Disney World Florida - Ft. Wilderness advice

Bears Den wrote:
Make your reservations early. Go while the kids are in school, other than that have a great time. I would recommend you get a preferred site as they are larger and our preference is the 1100/1200 or 1300 loops.They are near the front of the campground and the first ones you come to after check in.

Agree with this except the loops for the Preferred sites are 100, 200 and 300. Loops 100 and 200 are not pet loops, but 300 is. He may mean the Premium lots, which are closer to where you check in. The preferred lots (my favorite) are near the Settlement portion of the campground and close to the boats and the restaurants.

The area is great and there is a lot to do just in the campground. The pool is excellent, and the nightly campfire and movie is really nice. Plenty of great fishing, either with a guide ($), or just fish along the bank. We stayed there last month and a 10 year old girl caught a 9 pound bass.

My wife works at Disney, and the campground is so nice, we'll just go there sometimes for the day to just walk around, talk to people, and check out the different campers.

Don't miss breakfast at Trails End Restaurant, at the Settlement, which is where the boats dock to take you to the Magic Kingdom or the Contemporary/Wilderness Lodge. It is an all you can eat breakfast that is outstanding. Ask for a server named Ken.

Lunch at the Whispering Canyon Cafe at the Wilderness Lodge can be a blast if you go along with the crazy servers. There is a really nice paved hiking trail bewtween the Wilderness Lodge and the Campground; lots of deer along the way.

You won't go wrong there. Also, if you run into issues, there is a Camping World a few miles away.

Lots of good info here:

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