OFFICIAL OCTOBER 2017 pretrip and trip report!

[tiggerdad]

Somebody find me a squirrel...

 

[ruthies12]

@tiggerdad I'll get on it as soon as I'm there!

 

[serenitygr]

Good to hear Serenitygr.

Way back in 2009 we took our very first trip to DW. On that arrival day, after driving the 11 hours we went straight on to MK after throwing our luggage in the room. I was beat. It just so happened, that at the time, the Dessert Party was on a "trial basis" and very few people knew about it. When we checked in at POR the CM at the desk mentioned it since we had said we were going to watch the fireworks that night and she checked for us and sure enough there was an opening.

We took it.

It was really good then and glad to know it still is as we are potentially planning on hitting it on our next trip again.

Be safe. Sorry we are not there to cook you up another batch of taco soup like last time. Good memories. Tell the kids we said hello.

Tiggerdad- this is the second time we've done the dessert party- the first time was 4 years ago and we did the terrace viewing- we loved that! After hearing about the new show, and with my mom coming this time, we decided to try the garden view party. It was worth every penny ( and more!) to us. I've never seen the fireworks from in front of the castle before so that was amazing to me. I spent a good part of the time wiping tears from my eyes.

serenitygr, great Halloween set up ! We didn't do much for Halloween decorations since its a Pagan ritual that we don't believe in ... J/K ;-)

Its our 1st time at the Fort and really didn't know what to expect and we are new to the camping scene and are still trying to figure out what's what and what's not. Hope to meet you here, we are at 1901.

Tripleb: we were bike riding last night about 11pm- we went thru your loop so we probably went right past you but it was pretty dark- we'll come by again tho! If you go looping be sure to stop in and say hi as well!

 

[ruthies12]

We are officially on the road!! Left on schedule at 2 pm. Hope to be at Twin oaks by 11. Wish us luck!

 

[JETS70]

We are officially on the road!! Left on schedule at 2 pm. Hope to be at Twin oaks by 11. Wish us luck!

Travel Safe ruthies12.

 

[tiggerdad]

Safe travels.

How much on the Halloween decorations are up so far? I know it's early.

 

[serenitygr]

We are officially on the road!! Left on schedule at 2 pm. Hope to be at Twin oaks by 11. Wish us luck!

Safe travels ruthies12! We'll leave the light on!

Safe travels.

How much on the Halloween decorations are up so far? I know it's early.

We've been bike riding a lot and really haven't seen a lot out yet...

 

[tripleb]

We did AK today amidst the on/off cold rain of the afternoon. I personally don't particularly like AK. Only reason we went was for the Avatar rides. The FOP is, in my opinion, the absolute best ride Disneyworld has to offer ... period. If you have to, trade your first born for a FP for this ride !!! Navi River really is no big deal and actually quite disappointing :-( I wouldn't stand in line for this one.

Went to TE for dinner and took the carriage ride afterwards.

Watching the tropics very closely as it appears a storm is brewing and may make landfall in the Florida Panhandle this Sunday. We live in the Panhandle and are due home on Sunday :-(

Tomorrow is MK day although I'm not certain whether the weather is going to cooperate. There is a 70% chance of rain throughout the day :-(

 

[PaHunter]

We did AK today amidst the on/off cold rain of the afternoon. I personally don't particularly like AK. Only reason we went was for the Avatar rides. The FOP is, in my opinion, the absolute best ride Disneyworld has to offer ... period. If you have to, trade your first born for a FP for this ride !!! Navi River really is no big deal and actually quite disappointing :-( I wouldn't stand in line for this one.

Went to TE for dinner and took the carriage ride afterwards.

Watching the tropics very closely as it appears a storm is brewing and may make landfall in the Florida Panhandle this Sunday. We live in the Panhandle and are due home on Sunday :-(

Tomorrow is MK day although I'm not certain whether the weather is going to cooperate. There is a 70% chance of rain throughout the day :-(

Glad to see I am not the only one disappointed in the Navi Ride. But FOP, oh yes it is good......so good.

