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Now when on line check in comes up the time is 3:00, what's that about and when did it start?

We have never had pets and never asked for a specific type of loop. Have been assigned a pet loop more often then not.  Now that means a pet owner can't have that site. 

My feeling is if this issue is pushed for a decision by disney all the loops will be pet loops.  We have never been in any campground that had a none pet loops.

Sorry about the pics

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One more new item new for 2016

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Our tree this year

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Our tree this year

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The green hose also makes great coffee!   HE, HE, HE

Our daughter bought tickets through Costco.  They were discounted for their trip in Jan.  Christmas maybe harder to find.  Worth looking into.

Have you been to legoland?  They run specials and not to far from Disney.

Is the new second line for TSM open?  When we have made FP this summer we have never gotten the new line. Or there were no FP available and this was during the week. 

Would us lowly campers be welcome at the GF.  By the truck full of course.

As we age our grip isn't what it use to be. The mug is slick and the handle is easier to hold onto.

We should be able to have a choice. I thought Disney wanted to please everyone?

just saying!!

Rode our bikes around the fort today . The chain link fence is down, shrubs planted, most of the construction vehicles gone. There is something going on with the comfort station but from the outside can't tell how far along they are. 

9 hours ago, Tri-Circle-D said:

The TCD Gang made it over to the Fort on the morning of July 4th to have breakfast at Trail's End. 

The construction workers had the day off, so after breakfast, I fired up the TCD drone, and had it take a flight around the 2100 loop.

Here are the photos it took . . .

Here's a look at one of the new sites from the back.  They have made progress since the last batch of photos that were taken on Memorial Day weekend.  We can see that there's metal box with the electric connections there on the left, and that the fake stump is still in place.  There's a wood post in front of that.  There's also a pallet sitting on this site, with a large metal pipe on it:

Here's a look at the various utility connections on this site:

The fakes stumps look like they will be staying, and that the water connection will be located on the stumps:

I could be mistaken, but that stump looks like it was cut thinner for some reason.

You can see that coquina/sand has been added around the expanded slabs- there's a big pile of it over there:

It seems like all of the stumps have been cut down to a thinner size, and the old electric connection boxes have been removed from them:

The water connections remain on the stumps, and seem to have been upgraded:

I don't know what's going on here with all the valves, but I recall some of the new water connections on the expanded part of the 600 looked like this:

I think the new wooded posts which have been placed in front of the stumps must be for the cable connections:

This site had an extra post, which I presume will be for a light:

All of the sites have the new wood post, the stump with water pipes attached, and then the new gray metal electric posts in the back:

There are new metal basins with a sewer hook-up at each site:

All of the sites toward the front of the loop have a new metal box attached to the back side of the fake stump:

This appears to be a breaker box with no electric sockets in it:

I don't know what that circuit breaker is for, as the new electric boxes have breakers for the connections:

These boxes are brand new- the literature that came with them is still in the box:

All of the stumps in this part of the loop have that extra breaker box on them.  I assume that they got these done and are working their way around the loop:

For some reason, there's a rain gauge set up on this fence in the loop:

On this interior site, you can see that a grill post has been added to the bump-out.  I think this tells us where the grills will be located on these sites- in the bump-out, and not in the back corner like the other full hook up, preferred, and premium sites:

The utility connections on this site are just like all the others we've looked at- the wood post first, then the fake stump, then the sewer basin, and the new electric box in the back:

And here's another site, set up the exact same way:

You may be wondering, like I have, what they're going to do with the old comfort station located on this loop.  When it was used as a cabin loop, that building was used by the maintenance department.  You can see from this side view that they have a window air conditioner unit and one of those small Mitsubishi mini split units rigged up there.  Those must have been used by the maintenance folks- they wouldn't be adequate to cool the building if it was used as a comfort station again:

The front porch of the comfort station is currently being used as a dump for the old electric boxes:

The doors have not been swapped out for the doors used on the other comfort stations:

Bottom line- it doesn't look like the comfort station has been worked on to prepare it to be used as a comfort station again.  But, that could be something they're saving for later.  Time will tell.

This site around the loop has a grill post in place, and also has a couple of bales of pine straw- they spread that last, so this one may be close to being finished- it just needs the grill on top of the post and a picnic table:

The sites that back up to the 1100 loop seem to have a bit more coquina than the other sites on the loop:

The coquina pad on this site seems large enough for a good sized tent.  For some reason, they left the concrete slab on this site small and the coquina pad big:

There's that big coquina pile again:

I have always wondered where they get this stuff from- I've never seen a beach in Florida with sand like this.  But, Florida has a long coast line, so it's possible I've missed a beach or two:

And now we are back where we started.  This is the pallet that we saw in the first photo in this update- that big pipe is a grill post, which surely will be installed on this site:

It seems like they're pretty close to being done with all of this, and that campers could use this loop soon.

TCD

Good pics. Don't see any wifi, poles in he ground. Did you see any? 

How did viewing the 4th fireworks go?  Were you able to access the beach?

I think you did a great job. Thank you for sharing with us. I would be interested in more loops  

Would it be safe to say the increase in rv sales of types also increases demand for rv sites?  How could they go wrong with more sites. How many repeat cabin stays are there compared to rvers?

Didn't notice a price. Any idea how much that might be?

Maybe there is a chance of a new price loop?  What are the chances it would be higher???

Just read on All Ears 2100 loop closed through July 2016.  SHould we assume it will reopen in August?

For full hook up we have had several in the 1700 and haven't had any problems. We do have a Hensley hitch which makes tight turns possible.  If you can not make a certain site work call up front and they will assign you another.

Comfort station looks in good shape from the outside. Noticed the tree stumps with the green hose hanging at each cabin. Also a pipe for sewer connection . As said before these were rv sites. 

My thoughts on parking is they want resort guests to use Disney Transportation.  Why not you are dropped off closest to the entrance.  We are surprised by how many resort guests drive to the parks. 

Read on some other site there are 44 cabins.  Would that mean 44 more camping sites?

What year did the Magic Bands start to be given out with resort reservations and annual passes?