RV Spaces

[rlt7272]

I have read differing stories regarding how difficult it is to back in some of the spaces. We will be there for the week of March 15 and I was wondering with the new construstion have they made access easier in any particular loop and is there any one loop to try and avoid.

Oh, will be dragging a 33' travel trailer.

 

[Brer Bear]

Some of the sites are harder than others, for sure. The first time we went, I was given a site in the 300 loop (only one) that was IMPOSSIBLE to back into as it faced the wrong way. We called the front desk (from a comfort station phone) and requested another site...no problem!

Make sure that you included the length of your camper in your reservation and use the fax (search fort wilderness, fax) to reaffirm your needs and rv length a few weeks before you go!

I'm sure some of the seasoned folks will chime in, but the premium sites are probably much easier to back into!

 

[tim5055]

Make sure that you included the length of your camper in your reservation and use the fax (search fort wilderness, fax) to reaffirm your needs and rv length a few weeks before you go!

If you insist on faxing a request to FW, anything over five days in advance is overkill. FW does not even know your reservation exists until 4 - 5 days before arrival. Fax it any earlier than that and it is apt to get lost between the time they receive it and the time the site assigner gets down to figuring out which site you will get.

 

[Shan-man]

Any premium site is gonna be a breeze to back into given the much wider mouth of the pad, I know 400 & 500 are. If you are doing a preferred (100, 200 or 300) you might want to request an outside site since these loops have tight radiuses and trying to get into an inside site will just compound the tightness. Most of the full-hookup sites seem to be pretty accessible (1600-1800) for smaller trailers (though I've seen 40' trailers in such a fix in 1800 that they pulled signs out of the ground to get in... though that was driver error since they were able to pull out without such dramatics). There are other loops that are in transition and I have no real experience with those, so I will let others speak to them (600 - 1400).

 

[BradyBz12]

There are definitely some tricky sites in the 300 loop - more to do with the angle of the site to the road than the actual size of the site. We've seen some spectacular feats of backing in by enormous MHs and plenty more people with not-so-big rigs give up pretty easily.

 

[Brer Bear]

The site in the 300 loop that couldn't get into...I could have if I had come in the WRONG way, but I figured I'd run into someone for sure and have to try to back out.

 

[BradyBz12]

Didn't happen to be one of the last sites right before you exit the loop, was it?

We saw some poor soul trying to get a decent sized TT in there one day last month and having a heck of a time. We were going by on the golf cart and wished him luck, but that site is at a completely ridiculous angle. He was frustrated but not yet giving up.

When we came back later he was in!

 

[2goofycampers]

The site in the 300 loop that couldn't get into...I could have if I had come in the WRONG way, but I figured I'd run into someone for sure and have to try to back out.

I have seen them put a CM on the end of the road to keep traffic from coming while people came down the wrong way and backed in.

 

[Brer Bear]

Didn't happen to be one of the last sites right before you exit the loop, was it?

We saw some poor soul trying to get a decent sized TT in there one day last month and having a heck of a time. We were going by on the golf cart and wished him luck, but that site is at a completely ridiculous angle. He was frustrated but not yet giving up.

When we came back later he was in!

It was exactly that site...I may go the wrong way next time!

 

[Grumpy92]

Previously the front desk had a book which rated each site on several things. One of which was ease of back in. So request an easy back in site on your reservation and then also on your fax.

The book also included whether the site could handle slide outs, awnings, site length and tent pad size.

 

[Shaun and Amy]

When we were at the Fort in 2006 we were in loop 600. I think it was one site in from the entrance side. I ended up driving in the loop the wrong way so I could back into the site. Still wasn't easy though. This past October we were in the 500 loop and had a great site that was real easy to back into. In riding around though, I've seen some sites I don't think I would be able to get into and I personally wouldn't even want to drive on the 300 loop. That one seems very close.

 

[Minnie's Mate]

A lot depends on the individual sites and the street widths. We have stayed in 300 loop 4 or 5 times and had difficulty getting into all except one site. We stayed once in 1700 loop (our first visit) and it took nearly half an hour to get into it because the truck in the site across the street was so close to where I needed the front of my truck (plus it was backing into the blind side). We usually arrive after dark so that always adds another dimension.

We have stayed in 1400 three times and those sites were no easier to back into than 300 loop. Over the Christmas Holidays last month we were in the 1400 loop and the guy across the street pulled out of his site and circled the loop while I backed in so I could have room to swing the front of my truck around when I backed in. He said he had a whale of a time backing his 35' 5th wheel into his site. I could see why.

I'm not sure how much experience plays into it because I don't have all that much experience backing, but I have seen folks with more experience than I do have more trouble than me and I've seen others just breeze right in and say they are new to camping. I'm not sure how some of the Class A diesel pushers get into some of the ones I've seen them in.

Unlike trouble, these sites are usually easier to get out of than into!

 

[mdoc]

Fortunately, we've never had a site we couldn't get into (we've been to FW with a 34' trailer, a 35' toterhome and a 45' motorhome), but we've seen plenty of people having trouble getting into their sites. Sometimes it's the angle of the site, sometimes it's the poor parking job of the truck across the street, sometimes it's the placement of trees, site signs, garbage and recycling bins and the like, and sometimes it's simply the inexperience of the person backing in. My DH, who can get a trailer into any space if it's mathematically possible, has offered to back trailers in for others (and then done so) after they've made multiple attempts and he becomes frustrated just watching. If you're really worried, get a premium site. We had a premium site in the 400 loop a couple months ago and we had plenty of length and a very wide apron that made backing in a 45' motorhome a piece of cake. Before the premium sites were available, I always asked them to note on my reservation that our first priority was a site that would be easy for our equipment to get into.

 

[bxtx]

We will be there for the week of March 15

We'll be there that week too with our travel trailer! Woohoo!!

 

[BigDaddyRog]

Hey bxtx...havent seen you in a long while!!!

 

[bxtx]

Hey BDR, how's it going? Been MIA because we had to sell and move home due to DH's company's move. But we're in and settling so now I have the brain capacity (sort of) to think about our upcoming trip.
Bex

 

[BigDaddyRog]

Its great to have you back. Hows the new crib?