BuckeyeFortMama

We had a burst pipe causing a flood and the need to turn the water off to the 1300 loop on Halloween afternoon.  

We pull in tomorrow, I'm wanting one of the ladies tees. Thanks for the head's up.  

Can you make a reservation at Miss Lillian's

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Taking Veterans Blvd instead of the Parkway can't be emphasized enough.

You weren't kidding about the parkway! Horrible traffic for no apparent reason.

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This is great information which of course I share with the entire BuckeyeFortFamily. I now have an excited 9 year old boy who is determined to finish 2 slices of lumberjack pizza, 3 loaves of cinnamon bread and ride the Firechaser Express. Thank you fellow fiends, making vacations better for years now!

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Thank you TCD, maybe I'll put a trip report together.

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We plan to go next Friday and possibly Saturday for our first trip. We're staying at the Pigeon Forge KOA. We have kids ranging from 6-13 and we love family rides, smaller coasters (for example the kids love BTMRR but hate Everest), shows, and good food. I'll gladly take any last minute tips.

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We haven't seen the double decker bus in years.

The performers were using the double decker bus as their transportation for a long time but according to my friend who is now providing horse drawn transportation for their 9:15, 10:15 and 12:15 shows on Main Street the performers hated the double decker bus.

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What are the chances the BuckeyeFortFamily would be in AK on the 22nd and biking the lodge path on the morning of the 23rd? High considering how many times our paths have almost crossed. We were in 418, on our first trip in a year. Go figure.

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We were just there with our 40' fifth wheel and 20' truck. First site assigned to us was 35' long from road to trees behind the pavement. Called front desk and gave them our lengths and number of slides. Second site given was 42'. Called again this time they assigned us a 76' site when we got there the back corner of the site was cut at an angle because of the canal and the grill would have been just a few feet from our back slide. 4th site was finally big enough to fit the camper.

My advice do what Jason said, check the app before you pull too far away from check in, and if it's still not good call them back. We ended up going thru 4 loops with our monster because we assumed the front desk had the measurements of sites right.

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Saw them last night.  They are very nice and brightly colored. 

If you didn't know what you were watching for you would have thought they had been there all along, as most of the people in the boat with me were unaware that they were a new addition.

I use the rubber band trick on apples. It works like charm to keep them from browning. You cut it and then put it back together around the core and put a rubber band around the whole thing.

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Where is the discussion on the quality of toilet paper?

Wilderness Lodge has quilted TP and not the crepe paper version the Fort has.

Nooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 I know! It is still makes me cry when I think about it. So sad. 

Work shouldn't get in the way of life, but it does sometimes.  Of course this the 2nd Halloween in a row we have had to do this!

I have some disappointing news, at least disappointing for the BuckeyeFortFamily.

Due to work issues that can't be "worked out" we cancelled our Halloween reservation.

We are so very sad.  It does mean that the kid count is down 4 kids and the world's best Wreck It Ralph crew will be trick or treating in Ohio and not at the Fort.

:'(

There is a lot to do at the Fort on Easter. I wouldn't do spark that day. Check out my spring break trip reports for an idea about what the crowds and activities will be.

I second that, and would urge you to consider a down day at the Fort the day after Easter to recover from the sugar high induced by the Candy Scramble.

In my opinion the videos are worth the money if you are going to get more than one.  We have several versions of the mine train from our last trip and the ride photos are fun too. 

I love watching my kids faces in the ride videos. If you are mindful that you're paying for it and take advantage of the photo pass photographers you will be happy with the purchase.

I am bummed to hear this.  I love Mulch, Sweat, and Shears much to my BFF's chagrin. 

I will be even more bummed if One Man's Dream is not available for our Halloween trip.  2 of my favorites!

We do chalk drawings every trip, but as the kids in our clan have increased and along with it the number of feet they can cover in chalk I've noticed that the chalk dust gets drug onto our outdoor carpet more than I would like. I now limit the chalk to a safe distance from under our awning.

I love that this thread is the ladies and Jason.

 I homeschool so anything educational is doubly appreciated :)  And if it's free... well, that is ALWAYS awesome

 

Thanks Fiends!!

Nacole,

We also homeschool. We have used One Man's Dream to kick start Walt Disney projects for our kids.  We know that "museum" pretty well now so I develop a project ahead of time. 

Back when my oldest was in PS she did a wax museum project where she had to make a timeline with 5 points on it, write a paragraph about the life of the person and then dress as that person and be able to read the paragraph to the guests at the wax museum.  She knew so much from our trips through this A/C break from the crowds that the project was easy and fun.

It started a trend for us. What used to be just interesting for us grownups and a break for the kids has become a family tradition with deeper learning each time.  I loved hearing my kids proclaim when they saw Saving Mr. Banks that Tom Hanks must have watched the video at the end of One Man's Dream to get the character right when he talked about delivering newspapers.  Gotta love that attention to detail in a kid.

Congratulations on 20 years.  When a couple spends an anniversary 'trapped' together in a resort you know that's a healthy marriage.  Way to go!

We were there the last week of April and the first week of May and the evidence of yellow fly bites are still on my family.  They were so bad this year. 

In Northeast Ohio we enjoy Evergreen RV park http://www.evergreenparkrvresort.com/

It is clean and well maintained.  The bath house is great and comparable to the Fort.  Good Sam ratings of 10 in every category consistently and well deserved.  They are set up for group camping trips with a great large pavilion.  They have a nice playground and full basketball court.  All paved roads for bikes and scooter riding-kid paradise!

Our favorite aspect of this campground is the indoor pool.  That sounds crazy but there aren't many great swimming days in an Ohio summer and this extends our use of this campground well into the shoulder camping seasons here.  And when it rains (no lightning) there is still swimming and in Ohio that can happen a lot when you are camping. 

The sites are long and have great space between, most are pull throughs but some are back in. All sites have a picnic table and a fire ring . Some have a nice swivel grate above the fire ring that turns it into a grill.  They allow tenting on your site with your camper so we can have friends tent on our site and split the site cost. They also don't charge you per child like most campgrounds and when you have as many kids as we do that's important!

Tell your friend to have someone drink their first glass of drink really fast so they can get the full "whispering" effect.