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Pecan Park is at least 2 hours away from the Fort. If you can't make it to the fort in one day then that will be a perfect stop over as it is just off I95 north of Jacksonville. If you are going to be in the Orlando area at the end of your travel day then you have many options including Tropical Palms or the Orange county park, I think its called Turkey lake. There is also a KOA on sr192 in Kissimmee. Or the best idea is to call the Fort when you arrive and see if they have a vacancy due to a cancelation.

Hi iluv2cook; Welcome. If your from Texas you are already familiar with summer heat but not the rain. You can set your watch by the thunderstorms at 3:30 in the afternoon. I've camped in several pop ups and liked it but you will need to bring tarps, rope and maybe a canopy or two to stay dry. Bring panchos, hats and a back pack to carry stuff like water, snacks and sun screen and you will be well prepared. You don't want to be wasting your time standing in line to buy something you could have brought with you. DaveinTN layed out a good plan of attack. The only thing I would add is to ge

Pecan Park just off of I-95 north of Jacksonville is very clean and friendly. I think the exit is 268. Pull through sites so you don't have to unhitch or back in. They also have a pool but I'm from FL and it is cold up there by FL standards in December so only people from Minnisota will be in it. From Jacksonville it is an easy drive to the Fort south on I-95 and then south on I-4 for an early afternoon check-in. Get maps that show where the interstate rest stops are and park in the areas marked for busses, trucks or Rv's. They are all pull throughs as well. If you are new to driving an

I'm sorry you are having trouble. I knew when I moved in to this neighborhood that HOA rules prohibited vehicles over 17 feet from being parked in the driveway so I sotre my MH in a storage lot. I get complaints from one particular neighbor when I bring it home for cleaning, packing or repairs but I now the rules allow me to park it for 48 hours. I try to be very friendly with my neighbors so I know they don't complain but there is always someone in a neighborhood who enjoys arguements. I suggest that you learn a little about the process. I know that the management company takes one month

Hi Andy. Thanks for sharing some of the funny experiences you had running these races. Being a spectator also has its comic rewards. Last year I was riding the monorail from MK to epcot. The Marathon followed the same route so I was able to watch the runners from up high. Two female runners discovered their intestines would no longer hold all the carbs they swallowed before the race and ran off into the mediam of the road, pulled down their shorts, leaned against a palm tree and took an emergency dump. I often wondered if they knew how many people on that packed train had a good laugh at

It looks like I will be there as a spectator. My daughter and her husband have signed up for the Goofy Challenge and we may be at the finish line for the marathon portion. FW looks to be pretty full with only premium sites left. I think the guy who thought this whole running thing up is a genius. If DW put him on profit sharing he should be a very rich man/woman. 30,000 runners at $400 a head plus added room rentals, and the vendor area at the All Star Sports center. The property is pulling in this kind of money when the parks are normally closed and you don't have to staff the rides or

I joined Passport America for a year and found the $44 investment saved me money. I was on the road for two months and during that time I stayed in enough of the places to pay for my membership many times over. However, It does depend on what you are looking for. They have some very nice campgrounds as members but you have to be traveling near them to take advantage. Most of the time I used their listings as one night stop overs and not as destinations. The quality is inconsistent and there are many exceptions. If the Fort was a passport destination I would never leave. I did not renew

I drove by that place last month. :doublebeer: I knew I was making a mistake by not stopping but I had a load of people in the car and most of them thought I needed to be on a diet.

I agree with Ally. I stayed there last month and found it clean and well maintained. The friendly staff were able to put me at a site close to the exit so it was easy to get in and out. I did not hear any noise in my MH but I did not experience any jets from the Naval base either. I would definitely stay hear again.

This might not help you now but in the future try Lee's country Campground in White Springs, FL # 386-397-4132. Not expensive at all and a few miles off of I-75 north of Lake City. I stayed there and found it very clean and quiet. I felt very secure and would stay there again as it is the perfect spot for my first nights stop coming from South Fla on I-75. I find $47 dollars very pricey for what you got. I was on the road 2 months this summer 2013 and have not spent more that $41 for some very nice places and that included 3 KOA's. Please write a review and post it on rvreviews.com so w

The last time I was at the Fort I noticed they let people set up tents (multiple) on the area adjacent to the full hook up sites that are on the 1600 loop that are on the canal. With this arrangement they had room to park 2 cars and a golf cart in front of the motor home with the tents in back. There are some big sites at the entrances to the 1600 and 1700 loops as well that might work.

