Fort Wilderness on 4/24 - 4/26

bob34787 wrote:
living in Florida for 13 years now and spending many months at Fort Wilderness I can sadly say its not the same old Fort wilderness of even a few yeas ago. We spent 4 months there summer before last, as a matter of fact we sold our house, had a new 5th wheel delivered there and did not plan on leaving, but before that summer was over the place changed, rates went up, they placed restrictions o the holiday decorations and started to Pic o the long term campers, to my knowledge out of the 15+/- of the long term campers only 1 remains, she has been there for 6years now and I think she is just trying to wear them down. The current management have raised the rates to a point where you come for your vacation, the mouse sucks every penny they can during that 1-2 week period and they really don't want you to come back until you saved up again. Current preferred rate is in the 130.00/night range, 4 years ago it was in the low 80's, your choice of eating establishments s limited to basically 2 unless you want to go to the revue at 70.00/head , otherwise you have to bot or bus to one f the resorts or drive off property. As a guest of the Fort you are a second class citizen at best when it comes to transportation, you will wait for boats and buses longer than the other resorts. Then pool isfilled with locals in the summer so forget about swimming and now they will not allow swimming at he other resorts ( which are less crowded due to cast members checking t see if you are a guestof that resort) If you ret a Disney golf cart you can ignore all the cart rules butif you bring your own you will be reminded of the rules by the Rangers at every opportunity .

I certainly am not going to disagree with many of your points, based on my limited experience. For those of us who aren't into full-timing, its setup real good. The rate you mentioned is about what we paid this trip, but back in December is less than $80/night. I've been told there are ways to get the rates much cheaper than what we just paid, but haven't attempted to do it yet.

I will say these 2 things about your comments:
1. Based on our trip there in December, a simple observation would lead me to believe that they have ZERO restrictions on holiday decorations. Going around and checking out the massive arrays of setups was part of the fun.
2. While we didn't notice anyone (on either trip) being highly reckless on golf carts, almost every single one of them has at least 1 adult with an open container...and often the driver.

If I was able to make one single gripe about Fort Wilderness (other than the price), it would be the same gripe I have at many campgrounds...people driving their cars/trucks WAY too fast. There's ZERO reason why anyone should be zig-zagging through the inner areas at 15-20 MPH...especially when towing. The impatience of these people always annoys me. Even the bicycle riders that are zipping all around you while you're literally right in the middle of backing into your spot...!!!!!!!!