Something is happening near the pool!!!

[super_camper]

WL pool is open for us 24 hours. Granted the busses and boats will stop, but if you want to go swimming after that...and don't want to take the trail...guess what!!! they said all you have to do is go to the front at the fort and someone will drive you over to the pool.

The Wilderness lodge pool is open until midnight. The slide closes earlier when the lifguards go off-duty.

OK, I just got off the phone with a CM at the fort, and they have assured me that due tot he extensioon in the renovation of the pool, they will allow carts to travel to the WL pool and she also stated that there will be designated golf cart parking at the end of the trail, and then a walk to the pool, she also quite clearly stated there will be no inconvenience to those taking golf carts there???? whatever that means, I repeated my self at least 3 times to be assured of this, I suggest on TCD's advice we all start phoning to make sure that we all hear the same thing, we are arriving March 29th for 12 nights. for those who do no want here is the number 1-407-824-2900. Hope to hear form some of you soon.
Chris

I'm here now and have seen a few people take carts over to WL - at least one of them was turned back by a CM in a pickup.

 

[DiamondDan]

Well, the medium range (oops: i'm too much of a newby to post links) forecast isn't looking like the loss of a pool is a tragedy. If the forecast validates, it will be a nice week for park hopping.

Accuweather says high's 70 lows mid/high 40's for the end of the 15 day period

See y'all there.




-dan

 

[fldisneyfamily]

We did it once, our dd was at the villas and we walked back after dark.
We didnt plan on it so all we had with us was our camera. Man, I have never taken sooooo many pics of nothing! Everytime I heard a sound-FLASH! If there was something there the camera flash scared it away!

Now that the'r is just plain funny!!!

 

[HappyDznyCamper]

Some pictures from Thursday, not as good as Yuri, but it will have to do.

Work on the slide deck

Expansion on the snack bar end

 

[ynottony99]

I am glad to see the slide coming together a bit more. Thanks!!!

 

[AndrewJackson]

I am at Old Key West now. My parents are at Fort Wilderness. I stopped by the pool on Saturday when we arrived. I will take pics this afternoon and try to post tonight.

Most of the concrete decking is finished - I would say over 75% complete. The steps and decking for the slide are being constructed and nearly finished.

There is a concrete structure being built near the bend in the pool. When I looked on Saturday, there were two rows of blocks constructed. Not sure what this is for, or what it is about. The original plans did call for a companion restroom, but I would think that the expansion on the east side of the existing structure will be used for this.

On another note, it is amazing the misinformation cast members give to campers. One cast member told my dad that it was an entire new pool, and that it was a big hole in the dirt a few weeks ago. My dad and I have had a few "discussions" regarding this. I finally showed him the progress on this thread and he now understands that it is the existing pool. Another CM also told him that he could go to the WL or the Cont. to pool hop during the construction.

 

[Tri-circle-D]

I am at Old Key West now. My parents are at Fort Wilderness. I stopped by the pool on Saturday when we arrived. I will take pics this afternoon and try to post tonight.

Most of the concrete decking is finished - I would say over 75% complete. The steps and decking for the slide are being constructed and nearly finished.

There is a concrete structure being built near the bend in the pool. When I looked on Saturday, there were two rows of blocks constructed. Not sure what this is for, or what it is about. The original plans did call for a companion restroom, but I would think that the expansion on the east side of the existing structure will be used for this.

On another note, it is amazing the misinformation cast members give to campers. One cast member told my dad that it was an entire new pool, and that it was a big hole in the dirt a few weeks ago. My dad and I have had a few "discussions" regarding this. I finally showed him the progress on this thread and he now understands that it is the existing pool. Another CM also told him that he could go to the WL or the Cont. to pool hop during the construction.

I hope that you can post some photos.

But, if you can't, I would like to hear more about the concrete structure at the bend in the pool. Is this on the opposite side of the slide? Or on the same side? How close is it to the pool?

TCD

 

[AndrewJackson]

I hope that you can post some photos.

But, if you can't, I would like to hear more about the concrete structure at the bend in the pool. Is this on the opposite side of the slide? Or on the same side? How close is it to the pool?

TCD

I am heading over to the Fort in a few minutes. I will be able to post some photos tonight. The block structure is opposite the slide, and it is rather close
to the pool - maybe 5-6 ft away from the edge.

Test photo:

 

[ynottony99]

 

[Tri-circle-D]

I am heading over to the Fort in a few minutes. I will be able to post some photos tonight. The block structure is opposite the slide, and it is rather close
to the pool - maybe 5-6 ft away from the edge.

OK- your test photo worked, so it looks like you are good to go.

You are our eyes and ears at the Fort!

Here are the most recent photos that I have of the area that I think you are describing. Looks like the deck was poured in this area. I wonder why they would be building a block structure here? I am also still puzzled about the large control boxes that you can see in the first photo that I posted below. I don't know why these are out here on the deck like this. Maybe this is where the block structure that you saw is going? But, that looks further away from the pool edge than you described.

Let us know what has changed, or, better yet, post some photos!

TCD

 

[ynottony99]

Here is one of mine from the same weekend as TCD's. It does look like there are some pipes or conduits that have been left stubbed up out of the new deck in the area AndrewJackson has described.

 

[Whipperwhirl]

OMG - Im dying here - just post the pictures . . .

 

[LONE-STAR]

pics I need pics

 

[ntsammy5]

Disney spares no expense

 

[nikkipowell1]

I am dying to see these new pics. We are going end of May, do you think the construction will be done by then? Also, do you know what they are building? This will be our first time at the Fort. Do they have a kiddie pool, nice playground, ect for kids to do?

 

[kampinwitkids]

.....We arrive 4-19


.........might need the flash on my cell for the night trip back from WL pool

 

[hopeisb4u]

aaahhhh...i was really hoping they would work around the clock and be done by this weekend!

So sad . . . .

 

[AndrewJackson]

We went over tonight to have dinner with my parents. I forgot my nice digital camera. I was able to get some pics with my Blackberry, then e-mail them to my e-mail account. Quality wise, these are not great pics, but you get the idea. I will try to get better pics tomorrow, and post tomorrow night.

First pic - Close-up of slide progress

You can see some significant progress on the slide platform.

Second pic - Concrete Block Structure

You can see two rows of block. The block has also been filled with sand. I am not sure if they are done with the block, or if more is to come. You can see that there is no block or mortar near by, so my guess is that they are finished with the block.

Third pic - Close-up of Second pic

Fourth pic - Close-up of Second pic with Highlights

I circled what is clearly the control box mentioned earlier, as well as something that appears to be a valve. Could this be the beginnings of the child splash area???

Sorry about the quality. I will try to get better pics this week. At 6:00 this evening, there were some guys working on the platform, but it looks like not much more happened there today. It did rain this morning, but stopped around 11:00 or so.

If for some reason these pics do not post properly, you can access my flickr page at http://www.flickr.com/photos/asjackson/

 

[nikkipowell1]

Thanks for the pics. Hope your having a good time.

 

[stacktester]

It looks as though there's a lot more concrete for the deck. I predict it will be done pretty soon.