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Yak & Yeti doesn't participate fully in the Landry program

it does when you ask for a manager, I am not one to make a scene, but website says they are a member, and by golly I bought into the program!

Everything Carol said is correct. I do not charge any fees. I can help with dining, booking activities and even ust a sounding board when something doesnt seem right in your head. I have had some clients too run into trouble on the way there and with a message to me I get on the phone and inform the Fort of arriving a day late, cancelling dining if needed to try and save you any fees, things like that. Basically Concierge service fr the same price you would pay anyway. 

just sent you a message!

Its not home yet, but here's the pics from their site

hey guys and gals, 

Just giving a tip i picked up on, not sure if it was discussed or not....

Landrys is the group that owns rainforrest cafe, t-rex, the boathouse, hell lest make it simple, most of the places in downtown Disney are owned by them.

They have what they call the select club, you pay $25 to join, and get a $25 credit in 24 hours, this card enables you to skip the line/ not make a reservation at any of their restaurants for upto a party of 6.

We have all been there, 40 min wait- 1.5 hour wait for lunch or dinner during peak times, I flash the card and have a table in 10-15 min.

check it out!  oh and you get a free birthday meal each year too!  

http://www.landrysselect.com/

One of the local RV places or manufacturers (forget which) have a camping trailer parked at the Fort. For the last couple of years, it's been parked on site 905. They allow employees and family to camp in the trailer at the Fort. It just sits there, and folks show up.

I know Lazydays has one, I saw it when i was searching them as a dealer to buy from, looking at the benefits the employees get...

That's a cool tip on the financing, cause now that you've got the loan, you can immediately pay the other 2K and still have the same amount financed with the lower APR

yes Sir/ma'am !  at $10K payment is $110/ month at 5.49%

at $8K it would have been a shorter term 84 month, and a rate of 7.25% for a cost of $148/month  

I am going to put the $2k as my first payment on it, and plan on paying $2-300/ month except in December and January ill make the normal payment( bills at that time of year with 2 kids adds up) 

yes its a 10 year loan, I plan of having it gone in 3-4

Just purchased our first camper and wanted to share my experience that I had.

We started looking in January and went to an RV show, they didn't have the floor plans we were interested in, as a matter of fact they only had the A-frame pop ups, no traditional ones

off to Craig's list and RV trader we go...

I'd see one pop up here and there, but they were too old, or too damaged for what i was looking for.

Id called the Local dealers like camping world and they just didn't listen to me, my only interest was a pop up and they were trying to sell me a hybrid.

I went to another dealer who had 1 used pop up on site, a 2005 E2... in rough shape, I inquired about the price just to see where they were at and he was asking $7500, I soon left there.

I started to expand my search radius and started working with Lazydays just out side of Tampa, Camping world of Bartow as its in the area of Lazydays and Rv one of Tampa/ Orlando.

All of them Actually listened to what i was looking for and offered up floor plans to meet the requirements, no up selling.

we decided on the Forrest River Rockwood Premier 2516G as the floor plan we liked, so that kicked out Camping world as they didn't carry it, as well as "their advertised price is the best price" on a comparable star craft model.

So now were down to Lazydays vs RV one, but wait, General RV has a used one they just took in, not exactly the 2516G, it was a 2011 rockwood 2280, I called them on Sunday Morning, yes its in stock, no we wont take a deposit, but ill call you before we close today as your planning on being her Monday morning as its a 2 hour drive.

I call them at 4:45, as they haven't called and they are closing in 15 min, to find out it was sold... good deal at $6000, I understand but I am pissed they would not take a deposit to hold it for 24 hours till i could get there Monday.

another week goes by and a used 2009 2516G shows up on RV trader, they are asking $6950, I email and call get some answers, find out the price is not firm and they are willing to entertain an offer.

6 days later( Saturday) we drive to look at the unit, its already setup, and looks good from far, but as I inspect it I find that its far from good.  There is a V shaped slice in the window area that was not disclosed nor could it be seen in the pics as they used packing tape to repair it.  The tires are 6 years old and show signs if rot, the battery it not taking a charge, there are the usual scrapes and scratches on the interior, and then we find water damage on the drivers side lifting post at the roof connection point.  The bolt is at a 20 degree angle from where it needs to be, and the wood is swelling.  I look at the owner and ask if the $6000 discussed was firm and he said he was, I soon walked away as I could see easily $2000 in repairs/ replacement parts needed.  At this point I was down, drove 2 hours, kids were excited for daddy to bring home a camper, and well we had nothing hitched up.  I was with my dad, and he suggested since were near Lazydays to head over there.

