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I just wanted to say hi. We will be at the fort from sept 5-12 in a tent. I am bringing an AC and a mini fridge

We don't have park tickets because we already spent our vacation money on our May trip. I think there will be plenty to do though.

Our tent is 10 x 20, and our two canopies are 10x10. Do you think we will be able to cram all that on the sand part of the site?
 
:welcome: Neatokimmo,

We are just going to miss you on our next trip. It sounds like you have a great plan for the Fort in September. 2 canopies and a big tent may be a bit much for the coquina pad. You can call the reservations line and have the basic dimensions of what you will be setting up added to your reservation. They have been really good at trying to accommodate your needs. I'm actually on hold with them right now trying to tell them I'm 65 ft long and would like to be in the 400 loop. I'll let everybody know how that goes when September 16th rolls around.

j
 
Also been following along. We are heading to the fort on September 13th thru 21st. His first time to the fort ever, me first time back to the fort in 30 years. Planning 1 day at Universal, 1 at MK, and 1 at Epcot. Just plan on relaxing and exploring after that. And eating of course! Coming from Michigan, planning 1200 miles in three days.
 
Hello Dawn!

And :welcome: to the Fort section of the DIS. I wish I had your kind if discipline. After 30 years and 1200 miles, I'd be going crazy wanting to see everything. It has only been 4 years since our last trip and we only have 1000 miles, but I'm sure I'll be in a park everyday.

Tell us more about your trip. What kind of site? Tent, RV or cabin?

And I love your DIS name. Were you a "baby nurse" back in 2005? I'm a "baby nurse" since 1991. :D

j
 


:welcome: Neatokimmo,

We are just going to miss you on our next trip. It sounds like you have a great plan for the Fort in September. 2 canopies and a big tent may be a bit much for the coquina pad. You can call the reservations line and have the basic dimensions of what you will be setting up added to your reservation. They have been really good at trying to accommodate your needs. I'm actually on hold with them right now trying to tell them I'm 65 ft long and would like to be in the 400 loop. I'll let everybody know how that goes when September 16th rolls around.

j

Hi! Do I just call the regular reservation line?
 
Our tent came in today! I am happy to say I was able to get it set up by myself with a little help from my 3 year old. He is so excited. He wanted to sleep in it tonight. We had assembled it up in our front yard sure we were getting all kinds of looks with the cars driving by! (as soon as I figure out how to post pics I will post one)

Our plans currently are:
Sept 17 depending on what time we leave the house but I'm thinking 12ish. Get to Fort and checked in and put tent up. Then head over to AK to get our passes we have to exchange our vouchers, I could go to MK to do to do but when we went to the Halloween party last year it was a mess with everyone leaving the park early and getting the party guests in and I dont want to deal with the crowds at the guest services.

after getting our passes we have fastpasses to do Safari (not sure if we will do it since it is on the list of pregnancy no no rides., then the new boat at Pandora then see rivers of light. (Weve never seen it yet). Enjoy dinoland. Hopefully we will be back in time to watch the fireworks from the Halloween party from the dock at the fort.

Mon: enjoy the Fort maybe go to the pool then head to Hollywood and ride toy story take boat over to Epcot and enjoy some snacks at the Food and Wine Festival. Ride frozen, soarin (hopefully my son will be tall enough), nemo, spaceship earth.

Tues: We have a full day at MK planned. Eating breakfast at Ohana and I was just able to score our reservation for BOG for lunch. My son is going to be so bummed I cant do barnstormer, seven dwarfs mine train, or the speedway but there's plenty else to do. Interesting the astro orbiter is not on the no no list. Wonder how it will be to get out of those ride cars, I can barely get out not being pregnant! This is also a party night and we won't be attending so we will prob leave like 5ish to get back to the Fort. Campire sing along and enjoy the movie hopefully the fire ban will be lifted so we can enjoy some smores.

Wed: enjoy morning at Fort. Go to MK later in the day its EMH evening so the park is open til 10.

Thur: check out. See how we feel maybe go to a park but depends when we wake up etc. I have to be at work the next day for my 13 hour shift. I always like to plan right up til the time and may actually try to leave early to get home at a decent time.

