BayLake Campers

Well after going last september for the first time since 2014. 

The whole family agreed to not go back, the food was not up to the pricing.

We also went to roaring fork at the lodge and that was subpar also. Disney has really lost the touch on food.

Something I saw on these plans is the floor elevation difference between the first row of cabins and the tree houses on the second row. The second row is 20 feet in the air for an unobstructed view of the lake and fire works. $$$

11 hours ago, DaveInTN said:

Looks like a boat dock in the top right corner of C-104.

 

Also, I knew they were planning bungalows but I don't think I appreciated the fact that when sitting on the side porch at TE you'll be looking right into them.  What a cluster this plan is.  I gave them the benefit of the doubt that they'd do the right thing by Fort Wilderness and create a beautiful, complimentary resort.  But this doesn't look good.  It truly is taking over the settlement.  

On the bright side look at all of the new bus stops in the middle of c-108!!! Now we have direct access to all of the parks.. 

Sorry for the confusion. The total area being cleared is 45 acres in phase 1 including the new horse barn, they will clear river country and cut down all the trees to get ready for construction. When that's finished they will open a new permit for phase 2 to begin building the resort and parking lots. It is a way to keep the new resort hidden from the public until they get the 2nd phase permits.

You can see this is what will be cleared and the new horse barn across the street behind the 700 loop.

I did some reading on the enginering report for "Project 89 Phase 1".

Here is a quote from it "The total limits of construction of the PROJECT 89 AD Phase 1 project is 45.14 acres. The project is split into two separate areas, main site and compensating storage. The southeast portion of the Main Site, includes clearing and construction of roadways, parking, utilities and a stormwater pond to support a development.(New horse Barn) The remaining area within the main site is clearing only, with no proposed earthwork.   The majority of the project area is shown as clearing only, with no new impervious area proposed."

What I read this to mean is they split the project into two phases ( phase 1 is to clear all of river country and move the barn, Phase 2 build the new hotel) so we could not see what was going to be built in phase 2. The horse barn is going to be moved across the street where they cleared and the clearing by the group camping is going to be a large pond for the stormwater runoff.

The time table according to the report was starting in early 2019 and finishing in 2023, so they have 4 years to complete the mess and us campers get four years of construction.

And here is the construction access road. Right next to the STOL dirt stock pile. Just to throw this out there. The STOL dirt stock pile will be 15 acres in size and 18' high, with plans for future dirt storage to the north of that. That is a lot of dirt. 454,000 cubic yards. That is the size of RC 18' high, that's a lot of wetland to be filled in.

That is the STOL dirt stock pile.

Here we go again...

And here is a grading plan overall, so you can see what area is going to be changed.

Welcome to Project 89 AD Phase 1. This was just uploaded yesterday on SFWMD page.

Loop 700 will have new neighbors.

Just to throw this out there. The STOL dirt stock pile will be 15 acres in size and 18' high, with plans for future dirt storage to the north of that.

That is a lot of dirt. 454,000 cubic yards.

That is the size of RC 18' high. Can we say new park in the future or a lot of wetland to be filled in.

Just to throw this out there. The STOL dirt stock pile will be 15 acres in size and 18' high, with plans for future dirt storage to the north of that.

That is a lot of dirt. 454,000 cubic yards.

That is the size of RC 18' high. Can we say new park in the future.

The orange out line is from what I saw yesterday on the SFWMD web page for the project boundary, today it was revised to just the red outlines. 

Was it another mistake or is the project bigger then they want us to know? 

Looking back over the plans that we found, the areas that are being explored were defined as wetlands back then and not part of the planed expansion.

With that said I have a feeling we are going to find that there will be cabins on the lake or a much larger foot print then the last plans.

I used two small silver tarps, one on each end of the pop up attached at the roof and at the ends. Then I got a roll of the reflective bubble wrap for water heaters at Lowes and cut out inserts to put in between the screen and the window and all set. What a difference in temps inside.

http://i.imgur.com/yYXcI1l.jpg

Ok I will give it up. It's in front of the wedding pavilion at GF

Nope

I know one more, June 2007 :)

I see a lot of weeds and trees growing in a few years. An even better habitat for the alligators.

Here are the two letters one is from Disney requesting the withdrawal the other is from SFWMD granting the withdrawal.

The original permit for the 3.65 acres was withdrawn on July 27, 2016

here is the link http://my.sfwmd.gov/ePermitting/DetailedReport.do?recordId=14&showMenu=false

Here is a Coquina mine.

http://www.coquinarock.com/tour.php