I call the sales guy I was dealing with, and he was at lunch but sent over another guy, we hop in the golf cart, go find the unit we had been talking about over the past month, I look at it and instantly know i want it.

The MSRP was north of $17,000 as it has all the bells and whistles on it, the sale price was $14,300 before tax tag and title, roughly 15% off of MSRP.  We grab lunch while the salesman goes to "sharpen his pencil on the numbers"

We sit down and he puts a figure of almost $15,000 for the unit out the door, still in my opinion not a bad deal, but more than i was wanting to spend.  I plop $6,000 cash on the counter, remember that other trailer we looked at... I was paying cash for it... and tell him I am serious, go get me a better number.  He leaves for a a few moment, and right now I am looking up past emails from the other dealer RVOne/ rv direct and their prices on this unit were in the low $13K range with out AC installed, so to be fair i was looking at 13,800 before tax tag and title for the same unit from another dealer so were not that far off, and that is RV directs best number, and i would have to wait for it to come in.

The sales guy comes back and says the best he can do, with the AC installed is $13,100 Plus tax tag title and dealer fee, so our out the door Price is $14,122.58  that's only $122.58 more than what i was expecting to spend, so we do the deal ( roughly 25% off MSRP I tried for 30% but no one would talk to me).

My dad is with me, and he has had his fair share of campers in his life, he said that in all his years of buying RV's this was by far the smoothest and easiest process he has experienced. 

the Finance team tells me to not put the $6,000 down, only do $4,000 as a loan at 10,000 would have a better term and interest rate, I checked it on my phone and with my bank, sure enough he wasn't pulling my leg.

we then go to insurance, i already had a quote for the used camper we were looking at, $198 for the year, they crunch the numbers and Lazydays comes out with 128 for the year, deal!

go for inspection, find a few minor issues that will take a week or 2 to fix(parts availability)  and they have to install the A/C, detail it ect ect.  they then offer to Deliver it to my home when its all set so i don't need to make the drive back up to Tampa when its ready, I was willing but hey save me the gas money/ time

All things considered, I feel like i got a fair deal, and would recommend working with Lazydays

Welcome!!! There are many popup owners on here that will give you really good advice about owning a PUP, but thanks for joining, enjoy the fun we have here, and just keep posting!

 

Oh, and as far as future Fort reservations, "Jason's the Man", :) a member here, and will take care of everything as far as booking the Fort for you!

I have read about him already... does he charge for his services?

with the exception of the fort, I would say I am an expert at booking hotels at Disney, we did 27 nights in 2014 with the kids... the money I saved by not going in 2015 did the down payment on the PUP....  As i told the wife, we can stay 1 night at the Lodge or 2-3 nights at the camp ground.... she saw my side of things

I just purchased last weekend, had no clue the show was going on, hope i got a good deal!

I grew up camping at the Fort with my mom and dad, and now that I have 2 sons(2 and 4 in August)  of my own i went out and purchased my very first camper.

Were starting out small, gotta make sure the wife likes camping, so we got a 2016 Rockwood Premier 2516G, Its still at LazyDays getting some accessories added on to(a/c) it and a full detail 

While I am not new to camping, I am new to owning a camper.

My TV is a 2007 Nissan Xterra 4x4,its got the 4.0 v6 with decent power, 275 hp and 285 ft/lb tq.   

Last year when i was to go camping as a family we found my dad's hi-lo had water damage and so the extras i put on the Xterra like the P3 brake controller and Riderite airbags were never used.

I have not camped at the fort for at least 7 years, and no one in my family has owned a pop up so I am in uncharted territory with the Canvas tent material.

I do plan to park it in my garage when not in use, to extend its life, my dad didn't do that with the high-low as it was too big and well it went unused for over a year and that's when we found all the water damage...

What I do want to hear back about are tips or tricks for a new owner, especially for those that own pop up's

I have no experience backing the trailer up, and have done some reading about it but its always good to hear it from others.

So far were booked into the fort for this December 11-14 just a long weekend to get away, and I was looking to book in to 2016 but wont be able to do that til tomorrow when they open up the booking for 2016

Thanks for checking in!