mouseketab.....Carol

Spent the weekend with Kathy and Bob and Tim and Sheila. Great little park for an overnight stop in TN if you are heading down I-65.

I'm thinking Saturday, the 3rd 🙂

We're going to be hanging around the camper all day anyway watching football, so good day for it. Hope to see folks there! I would say any time after 4pmish drop on by!!

No thanks, from what I've read on the "Mom's Panel" advice, they don't allow any "real" advice, it's all tote the Disney line crap, and push their upcharge stuff.

I did get the bill the other day. $14 and change for both trips. They had a picture of my truck and camper and a picture of the camper tag on the bill. I wonder though, if I was from one of those states that don't require trailer tags if they could have seen my truck tag?

I hope they do make the changes. I was less than impressed with the second half of the "new" ride back in 2007.

2 hours ago, MommaJeet said:

So do they offer discounts for employees?

There are Cast Member discounts listed in the portal, but from what I've heard from other cast they are pretty much limited to low reservation times to fill spots. So to stay there long term, you need to make 30 day reservations way in advance, link them together, and then keep looking through the portal to see if you can get some discounts for some of those days, and then work your existing reservations around for the times you can find cast discounts.

My oldest son did Dive Quest back in 2004. He LOVED it. We were able to see him in the aquarium during his dive. If they are under 18, a parent or guardian has to be there with them at checkin right outside the park to sign the waiver, then you can enter the park, and if I remember correctly, they were in the tank about 1/2 hour later. We have the video somewhere (or my  son does, we did some purging and giving away during the move).

Very good idea 🙂

Yes, there is a 3-way stop where the sidewalk to the Settlement begins. He could drive up there, ya'll hop out at the 3-way stop, then he could turn at the stop sign and head back to the cabins. The safest way would be to go right at the four-way stop towards 1600-1900 loops, curve around past 100-300 loops, then ya'll could hop out on the right straight to the sidewalk, then he could turn left, straight down the center road, then straight at the 4-way back to the cabins.

I've seen several UHauls brought to the Fort, no issues, and yes you can park it up front. Although not sure what the new rules are about charging for parking trailers up front.

You could get a "buzz"...... at the Harmony Barber Shop on Main Street 🙂

buzz cut

Yeah, I'm guessing the straws are a drop in the bucket compared to everything else. and i HATE paper straws!!!

I think the WWWssss, should take a side trip to do this next year 🙂

Royal Palm Railway Experience

Crawling through the endless – why, they seem positively "Ultimate" – construction zones along I-4 is enough to make any commuter long for a return to an era before interstate highways. For the next best thing, make your way to Tavares and board the Royal Palm Railway Experience. Vintage diesel-driven 1950s passenger trains, outfitted with air conditioning and domed observation windows, make regular departures from the recently renovated Wooton Park terminal along the "Golden Triangle" to shopping and entertainment districts in Mount Dora and Eustis. Round-trip tickets for a standard ride cost under $15 per adult ($10 for kids), while special family-friendly holiday seasonal experiences with entertainment themed around The Polar Express will run you $38-$64. Adults will be more interested in weekly dining events like Saturday's BBQ Limited ($28) or monthly alcohol events such as Rails & Ales ($40) and the Royal Wine Limited ($50). Spend your 70-minute journey into the past sipping or supping, while you soak in the Old Florida scenery and shake your fist at what Eisenhower's infrastructure investments hath spawned.thefloridatrain.com

On 7/20/2018 at 11:14 PM, LONE-STAR said:

Thanks for all the  replys. Everybody is fine. It is actually a tire blow out that did interior damage  on top of the outside damage. And since it knocked a couple of walls lose there afraid there is structural damage and they decided it would be better to just total it. I was shocked at first but the more I thought about it they are probably right.

Many of my T@B friends are so concerned about putting their spare on the tongue versus where it is mounted underneath because they don't want to crawl under to retrieve it after a flat. I just can't seem to convince them, that leaving it under the trailer is fine, because if they have a blowout, they won't be crawling under their trailer to retrieve the spare, they will be waiting on a flatbed tow truck because it won't be towable any more with the body damage.

