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  1. Changes at Artist Point - Character meal coming?

    in Disney Rumors Board

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    This is sad. AP was our favorite restaurant at WDW and Territory Lounge was our favorite lounge. Even if the lounge doesn't change I can't see the atmosphere staying the same with the families being drawn to the character meal. I'm not trying to upset folks with kids but one of the reasons we like the Wilderness Lodge is it tends to have quieter adult oriented places to eat and drink. Put that together with a launch ride around the lake and it makes for a nice evening. Hopefully it is just a rumor and if not that Disney sees the error of their ways. 

  3. Dogs to be allowed at some WDW Resort Hotels + Fort Wilderness Cabins

    in WDW and Disney Park Discussions

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    16 hours ago, BradyBzLyn...Mo said:

    Thanks for the confirmation, Jason!

    The wording on the Fort suggests to me that all cabins will be pet friendly?  I'd think they'd still keep it to designated cabins or loops, but maybe they're going all in on the Fort and pets?

    If anyone finds out more first hand, please let us know.

    That wouldn't make sense to me as they need some pet free to accommodate guests with dog allergies. That is unless they don't care to serve them there. 

  6. Deciding on a travel trailer

    in Camper Suggestions: from tents to Class A beauties

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    There will be a lot of variation with payload values across the F-150 line. A good place for F-150 info is at f150forum.com. They have a towing section where lots of folks can answer questions or help with figuring out maximum weights. If you browse the towing section you should see a number of "Can I tow this" or "How much can I tow" type threads with examples and the math worked out. A word of warning. Some of the folks there are of the mind you have to weigh everything every time you go out. At the other extreme there are some who refuse to weigh or even worry about their trucks capacity. I'm of the mind that you can do the calculations based on the truck's stickers and knowing weights of passengers/cargo/etc. I then would weigh it after getting everything set up and loaded to verify the hitch setup and that I didn't put in too much stuff. I would also reweigh if I made a major modification like adding a bike rack or luggage box. Other than that I find we are pretty stable as to what we put in or take out of the trailer so see no need to worry about the weight of extra clothing or food for a longer trip.

    Here is a link to the towing section: https://www.f150forum.com/f82/

  7. Deciding on a travel trailer

    in Camper Suggestions: from tents to Class A beauties

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    You didn't mention what you are planning to tow with but most people do not realize that the published towing capacity for their truck is a lot less in reality. Most tow vehicles run out of payload capacity before they exceed the other weights but any one being exceeded means the trailer is too heavy for the TV. Keep in mind that more options means less payload. More than one person has ended up with a TT heavier than their TV can handle safely and had to look for something bigger to pull with. That gets expensive.  Also dry weights are not useful for determining if your tow vehicle can handle the trailer. It is not uncommon for a TT to carry 1000 lbs or more of stuff once every thing is loaded and installed

    To determine the payload capacity available to carry the trailer tongue you need to find the payload sticker on the driver side door pillar. It will usually say something to the effect of "The maximum weight of all passengers and cargo cannot exceed nnnn lbs". From this weight subtract the weight of all passengers, luggage/cargo, owner addons and 100 lbs for the weight distributing hitch.  The result is the payload capacity you have available to carry the tongue weight of the trailer.  Take this number and divide by .13 (13%) and it will give you an estimate of the maximum loaded trailer weight your TV can pull. Tongue weights will run between 10% and 15% of trailer weight with the most common range being 12% - 14%. This is why I use 13% as a rule of thumb. I also run 15% when looking for a worst case scenario. You can manage tongue weight to some degree by how you load the trailer but is is a pain and requires weighing every time you shift stuff around. It can also cause stability problems if you get too much in the back of the trailer.  This is for a bumper pull TT. A 5th wheel will use a pin weight that is typically 20% - 25% of the loaded trailer weight. Most 5th wheels are too heavy for a 1/2 ton truck in both payload and axle capacity.

