I have tried to call Disney on 2 separate occasions, two different numbers, and I am being told that I cannot use a tent solely in any of the other locations, only a tent site. Is that true? I thought you could book anything but the premium locations. I went ahead and reserved two nights in a preferred site and wonder if I should chance it and go or if I should cancel it before it is too late. If I am willing to pay the higher price why should it matter to them what I use to sleep in?
Thanks for your wisdom.
As snowmedic says, you can put a tent in any site at the Fort but there are some general expectation setting that Disney does. CM's on the phone give inconsistent and incorrect answers frequently.
Tent sites have a designated "sand pad" or "coquina pad" at the end of the driveway of the site. They have no sewer hookup. Thus Disney advises that these sites (aka Partial sites) are good for tents and popups. But could a small trailer book one? Yes they could and do knowing there is no sewer hookup.
Full and Preferred sites also have a tent pad AND have the sewer hookup. The only difference between Full and Preferred is their location in the Fort. Tents, popups, trailers, and RV's can use these. The driveway is 12ft wide paved.
Premiums have NO tent pad, all connections, and are 18ft wide paved and can handle the largest trailers and RV's with all their slide outs, etc. Disney doesn't prevent people from putting tents on a Premium - you can and people do. But Disney tries to set expectations that it might be awkward because Premiums aren't designed to handle tents. Most tents require stakes on the corners into the ground and in other places but others are self supporting and can get by without staking. Those kinds fare well on the pavement.
So bottom line is tents can and do go anywhere but Disney does not intend to make it convenient for tents to work in a Premium.
Bama Ed
PS - Oh, and Peach, the latest on the Throwaway Campsite thread is that now with
MDE folks have learned that they can book the campsite, pay for 1 night, make ADR and FP+ like they were an on-site guest, and then they
CANCEL their campsite reservation once they are inside 30 days of arrival. Their ADR and FP+ do not get cancelled (because off-site guests can book within 30 days of arrival too) and they get their deposit back. The only thing is once the campsite is cancelled, they no longer have free theme park parking. So the campsite fee only covers the daily $20 parking fee. Some people keep the campsite reservation to cover the parking but many don't.
