I will be heading to Disney at the end of September. It has many years since I have been there and the DH has never been. We will be staying in Fort Wildness at Disney. So I am asking for any helpful information about staying at the campground like getting to and from the parks, which area is the best to camp in, and any other helpful information. Thanks for any information given. Just want to have a enjoyable time.

100-300 closest to boats that take you to park. Go to allears.net for planning information.

Travel to the parks from the campground can be done by bus or ferry. Our days of walking any real distance are over so we rent a golf cart to get around the campsite (store, cafeteria, pier to take the ferry, etc.). The campsites were clean, equipment was in good working order, check in/out was easy and we had a great time.

Head over to dis boards and check out their camping forum. There are just pages and pages of information about getting around by bus, driving to the parks yourself, getting around inside the campground.A lot of it depends on what site you booked, what your plan is for the stay, and what your style of camping/theme parks are. If you have a pet with you, make sure you tell them you need a pet loop. Otherwise I have yet to find a site I did not like at Disney, though depending on your rig and which site level you booked some are just impossible to get larger rigs into and might require a phone call or trip back to the check in settlement to correct.

Another good site is fortfiends.net. We camp at Fort Wilderness 6 or so times a year since we live nearby and my wife works there. As far as getting from the campground to the parks, the boat will take you to Magic Kingdom; and busses to the other parks as well as Downtown Disney and the water parks. DO NOT try driving to Downtown Disney. The transition of Downtown Disney to Disney Springs is producing a traffic and parking nightmare; so take advantage of the busses. All of the sites are great. I like to preferred loops (100, 200, and 300 loops). The 300 loop is for pets, 100 and 200 is not. My trailer fits in the preferred sites with no issues, and as stated above, are close to the settlement. The premium sites are a good bit longer, and some are convenient to the Settlement and others to the pool, outdoor movie area and the Meadows Trading Post. As with the preferred loops, some are for pets, and some are not. Most are pet friendly. Just be sure to indicate whether or not you have a pet. Don't miss Trails End, the restaurant at the settlement. They have an amazing breakfast buffet that is reasonably priced for Disney restaurants. Lunch is off a menu; but is excellent, while dinner is an excellent buffet. You can also walk around the horse barn, occasionally you can watch them shoe the horses. We were camping there this past weekend and got to watch that. There is also a nice hiking/jogging path from Fort Wilderness to Wilderness Lodge.You can walk to the dock to watch the Electric Water Pageant on the lake, usually at 9:45PM and also to watch the fireworks from the Magic Kingdom. If you like fishing, we've caught some nice bass from the lagoon area behind the 300 loop.Hope this helps.Doug

We stayed in the 400 loop and it's about 2 blocks to the trading post,Hoope De Do Revue and landing where you get the boat for the Majic Kingdom. We could pick up a bus for the Animal Kingdom right at the bus stop on the road by our loop. Same for Splash Mountain. It's maybe 3 blocks to the pool and the Chip and Dale Show.

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bhall
Explorer
Aug 25, 2015
dblr wrote:
djsamuel wrote:
Another good site is fortfiends.net.
Doug

X2, probably the best site on Fort Wilderness available!!!!

x3
Crabbypatty
Explorer
Aug 25, 2015
We camped there once. I took a premium waterfront site in the non pet loop but cant remember the number. We tried the bus system once but it was excruciatingly long to get anywhere. After that it was the ferry to the Magic Kingdom or we got off at the Contemporary and jumped on the monorail. In the CG is a western themed restaurant and they have a show the hoop de do review. Nice pool but it wasn't very refreshing as we went in July and everything is just hot. As everything Disney is expensive we did drive out of the CG and nearby are convenience stores. We needed to replenish our drinking water supply. I would go back there again.
sssteele
Explorer
Aug 25, 2015
My wife and I have stayed at Ft. Wilderness a few times, and a couple of other 10-10-10 rated campgrounds. None of the others compare to "The Fort". It is pricey, but fantastic!
Tvov
Explorer II
Aug 25, 2015
ford truck guy wrote:
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Make sure you do the monorail loop , we usually pick a rain day and stop at every hotel , get off and walk around..
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lol, my wife caught me at this. Finally, after switching to yet another monorail, wife said "Hey! this is just taking us in a circle!"... I said "yes, yes it is..."

Comes from growing up with a railfan for a Dad.
kfp673
Explorer II
Aug 26, 2015
Hello All,

Anyone know any tricks to getting a site this late in the year for The week after Christmas? I've been checking the site a few times a week for the past month or so and there are no openings. I know many people book this trip a year in advance but trying to see if we can sneak in a trip. Let me know if you have any suggestions. Thanks!
lawnspecialties
Explorer
Aug 26, 2015
kfp673 wrote:
Hello All,

Anyone know any tricks to getting a site this late in the year for The week after Christmas? I've been checking the site a few times a week for the past month or so and there are no openings. I know many people book this trip a year in advance but trying to see if we can sneak in a trip. Let me know if you have any suggestions. Thanks!

Between Christmas and New Years is the most crowded time of year. Your only hope is probably trying every day and hoping someone cancels.

As much as I love Disneyworld, I don't think we'll ever go that time of year. When Magic Kingdom gets so crowded that they stop allowing people in the gate at noon, you know its crazy.
APT
Explorer
Aug 26, 2015
My advice for kfp673 is don't go to Disney that week. The parks often shut down for capacity. Lines are long. You'll get to ride about 5 things per day. We have been twice in "off peak" times and that was busy enough.
lawnspecialties
Explorer
Aug 26, 2015
APT wrote:
My advice for kfp673 is don't go to Disney that week. The parks often shut down for capacity. Lines are long. You'll get to ride about 5 things per day. We have been twice in "off peak" times and that was busy enough.

We had friends go one time during this week. They said they went to Epcot and at 10:00 am, the Fast Passes to Soarin' said come back at 8:30 pm. When they returned at 8:30, the Fast Pass line was 30 minutes long and the regular line said there was a 200 minute wait.

Disney's awesome but that would take the fun out of it real fast.
AdequateRV
Explorer
Aug 31, 2015
We were at Ft. Wilderness for Christmas last year. We made reservations the day of our arrival while we were parked at the welcome station at the Florida border. The loop we were in was not full. There was plenty of room.

Christmas day was crazy at the Magic Kingdom.! I have never seen it so busy and I would not go back on that day. We didn't enter the park, but according to the Disney app, the day after Christmas was dead.

Warning: With the new wrist bands, people with reservations in the resorts can make fast passes up to 2 weeks ahead of time. This changes the entire strategy for seeing the park. Since this was spur of the moment for us, we didn't buy tickets until about 2:00 PM the day before. We immediately tried to get fast passes for the next day. The first fast passes available were 5:30 PM.
sssteele
Explorer
Sep 01, 2015
I think the fastpass window begins at 6 weeks for WDW resort guests. Maybe 2 weeks for off-property guests who have pre-purchased tickets?