Kentucky - Indiana Bridge Question.... We drove to Indiana by way of I-65 over the weekend and stayed on the main bridge which, I "think" from the signs was a toll bridge. It had no toll booths, so I believe we'll get a bill based on our tag(s). Anybody have any experience with this? We don't have an EZ-Pass, but do have a SunPass, and I just checked that account, and no activity.

That would be a neat business though..... High end little camper resorts that cater to little trailers, with pole canopies over the site and individual "bathrooms" at each site.

Very nice!! I don''t guess they'd allow my little rig...... 

1 hour ago, DaveInTN said:

That makes sense.  The event was in Mackinaw City the same week we were up there.  I figured after I saw the 4th or 5th trailer like yours go by on US 31 north of Petoskey that something must be going on.  

Yep, that's it!! I couldn't remember the name of the city.

30 minutes ago, DaveInTN said:

Do you know if there was a rally in northern Michigan a couple of weeks back?   We passed several Tab and similar units in Petoskey.  And I know I've seen that matching blue and white setup before.... where are they from? 

Yes, there was something called Tearstock in Michigan weekend before last. It was sponsored by Little Guy and Liberty Outdoors. Little Guy used to be the marketing arm for Pleasant Valley Teardrop trailers, (the  builder of T@Bs and T@Gs). In April of 2017, Little Guy and Pleasant Valley parted ways, and Pleasant Valley started their own marketing company for their products (NuCamp). Tearstock used to be the event for all Little Guy/Pleasant Valley trailers. Now Pleasant Valley/NuCamp hosts their own event called uCamp. Some T@B folks still attend the Tearstock event, and this year since the dates were back to back and the events were relatively close together, some folks attended both Tearstock (in Michigan) and uCamp (in Ohio). My leave balance was not enough to attend a week long event in Ohio, but this other teardrop event in Indiana fell in my lap.

I believe the matching blue and white folks are from Indiana.

4 minutes ago, Beckers said:

Carol what did you use to post your pictures?

Facebook. I upload them to a private album, then when you click on a picture to make it large, you can right click and get image link. I don't think they last forever, but it is quick and easy.

I'll definitely be there, coming in Thursday

We went to a teardrop gathering in Indiana over the weekend. We were at Spring Mill State Park in Mitchell, IN. Lovely little campground. The best thing was no cell signal, no WiFi, and the TV antenna couldn't pull in any channels!! A totally unplugged weekend!!

Driving into Indiana from Kentucky

Some of the other campers at the event

Another Mickey Mouse fan

There was a nice exhibit for Gus Grissom

Our site, #89

Of course, camping means a Potluck!!

We stopped at Horse Cave KOA on our way to Indiana. It was a quick overnighter, but we enjoyed our stay.

Our view from our site

We didn't unhitch, but did put out the stabilizers since we were together

Beautiful sunset!

Glorious Morning

On 7/14/2018 at 9:51 PM, ImDownWithDisney said:

 No he would not be.  I'm surprised how thin this stuff is. It can't be more than a few mils...like a cheap trash bag. Major fail. 

Buzz Lightyear over at Magic Kingdom has always had that kind of "guest abuse" I don't ever know of a time when I haven't seen some peeling wallpaper in that queue

Technically the partial hookups are supposed to be for popups, campervans, and tents. Having said that, they have 50 Amp, 30 Amp plugs, have water, and cable. They do NOT have sewer, and there is not a dump station at the Fort. The driveways are much shorter than the other loops. I have seen everything from tents to teardrops, to hybrids, to motorhomes in those loops. If you use online checkin and get your site number before arrival and just park in the site, more than likely not a word will be said.

Alternatively, why not try and have a great travel agent work on upgrading you to a full hookup site for your dates. I recommend [email protected] to work on getting you the upgraded site. Then cancel your other site when you have your dates.