propane delivery at Ft Wilderness
Anyone know if they allow propane delivery at Ft Wilderness? I understand they no longer allow washing and waxing vendors.
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Goldencrazy, thanks for the kind words.
Loop 700 is our current favorite loop, even though it really isn't a loop at all. Thirty four or 35 sites on 700 with the highest number site being a full time Disney resident. Have never met the woman, just spoken to her as I walk our Beagle or he walks me, LOL. Cost is all relative, I would say. I can stay a month at the Fort for about the same or cheaper than some of the campgrounds located in the Keys of Florida. Not long ago I got an advertisement from the campground on Fiesta Key, offering me a monthly stay for $2,500 a month if I would sign up for a minimum of 3 months and prepay. Not much different than at the Fort Wilderness Campground.
We enjoy loops 100, 200 and 300 if we take our truck camper to the Fort. The interior roads of those loops cause me problems getting our 5th wheel backed in most of the time. The roads are too narrow and too many people park their tows too close to the road to allow room to turn and maneuver a trailer, but great for most Class Cs, truck campers, and some Class As in some sites. They are the closest and handiest loops to the boat dock as you well know.
If I could have one magic wish, dealing with the Fort, would be for Disney to put in another loop or two, of just nice long pull through sites, reserving one for me, at a very cheap price. LOL
The property where Fort Wilderness is located is a mix, consisting of mainly loblolly pine, bald Cyprus, some black gum, some cabbage palms, palmetto shrubs, and other plants I have not a clue to what to call them. Just remember, in Florida, if it doesn't have stickers on it, it will bite. LOL
Loop 700 has pine and Cyprus as the taller trees, some sites are about evenly mixed and others are one or the other for the most part. When we were up for the Not so Scary Halloween Party week, we ended up in site 802, as I remember, and we had to scrub the pine sap off the truck and 5th wheel when we got back home. Short of walking each site, I don't know of any way to know before hand.
Someone asked what's to do at the Fort, other than go to one of the parks? For me, most days start out with a good long walk with the Beagle around inside the campground. Then one day after the rest of the group headed for Hollywood Studios for the day, Rookie the Beagle and I headed off property in the car to go to Camping World to buy some RV parts, then stopped at a Publix supermarket not far from there. It is a quick drive down to either of those places. Where CW is located is in the middle of all sorts of great places to shop, eat, stay and camp. Often if we can't get a site at the Fort we will stay at Tropical Palms Campground, which works out to be about an 8 minute drive to EPCOT from there, just west to I 4, then follow the signs to WDW.
One morning after our walk, I walked down to the boat dock, rode the boat over to the Magic Kingdom, got on the train and circled the park, then walked over to Tomorrow Land where I rode the People Mover, Buzz Lightyear, and headed over to Casey's Corner to meet my wife for lunch. I had always thought the street vendors in the French Quarters of New Orleans had the best hot dogs in the world, but I do believe Casey's is their rival. Had a cold slaw, pulled BBQ pork hot dog and it was fabulous, no matter how it sounds. After lunch, decided to ride the mono rail over to EPCOT, round trip, via the ticket center, and back to the Kingdom, then boated back to Fort Wilderness. Rookie took me for another long walk and then was time to plop in my recliner lawn chair under the awning and read a book on my Kindle. An hour later I woke up started thinking about fixing dinner. LOL Not sure what there is about WDW but I find it very relaxing, most pleasant, lots to do if I want, great central location for Orlando doings. My wife and I never seem to tire of the place.
Our arrangements are usually, Rookie and I will take the RV up and get set up at the Fort early on the day of check in. We go up sometimes for just Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights as we are about 3 hours drive from home. Often Rookie and I will go up on Friday morning early, get set up and then my wife, daughter and two grandsons, 9 and 10, come up after the boys get out of school, and my wife and daughter get off work. (someone has to work in the family so I can travel, LOL) Then they will leave Sunday night, to drive back home and the next day, Rookie and I will break camp and head south on the Florida Turnpike.
I can't remember ever buying propane anywhere in Orlando, except at Camping World and Tropical Palms. While parking can be a hassle, in front of the CW store, since they now use former customer parking, to store new RVs they have for sale. Around back on the SW corner of the store, where the guy sells propane, I have never had an issue with access. If you come south out of Disney on World Drive and then Hwy 192 going east, just before the light at the corner of CW, there is a left turn lane that will take you to the back corner of the store where propane is sold, eliminating any need to drive up to the store front area. I don't think the propane seller there is actually an employee of CW, but works for the propane company. I come out of the Fort and follow signs to Hwy 192, which is south of the Fort. Never had any significant traffic issues. You actually run on Interstate 4 for about a quarter of a mile and then exit off on 192. I come back the same way. Like everything else at the Mouse Land, road signage is great for getting you there. The Mouse want each of us to make it there safely with our money, to share with him.
As a side note, in talking to a Disney employee last week, he said the company daily info sheet, for employees, said there was just over 73,000 employees working at WDW that day. They are the largest single site employer in the state, and what the Mouse wants in Florida, the Mouse gets. I can't imagine the daily payroll being in the millions of dollars at that place.
