BayLake Campers

We're still not sure when we will be making our next trip to WDW but this eliminates our checkout day meal. We would always pack up, park in the overflow lot and take the bus to TE for brunch before hitting the road. It was also one of the places we would eat at on non-park days. As more things go away it is getting to the point that I am starting to wonder if staying at the Fort is worth the cost anymore. 

We used to say, "who goes to Disney for the food?".  However, the TE buffet was awesome in its own right.  I believe the family skillets were to purposely cause this to happen along with the removal of the resort boats so that the resort traffic would be reduced.  It sickens me quite frankly.
First our exercise trail to Wilderness Lodge, no boats and now this.  I'm hoping to go one last time to record the interior as I'm afraid all the charm will be lost in the reimagining.  I agree that the cost of staying at the Fort might not be worth it once they take away all that made it special.

Welcome to Project 89 AD Phase 1. This was just uploaded yesterday on SFWMD page.
Loop 700 will have new neighbors.

That's why I use flickr.

Sorry I somehow missed updates to this thread.  In case anyone hasn't already replied, I just PM'd you all with Warren's info.
And WELCOME to Fort Fiends!!

Yup. Those two cabins are definitely only available for VIP's.
I only know of one member of this board who has stayed in both, and he's a really big deal.
TCD

Ok going to start off the trip report while I still remember things. Have a bad habit of forgetting everything.
We were packed up and headed out of central Ohio at 8am on Friday morning. Surprised we actually made it out at exactly 8am and not an hour later which is what normally happens. Here we are hooked up and ready to go.

Got about an hour in and everyone had to hit the rest room so we pulled into a roadside rest right north of Cincinnati. This was the last place I grabbed a pic on Friday.

After that it was a long drive to the Fort. Left 8am Friday morning and pulled into the Fort at 5:11am Saturday morning. I don't think I will ever drive it straight through again. Getting to old for that crap. Anywho the guard let us in and sent us over to the overflow lot. Apparently you can't checkin for the day until exactly 6:02am according to the desk lady at the outpost. Knowing that I went for a little stroll until that time hit.
During my stroll had something interesting happen and I thought it was really odd. There was a deer up by the front entrance. As I was walking by it walked up to me, sniffed my arm, licked my arm, then took off. Only time I have ever had a deer get that close to me was in brown county Indiana and we had a bag of chips that we were feeding them as part of a nature program at a local park there. Told my wife this and she thought I was a little sleep deprived until she actually saw the deer the next night.
After the deer lick and walk, it was time to check in. At 6:08am we checked in and of course our site was not ready. We headed back over to the camper in overflow and got a little sleep. When we got up we had still not received out text saying the site was ready so we jumped on the bus and took a quick ride around.
During the bus ride I saw the maintenance guys doing some work on the settlement awning. Hard to tell but they were beating one of the logs back into place here.

They were also putting in some marker post

About the time I got to the settlement my mom showed up with my oldest and my nephew (they drove separately). We broke the news to my son that we were not at the smokies and we were at Disney. He was excited and ready to start having fun. Unfortunately no site yet so we just hung out until around 12.
Around 12 we got our text that our site was ready. Got our first request.....1310. I was jumping for joy as I wanted to try that site for a while. My bubble was burst pretty quick when we got back and couldn't get into the site (our rig is very long and that site is tight to get into). Went back up front and asked if we could move to 1325 as it was available and we all liked it. After a phone call and a few minutes we were on our way to 1325.
We got setup and this is where I will leave off for now.

I understand that you are unhappy.  I also understand that you have been on every major internet outlet you can find to vent your frustrations and wow, that must have taken up quite a bit of your time.  However, over here, we value the sense of camaraderie that people have here first BEFORE deciding to vent.  I just hope that you remember all of these words you have in print all over the internet and I hope there is 100% truth to them.  Going after a business in public can be a very dangerous thing if you don't tell the truth and nothing but the truth.  I have no monkeys in this circus, trust me.  I am just cautioning the unwise. 

I just don't like people who join a group for the sole purpose of bitching about their bad experience.  

Only 3 posts on this board and your expressed sole reason for joining is for bashing a well respected outside vendor.  Your line "I may even annoy Disney a bit about off property rentals" is really telling.  Are you the guy in charge of renting carts at the fort or is it one of your relatives who is a cast member in charge of the golf cart rentals?

Rented from Kenny many times. Great service and rates everytime.

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

 

 

Here is a Coquina mine.
http://www.coquinarock.com/tour.php

Here is a kinda comparison between the 500 loop and the new 2100 loop pads.
Both are 12' wide, but unless they add some length to the pads in the 2100 loop the sites will be on the shorter side.

Here is a kinda comparison between the 500 loop and the new 2100 loop pads.
Both are 12' wide, but unless they add some length to the pads in the 2100 loop the sites will be on the shorter side.

The copper pipe at the electrical box is a ground rod. All breaker boxes have one next to them by code.
Kinda looks like they are going to leave the concrete stumps for the water connection and just disconnect the power in them like they did in the other loops
because the amount of damage that will be caused when the remove them would have (should have) been done before the electrical connections were made.

November can be tough for the whole month with Thanksgiving but my best suggestion would be to book as much as you can get and then work to expand and add on the days or get multiple reservations for the same site level and have them connected as continuing travel. If you would like assistance feel free to message me on here or at [email protected] and I would be happy to help. Same cost as going direct with Disney but I do the hunting and work for you. 

OK, someone pulled my phone number, prolly a good idea.
The offer for the cold one still stands......

Is there a fuel shut off on those? I don't have a generator, but on my motorcycle, I just run it with the fuel shut off turned OFF til it stalls to make sure there is no fuel left in carb to gum it up. I've been doing it that way for 10 years and no problem.
I have used Stabil in the past and that is when I had problems.
Best Regards,
Norm

I don't like the tone that this thread is taking, on both sides. I'm locking this thread for a day or so to let people cool off, and if people can't be civil, I'm going to move it to the debate thread so you can yell at each other all you want to about it. There's an interesting discussion to be had here, but it's been lost in everyone trying to score rhetorical points by sniping at one another.
I especially do not like it when you make up a name for the group of people who disagree with you. That way leads to community fracturing, and I will not have it.
It is perfectly OK for people to think that the Fort is, overall, a pretty great campsite (because it is!), and it's also OK for people to think that Disney has not managed it well in the past, present, and future (because they haven't!). People who hold these views are not enemies and, I believe, should stop arguing with one another.
I swear I feel like Dad stopping the car sometimes...