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Nancy Spann of Span the Horizons is a travel agent that resides in the Fort. She has got me my reservations for many years now. Great girl and really helps.

Nancy does NOT reside in the Fort, and hasn't been in the fort for months. I heard Disney was investigating her business practices, so perhaps that’s why she’s not here. Glad you had a good experiences with her, personally I found her to be dishonest and unscrupulous , If you are looking for a good travel agent that resides in the Fort, Hilda (400 loop) is very good, however, if you just want a good travel agent, everyone LOVES Jason!

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Golf cart parade was awesome. Here's a few pics

Not sure if Chucky is referring to physical size or number of sites or a combination of both. If we're just talking size, then so many of the State Parks and National Parks would dwarf Fort Wilderness. - Denali National Park in Alaska is 6 million acres and contains several areas for both tent and motorhome camping. If he was referring to number of sites, then Ocean Lake in Myrtle Beach probably takes the prize with 893 campsites and 2,554 annual lease sites and almost a mile of beachfront, however, their total actual acreage is still smaller than Fort Wilderness. If he's referring to a combination of physical size AND number of sites, then I haven't a clue!

And no TCD, I am not the one who alerted Chucky to his errors. ......I would have caught the glaring 50 amp mistake!

TCD,

I most humbly apologize --consider yourself totally vindicated and remember the comments were made in jest - (although I must say I am surprised that someone who is so detail oriented missed the boo-boo on the 50 amp service),but hey nobody is perfect.

Sincerely sorry if I offended you,

The NOT SO MIGHTY MickeyMouth

Just got a chance to read.

 

A couple of big boo-boo's in that article.

 

He says you can rent a golf cart from Disney for $49 a day.  In your dreams.

 

He also says there are two bedroom cabins for rent.  Not quite.  But he's only off by one bedroom.

 

TCD

Not sure what article you read TCD, but it wasn't the Chuck Woodbury article that David linked. His article clearly states "The park has 799 campsites and 408 one-bedroom log cabins and he never even mentioned the price on golf carts - perhaps you read that in your dreams!

A couple of big boo-boo's. Not quite....But you were only off by a couple of big boo-boos.

On the other hand, Carol was right about the boo-boo on the 50 amp service.

Just got back from looping - every loop had empty spots. Most had 3-5 empty sites. The 100, 1100, and 1200 loop only had one empty site each. Three loops had 8-10 empty sites and all the rest had anywhere between 3-5 empty sites It's early afternoon and some of those sites were being filled as we were driving. However, if the Fort is completely booked, it seems like a lot of people to be arriving on Sunday of a holiday week-end.

Unfortunately, I went with a travel agent that I met while at Fort Wilderness and she owns her own agency so I had no recourse when things went wrong.

The one very BIG advantage to going straight through Disney is IF anything does goes wrong, you can always speak to a manager and Disney will do everything they can to make it right for you. If you have a problem with a travel agent for whatever reason, you are just out of luck; you don't have anyone who is going to make it right for you and you don't even have anyone you can complain to (except yourself).

Well the rates dropped and the campground is full! Unfortunately, the temperature dropped too....BRRR!

Actually I agree with Tim5055, People underestimate the 1900 loop - there are some really nice big sites in that loop. It's quiet and off the beaten track. It's usually the last of the full hook-up loops to be filled up and it gets filled with regular campers - no long termers, no large groups.  People complain about the flooding, but they filled in a lot of the areas around the sites a while ago and that really isn't a problem unless you are there during some major rainy season - shouldn't be a problem in  the winter.

I think the sites tend to be larger in the 1700 loop, and there are a lot of long term guest that stay in that loop. They seem to put large groups in the 1600 and 1800 loop, so 1800 can either be really nice and quiet or a zoo.

We stayed on 1741 just once. It is an easy spot to back into, a nice large shady spot, and it is nice that you don't have to drive through the entire loop every time you come and go, However, the spot is not private as you are facing the road going to the 1800 and 1900 loop and you are right across from the comfort station and we had kids (and some adults) that would actually cut across our lot on their way to and from the comfort station. Being on a secondary road and being right across from the trash dumpsters, the site is definitely not one of your quieter ones. Unless you enjoy watching traffic and people and don't mind feeling like you are on display, I would pick one of the other sites in the 1700 loop, they are all pretty large and offer more privacy than 1741.

Does anyone have an e-mail address for Jose Mola or any of the management at Fort Wilderness?

TCD is right,, it really wasn't bad after dark. As for the rest, I guess it just depends on when you are there, who else is there at the time, and how lucky you are.(like being next to a basketball court),  When we stayed there, people were driving there golf carts down to the path to walk and run their dogs. Some dogs were fine, but some barked and yapped whenever they met another dog. One lady had 3 large dogs she could barely control and they were down there at least 3 to 4 times a day. The people camping across the road had several beagles that howled whenever any one walked past just added to the noise..Anyways, that was our experience....perhaps we just weren't lucky. Oh and did I mention someone was there that week who did NOT pick up after their dogs!

How does the 500 Loop look?  We are checking in on Saturday early and hoping to be able to get a campsite right away without having to park in the overflow lot.

 

Thanks.

Just drove through the 500 loop. There were 15 vacant sites (mostly towards the end of the loop). On the other hand, FW must be expecting a lot of guests soon cause there was a lot of golf carts lined up for rentals. Good luck!

1809 does face the water, but it is also right next to the start of the dog walk so you will have people and dogs walking by all day and night. 1812 backs up to the water, but you are right next to the trash can where everybody puts their dog droppings.

Actually I was comparing the number of vacant campsites this week to the same time period last year.

Disney's high holiday rates kicked in on Friday and lots of campers left. Of course most sites were soon replaced by people willing to pay the exorbitant holiday rates, however, there were still a lot of vacant sites Friday night and Saturday night. Most loops had at least 2 vacant sites, some had even more. I don't ever remember seeing that many vacant sites on the week-end this close to the holidays - perhaps FW has finally hit the threshold of what they can charge.

Wow, thanks again BradyBzLyn, we couldn't figure out how that many people knew about a parade that was never advertised at Disney. I have to say though that their parade and the work people put on their golf carts was much better than the parade Disney will have later this month.

OK, trying again with more pics from last night's golf cart parade:

Thanks BradyBzLyn, I will try and post some of the other pictures from last night's parade, however, if that doesn't work, I promise I will not keep trying. Sorry for the tiny pics on this post.

I guess I don't really know how to post pictures here, but these are some pics from last night's Christmas golf cart parade - awesome!

Looks like there are a LOT of people missing from the 100 loop

Hi,

Just arrived at the Fort this week and I was so sad to see Feisty was not in her site in the 100 loop, but also the lady who really decorates on the corner of the 700 loop wasn't there, and the motorhome in the 400 loop directly across the street from the 700 loop that always has the walk-through Christmas decorations wasn't there. Those three have been in those sites for as long as I can remember and they all put a lot of time, work, and money decorating their sites....what happened? Is there a problem with decorating for the holidays (circus people in the 1600 loop just pulled in with all their stuff) or is it a problem with running a business in the park, however the bird lady is still there in the 1600 loop (and if anything seems to be expanding)  We really enjoyed riding around looking at all the decorations......... Anyone know why all these long-term people are leaving?