Wagon vs. sleigh ride

[disdrmg]

We will be at the Fort in December, our 3rd time staying in a cabin. We have always done the sleigh ride our first night to get us in the holiday/Disney/Fort spirit. My parents are coming with us this year, for the first time in 30 years, and I would love for them to see the wonderful Christmas decorations at the Fort. However, we are trying to keep things as economical as possible, and since we have a party of 6 we would need 2 sleighs.

I saw that there are also wagon rides offered for $8 per person, although I don't recall seeing wagons during our sleigh rides we have taken in the past.

So, a few questions - do they take the same route, is it available during the holidays, and if a different route do you see a lot of the decorations?

I know we could rent a golf cart, but it would still be more expensive than the wagon, although I would love to rent the cart, just don't think it is an option for us this time. Any thoughts on the wagon would be greatly appreciated! Thanks!

 

[bama_ed]

disdrmg,

The wagon rides are usually available during the holiday time and go around the loops closest to the Trails End/Pioneer Hall area so you would see many Christmas decorations. The sleigh rides probably cover the same general areas.

I would recommend this over getting golf carts given the size of your group. There a FEW 6-seaters that Disney rents but you can't reserve them they are first come first served. So you would have to likely end up with 2 4-seaters. And at $65 per day each, that's some coin.

Depending on how you get to the Fort (coming from a resort or the MK?) you can easily walk the loops in the 100-200-400-700 area and see great decorations. You can also hop the internal busses and get off wherever you see a bunch of deocrations.

But if you don't want to hoof it and want to see a nice bunch of setups and decorations, the wagon is probably the best way to go.

Bama Ed