 

[ruthies12]

Travels are going pretty well so far, just got through Atlanta with no slow downs which was nice. Glad we decided to push through that at night instead of stopping earlier.

Only traffic so far was through Knoxville (knock on wood)

We are an hour and a half from the campground, looking forward to bed now. Not looking forward to setting up in the rain tomorrow. Incidentally will the boats still run if there is bad weather? We have dinner at chef Mickeys tomorrow night

 

[JETS70]

We are an hour and a half from the campground

Glad that your travels are going well. We usually travel 75 through Atlanta but because of getting a later than usual start this year, we are traveling 77 to 26 to 95 and 4. We will be staying at a campground in North Carolina. I prefer the 75 route due to fewer mountains (minus Jellico) and avoiding the W.Va Turnpike. What campground are you stopping at this evening and I assume that it is south of Atlanta.

 

[ruthies12]

We are twin oaks in Elko GA. Looked nice online, haven't seen the place in daylight yet myself but long pull through spots with 50 amp and that's all I cared about.

Wish I could say the rest of our evening was uneventful but I can't. We got rear ended by our own jeep last night. Apparently one of the pins holding the tow bar in place broke. We saw the jeep drifting to the side when we looked at our backup camera. Dh did a good job with a nice steady slow down into the emergency lande so the jeep didn't ram us hard. Doesn't appear to be any damage to the camper or the car.

Dh has extra pins with us so it will be an easy fix but with semis blowing past us and only 40 minutes from the campground we decided to drive separate to get out of there and re hook in our nice safe campsite in the daylight.

I woke up early from excitement. Took my shower and now trying to sit here quietly and let the rest of my family get a little more sleep.

Tinkebell has made her first delivery! Flew all the way to gerogia, she's so nice. The girls are getting red Minnie mouse dresses to wear to chef mickrys tonight. I shopped a Sale on disneystore.com and got these dresses for 13 bucks a piece!!!!

 

[tripleb]

Wish I could say the rest of our evening was uneventful but I can't. We got rear ended by our own jeep last night.

Did you exchange insurance information with yourself ??? Ha, couldn't help myself ruthies12 ... glad it was minor and everything is alright.

 

[ruthies12]

Lol tripleb!

We got on the road by 8 like I wanted. My mom and dad are following behind us in thier diesel pusher, they had gotten to twin oaks yesterday afternoon and were in bed long before we got there so the kids were very excited to see grandma and grandpa this morning.

Hoping for no traffic and pulling into the fort by 1

 

[jabrabu]

Our check-in date is Saturday the 14th. Planning to leave from MD on Thurs the 12th after school/work. We will drop off our dogs near Harper's Ferry, so we'll go down I-81 then I-77 rather than I-95. Planning to get about 4 hours down the road on Thursday evening and spend the night near Roanoke. We don't have any reservations for that night, but some options I see are parking at a Cracker Barrel, Camping World, or the Interstate Overnight Park.

For Friday, we were planning to drive from Roanoke to near Jacksonville. The private campgrounds around there are pretty expensive, and many have a 2-night minimum, and state park availability is very limited, but I managed to make a reservation at Tomoka State Park (near Daytona Beach) for that night. This is just a couple of hours from the Fort, so we can check in pretty early on the 14th. We are not planning a park visit that day, but we have the water park+fun tickets so we can go to a water park or play mini-golf if we want. I'm thinking after check-in we can eat breakfast at Trail's End and explore the campground, then we can go to the TTC or MK entrance to activate our park ticket vouchers, then we have the option of going to a water park or mini golf or Disney Springs or maybe a horseback ride. When our campsite is ready we will set up, and we have reservations at Ohana for 4pm (this is the latest time I've been able to get so far). Then we can go to the campfire and later watch the fireworks from the beach.

 

[ilovedisneymm]

Well guys, thanks for helping me decide what FP to select. I didn't do much FP if any until the day of on our last trip and decided to go ahead and book some for AK this trip with those two in mind. I went ahead and selected the FOP over the river ride. I had a feeling the FOP might be better I was highly disappointed in the new Frozen boat ride so thought it might be similar in comparison.

