Travisma

They are planning where to set off the sink hole that will swallow the Fort.
 
This will save them on demolition costs and speed up the River Country DVC project.
 
It will get rid of those undesireable campers and get some real $$ flowing.
 
Why rent out a space for $125 a night when you could get $450 a night?

Well, we got a Disney gift card and a Hoop D Do gift card for Christmas. So some spending is already taken care of.
We aren't park visitors, so they won't get our dollars there. We do enjoy hotel hopping, so there may be a visit to Beaches and Cream in the future, and definitely a few Dole Whips.

Disney Customer Relations finally came through.
 
I got my apology letter this past Saturday 11/9 with the phone number on how to claim my comp day for a tent site.
 
They said to make sure that I book early, etc.

I'm tired of the entire Fast Pass mess. 
 
Personally I think it's ruined the whole Disney experience  Some of the replies on Kenny's site say the same thing.
 
It used to be everyone waited their turn to get into a ride or attraction.  Yes some waits were longer than others, but that was part of being at Disney.  You planned out your day around going to a popular ride first then working your way to the less popular.
 
Last time we went to the MK we waited forever in line for Peter Pan and never did get in.  They just let all of the FP people in and then about 10 of the regulars.  The line never moved. We hopped the chains and got out of line.
 
Maybe I just don't know how to play the Fast Paas game properly, but I don't like it.

Nicki, I am so looking forward to your suite pictures!  The morning we toured it I dropped my camera 6' onto the ground coming out of the moho.  After that it quit focusing correctly, so most of my suite pictures are blurry.

The Smart Kids call it a Publix take out chicken dinner for 1/2 the price. :clint:

The forgot skinny dipping in the moat around Cinderella's Castle.  :rofl3:

The forgot skinny dipping in the moat around Cinderella's Castle.  :rofl3:

Beer and or Bourbon at my campsite!  :jumpforjoy

I just loaded $2000.00 worth of pennys into my Google Wallet so I can pay her.

I heard they are going to put them on a floating platform and let them drift around the lakes.  The Electric Water Pagent on steroids!

Went on a quick trip this weekend to the Fort.  We've been going there on and off since 1977 when we did a road trip from NY to FL.  That was in a van that we made into a mini camper.
 
We liked FL so much we moved to Tampa in 78.
 
Since then we have gone to the Fort in the van, tent, small pop up, then for the last few years we have rented the cabins.
 
Well a week ago we became the propud owners of a 10x14 Coleman quick set up tent, and my wife decided we were going to christen it by taking my 2 granddaughters to the Fort.
 
She called for reservations last Monday 8/12 trying to get Friday and Saturday nights and was told there were no sites available (started asking for partial, then full , then preferred) but no luck.
 
She then called back Wednesday afternoon and tried for Saturday on a partial site and was told they had openings for both Friday and Saturday.  She asked if we could get the 1500 and was told if they could accomodate us they would and we would find out on check in.  Asking the agent why there were now openings, she got the standard, maybe people cancelled...
 
So the marathon packing began, trying to figure out what 2 adults and 2 grand daughters (8 and 4) would need for a fun filled weekend, and still be able to fit everything into a mid sized (Durango) SUV.
 
By the time we were done, the Clampetts didn't didn't have anything on us.  Let's just say my outside mirrors got used a lot.
 
Got to the Fort about 3:45, pulled into the check in lane surrounded by RV's that blocked out what little sun was shining.  We were told that our site wasn't available? which was odd because we hadn't been given a site #.  They bumped us up to a full site in the 1800 loop which was fine because it was fairly close to the Meadow.  The agent told us if they sand pad wasn't big enough to let them know and they would move us.
 
It was a good site, close to the comfort station, loop was small enough to allow the 8 year old to ride her scooter around with out us trailing her.  Even with the rain it turned out to be a great time.
 
We took a walk around the loop Saturday, and noticed about 11 or 12 empty lots (out of 32).  One of the Disney employees told my wife they were only at 23% capacity, but I think he meant they were 23% empty.  Armed with that knowledge, Saturday evening I called the front desk to see if we could get a late check out.  e were hoping to let everything get dried out before packing.  I was told it came back as pending and to call again Sunday morning.  Called around 8:30, and was told that the request was denied, but that we could park outside and come back in.  I was really shocked that we couldn't get the late check out with all of the vacancies.
 
I took a drive thru the 1500 loop when I left, and that was probably about 50% vacant, of course some people had probably already left.
 
All in all it was a great weekend, and both of the girls were sad to leave and wanted to know when we could go again.
 
My wife and I just need to go thru the things we forgot (really nothing) and the things we gon't need.
 
I need to get better at hanging a tarp up over the tent.  We stayed dry, but I could've done better.