mouseketab.....Carol

My only ever ride evacuation was on Maelstrom, so perhaps it had the same troubles.

The walk to the park is still pretty bad, but at least looks nicer. The resort bus stops are temporarily at the new charter stops, and they are reworking the resort stops.

What is also brutal, is we had to do a transfer at Disney Springs one night. All buses drop off near the Disney Springs "entrance" and we had to walk almost the entire bus "ring" to get to the Fort stop, and it was raining!!

What made it worse, is we finished our meal at Beach Club and were about to board a MK bus to get back to the Fort, and the driver wouldn't let us board as the MK had just closed. They were doing drop off only. We should have fibbed and said our car was at the TTC.

The lobster roll was awesome. Lots of big chunks of lobster. There was a Mac and Cheese with Bacon that was amazing

On 9/20/2018 at 8:42 AM, Travisma said:

My backing in at the Fort.

1: Pull up to the site.

2: Drop the PUP on the road

3: Push PUP into place

4: Back truck into driveway

Of course it helps that the PUP fully loaded is less than 1000 pounds! 😊

Pull up to the site

Drop the T@B on the road

Grab the remote control

Drive T@B into place with one finger

Back truck in 🙂

We have discovered watching the fireworks from the TTC is really awesome. Even better view than the Fort.

On 10/24/2018 at 9:15 PM, LONE-STAR said:

They said 900 rooms plus dvc so if there are 4 people to a room and  the resort is at capacity there could be around 4 thousand  people. So much for rocking chairs, boat rides to MK with short lines. The campfire will be overflowing with people. Even if this gives us a couple of eating options it's still not good. I think our quite relaxing Fort may fade away.

On the plus side maybe dvc people that camp will stay there leaving a few extra sites open.

Yes, but when the Fort is at capacity, there can be up to 10,000 people between the sites and the cabins

On 11/7/2018 at 1:51 PM, twiceblessed....nacole said:

We saw Fantasmic last night,  I think they need to pull the plug on that and put the lights there...Christmas year round ☺️

I enjoy Fantasmic, except for the huge amount of time it requires to see it. The theater is so large it takes more time to seat everyone than the actual show.

On 11/1/2018 at 12:15 PM, Tony said:

Welcome  to the site! I hope  your referring to Fort sanctioned one and not the riff raff that emerges from 2400 loop honking and raising h@*l at 8 oclock at night usually the first or second weekend in December i'm sure someone will be along shortly with some estimated dates. I'm not sure if the dates been determined yet.

It's been 6 years ago, but we really enjoyed that particular parade one evening in early December. I don't recall any h**l raising, just lots of pretty carts and fun.

Sorry to hear about the troubles....

We had some troubles on our trip too, but on the way home. We hit a semi trailer tire tread on the road, and broke some stuff on the truck and the camper. Nothing super major, but really annoying. It is now time to put the camper away for a few months, so it can wait, and the truck stuff is cosmetic, but still really annoying.

I just did a general Google search and came up with this.

Looks pretty good.

https://fishing-orlando.com/

I had a 20lb tank and 10 lb tank filled, and my receipt stated 30 @ 1.99 plus tax. It was $63 and change. Another Fiend (Christine) also had a tank filled the same week and received a bill for the same price per pound.

6 hours ago, BradyBzLyn...Mo said:

Heard a rumor a while back that someone had bought them with the intention of setting them up somewhere - Branson maybe?  Haven't seen confirmation of that anywhere though.

I think I've seen pictures on the interwebz of some of the fixtures in a display in Branson at Silver Dollar City.

Conflicting information. This article says the lights are from the Osborne's

http://www.amusementinsider.com/2017/11/silver-dollar-citys-light-display.html

Another article quotes Silver Dollar City as saying the additional lights are NOT from the Osborne display.

So who knows?

I always travel with a 30 Amp extension cord (total 50 ft), 75 ft of water hose,  30 ft of sewer hose, and 50 ft. of coax cable.

I also always carry a 50-30 adapter.

Oh my gosh, the last reasonably priced item at the Fort has just gone off the rails. It used to be you could get propane filled at the Meadows for under $20 for a 20lb tank.

Well that is gone. It is now $1.99 a pound, so a 20 lb propane tank is more than $40.00 to have it filled.

So fill your tanks before you get to the Fort, or if you run out, put the tank in your tow vehicle and go find a tank exchange or refill place off property.

Thanks all for coming and thanks so much for the pics Grumpy!!! We really enjoy spending time with the Fiends!! Can't wait till the next gathering!!!

The new entrance is fabulous!!

We're in 1301!! 

Howdy Fiends!! Just wanted to bump and let everyone know that we are in Site 1301. Hope to see you all at the Potluck!! We will be at the site most of the day. Everyone is welcome to start gathering around 4pm. Please bring chairs if you can.

We have always taken Western Way, then turning onto World Drive. Now that you bypass the toll booth on World Drive, that is the way we will come in on Friday.

We are leaving in the morning, stopping in South Georgia tomorrow night, then 4 hours to the Fort on Friday morning.

11 minutes ago, shaffecv said:

So we're headed down from PA on Black Friday. Checking in Saturday.

Straight shot down 95 this time.

How and where do you pick up 429?

Looks like a more scenic/relaxing route.

429 is off of the turnpike off of I-75. You are probably wanting 417 which you can pick up off of I-4 right after you pass Lake Monroe. You will bypass all the I-4 mess in Kissimmee and Orlando.

Very interesting. 

Awesome, looks like fun!!!

Well, Auburn redeemed themselves this week. Hopefully they do as well the rest of the season 🙂