BUT TRADE YOUR FIRST BORN HUH? That good

We did AK today amidst the on/off cold rain of the afternoon. I personally don't particularly like AK. Only reason we went was for the Avatar rides. The FOP is, in my opinion, the absolute best ride Disneyworld has to offer ... period. If you have to, trade your first born for a FP for this ride !!! Navi River really is no big deal and actually quite disappointing :-( I wouldn't stand in line for this one.

Went to TE for dinner and took the carriage ride afterwards.

Watching the tropics very closely as it appears a storm is brewing and may make landfall in the Florida Panhandle this Sunday. We live in the Panhandle and are due home on Sunday :-(

Tomorrow is MK day although I'm not certain whether the weather is going to cooperate. There is a 70% chance of rain throughout the day :-(

Glad to see I am not the only one disappointed in the Navi Ride. But FOP, oh yes it is good......so good.

 

[ilovedisneymm]

Smart move. That is scary stuff being stuck on the side of the interstate. Hope you all have a magical day and enjoy Chef Mickey.

We are twin oaks in Elko GA. Looked nice online, haven't seen the place in daylight yet myself but long pull through spots with 50 amp and that's all I cared about.

Wish I could say the rest of our evening was uneventful but I can't. We got rear ended by our own jeep last night. Apparently one of the pins holding the tow bar in place broke. We saw the jeep drifting to the side when we looked at our backup camera. Dh did a good job with a nice steady slow down into the emergency lande so the jeep didn't ram us hard. Doesn't appear to be any damage to the camper or the car.

Dh has extra pins with us so it will be an easy fix but with semis blowing past us and only 40 minutes from the campground we decided to drive separate to get out of there and re hook in our nice safe campsite in the daylight.

I woke up early from excitement. Took my shower and now trying to sit here quietly and let the rest of my family get a little more sleep.

Tinkebell has made her first delivery! Flew all the way to gerogia, she's so nice. The girls are getting red Minnie mouse dresses to wear to chef mickrys tonight. I shopped a Sale on disneystore.com and got these dresses for 13 bucks a piece!!!!

 

[Teamubr]

Wish I could say the rest of our evening was uneventful but I can't. We got rear ended by our own jeep last night.

Your Jeep was just excited to get to the Fort and was trying to hurry you along.

Glad it worked out well with no damage. That could have gone bad it the other pin failed.

I went ahead and selected the FOP over the river ride. I had a feeling the FOP might be better I was highly disappointed in the new Frozen boat ride so thought it might be similar in comparison. BUT TRADE YOUR FIRST BORN HUH? That good

YES! FoP is that good!

And you will be disappointed with Navi River Journey. DW was. I had watched the videos online, so I knew what to expect. It is worth riding if you get a FP (on a 2nd day since FoP and NRJ are the same tier) to see the animatronics and the theming. Unfortunately, I stood in line for an hour to see it.

j

 

[Kidatheart2010]

Good Morning Campers...
We have had to cancel our Ft Trip starting this weekend the 7th. We will be going the 15th of January through the 21st. We are going to try for a quick weekend in November to the Shades of Green. We shall see....

100 days 14 Hours Cant wait to be back

 

[tripleb]

Well, as the weather people predicted, it started rain about 8:30am. Its 9:35am now and still sprinkling. We have a couple FP's for MK today in the early afternoon so, we are just chillin' in the FW for the time being. If it becomes a total rain blow-out today, we still have tomorrow to get our MK fix

Still watching the tropical weather for Sunday ... we leave the Fort Sunday, drive to Tallahassee and leave our FW at Camping World for some minor warranty repairs. So, out trip home, another 145 miles west into the TS, will not be encumbered by having to pull the FW.

On a side note, we saw 5 turkeys yesterday as we walked by the 1600 loop and then a doe deer as we climbed into the carriage for our ride at the Settlement.