Loop 700 is our current favorite loop, even though it really isn't a loop at all. Thirty four or 35 sites on 700 with the highest number site being a full time Disney resident. Have never met the woman, just spoken to her as I walk our Beagle or he walks me, LOL. Cost is all relative, I would say. I can stay a month at the Fort for about the same or cheaper than some of the campgrounds located in the Keys of Florida. Not long ago I got an advertisement from the campground on Fiesta Key, offering me a monthly stay for $2,500 a month if I would sign up for a minimum of 3 months and prepay. Not much different than at the Fort Wilderness Campground.
We enjoy loops 100, 200 and 300 if we take our truck camper to the Fort. The interior roads of those loops cause me problems getting our 5th wheel backed in most of the time. The roads are too narrow and too many people park their tows too close to the road to allow room to turn and maneuver a trailer, but great for most Class Cs, truck campers, and some Class As in some sites. They are the closest and handiest loops to the boat dock as you well know.
If I could have one magic wish, dealing with the Fort, would be for Disney to put in another loop or two, of just nice long pull through sites, reserving one for me, at a very cheap price. LOL
The property where Fort Wilderness is located is a mix, consisting of mainly loblolly pine, bald Cyprus, some black gum, some cabbage palms, palmetto shrubs, and other plants I have not a clue to what to call them. Just remember, in Florida, if it doesn't have stickers on it, it will bite. LOL
Loop 700 has pine and Cyprus as the taller trees, some sites are about evenly mixed and others are one or the other for the most part. When we were up for the Not so Scary Halloween Party week, we ended up in site 802, as I remember, and we had to scrub the pine sap off the truck and 5th wheel when we got back home. Short of walking each site, I don't know of any way to know before hand.
Someone asked what's to do at the Fort, other than go to one of the parks? For me, most days start out with a good long walk with the Beagle around inside the campground. Then one day after the rest of the group headed for Hollywood Studios for the day, Rookie the Beagle and I headed off property in the car to go to Camping World to buy some RV parts, then stopped at a Publix supermarket not far from there. It is a quick drive down to either of those places. Where CW is located is in the middle of all sorts of great places to shop, eat, stay and camp. Often if we can't get a site at the Fort we will stay at Tropical Palms Campground, which works out to be about an 8 minute drive to EPCOT from there, just west to I 4, then follow the signs to WDW.
One morning after our walk, I walked down to the boat dock, rode the boat over to the Magic Kingdom, got on the train and circled the park, then walked over to Tomorrow Land where I rode the People Mover, Buzz Lightyear, and headed over to Casey's Corner to meet my wife for lunch. I had always thought the street vendors in the French Quarters of New Orleans had the best hot dogs in the world, but I do believe Casey's is their rival. Had a cold slaw, pulled BBQ pork hot dog and it was fabulous, no matter how it sounds. After lunch, decided to ride the mono rail over to EPCOT, round trip, via the ticket center, and back to the Kingdom, then boated back to Fort Wilderness. Rookie took me for another long walk and then was time to plop in my recliner lawn chair under the awning and read a book on my Kindle. An hour later I woke up started thinking about fixing dinner. LOL Not sure what there is about WDW but I find it very relaxing, most pleasant, lots to do if I want, great central location for Orlando doings. My wife and I never seem to tire of the place.
Our arrangements are usually, Rookie and I will take the RV up and get set up at the Fort early on the day of check in. We go up sometimes for just Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights as we are about 3 hours drive from home. Often Rookie and I will go up on Friday morning early, get set up and then my wife, daughter and two grandsons, 9 and 10, come up after the boys get out of school, and my wife and daughter get off work. (someone has to work in the family so I can travel, LOL) Then they will leave Sunday night, to drive back home and the next day, Rookie and I will break camp and head south on the Florida Turnpike.
I can't remember ever buying propane anywhere in Orlando, except at Camping World and Tropical Palms. While parking can be a hassle, in front of the CW store, since they now use former customer parking, to store new RVs they have for sale. Around back on the SW corner of the store, where the guy sells propane, I have never had an issue with access. If you come south out of Disney on World Drive and then Hwy 192 going east, just before the light at the corner of CW, there is a left turn lane that will take you to the back corner of the store where propane is sold, eliminating any need to drive up to the store front area. I don't think the propane seller there is actually an employee of CW, but works for the propane company. I come out of the Fort and follow signs to Hwy 192, which is south of the Fort. Never had any significant traffic issues. You actually run on Interstate 4 for about a quarter of a mile and then exit off on 192. I come back the same way. Like everything else at the Mouse Land, road signage is great for getting you there. The Mouse want each of us to make it there safely with our money, to share with him.
As a side note, in talking to a Disney employee last week, he said the company daily info sheet, for employees, said there was just over 73,000 employees working at WDW that day. They are the largest single site employer in the state, and what the Mouse wants in Florida, the Mouse gets. I can't imagine the daily payroll being in the millions of dollars at that place.