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If you are looking for something easy I got bad news. There is no such thing. Spend some time at an RV supplier or Camping World. I have used their black streek remover and it works as advertised. Any good soap should work but you should invest in a long handled brush that is ment to be used on vehicle finishes. That is the easiest way to clean the nooks and cranies. Many people swear by Dawn dish soap and BarKeepers Freind to remove rust stains and other stains. You really have to rinse a lot with the dawn. I tried to polish my MH once and thought my arms would fall off. Then I heard

If you want to keep to a budget may I suggest finding activities at the Fort and not going to the theme parks as much. Renting a golf cart for $60 a day is less expensive than 4-5 tickets to the magic kingdom. It seems you are staying a while so I suggest you take some days to just relax and enjoy the fort. Do as many breakfasts as you can in your RV. Look at the menu at Trails End Restaurant to get a judgement of the prices. You can also take a boat over to the contemporary and ride the monorail to many of the resort hotels. The Wilderness Lodge must be seen to be believed. Taking a fr

Hi Trish321, We will be there over the same weekend. I hope we bump into each other. I'll be in the 300 loop and will have a sign with a parrot on it in front of my MH. The not so scary halloween parade will be starting up around that time and I think it is the best parade Disney does.

Hi Boatms; I hope you have a great time and that this issue is the smallest you have. I like the idea of getting an old garden hose and running it from the outside kitchen to the in ground sink that FW provides. I did that with my pop ups. I'm sure you understand that your little grey water discharge is not going to hurt anything but that camp ground has been doing business since the early 1970's and has seen hundreds of thousands of happy campers coming through their gates. You are right when you point out that chips and drinks have been spilled and others have done it over the years and

OK lets all take a deep breath. RVing is not dangerous. If you go to Yellowstone you are more likely to get frightened by the wildlife. While I do carry I also like to think that caution is the better part of valor. I do not stay in Walmarts or Truckstops or rest areas. You can still have a spontanious and unplanned trip if you know what your general direction is by noon and quickly review your camping options over lunch and then call and make a reservation. Oddly enough, the only time I ever had an incident at a campground was at Fishing Bridge in Yellowstone. It was a muddy day and so

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Its a funny thing about campgrounds. The very thing that makes them so attractive to one person might make it terrible to another. I stayed at one on the Peace River in Arcadia that was very popular to those how like to ride ATV's but I thought it was like living in a lawnmower factory. My son in law thinks the WDW is terrible because it is too perfect. He's a great guy otherwise so I cut him some slack. Besides he always losses the argument about where they taking my grandkids on vacation. We will all be there again in October.

There are so many campgrounds in Florida each catering to a specific crowd that it should be easy to find one that caters to young families. Topsail Hill is the best in the state but it is a state park with a beach as its only attraction. Tropical Palms just outside of the Disney World property on 192 is nice and has a pool and restaurant but it pails in comparision to the Fort itself. KOAs tend to be family friendly with the exception of the one east of Orlando that has seasonals who stay a lifetime. If you want to come south and explore South Florida may I suggest John Prince County Park

I have not been back to the fort for a little over a year so when I checked in on May 2, the CM went through the usual list of rules and he included a new one. He advised us that we could not set up perminent residence. His words. While I had not intention of doing so I still wonder how the nice folks with the castle set up under their fifth wheel and 4 golf carts stay for so long. I don't want them to move or anything, I was just wondering.

The fences have barb wire on the top and seem to be in place to prevent anyone from fishing off the bridge or adjoining embankments. The fence also surrounds a pump that is pumping water from the canal into Bay Lake. I was there on May 2-7 and had heavy rains for the first two days. I noticed the 1900 and 1700 loops were completely dry. The 1900 loop normally has standing water in such weather. The problem with the pump is that it is heard 24 hours a day on the 100, 200 and 300 loops. You can guess were I camped. 329

They used to offer night time canoe trips from the Bike Barn along the canals to the old cabin where a CM would lead the group in campfire songs and stories. They used big canoes that held two people on a seat with several rows of seats. I thought it was more fun that the hayrides they still do through the campground. People still search the old railroad bed and retrieve the iron spikes that held the track in place.

I think the Fried Chicken is fantastic but the pizza is not. The buffet always has a wide selection of things so you can't go wrong there but this time I will definitely try the bus roulette.

Found the Panchos but our plan B is to do a monorail Pub Crawl or drink our way around the hotels on the monorail system. Do any of them have live entertainment? I hope the Grand Floridain still has a band in the atrium at night. Its been a while since I was there so maybe not.