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I'll be there, planning this rather last minute but looks like we will be at the Fort from the Friday to the Monday, and doing Epcot on the Sunday. Not done Food and Wine before so looking forward to it.

Here's a bonus post. We still had the plusses to use and felt bad about not doing a waterpark, so two weeks after this we drove to Typhoon Lagoon for the day. Really wish we'd gone sooner, we were all really impressed. Next time I'm getting a large locker when they say one backpack in a standard they mean a small backpack. This would have been easier if we'd gone from the Fort, we would have gotten there earlier, be able to charge to the magic bands, and not needed to carry a credit or gift card on me, and would have gotten towels for free. Got there about 11, a little surpris

Yep a lot more relaxed once she went to All Star Movies, and as far as I know we are still speaking to her. Afterward, she basically said that she wanted to do Disney so much she just ignored what it would be like until she got there. I think most of the tents I saw had some kind of A/C rigged up. A few portable units with the hoses vented out of the door, a lot of units pushed against sides of tents using tarps. Obviously all slightly inefficient, however, I imagine it's a little more workable with modern tents. Thinking of the scout tents I used in the 80s which didn't even h

I entered, although my wife doesn't finish work until 6pm at the moment and we're a couple of hours away so not sure what we'd do.

On to the last day. I thought packing up would be quicker with the instant up tents but there was still a lot to do. First set back of the day was that due to squirrels we were out of tea pods, my wife wasn't happy. She decides to go and get breakfast and a tea from Trails End Takeout while I start taking stuff down. A little after this the kids are getting wound up so my wife takes them to Disney Springs, with the thought of maybe going onto Typoon Lagoon afterward. I heard the people on the site next door telling their kids to go and sit in the camper so it wasn'

Was at the fort last month and it was a rather wet 4th. No problems with my two tents as long as we made sure everything was zipped. I had sprayed the smaller tent with water proof spray before hand, not sure how much difference it made. My EZ up canopy leaked a lot, ended up tying guy lines to the corners of a large tarp and pulling it over the EZ up. It worked quite well.

Had a fairly slow start on the 5th, all the rain has cooled things down a bit which helped. Not sure if it was the rain or my scrubbing off bbq sauce but the road trip wouldn't light when I went to make breakfast. Annoyingly I had a bbq lighter I had taken out of the camping supplies. Well off the shop to get some matches. Will bring a cover for the grill next time as well. We had intended on going to Blizzard Beach but my daughter was still feeling a bit rough so I took my son to the arcade for a bit. On the way back we stopped at the meadows again and got an icec

I was waiting for this to be announced, as I have a day to use at some point this year. Nothing that really appeals though, other than the Disney Springs ones.

Not quite.

We get back to the Fort, my daughter wants to swim so I take her to the pool by the cabins, unforatntly by the time we get there, it's closed due to the storms. We get on the bus to the Meadows and meet the others. Rain's pretty heavy, so I make a run for it while they wait it out. Fine with me, gave me a chance to get started on dinner. A lot of prepping in the instant pot for the ribs and potato salad, by the time the I needed to use the grill the rain had gone off. When I go to get the grill ready, I'm out of gas. I do have the hose adapter for the coleman roadtrip but given th

On the fourth! As usual, I'm a foreigner talking about American holidays, I'll do my best.. After sitting around the day before we decided a breakfast out today was probably best, we'd agreed to meet Sinead at Rainforest at Annimal Kingdom. However, my son slept quite late so some toast and coffee first. While I waited for the toast He woke up eventually and we got the bus to AK, just after 10AM, when we got to Rainforest but getting seated for breakfast, wasn't a problem. Helps to have a Landry card. F

We get back to the site and it's rained, looks like I'd forgotten to make the sure the tents were zipped at the bottom before I left, oops. Fortunately, both the beds are both away from the front of the tents so it's just some clothes that got damp. Not a problem that's what the laundry rooms are for. Screen room was pretty much ok, other than someones open suitcase being left all over the floor from when they delivered it from the magical express. So I go off to do laundry air what I can of the rest and star locating Sinead's stuff so she can pack and get over to Movies when she gets back.

