Mom24Princesses
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How do you book a specific loop? Can I do that online?
How do you book a specific loop? Can I do that online?
Are there all level of campsites in each loop or are some loops more preferred and some more basic??
Thanks for the details. Size isn’t a big issue. We’re 22’. DH isn’t a great backer-upper. Still learning. But this trip is September 2020! I’m just figuring things out.Location, Location, Location. That is a big determining factor of the loops status. Plus the size of the concrete pads as well. Oh yeah, and $$$.
The location may or may not be a factor depending on how you want to get around. If you have a golf cart (or bikes or something similar) the location is less of an issue. If, however you are walking or taking the bus everywhere, well then this could be a factor.
As far as reserving a loop, the advice to note your reservation is good advice, but I would also add, to follow up with a call to them about a week before arrival. That seems to be when they work on assignments. Also as you check-in, if you come in Earlier in the AM, you have a better chance to get your preference as opposed to later in the day. If someone comes in before you and there is an issue with the site they were assigned, (They don't fit, don't like or whatever), they may get re-assigned. This means that your preference could be snagged up before you get there. No site is guaranteed until it's actually assigned, so it really is a first come first serve.
I know for us (we have a 38' TT) we have gone a couple times and had to go back up front to get a new site. One site they gave us, we couldn't get in even if we had a large shoe horn . We have since gone around to the loops and looked at the sites for size, angle, location, etc, and have developed a list of the sites we know we can fit into without too much issue. That way when we check-in we have a large selection that we can work with. Saves us many trips back to the front.
This is our second year in our little trailer. We just got a new tow vehicle and haven’t been anywhere with the new setup. We will be at the Fort first week of September. My husband had just gotten the hang of backing in with our old vehicle. Neither one of us are sure how much of a difference it’s going to make with backing in. The turning radius is different, so I think that will factor in. I think he is planning to go find a big empty parking lot and practicing a bit before we go.Thanks for the details. Size isn’t a big issue. We’re 22’. DH isn’t a great backer-upper. Still learning. But this trip is September 2020! I’m just figuring things out.
This is our second year in our little trailer. We just got a new tow vehicle and haven’t been anywhere with the new setup. We will be at the Fort first week of September. My husband had just gotten the hang of backing in with our old vehicle. Neither one of us are sure how much of a difference it’s going to make with backing in. The turning radius is different, so I think that will factor in. I think he is planning to go find a big empty parking lot and practicing a bit before we go.
This is our second year in our little trailer. We just got a new tow vehicle and haven’t been anywhere with the new setup. We will be at the Fort first week of September. My husband had just gotten the hang of backing in with our old vehicle. Neither one of us are sure how much of a difference it’s going to make with backing in. The turning radius is different, so I think that will factor in. I think he is planning to go find a big empty parking lot and practicing a bit before we go.
Practice backing is never a bad idea. Although if you get backed in on the first try it does cut down on the campground entertainment.
When we went from our one ton to the HDT, I had to make adjustments to backing as the new truck has a better turning radius than the one ton.