OFFICIAL OCTOBER 2017 pretrip and trip report!

[tripleb]

Well, we arrived around 3pm today after staying the night at Suwanee River State Park. I requested loop 1600 but got 1900 ... 1901 is our site. Just got back from the HDDR ... GREAT food and a good time had by all. We have our very own lake directly behind the FW compliments of Hurricane Irma. We will be doing Epcot tomorrow and Tuesday.

 

[Teamubr]

Nice site. I think your Full is bigger than the Premium I had last week. I didn't spend much time there, so it didn't really matter.

Glad you made it to the Fort. Sorry I didn't get to meet you.

j

 

[4077]

Not camping, but TE ressie 5:55 PM ON October 29th! In Orlando area a few days with work, so taking my two colleagues! Hope maybe I get to meet a few of you as I take a stroll around!

 

[mtnminnie]

oh boy...your own lake. FEAR the mosquito. ugh.





spoiler...it is a spoof off of U of M...fear the turtle...I was being funny ....=)

 

[ilovedisneymm]

Nice site @tripleb! I love the 1900 loop (minus the pond). To me, the clover loops 1600 - 1900 are my favorite loops. Why? Because they are all spacious and have lots of mature trees. It always feels more camping-like in that area verses the other loops.

@Teamubr i don't know the measurements comparison, but when looping it always seems like the clover loops have more space than the premiums. That is a mystery to me.

 

[ruthies12]

Woohoo Tripleb!!

I am pretty well all packed up except for the last minute stuff. Just have to get through 2 more days of work and we will be on our way!

Today's countdown scavenger hunt clue and since it is the final one they get to turn in all their fake money for their $50 Disney gift cards today which they will then get to spend on souvenirs during the trip. I've found that my kids are more circumspect about what they spend their money on when it is "their" money and not mine lol.

 

[tripleb]

Bed.

 

[tripleb]

Nice site. I think your Full is bigger than the Premium I had last week. I didn't spend much time there, so it didn't really matter.

Glad you made it to the Fort. Sorry I didn't get to meet you.

j

It's not a bad site ... very difficult to back into though :-( Looking on the "Sites at the Fort" App, all the sites in the 1900 loop are rated either difficult or very hard with the exception of 2 sites. If the neighbor across the street from me had not been home ( so he could move his truck ), I may have still been trying to shoe-horn the FW in here

 

[tripleb]

Just got back from Epcot and rode our bikes around. Went to the meadows trading post, and rode around several of the loops. I saw one of those wooden Mickey fort signs in loop 1600 but wasn't sure if they were home or a member of the Dis Forums. It was in front of a class C. The 1600 loop is certainly drier than the 1900 loop. Perhaps its because of the canal and a little better drainage.

We did the "new" Soaring today and quite honestly liked the old one better. The camera images are certainly better with the new Soaring but we missed the smells that accompanied the old Soaring. We are "old dogs" that don't particularly like new tricks ;-)

 

[bama_ed]

Not camping, but TE ressie 5:55 PM ON October 29th! In Orlando area a few days with work, so taking my two colleagues! Hope maybe I get to meet a few of you as I take a stroll around!

Come see me, Jimmy, when you get to the Fort. That's my arrival day and I have a Preferred reserved so I hope to be in 100 or 200. Of course, you know what my trailer looks like so I will leave a few cold ones on ice for you and your mates that night.

Bama Ed

 

[tripleb]

Got interrupted by dinner and a cold beer ... couldn't have ask for a nicer day at Epcot. Overcast and cooler by about 8 degrees from the previous days ... never broke a sweat We took our time and did about 6 hours ( counter clockwise ), finished the day at the American pavilion, hopped on the boat back across the lake and called it a day. Will finish the rest of the World Showcase tomorrow starting in Mexico walking clockwise.

BTW, they changed the O'Canada show ... not by much but just enough to know its different. Had some great Green Lip Mussels and beer at the Canada kiosk

 

[bama_ed]

Had some great Green Lip Mussels and beer at the Canada kiosk

You're an international man of mystery, bbb (it sounds like F&W is cool).

Bama Ed

 

[mickeyfan0805]

Three weeks and counting for us...

In the meantime, my arrival (I'm towing, family is flying down to meet me) has slowly crept further and further up so that what started with me arriving 8 hours before the family is now a full 48+ hours before they come. I have dutifully taken the bullet of the earlier arrival by scheduling a DVC member golf clinic, a round at Magnolia and the FW Segway tour.

