bama Ed

 

[snowmedic]

Can you check and see if they have put in speakers behind the new beach for the MK Fireworks shows along the treeline like they had between the old beach and the playground?

Thanks for being our man-on-the-street, snowmedic.

Bama Ed

Went down to the beach tonight for the MNSSHP fireworks, there was probably 2 dozen people there around 10:20 for the show. Someone mentioned because it was the Halloween party there wouldn’t be any fireworks tonight. The place cleared out and I was the only there for the fireworks that started at 10:45.

The Fort music is playing at the new beach area but the MNSSHP was not piped in during the fireworks. Will go back down tomorrow night and see if anything changes for those.

 

[snowmedic]

Christmas decorations out in 2100 loop already



Same site on other side of there camper

 

[snowmedic]

Someone loves Disney so much they have there own Minnie Van. Loop 1500

 

[ChiefM]

Glad snowmedic has it all covered on the new stuff, we are first timers so our knowledge is limited. Third trip to Disney but first in our motorhome but it won’t be our last. The wife loves it more than staying in a resort. We went to TE for breakfast, wasn’t the best but was OK. A preferred or premium site next time, going to be a real pain pulling out tomorrow.

We went the Hollywood studios yesterday and we rode the gondola, thought my wife was going to have a heart attack. Talked her into slinky dog too. That is a one and done for her. We went to SWGE and built 2 droids, an R2 for me and BB8 for my son. I bet we got asked 50 times where did you make those? Wait times in the whole park was low, 20 minutes at most for any ride.

Today is sea world day and them we a.re going to do some looping to look at the decorations tonight. Next trip is going to be longer with a rest day in between park days. Cool front moved thru so a lot less humid and cooler.

 

[2goofycampers]

Someone loves Disney so much they have there own Minnie Van. Loop 1500
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They need a "not for hire" sign on there. lol

 

[tltay2005]

Let’s see if I get these in the right order.
This is looking at the playground at TE
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This fence was going up yesterday at the private carriage ride between TE and the trading post
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Playground area again
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Looking down toward old River Country
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Near the concierge window just before Hoop where the pony rides where

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Looking back toward the bus stop
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The new horse barn construction on the other side of the road at the bus stop
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These make me sorta sad , we loved driving our cart down to Clementine beach and watching the sun rise. Also, not much of a view anymore sitting on the porch at TE.

 

[tltay2005]

They cut down all the trees back there and poured in gravel and wheel stops for blessed golf carts?

Just so I'm clear, this is in the area between the Meadow TP and 1300 loop along Fort Wilderness Trail.

Bama Ed

Extra cart parking for the pool and movies.

 

[tltay2005]

Well I guess I need to modify my packing list...take off long sleeves and add bathing suit...looks like a warm Halloween.

 

[bama_ed]

Third trip to Disney but first in our motorhome but it won’t be our last. The wife loves it more than staying in a resort.

As Fort campers, Chief, we hear this sentiment with some regularity. Camping at the Fort, while it requires some work to set up and take down, is still a more relaxing vacation stay than being at the resort hotels. There's something about watching the turkeys amble past your campsite that takes all the rush out of making rope drop.

I tell people that camping with your trailer or rv or even tent like various pro's set up is a lifestyle choice for vacationing. It's like staying in our own homes while we go out to the parks. And the Fort is a great place to take a day off and chill then head over to Disney Springs for a few hours (for example).

Welcome to the club! Now you know why we are all fans of the Fort. Hope you have an uneventful trip (this time) on your way home.

Bama Ed

 

[snowmedic]

Went up to the Outpost to see the horses and talked to a CM, I asked her about being able to see the horses that where in the barn at the Settlement and she said, “ the horses are not here but they are close by on site”. She also told me they should be back at the beginning of the year in there new barn.

You are able to do the pony rides up at the stables at the Outpost.

 

[snowmedic]

Rented a golf cart this morning to go looping and looking at Halloween decorations. Spending time at the pool, then getting ready to go to Crossroads @ Lake Buena Vista for some Moe’s Southwest Grill then to the Springs for drinks.

 

[friendofeeyore]

We arrived around 8 this morn. We are in look 921.