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5 minutes ago, Beckers said:

Do they at least blast you with cold air? 

Mostly some smoke or mist but not extreme coldness like one would think you would feel in an ice castle.

I was very interested when the "fixer upper" men came out and had their water wading boots on.  Something must have happened that required them to wade in the water.  There was a man in a plaid shirt running the show.  Wish I knew his name, he was so proud of the ride and was all over getting it fixed back up.  We also met the sisters after that and it seemed pretty efficient.  Little ones will enjoy that.  The odd thing that happened there (and happened when we met Olaf at HS) was this single older man in line snapped a photo of Ana meeting my girls.  It was like he was a blogger who just wanted a shot of kids meeting the character but I asked him what was going on he took a photo of my children..he acted like he couldn't speak English and hustled out of there.  It happened so fast I lost him in the crowd.  Told my husband about it and we reported it to both guest relations and the security.  Security seemed more interested and took a description of the man.  The guy that did this at Olaf took a random pic of the kids in front of us.  Then he hustled out.  Either we just have bloggers here or weird men with an agenda.  I'm a conspiracy theorist anyway and didn't like it.  

Just now, Beckers said:

The backwards part on the video seemed lacking, just stuff projected on the wall? I agree why didn't they add some snow, smoke or something? 

It's almost like they were like we have this new awesome way to do animatronic faces that's just amazing...look at it but then they forgot the rest of the stuff.  I like the details but I'm weird like that.

We rode it today.  Had fast pass.  Had to sit in line with a fast pass because it was having issues.  Wasn't a bad wait at all.  The Disney people were bringing out free Dasani waters to those in line.  They really wanted people to be happy.  The que was neat.  You walk through wandering oakens and it's sort of like you are in arendelle.  The actual ride or route didn't seem to have changed from maelstrom at all.  It was fun and the new animatronics of the sisters were fabulous.  It was the projected 3D faces that they are doing now.  The best thing was the reindeer and the trolls. They looked great!  When you go backwards from Elsa, it seemed really lacking to me like they could have put something exciting there.  I liked it but I would think they could do more.  Especially during the backwards part why not add some snow or something?  Paint a mural maybe?  Should you really be looking at plain walls?  Olafs mouth wasn't moving at the beginning but I understand you have some issues to work through in the beginning.  We were excited to say we rode on day 1.  I enjoyed watching the hustle from the workers to get it back up.  You could see their pride in the ride actually.  Also neat to see the blogger world going insane to get those videos.  It is certainly worth a fast pass.  Certainly not worth 300 minutes in my opinion.

Love it!  We are going to stay in a cabin this summer too....Happy Birthday to your daughters!

I'm so excited about your manager gossip.  And impressed that you checked out Jose's linkedn.  Good spy work.  Love the pics of the path!

We just checked out on March 15 and yesterday or the day before, I got a survey in email about Fort Wilderness specifically.  We had unfortunately had a bad experience at the pool with lifeguards telling my girls (7 and 9) to get out of the splash area very publicly.  They were playing in there with their little brother and were humiliated.  They will never set foot back in there even to watch him, I am certain.  Why not come over to the adults and explain that if they are a certain height, they can't play in there....?  I wish that there was a rule posted, I honestly had no idea and it wasn't like the were being rough.  I noted that on the survey because it was more than one behaving strangely, even at the big pool. 

It seems typically when they are getting ready to make some sort of change, they send out the survey so that they can say we have the data to back this decision....

We rarely seem to be able to hang into the night magic hours.  I would be willing to bet it is going to be a lot like the holiday parties.  Wow, surely at 149 it would include the day's admission.  I can't imagine paying all that money then being worn out and leaving early!  That would be a tough day for me.

Also keep in mind,your food stretches longer if you are going to eat some on Disney property.  We have a bigger family too and use that much milk, etc.. I don't think the prices are too high on perishables.  The expensive things are the ones that have a longer shelf life.  As long as you are supplementing from the fort, it doesn't break the bank in my opinion.  We like to order pizza to go from Trails End too.  It is reasonable and tastes pretty good.

I'm really excited to do this.  I think it's a fair price especially if you get a pin.  I always want to spend more time in the world showcase but the kids want to be in future world.

I always assumed there were lots of behind the scenes monitors that woul immediately detect something like that.  Sort of scary.

We usually skip the tram and walk.  Mostly because we have a stroller and it's a bear to hold onto that and 3 little sets of hands.  If you don't try to rush, I don't think the walk in is bad at any of the lots.  The only thing that kicks my tail is the incline to get on the monorails. 

Eek.  Are there raises on everything every year?  I am starting to not have enough room in my brain for each increase.