    After the payload you need to verify you are not over the Gross Combined Weight Rating. The GCWR is the combined weight of the trailer and TV. It is the  combined weight of the loaded vehicle and loaded trailer. You also need to verify that you are not exceeding the weight rating of the hitch receiver. There should be a sticker on the receiver listing its maximum weights. Lastly is the Gross Axle Weight Rating. This includes all of the weight on top of and behind the axle. The only really good way to get these numbers is to weigh the fully loaded TT and TV at a truck scale with the WDH hooked up. You also want to use the scale to weigh the fully loaded TV with no trailer and with the trailer but WDH disconnected. These will let you determine solid numbers for available payload and see that your WDH is set up correctly in addition to verifying other weight capacities aren't exceeded.

    All off this should be in your owners manual as well. Also keep in mind that most RV sales people will tell you that you can tow whatever it is you are looking at whether it is safe to do so or not. Good luck.

     

  11. More Changes at Disney Springs UPDATE 8/23 4Rivers Opens

    in Disney Rumors Board

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    10 minutes ago, BradyBzLyn...Mo said:

    I've still yet to hear anything good about the revamped Planet Hollywood menu.  Has anyone been?

    We haven't been to Planet Hollywood since before the remodel. We weren't impressed with the food then and felt after seeing it once for the memorabilia there was no reason to go back. From the reviews I've seen Fieri's restaurants they generally come off as ho hum to not very good so I would be surprised if Planet Hollywood or Chicken Guy would be any different. Based on this we still see no reason to go back.

    The real test for Chicken Guy will be if their fried pickles come from a bag in the freezer of if they make their own from scratch. We have two local pubs that make their own and there is no comparison to those of the chains that buy theirs ready to cook.

     

  14. Help resort fast pass question

    in WDW and Disney Park Discussions

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    7 hours ago, mouseketab.....Carol said:

    Many of my [email protected] friends are so concerned about putting their spare on the tongue versus where it is mounted underneath because they don't want to crawl under to retrieve it after a flat. I just can't seem to convince them, that leaving it under the trailer is fine, because if they have a blowout, they won't be crawling under their trailer to retrieve the spare, they will be waiting on a flatbed tow truck because it won't be towable any more with the body damage.

    LOL. The email filter is filtering the @ TAB.

  17. Changing Coquina to Stone

    in Fort Wilderness Loops Information

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    The state park we go to most often has pea gravel for the tent sites. It is about 4" deep so if you are using an 8 or 10 inch stake you get plenty of grip. Once you have a ground cloth down and if you use a sleeping pad I think it would be pretty comfortable. Definitely better than the tree roots I always seemed to find in our old tenting days. 

  21. Interesting

    in Camper Suggestions: from tents to Class A beauties

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    Doesn't appear to be safe for the small cars they show it on. One of the cars looks like a Scion Xb which does not recommend towing or even installing a hitch. At 240 pounds dry I expect it will be over 300 lbs loaded. That will probably exceed these small car's maximum payload once you add in a driver, passenger and their stuff. Even if you made that work I still wonder how much weight it takes off the front end which affects the car's steering ability. There is enough trouble with folks who buy travel trailers that are too big for their vehicles. This just adds more of that for vehicles that provide less towing capacity information.

  22. 1500 Loop

    in Disney and Fort Construction

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    Around here the state parks use road base or a pea gravel for their campsites. The road base tends to puddle and not drain well after being compacted by long term use where the gravel still drains well. I'm not sure one in cleaner than the other just a different type of mess. From what I've seen the coquina compacts like road base does so this should be a good change although the gravel will likely make using a ground cloth more important.

  24. Bikes

    in General Camping Discussion and Questions

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    On 7/8/2018 at 8:18 PM, ImDownWithDisney said:

    I mounted this underneath our toy hauler. It makes locking up all of our stuff so easy. 

     

    https://www.summitracing.com/parts/reh-7032100?seid=srese1&cm_mmc=pla-google-_-shopping-_-srese1-_-reese-towpower&gclid=CjwKCAjw7IbaBRBqEiwA6AyZgrGeKVMdbHanObppQb412q86SznIVII1ZPuTfOcsUICrZfabCW5FshoCGvcQAvD_BwE

    Our old trailer came with one of those attached to the rear frame. It was a different brand but didn't last very long due to all the road wash that hit it from the tires when it rained. The unit wasn't well sealed so water would get in an sit in the housing and rusted out the return spring.  If I were to add one to our current trailer I would look for a place that didn't allow a lot of water to hit it.

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