Something is happening near the pool!!!

[Born 2 Fish]

Wanted to say thanks to all for the up to date info on the pool. We have been lurking on this site for months just soaking up info. Our first trip to FW will be the week of March 22nd. We have been following the pool updates to see if it will be ready when we get there.

Thanks again for all the info and work

Kevin & Lori

Welcome to the camping boards !
Feel free to join in anytime.

 

[CP173]

Well, with the latest batch of TCD intel, and a little photo enhancement, I agree that it is the old FWRR logo.

Just FYI, the logo that you show isn't the old FWRR logo. There wasn't a old FWRR logo; the Fort Wilderness Railroad used the standard WDW logo that appeared on all Walt Disney World transportation at that time. The logo you found, and which may be on the new water tower, is a design I created a few years ago and which appears on the fortwildernessrr.com web site.

 

[Aquayne]

This lends credability to the back story Disbuf proposed.

 

[FlaFortCampster]

Just FYI, the logo that you show isn't the old FWRR logo. There wasn't a old FWRR logo; the Fort Wilderness Railroad used the standard WDW logo that appeared on all Walt Disney World transportation at that time. The logo you found, and which may be on the new water tower, is a design I created a few years ago and which appears on the fortwildernessrr.com web site.

HELLO...Nice to see you on these Disboards.

I'm hoping to post a new thread on the train next week with what I've found. Bet you could add much to it.

 

[Shan-man]

Just FYI, the logo that you show isn't the old FWRR logo. There wasn't a old FWRR logo; the Fort Wilderness Railroad used the standard WDW logo that appeared on all Walt Disney World transportation at that time. The logo you found, and which may be on the new water tower, is a design I created a few years ago and which appears on the fortwildernessrr.com web site.

If that is true, it is an incredible homage to your non-Disney design! I would sell Prancer or Vixen to the San Diego zoo to get such recognition! Really awesome since I think it is pretty definitely your logo!

 

[FlaFortCampster]

Here's the Fort Wilderness train with logo. VERY curious the other symbol emerged.

 

[AndrewJackson]

The water tower is definitely the old River Country water tower, and not the one from the FW RR.

River Country Water Tower:

Fort Wilderness Rail Road Water Tower:

It just seems so strange that they would add a non-official WDW RR logo to the water tower. Does anyone else find this to be odd?

 

[didine]

Hi, I'm new to this site so bear with me...
We are going to be staying at this resort in May. Does anyone know when the pool will be finished?

 

[ftwildernessguy]

Hate to tell you guys, but Bobby had a couple too many Kungalooshes last night at ol' FWGuy's house and started spilling secrets. There will be no pool. The FWRR will be resurrected as a garden train, slightly larger guage than the one at the Germany pavilion at Epcot, and will occupy the large hole in the ground you think will be a pool. Since it will be a real steam locomotive, the water tower was a requirement, not a visual enhancement. The bath house/arcade/snack bar will reopen as a character meet and greet (he was vague about this, but mentioned Pooh and the gang and then giggled) along with a shop selling the required Disney themed merchandise. The FW pool is dead. Next project - tear down Pioneer Hall and replace it with a shop selling Stitch themed merchandise.

 

[LONE-STAR]

Hate to tell you guys, but Bobby had a couple too many Kungalooshes last night at ol' FWGuy's house and started spilling secrets. There will be no pool. The FWRR will be resurrected as a garden train, slightly larger guage than the one at the Germany pavilion at Epcot, and will occupy the large hole in the ground you think will be a pool. Since it will be a real steam locomotive, the water tower was a requirement, not a visual enhancement. The bath house/arcade/snack bar will reopen as a character meet and greet (he was vague about this, but mentioned Pooh and the gang and then giggled) along with a shop selling the required Disney themed merchandise. The FW pool is dead. Next project - tear down Pioneer Hall and replace it with a shop selling Stitch themed merchandise.

I heard about this.

 

[ynottony99]

I found this old photo that someone had posted.

Could Disney be so disconnected from the history of the FWRR, that they have to turn to David Roses website as authority, as the rest of us do???

 

[2goofycampers]

Hi, I'm new to this site so bear with me...
We are going to be staying at this resort in May. Does anyone know when the pool will be finished?

