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Thanks for your input! We looove biking and have our bikes with us. My daughter is very small & honestly with the busy cart traffic, the decor, the excitement & the distractions  - for the first time I think a cart might be a bit safer.  

We are big proponents of walking & biking - but with my daughter just a bit big for the weehoo bike trailer and my not quite trusting her independent skills on a busy road quite yet, we haven’t biked outside of our loop on this trip. 

We don’t mind the walk to the dock & thought a cart might be a novelty & a treat this Halloween.  Time will tell! 

Thanks again, Kim

Hello, I’ve so enjoyed lurking these forums in the past, and always like to see your signs at your sites!

We are here in the 800 loop in our motorhome without a golf cart.  We’ve never rented one before, but this year all of the decor is too great, I’ve succumbed and we’ve scoured the area for a cart. Found one, it’s 40 minutes away & we’d have to rent a trailer (we roll with a tow dolly) in order to haul it here. We can do that, but I thought I’d check in here for advice first. 

Do any of you know of anybody who would either rent us a trailer locally (the one we found is 20 min away, then 40 to cart, plus we return it this evening) or anyone we could hire to go retrieve the cart? We’ll most likely keep it until Saturday. 

Your voice of experience and excellent insight & advice is greatly appreciated! Thanks :) 

Thanks for the welcome, Sled Dog Fan, Grandma & Grumpy! Greatly appreciated.  I would love to hand out treats - we live in rural Va and haven't ever had TorT'ers.  Wish we had a grandparent to tag along/meet us there to fulfill that part of the night's festivities.  I'm really torn - I want to participate as a site handing out treats but also don't want to miss out on the fun of watching our kids travel around, too.  Maybe I can plan on a combination of both as I do believe my outgoing 2 would love to distribute to other kids.  In your experience are the campground TorT'ers usually younger kids? As I recall, when we were there before and unaware of the FW Campground tradition I was so impressed that the majority of the decorations were pretty tame and upbeat, tho many were impressively elaborate. I actually dread halloween each year as the whole thing seems to become more adult oriented and macabre. We don't stress the holiday here and so I cannot wait to surprise the kids with this trip.

Hello everybody - I am new here & happy to find this board and all of your valuable information.  We've camped in our motorhome at FW multiple times before, but never on Halloween. A few years ago we happened to stop by FW in late October during a work trip for my husband - we often travel due to his work.  Anyway - we were there just before Halloween and I was shocked and delighted by all of the decorations and the festive nature of the campground in general.  We've thought of taking our kids, 7&9 now, TorT at FW before but today (!!!) it just so happens that husband needs to travel to Fla again and we lucked into five nights at FW starting Sunday! This is thrilling! So now we will be there over the 31st and I'm trying to get ready.  What advice do you have? I realize the TorT aspect isn't highly advertised due to mob potential, but can you give me any pointers for preparing for a great experience for my kids and everybody else's, too? Thanks!