I'm so disappointed to be arriving so early!

 

[bama_ed]

Three weeks and counting for us...

In the meantime, my arrival (I'm towing, family is flying down to meet me) has slowly crept further and further up so that what started with me arriving 8 hours before the family is now a full 48+ hours before they come. I have dutifully taken the bullet of the earlier arrival by scheduling a DVC member golf clinic, a round at Magnolia and the FW Segway tour.

I'm so disappointed to be arriving so early!

You're so brave to sacrifice yourself like that, mickeyfan0805. Way to take one for the team.

I did the FW Segway tour a couple years ago and you will enjoy it - they are neat machines.

Bama Ed

 

[tigger92662]

Three weeks and counting for us...

You're a good man for accepting that burden. But you're still 3 weeks out, you may have to prepare yourself for the possibility of arriving even sooner than 48 hours. Be strong.

 

[ruthies12]

Up early this am from excitement, I have to work today and tomorrow until 2 pm and then we will be officially on our way and I can't wait! Just sitting at the computer looking over my finalized plans and here is our schedule:

Wed: drive from Cincinnati to Twin Oaks south of Atlanta (approx. 8 hours) leaving 2 pm and hoping to be pulled in and going to bed by 11 pm.

Thurs: Pull out of Twin Oaks by 8 am and hopefully get to Fort at 1 pm. Set up camper, then dinner at Chef Mickey's at 5:45 pm.

Fri: MK, early EMH, rides then appt at BBB for both dd's at 11 am, then lunch at CRT at 1 pm, then a few FP, then leaving the park by 7 pm since it closes for a party, picking up GAG at TE on the way back to the camper as well as a special cake I ordered from contemporary bakery as a surprise.

Sat: Hollywood Studios in am, then Disney springs evening.

Sun: Epcot all day

Mon: Me and oldest DD8 meeting my sister and niece (14) at Universal, have unlimited express passes for the whole day. DH and youngest DD4 are staying at the campground and doing the pony rides and possibly swimming.

Tues: AK, have FP for river journey, safari, and rivers of light show- first time seeing this show, hope it was worth the FP.

Wed: EPCOT all day

Thurs: Reservation at TE buffet to fill our bellies at 11:45 am, then heading to MK, entering on regular day ticket and doing Pirate's League at 2 pm, then staying for MNSSHP dressed as pirates.

Fri: Non-park day, swimming in afternoon maybe, dinner at 1900 Park Faire with evil stepsisters and Cinderella, then maybe campfire if not too tired.

Sat: MK in am, go back for a break for the kids in the afternoon so DH and I can pack up the camper, then back to MK for dinner at BOG followed by fireworks.

Sun: Pull out 6 am and drive the 14 hours straight home.

 

[ruthies12]

And the final piece of the countdown activities for today are these shirts that I made for the dd's along with some new nail polish to paint their toes tonight after their baths. They will wear these shirts to school tomorrow.

 

[serenitygr]

Hi everyone! Sorry I vanished a couple days , but I haven't had any spare time all of a sudden (go figure)

We are here!!!

I am beyond happy and have so many things to share! I'm having coffee this morning sitting outside- most of my family is still sleeping...we're heading to Universal for day 2 today at 9, so I'll post what I can now and finish later....

First- the Fort is beautiful and perfect. I haven't had time to explore yet but my heart is full when I look around me and see everything. I think often of how it must have felt to be the first ones in after Irma- to see the devastation everywhere... I'm sure most of the workers here love this place as much as we all do, so it must have been heartbreaking to them. And I have so much thankfulness to every person who helped restore her the way she deserves to be.

We so badly wanted 1433 but the people there aren't leaving for two more weeks. ( they've already been here two weeks) but they worked with us and we were put in the site right next to it- 1435. I am now completely in love with this site, and would live here forever if I could. For anyone coming to find us- we're right next to the comfort station in the 1400 loop. We're almost all decorated- can't miss us!

For now that's all I have time to post but I'll update more this afternoon!

 

[ruthies12]

So happy to hear from you serenitygr!!! I was wondering how things were going for you and was hoping that you were just too busy having fun to post. Thanks for the wonderful pics!

 

[mickeyfan0805]

picking up GAG at TE on the way back to the camper

Ok - this is a new one to me. What is 'GAG' at Trail's End?