We are planning on getting the quick service dining plan especially since we can use the snack credits at Food and Wine. I plan on cooking breakfast at our campsite but we will see how that ends up working out.

Our plans are packed, but since we've been so many times to the parks we might not be so aggressive.

Michelle
 


Looks like a great plan, Michelle. Post some pics of your tent so we will know who to look for when we are out looping.

Just curious, but are you a PharmD? The Rx Dr. in your ID makes me wonder. If so, there are quite a few of us in healthcare on here.

j
 
Looks like a great plan, Michelle. Post some pics of your tent so we will know who to look for when we are out looping.

Just curious, but are you a PharmD? The Rx Dr. in your ID makes me wonder. If so, there are quite a few of us in healthcare on here.

j
Yep I am a pharmD!
 
Hello Dawn!

And :welcome: to the Fort section of the DIS. I wish I had your kind if discipline. After 30 years and 1200 miles, I'd be going crazy wanting to see everything. It has only been 4 years since our last trip and we only have 1000 miles, but I'm sure I'll be in a park everyday.

Tell us more about your trip. What kind of site? Tent, RV or cabin?

And I love your DIS name. Were you a "baby nurse" back in 2005? I'm a "baby nurse" since 1991. :D

j

Im definitely going crazy with anticipation!! We have had lots of trips to the world luckily, but never once went to the fort. It just never worked out to even be able to stop by. And I truly have some wonderful memories camping there as a kid.

Booked a FHU site, hoping for 1600 loop. Want to look out over the canals in the early morning and see the birds. Towing a 26 foot TT. Got my cable to watch some resort TV!

Babynurse since 2001. Still loving it. Well most of the time lol
 
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Our tent came in today! I am happy to say I was able to get it set up by myself with a little help from my 3 year old. He is so excited. He wanted to sleep in it tonight. We had assembled it up in our front yard sure we were getting all kinds of looks with the cars driving by! (as soon as I figure out how to post pics I will post one)

Our plans currently are:
Sept 17 depending on what time we leave the house but I'm thinking 12ish. Get to Fort and checked in and put tent up. Then head over to AK to get our passes we have to exchange our vouchers, I could go to MK to do to do but when we went to the Halloween party last year it was a mess with everyone leaving the park early and getting the party guests in and I dont want to deal with the crowds at the guest services.

after getting our passes we have fastpasses to do Safari (not sure if we will do it since it is on the list of pregnancy no no rides., then the new boat at Pandora then see rivers of light. (Weve never seen it yet). Enjoy dinoland. Hopefully we will be back in time to watch the fireworks from the Halloween party from the dock at the fort.

Mon: enjoy the Fort maybe go to the pool then head to Hollywood and ride toy story take boat over to Epcot and enjoy some snacks at the Food and Wine Festival. Ride frozen, soarin (hopefully my son will be tall enough), nemo, spaceship earth.

Tues: We have a full day at MK planned. Eating breakfast at Ohana and I was just able to score our reservation for BOG for lunch. My son is going to be so bummed I cant do barnstormer, seven dwarfs mine train, or the speedway but there's plenty else to do. Interesting the astro orbiter is not on the no no list. Wonder how it will be to get out of those ride cars, I can barely get out not being pregnant! This is also a party night and we won't be attending so we will prob leave like 5ish to get back to the Fort. Campire sing along and enjoy the movie hopefully the fire ban will be lifted so we can enjoy some smores.

Wed: enjoy morning at Fort. Go to MK later in the day its EMH evening so the park is open til 10.

Thur: check out. See how we feel maybe go to a park but depends when we wake up etc. I have to be at work the next day for my 13 hour shift. I always like to plan right up til the time and may actually try to leave early to get home at a decent time.

We are planning on getting the quick service dining plan especially since we can use the snack credits at Food and Wine. I plan on cooking breakfast at our campsite but we will see how that ends up working out.

Our plans are packed, but since we've been so many times to the parks we might not be so aggressive.

