Matt

We're back now. Race was pretty great! Weather was much nicer than normal. It was almost cold at the end of the race. Unfortunately they are not doing the Tower of Terror 10 Miler next year. It is being discontinued or being replaced.

We are back home. Now only 356 days! :)

Thanks all. After 9 days at the Fort my wife says she had a twitch from going that long without painting haha!

The Poly is the only resort I haven't stayed at that I want to. But, I'll take Fort Wilderness whenever possible. :)

We've stayed at Fort Wilderness approximately 5 times in the past few years but I remember when I strayed. Our first stay was in the cabin and we loved it. We loved everything about Fort Wilderness. For whatever reason, we decided to stay in a "regular" resort the next year. The trip was fine until about night 4. On night 4, we had reservations to our first ever Hoop De Doo Review. I drove my family through the campgrounds and dropped them off near Pioneer Hall and then went back out to park. The drive in and out cemented it for me. I missed the Fort horribly. The sites were decorated for Christmas. Ugh, I felt home sick. As soon as I got back to my family I said "We have to stay here again." And that's the only place we've stayed for the past 4 trips.  Glad I found this place. Us fanatics need to stay together! Now for me to collect the funds to buy my own RV instead of renting! haha

I might need to book 2 more lol

I went ahead and booked  our next visit !  That's how you do it! :)

Oh that ornament will be mine!

The free upgrade obligates you to write a trip report. :)

Will do! :) 

Thanks! We have 4 kiddos so this will help a lot. I'll make sure to post pictures! :)

my 6 yr old daughter is on the Autism spectrum but I can really never get on to Disney for how they treat people with special needs.  They are by far better than the rest of the world. Was the old way  better for her? Absolutely. Yet we can make this work. It's a shame a bunch of horrible people faking things hurt the people who truly needed it.

We can't wait and the surprise upgrade is awesome. Our little ones will love being that close to the beach area!

thanks! I love the HM stuff.

looks great! :)

Great news today. I called the Fort to cancel the golf cart. While I was talking to them I asked to be transferred to the front desk. I asked if a preferred site was available. She said yes! When I asked how much more would it be she said "No charge. I'm upgrading you for free." What an awesome surprise!

And if you like Kevin Smith, she made this for him. It isn't a Vinylmation. It'a "Pop" mold that she added sculpting! haha

Shockingly enough, Disney does everything for money. GASP. hahaha.   Vinylmations are Mickey Mold shaped vinyl molds that are painted in really different ways. My wife stays pretty busy making all sides of customs. In fact, we ended up paying for half our trip with her artwork. She makes Vinylmations and Pops! Here are a few. :)

Thanks. :)

I thought you guys might like to see these. My wife is a custom Vinylmation artist. Since we're going to Fort Wilderness next week, she made this set of "Fort Wilderness Friends" :)

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We love 1500!!!  Sadly, those sites were all booked for that same weekend by the time we made reservations. We'll be putting our tent up with the RVers a loop or 2 over.  DH (Thrill Shakespeare on here) will be doing the TOT race, too.  Hope to meet you; if you don't have a sign get Lou to bring you a general Fiends loaner (if you want to be found!)  :wave1: Welcome!

Thanks! We're running the race in honor of our 6 yr old, Audrey who is on the autism spectrum. AS is the official charity of the race and my wife and I have raised almost $4000 for Autism Speaks. This is our 3rd year running ToT. It's a special race for us. :) We'll have to say hi! :)

I have stayed in 20-30 different sites and never had a bad one. Some were better than others, but I was at FW.

Yeah "a bad site" at  FW beats a stay anywhere else. :)

If you like sleep, I'd request 1500.

First off, Go Dawgs! My wife and I both graduated from UGA! :)  Thanks! :)

Thanks all!  I'm basically deciding between the cart or being closer to  the Pioneer Hall area. The one good thing about being close (or being with a golf cart is we have 4 kids. (2 little ones). And we're running the Tower of Terror 10 Miler race that Saturday night.  Oy, I'm gonna be sore the next morning when my 4 and 6 yr olds wake us up for the parks. 

On the other hand... if I do stay in partial, I need to choose between 1500 and 2000. Last time, we stayed at 1500 and a tree was in the middle of the pad. Sorta annoying lol

We're staying 7 nights and full hookups were full. I was really hoping for preferred but oh well. There can always be next year!

I don't own a golf cart so I was going to rent one from Fort Wilderness but for the week it's close to $400. I won't have a way to tow the cart so I can't rent from off site. Renting my camper from FortCamperRental.com :) Won't really need sewage hook up though. Sending the kids to the comfort station haha