Clark W Griswold

I really appreciate all the great information...Thanks!

Hi gang, I am trying to request a 100 loop site for our upcoming Christmas stay at the Fort. I remember hearing that you can fax the office and request a specific site or loop...If this is true does anyone have the number to fax the Fort?...Thanks in advance!

We'll be there!!

DOH!!

Thanks a bunch for the info...Yes, We will be back again this year...Thanks to Jason...Arriving 12/21 - leaving kicking and screaming...12/27...Look forward to seeing everyone down there...

Is the golf cart parade on Christmas eve or Christmas day...Thanks!

We are heading to the Fort for Christmas (thanks to Jason) and we are planning on going to Universal for one day. We want to do both parks for the HP experience but the thought of spending $170+ X 4 people is awfully depressing....Does anyone know if there are cheaper ways to get into both parks for one day?...Any help would be appreciated...Thanks!~

I use the Kamikaze method...We leave around midnight from Mass and drive through the night...This gets us through CT, NY, NJ without much traffic...I always go by the Tappan Zee bridge as the Cross Bronx and GW in my opinion are nightmares....By 8AM we are going through DC then its smooth sailing for the rest of the day...By 7pm (give or take) we stop at the Walmart in Pooler GA for the night (right at the bottom of the ramp)...Next day we are there by noon...NOt for the faint of heart but if you want more time to play at Walley World it works!

Back then Coachman also gave you 2 free weeks of camping at designated camp grounds when you bought one of their campers...One of the camp grounds on the list was the Fort...I believe you had to use them in 2 consecutive years but we got 2 free weeks of camping at the Fort...Never see that again!!

right in the same vicinity

When we were down in December a CM at the fort mentioned they had been trying to catch a large gator which had been eluding them for several weeks...On the same trip we spotted a "have a heart" trap on shore in Frontier land when the park first opened...A few minuets later We spotted this small gator about 20 feet away...So even right in the middle of the Magic Kingdom they can be found...

We were there back in 2001 and a tropical storm came through...They evacuated us to Port Orleans, pets and all and we parked our trailer in the parking lot of the hotel...Next day we were able to go back to our site...Very professional...Unlike a few years ago when while at the Fort we had a Tornado Warning for the immediate area... Not one person came through the camp to warn people to seek shelter...Fortunately there was no tornado just brief severe T storm but I felt they dropped the ball...

We enjoyed meeting everyone last might as well...Hope to see you New Years Eve...

Looks like only a couple of takers so feel free to stop by around 6pm if you'd like just to say "hi"...No need to bring anything...We'll also be around hit or miss till 1/1...And yes good ol' FWRR spikes for those who don't already have one....

How 'bout a GG Tomorrow evening Sunday 12/27 at our site...117...Let me know if any interest....Nothing fancy bring an appetizer or snack and BYOB....I'll have some beer on hand as well as soft drinks....Could start around 6pm and people can come and go as you please.... YOU MIGHT JUST GET SPIKED....Let me know whose up for it....Cheers!

Even Dolly got into the spirit....

This family was giving away silver bells....Very cool

My fam surprised me with a golf cart to decorate and enter in the parade!!

Gonna try to upload some pics with the help of this antiquated internet system here at the fort...Wish me luck...This is our site...Had some wooden airbrushed decorations made for the trip...

This will be our second year at the Fort for Christmas...Heading down from New England we try to stay for a 10 day period to give a more time to enjoy everything the parks and the Fort have to offer at this time of year...We really enjoyed the decorations at many of the sites and had a great time decorating ours as well...(Got some neat things planned this year!!)...We hit the parks in the AM and when it becomes too crowded we hit the road back to the Fort...Later in the PM we head back in again....I know not everyone has that much time to spend but if you can it makes the trip much more relax

Still the cheapest on the East coast...I drive my wife crazy because I'll drive on fumes to find the cheapest price on the way to the Fort...Silly I know but more $$$ to give the Mouse....

Disney as a whole should take a lead in alternative energy...It would make sense to show it off in EPCOT...Spaceship earth might be retrofitted to be completely covered in solar panels!!

About time...Heck you can expect it at any Red Roof or Motel 6 these days