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Thanks for the link, that should come in useful. I figured the traffic would be good between 12-04, but then I have to be on the road between midnight and 0400. The original plan would have put us in ATL around 1100-0100 on a Saturday. That seems like a roll of the dice. Either way, if getting stuck in ATL for a little while is the worst part of the trip, I'll be happy.

I know, I know, driving through Atlanta has been covered several times, but with the latest twist (collapsed bridge on one of the interstates) I thought I would ask again. We are headed to the Fort in a couple of weeks from KY and will be going through ATL. The plan now is to leave in the evening on Friday and drive though Atlanta, then resting. The plan would but us through ATL between midnight and 0400 AM depending on when we are able to leave. I'm sure that traffic will be easier at that time, with the trade off being the time of day. Has anyone been through ATL during the day in the l

We stay at a place called "Smoky Bear" campground, just outside of Gatlinburg. It's close enough to all the tourist traps, but far enough out that you still get the feel of the smokies. On the plus side for your situation, you can stay on I-40 and go around g-burg/PF. The campground is actually in a little town called Cosby. Might not make it any less out of the way, but might not have to fight as much traffic.

Can't speak for the roads, we went through there in May, but the route was not what we hoped. Tons of traffic lights, and traffic. Wound up taking a lot longer than anticipated, and next year have already decided to roll the dice in Atlanta. It was worth a shot though.... Probably a good option if you're starting south of Nashville, so you don't have to back track.

There is another campground, called Cave Country RV Campground, on that same exit. It's closer to interstate, all pull through, and very level. If I was just looking for a place to pull in for the night in this area, that's where I would go. The only draw back to cave country is the lack of playground, pool, swing set, etc. There is just not much there as far as entertainment goes.

This was a nice little campground. The sites were mostly pull through, but them seemed really close together. They did have a small pond and swing set to keep kids entertained. The host was a really nice guy with lots of info to share. All and all, not a bad place to stay of you're in the area.

Wow, $419 is pretty incredible for that generator. If you see it again, buy 2!

I got mine from M4 led. The difference in heat was the first thing I noticed. I went with the cool white light, I think around 5000K. I didn't really like that, it was a little too, office/hospital-esque. I'd go with a 2700K, which is a lot closer to the standard incandescent bulb.

Thanks for the heads up! Thanks to everyone else!

Well, the slide out on wheels has done us well over the last few years but the time has come to upgrade. We sold our Jayco 154, and will be picking up our Coachmen 192rbs this weekend. Hopefully the work schedules will allow us to take it out a few times before it's shuttered for the winter. Really looking forward to our next trip to the fort in our new TT.

Interesting. I remember our briefing where the CM told us, "there is a fire extinguisher, but, you're wearing life jackets, surrounded by water, and its not your boat, sooo...." I'm assuming that is not the standard for what to do in case of a fire any more. At any rate my son loved the sea racers in May. Even though we took a huge wave over the bow that drenched us. I really hope they don't get rid of them.

Are they still offering the sea raycer rentals from the Fort? Tried to look on the website and any mention of them has disappeared.

We're from KY as well! Anyway our son is 7 and I think he would really enjoy this. We are definitely going to try it out next trip

Welcome! I'm pretty new here, and I have to say the people on this forum have been great. Very friendly and extremely informative. I think you'll enjoy it.

I thought if you were staying at any of the WDW resorts you could access any of the others. That's what they told us a few years ago when we stayed at AoA, and wanted to do a little resort exploring.

Yep, still open. Just ate there last week.

This is the kind of stuff that bothers me about Disney. Any theme park can leave a guest sitting for 1.5 hrs and say, "we're calling it in". Disney on the other hand is supposed to be the place where magic happens, right? I've seen it at times, I'm sure we all have. It seems the last couple times we've been there, that there is a growing mentality that we can do whatever we want, the people will still come, and still pay.

Yep! The walkway between the back of mine train, and Ariel's grotto. Good eye, I thought it would take more than an hour!

Right park, but not frontier land.

One of my favorite hidden Mickeys

An hour and a half is crazy! I thought all the busses could accommodate scooters. I wonder if the the little trip computer thing on the dash board of the bus has anything to do with the times on screen? I'm sure the top dogs in disney transportation really keep a close eye on how efficient the busses are running.

It seems so simple, if you go to their campground you follow their rules. If you don't like the rules, don't go. (Ironic naivete intended)

I think sitting still is the easy part. It's getting the cats going after you load mom and dad and five kids!

Driving their cats! Hilarious typo!

Maybe. The stop at HS was 4A. Not really very far away. The catch is that 4A has no shelter. It's just a queue line on concrete. So, if it's raining you get wet, sunny you get burned, etc., etc, you get the picture. The real kicker is that the FW stop at the springs is right by the path to the shops, just on the other side of the loop the busses drive on, so you can't cross. You have to walk all the way down, then back.