Can you imagine the parking attendants trying to figure out who goes where?  There are so many cars coming in and out of these places and nothing to identify you as annual pass.  They would have to make something to go in your car to show the premium.  It seems like it would case confusion.  I would consider limo service.  Wonder how much that would cost :)

16 minutes ago, Travisma said:

My granddaughters did the food hunt around the countries during the Food and Wine Fest.  They had a good time looking high and low for the food statuettes.

I hadn't even heard of this. Sounds fun also!

8 minutes ago, Katman1356...Jason said:

Just did this over the weekend and had fun without kids. I think for the kids it will be even more. A couple of them are in harder to find spots but It was neat to do while wandering the world showcase

Does the paper you buy give hints?

Is the egg hunt at Epcot fun?  It sounds fun to me and like a way to get my kids to explore the countries.  Has anyone ever done it?  We will be there Saturday, and it was on my list.

Not good.  This is one thing I like about being on property...there is no need to investigate the hidden fees.  I wish If they did add more, they would at least send me a Duffy bear or something for coming so often.  Really those of us who people label as Disney nuts are some of their best marketers.  They could do a referral system like direc tv :). 

18 hours ago, Kbfarms said:

That looks great, but Disney may come after him for copyright infringement. They did that several years ago to a bunch of sellers there......

Yes, he and I have decided that he is going to remove it.  On the good side, he is crazy talented and is going to keep adding bday invites, other signs, and that type of thing.  I wish that Disney would have their own personalization shop for things like this rather than just what's available at the Disney store.  I had been waiting a long time to find a sign I really liked.

This trip report makes me happy in so many ways!  I agree that the title is great!  We stayed for 20 something days in the summer and it felt like living there all while feeling too short also.  

I love the back entrance to Epcot.  Why?  I really have no idea, but it's just cooler. Maybe because I love the showcase so much.  

Love Minnie at breakfast.  Adorable.  Love seeing bigger kids with characters.

we have yet to do the Coke sampling.  It is on our list.

we have done the bungee cord roof hauling.  It is always interesting.  

Did a wheel chair and stroller on our last trip.  Definitely eye opening.  I'm so happy I stumbled on this tonight!  Can't wait to see more.

Very proud teacher moment.  I have a high school student that is awesome with design.  I had him make me a vinyl sign since I can't afford one of the big wooden ones and they are so heavy.  It was so cute, I have convinced him to open an Etsy Shop and start creating things that are similar.  He is going to also design the wooden ones but put them on vinyl.  That makes them so much lighter weight.  He could literally make anything you could think of.  Just an FYI if you are interested in anything.  He is fabulous and going to use the money for college :)

https://www.etsy.com/listing/269809942/fort-wilderness-vinyl-sign?ga_order=most_relevant&ga_search_type=all&ga_view_type=gallery&ga_search_query=fort%20wilderness&ref=sr_gallery_3

We are coming down to the Fort March 12-15.  We are considering going to a spring training game.  Has anyone done it?  How can we get to the game from the fort?  We will not have a car, just the motorhome.

Thanks!!!!

We always come down 95 and visit Cape Canaveral/Cocoa Beach before we head over to Disney.  We really do not enjoy I4.  We like to go 192 over to the Fort.  If you want to actually camp at Jetty Park, make sure you reserve in advance.  If you want to just drive over to check things out, you do have to pay to get in for a bit.  

For my family, the Fort isn't even a much about Disney as it is about "The Fort."  We are actually planning to start staying at Disney resorts as a vacation in themselves (the fort included).  We are thinking the best bang for our buck lately is to stay off property and go back to the old ways of killing a major day at Disney because a hotel then only becomes a place to sleep and shower...sooo, what is the point of paying a lot of money for it?  If there were a campground that held the charm that the fort had, we would be vacationing there as well. We have annual passes so on most days we literally go in and do our fast passes, look around and get out and hang out at the camper.

I agree that the loops need more life.  It would not be expensive to just add some charm.  Heck, they probably have things laying in a building somewhere that they could pull out and throw up at Fort Wilderness and we would melt like the softies we are just from the nostalgia.  

Every resort at Disney is what you make of it, in my opinion.  I cant imagine staying at the Grand Floridian or in the bungalows and spending my time at The Magic Kingdom.  Heck no, I would be laid back eating grapes or whatever those people do.  Everyone has their own budget, I think the Fort should be more of a destination than a place to sleep while you visit Disney.  If I want a place to just sleep, I want a hotel with a low rate and an awesome free buffet breakfast.  

Sorry just saw your comment, it was on safari on my iPhone. It was as soon as I put the dates in and hit search (or whatever your press at that point).

Where in the process did you see that page?

I got all the way up to checking out (before I cancelled) and I didn't see it.