Moving, on. We get to Dinsey Springs just after 11. A quick stop in stance. I did overhear something interesting in there, not too surprisingly what they stock is restricted by there agreement with Disney, so no Universal stuff. Next onto lunch at Planet Hollywood, I planned this because Sinead had seen the giant milkshakes they do at Toothsome Chocolate Emporium on City Walk. I didn't fancy a trip over there so suggest planet Hollywood. I know it had some bad reviews but I liked it, eating there was definitely an experience. Booked via open table in case we ha

The shirts are normally a big help at Theme parks, especially at universal where he got a special meet and greet for Optimus Prime just because the staff saw his shirt, we didn't even say anything. The downside is that it can invite unexpected comments, last Thanksgiving at Epcot someone did go up to my son and tell him he was misbehaving and not autistic. Yes not inviting her to anything else, I guess I'm not ruling out having her staying with us at home entirely, but certainly not going on vacation with her again. My wife wasn't sure what she was thinking, well I think we ex

My chomebook just crashed and lost my last update. DIdn't have anything planned the next morning until Disney Springs, so cooked breakfast, nobody felt like eating out and people wanted time to get ready so that was good. Sorry if the next bit comes across a bit ranty. we had breakfast and thought all was good, then Sinead decideds she's changing her flights and staying in a hotel. Ok, caught me off guard as I thought things were better. I offered to go to Walmart and buy her a camp cot or anything else that would help. No nothing anyone could do, she just hates i

Just fixed the chandelier photo above so hopefully, it shows up now. I get my son back to the tent and he has a rest on his sleeping bag for a bit. While he's resting I'm getting a few things put away and notice that the squirrels have gotten at the chai tea k-cup pods. My fault, I didn't think to lock them away with the rest of the food, I guess it's because they are sweet. Fortunately, there are some left, which I made sure were locked away. We headed down to the pool after this. He wanted the quieter pool by the cabins, but being in 1500 there is no direct bus, I guess if I ha

I was there at the start of July, first I I'd been. I liked it, a bit expensive though.

It was a little warm that first night ended up moving the bed closer to the A/C which helped. Up bright and early in the morning to get to Epcot for breakfast. Last time we did a trip like this we had issues with making tea and coffee on the camp stove, this time I bought my smaller Keruig machine and not to miss out on the Disney experience Joffery's K-Cups. Encountered one small problem, the cups I keep in my camping gear are too small to be filled correctly from the Keruig. So after a coffee, I ordered a Minnie Van, was there within about 10 minutes. I did get a call from the driver asking

I have friends near Birmingham in the UK who are Merlin pass holders, will report back if they go to Bear Grylls Adventure there. I know it's just me but one thing about the article bothered me, Alton Towers is as about as far from Birmingham as Legoland is from Orlando.

I'm in. Wish I could do weekend trips, it's not the distance that's an issue but the time taken setting up tents, for me.

Interesting, I know a few people on the UK Disney facebook groups use them for tickets.

I was there both last black Friday and the following Saturday but we left just after lunch as it was too busy for us.

Wow, that's a good price for flights to Europe over the Summer. Looks like you had a good time. Last time I was that way must have been about 20 years ago.

We had the Minnie Van drop us by the meadows so we could go straight to the campfire. My wife got a little worried as we went through Wilderness Lodge, I casually mentioned that we were going the back way which I think reassured her that the driver wasn't lost. This was taken from the Minnie Van as we went through Wilderness Lodge. After we got to the meadows I went back to our site to grab the s'more supplies. I suppose I could have asked the Minnie Van to drop me there but given we were in 1500 it wasn't much of an issue. Ran into Sinead waiting just outside of the campfire

Only been here two years. It didn't find it that bad but would have been easier taking it at our own pace without worrying about the cousin. Looking around the loop I would say there were less tents than March but still some, most with some kind of A/C rigged. A lot of Pop up campers, truck campers and A frames. Also saw a lot of dogs including dogs in tents, and the usual array of Disney rule breaking. Ok, headed off after breakfast July 1st, after a slight rearrange to get the cooler in. Got there about 11am, good thing my kids weren't paying attention as we went through the