Projected finish was March 20, looks like they are running a bit behind schedule, but I'd say you're safe for May.

BTW welcome to The Dis !

 

[SCCamper]

Next project - tear down Pioneer Hall and replace it with a shop selling Stitch themed merchandise.

Well, it's about time. Can't have enough Stitch merchandise.

 

[Shan-man]

Could Disney be so disconnected from the history of the FWRR, that they have to turn to David Roses website as authority, as the rest of us do???

Tony, that was my thought exactly when I heard that the logo was not genuine Disney.

 

[Disbuf]

There is also the possibility that we are all off base on this one and the RR does not stand for Railroad but instead stands for something else like "Rest and Relaxation." You never know with imagineers; this may be a frontier health spa theme! LOL

 

[super_camper]

Projected finish was March 20, looks like they are running a bit behind schedule, but I'd say you're safe for May.

allears.net still says March 13 for the reopening date. Based on the progress they don't look to be too far off that

 

[Disbuf]

NEW STORY LINE:

Originally the railroad was going to come through these parts. The water tower was installed and as the track was being laid, a railroad spike struck a point that caused a geyser to spring up out of nowhere. The land flood and when the geyser finally stopped several days later, the swimming hole was formed. The railroad company decided it was too costly to fill in the lake so they relocated the line to another area. During the hot days of laying the new line, the workers would come over and swim. Some creative minds carved out logs and attached them to the water tower to create a slide into the new swimming hole. After all the construction was done on the track, the railroad decided to turn the former disaster into the company's new recreation area for it's workers--The Fort Wilderness Recreation and Relaxation Area. Hence the "FWRR"

 

[ftwildernessguy]

NEW STORY LINE:

Originally the railroad was going to come through these parts. The water tower was installed and as the track was being laid, a railroad spike struck a point that caused a geyser to spring up out of nowhere. The land flood and when the geyser finally stopped several days later, the swimming hole was formed. The railroad company decided it was too costly to fill in the lake so they relocated the line to another area. During the hot days of laying the new line, the workers would come over and swim. Some creative minds carved out logs and attached them to the water tower to create a slide into the new swimming hole. After all the construction was done on the track, the railroad decided to turn the former disaster into the company's new recreation area for it's workers--The Fort Wilderness Recreation and Relaxation Area. Hence the "FWRR"

You need to get a job with Disney.

 

[CP173]

If that is true, it is an incredible homage to your non-Disney design! I would sell Prancer or Vixen to the San Diego zoo to get such recognition! Really awesome since I think it is pretty definitely your logo!

I agree, Shan-man: it would be an incredible honor to have my humble design immortalized at Fort Wilderness. Oddly enough, it would not the first time something like this has happened.

But that's another story...

And, for the record, I should disclose that the basic concept and design was mine, but the finished art and rendering was done by a very talented friend of mine. I don't know if he posts to this board, but he often goes by the moniker Experiment626. Which lends credence to the whole "Stitch invasion of FW" line of reasoning.

 

[Tri-circle-D]

I have about 40 photos of the pool area, all taken on 2.28.09. Some of these were already posted, but I know that some of you would like to study these in context, so here are the first 20. I will post the second 20 as soon as I can:

These first two photos were taken from the bridge behind the Meadow Trading Post. As you can see, the new tower will be visible from here, and also from the 1300 loop:

This next group of photos was taken from the "porch" of the Meadow Swimming pool building. This first one was taken over the fence, standing in front of the arcade door:

Same place, but not zooming on the tower/slide- you can see that they are getting ready to pour the deck:

Same place, now looking toward the restrooms. If you look at the deck area, you will see PVC pipe sticking up at various intervals. I thought at first that this might be some type of water play area, but now I think these are probably just drains:

This next group of photos is still from the porch area, over the fence, but moving gradually down toward the opposite corner of the fence from the arcade entrance:

This next group of photos is taken over the fence, after having walked around the outside perimeter past the back of the restrooms. You can see the hot tub here:

Now, we are moving around to the next corner of the pool:

The pool remodel is supposed to include a splash zone. This corner would be the logical place to put it, and it looked like they ran pipes back here, but I don't see anything that looks like a splash zone:

TCD

Twenty or so more photos will be coming up . . .