Fort Wilderness in July

[livelylittlecam]

My wife is starting to talk about visiting Disney in July. Will it be ridiculously hot? Should I stop the madness? There is no other time we can go and we are itching to get there. Don't want to spend the whole week sweating though....

[bee_46]

As school teachers we only had the summers to travel, so our first 3 trips to Disney were taken in very hot weather. As suggested, since you are staying on park property, take advantage of early hours and the late evening hours. We would head back to the campground during the heat of the day. The girls would cool off at River Country (I'm dating myself) and we would just relax at the motorhome. We would then head out for a nice dinner and spend the cooler evening hours in the park. It can get very hot in the park in the summer, but you will often get a cooling thunderstorm going through. We also found that the crowd lessen in the evening as those with very little children headed out early to get them into bed and we would stay until the park closed.

If that was the only time I could go, I would go and work around the heat of the day.

[2_Retired]

Went to Disney early last August for family celebration. It was so hot I could not participate. IMHO, if anyone in your family is significantly affected by heat and humidity, central Florida should be totally "out of bounds" during the summer months. We live on the Grand Strand in SC and it is hot and humid here but inland Florida in the summer is down right vicious when it comes to high temps and high humidity. I will NEVER go there in the summer again. BTW, crowds in Disney World when we were there were HUGE, so were the lines. Even using fast pass it was a challenge. No one deals with crowds better than Disney, but compound all those people with all that heat - no, I won't ever do it again! We did return to Disney in January, and it was GREAT!

[DavidP]

We go in the spring each year but have been in the summer as well. Like others have said it will be very hot. IMO if you have never been to the Fort and that is the only time you can go, then go! It is a great CG and you will have plenty of fun in the parks and CG. Sure it will be hot and come winter you will be dreaming of being somewhere like that. Go enjoy and make the best of it.

[nancyjerry]

Was there a week ago. It was already HOT! We were Floridians for 35 yrs before we started full time 8 yrs ago.
Even though spring break was over, the most popular rides were 60-80 minute waits! Yes there is fastPass, but you only get so many and the fast pass even sold out.
There will be tons of people, strollers, humidity, maybe a downpour ( our rainy season) then humidity again, ....
Go some other time.

[fla-gypsy]

For those of us who live here and camp all summer in Florida we have developed strategies for dealing with heat and humidity. AC, lots of shade, a cool swimming spot, late lunches during the hottest part of the day, high velocity fans, etc.

[Merrykalia]

We were there all of last week and I could not imagine the heat and humidity in June or July. It was around 90 each and every day last week, but it did cool off in the evenings, getting into the high 60s and low 70s. Saying all that, it was not humid until Friday and Saturday, and then it was just miserable.

On our first day there, I told DH that I could not imagine coming down there during the summer months. I just wouldn't do it.

We took our kids out of school for an entire week and went during the "down" time at the park and it was wonderful. There was very little standing in line and waiting, especially on Tues, Wed and Thursday.

[BB_TX]

Kids??? Probably more difficult with young kids when that hot. Older kids generally seem to take it better. There are some indoor air conditioned attractions/shows that you can slip into for cool down breaks. But waiting outside rides in long lines can be miserable. All that pavement and close confines with all the buildings blocking the wind leads to excessive heat.

[tmmar]

We have gone during late July and early August. Is it hot? Certainly. Just as others have said, go early, leave mid-day, and return later. Make use of the pool at FW. Get some bottled water in plastic bottles and freeze them. Take the frozen bottles with you and they will melt during the day and you will have cold water. Staying hydrated will help. You can also bring some snacks with you if you don't want buy food at the park.
Tom

[Dick_B]

You can go to www.weather.com and get the averages for any city in the US for any month. I did that and found the averages for the middle of the month to be HI 91 and LO 72. No info on the humidity.

[Crabbypatty]

We camped in July and yes its ridiculously hot. Even the pool in FW was hot. Its Florida in July and its tropical. So the deal is to get out very early, then get back to the rig and siesta in the mid day, then go back in around 5ish.

The Hooped De Do Review in the CG is great as is taking the boat ride to Magic Kingdom. We only took the bus once which was a mistake. The boat ride really made a difference.

It was the most expensive CG we ever went to but is so clean you could eat off your pad. A lot of fun.

[intheburbs]

We went down there every summer for four years when the kids were small. You're staying on-property, so you can take advantage of the Extra Magic Hours.

Be there when the park opens, and stay there until noon. Then head back to Ft. Wilderness to swim or relax in the A/C of your RV. Go back around 4 or 5, and stay until the park closes (and don't forget the fireworks).

Another option, which we also took advantage of, is to go to one of the other resorts on property and spend the hot part of the day at the water parks of the resorts.

[wlstroud]

We've been there in late June. It was very hot in our opinion. We're used to NC hot and humid but WDW was worse. Also visited other years in Feb, Mar and early Nov...waaay better temps and less crowded.

[fla-gypsy]

It's central Florida, no big deal to us natives but it is hard for us to judge how those from northern climes will fare. We are masters of shade,air conditioning and a slower pace.