Michelle

Just remember the new Fort check in time is officially 3pm. So a site may or not be ready if you arrive earlier. Sounds like great plans otherwise.
 
Wow, 16 trips going on so far in the month of Sept, that is a lot of good times being had. Sure hope that Disney has stocked up on the pixie dust for everyone. pixiedust:
 
September is shaping up to be a big DIS Meet.

I called the reservations line yesterday. I had a lovely 15 minute wait on hold listening to the Disney music. I added in my total rig length and 400 Loop request. The conversation about site length was a little funny when I said I just wanted to note on the reservation that I am pretty long. She reads off the Premium site dimensions of 18 ft wide by 50 ft long from her script. I said yes, that would be the "typical" Premium site, but I won't fit on a typical site and I know there is some variation in the sites. She reads off what I had put into the early registration info of "slides and an awning". I said, I'm not worried about 18 ft wide. It's the 50 ft that is too short. She pauses and says carefully, "How long are you?" I said 65 ft. 5er is a little over 42. The truck is a little under 23. And then she replied, "Oh my. That is certainly something they will want noted on the reservation." Glad I called.

I did mention that a certain Chris Bowman has been stalking me and has also requested the 400 loop. She said they would be sure to keep us well apart. Something about blocking out too much sun light for that amount of time. :D

The whole process went smooth and the CM was great about making sure the Fort would see the notes. She did remind me that these were only requests. Actually, I'd be good getting anywhere in the Fort. I'm kind of excited about having a cart (1st time ever) and staying in a different part of the campground.

j
 
September is shaping up to be a big DIS Meet.

I called the reservations line yesterday. I had a lovely 15 minute wait on hold listening to the Disney music. I added in my total rig length and 400 Loop request. The conversation about site length was a little funny when I said I just wanted to note on the reservation that I am pretty long. She reads off the Premium site dimensions of 18 ft wide by 50 ft long from her script. I said yes, that would be the "typical" Premium site, but I won't fit on a typical site and I know there is some variation in the sites. She reads off what I had put into the early registration info of "slides and an awning". I said, I'm not worried about 18 ft wide. It's the 50 ft that is too short. She pauses and says carefully, "How long are you?" I said 65 ft. 5er is a little over 42. The truck is a little under 23. And then she replied, "Oh my. That is certainly something they will want noted on the reservation." Glad I called.

I did mention that a certain Chris Bowman has been stalking me and has also requested the 400 loop. She said they would be sure to keep us well apart. Something about blocking out too much sun light for that amount of time. :D

The whole process went smooth and the CM was great about making sure the Fort would see the notes. She did remind me that these were only requests. Actually, I'd be good getting anywhere in the Fort. I'm kind of excited about having a cart (1st time ever) and staying in a different part of the campground.

j

Think they were more worried about us being near each other and upsetting the balance of the earth with our big rigs than losing a little sun.
That is why I had also called, being 65 feet overall is a concern for sure, and well the 18 feet is enough for even those of us with 6 slides.
Need to work on some of my trailer/Disney projects, where has the time gone.....:hourglass
 
Hi! We have just jumped on board for the planning of our first Disney trip for THIS September! Crazy how it all fell together in just one week. It's been 24 hour vacation and park planning ever since we made our Fort reservation one week ago. My family and I will be staying at the Fort Sept.9-16 in a large 5th wheel camper. We got a golf cart too. I saw someone mention that it would be really good to get one. I'm glad we did after I saw the map of the Fort!! Oy!

I can't figure out how to get a profile pic up here (help!)

Looking forward to reading everyone's plans and learning from experienced Disney vacationers.

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I did mention that a certain Chris Bowman has been stalking me and has also requested the 400 loop. She said they would be sure to keep us well apart. Something about blocking out too much sun light for that amount of time. :D

:rolleyes1

I can't figure out how to get a profile pic up here (help!)

Dude (or Dudette),

Use the "Upload a File" button under the emoticon menu on the right here as you are creating your post and choose your JPG or PNG file or whatever format the picture file is. Just make sure after it uploads to choose the Full Size button and not Thumbnail (I got old eyes).

We love pictures!

Bama Ed
 

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