Cyclonic

And a show:

A few more, dinner time:

I guess I should post on topic, our trailer is small and easily stores next the the house on the level part of the driveway.  I cover it when not in use, and it is hooked into power at home so I run a little heater in it to keep it dry inside.  I've had no problems, but have thought about building a car port for it.

This is why I need to move from Jersey. We'd have to demo our house to be able to build that.

That's a sweet looking set up

I can think of a whole lot of good reasons to move out of Jersey :rofl2:

Here are some newer lobby photos:

I just showed Gracie these pix and she said "how sad. Why would they take it away?" I don't have an answer for her.

I hope all you BAH haters are happy! Lol.

Yes

I look at it this way, if I am doing these park, I want to stay on property, it is just easier, and the level of service you get is extraordinary.  The Fort is pricy for a campground, but then when I compare it to the other resorts, along with having meals at the campground easily, and everything offered right there at the campground, it becomes the most affordable way to do Disney.

I even said to Becky just tonight, we will probably always stay at the the Fort when we go there, it saves enough money that we can then do the nice dinners out or spend a little more money elsewhere, and not just where we sleep at night.

Forget the Mickey waffle, we know who the star really is here:

They even gave Becky a cupcake for her birthday at breakfast:

We had dinner here too, but I took no photos of the food.  Enjoyed both.

Indeed, great shot!

That steak looks fantastic!

I agree with Carol, plus this allows the flexibility to not have to have the whole thing paid up front and you can cancel your reservations very late if you have to.

All very nicely done!

And Dave for the WIN!

A few more photos:

I said I would give a full report, but to summarize, I would say I don't know that the tour was worth the cost.  I like trains, have been to plenty of railroads, and been in plenty of roundhouses, and this was not too much different then those.  If you have never been to a working railroad but are interested, this might be for you.  They go deep into detail of the operation of the trains and their railroad.

You get there early and go into the park pretty much before anyone else.  That in and of itself is interesting, I've always loved being in parks really early and watching them "wake up."  You board toward the back of the train that carries the characters for the park opening.  The train takes you around the loop to the turnout that heads back to the roundhouse, and then backs up into the roundhouse area.

You can take as many pictures as you want, but you may not enter the roundhouse itself.  They had several trains out and steaming warming for the day's operations.  The roundhouse also stores the monorail trains, which pass overhead.  I would have liked to have gotten a look at the inner workings of the monorails as well.  The guide gives a complete overview of the train and what every part on the locomotive is for, as well as takes you up into the cab to explain the operation.

You ride a different train back to the Main Street Station, where the guide then gives a history lesson of the railroad there, as well as the railroads in the other parks, each of the locomotives, and of Walt Disney's own backyard train.  Yes, he even mentioned the Fort Wilderness Railroad.

The tour was $54 plus park admission.  It was a decent tour, very informative, and I learned a lot about their operations there.  Below are a few pictures I took:

Don't even care what they send me, I am sticking with my Stitch band from now on!

Yup, what Grumpy said.  If you don't get the driver's name, you should be able to get a bus number, they can match that with the driver.

Sounds like a few trips on SEPTA buses I have taken in the past.

Sometimes that's what we're here for :D

When everyone puts their heads together you almost get a complete picture of things

Hello, we'll be 1st timers at WDW and I wondered if meal plans are necessary for campers at Fort Wilderness.  (I didn't know how quickly we can make it from the campground to the park.). Thanks in advance!

Like many others here, we ate nearly every breakfast at the camper (some morning we were up really early so took a ride out to Waffle House or Denny's instead), lunch was often snacks we took with us to the parks, and dinner was either out at a nice place or back at the camper.  We used the crock pot a few times and had a nice dinner waiting for us when we got back.

I can understand the appeal of the all inclusiveness of the dinning plan, and it even makes a good deal of sense when staying in a hotel, but for camping, I just think it would be a waste of money unless you really want to eat a very nice meal out every night.

I would love to hear for experienced Fort Fiends about dining recommendations and FAST PASS recommendations.  Tomorrow I can make our Fast Pass reservations...so excited.  I have booked some dining reservations already...and will try to get into Be Our Guest for lunch during our stay.  We will be staying at FW for three weeks...then headed up to Hershey, PA.....and eventually back to sweet California...via Yellowstone, Mt Rushmore, Seattle and down the Oregon/California coast to home.  Thank you for a wonderful site...full of very useful info!!

If you are spending a couple of days in the Hershey area, take a day trip to Knoebels, you won't regret it.

While we were camped at the Fort in January a group (of teens, unfortunately) were camped for the weekend in Fort Wilderness rental tents.  I figured I would take some photos after the group left, but before they were taken down by the maintenance staff.  I don't know anything else about them, but figured it would be good to have some nice, clear photos of what they look like.

One Gloomy Morning...