BuckeyeFortFan

What a noob.

Thanks TCD. We've been busy but this new resort news has really sparked my fort interest. Now that you mention it, I might be mistaken on the new barn location. Did you mean plans for the barn at the settlement or the outpost? The settlement is at the Pioneer Hall end of the campground...right? It would make sense to move it to the outpost since they already have buildings there and the settlement is getting crowded.

This thing is big. Grand Floridian big if you go by number of rooms, and they may not all be conventional rooms. The article alludes to nature inspired "fun and surprising accommodation types that families will find irresistible." What does that mean? Teepees? Yurts? Tree houses? They will follow the current model and stick some high dollar rooms along the lake shore for sure. Those things take up a lot of space compared to large boxes of rooms stacked 7 or 8 stories high. Of course this will require all of the space eating amenities that the other resorts have, none of which are curr

I had never heard of a Mute Swan either, so I looked it up. They aren't really deadly, they're just a-holes.

The movie will be shown in the draft horse barn at the TCD Ranch. The aisle way is easily large enough for 8-10 chairs across and as many rows as you could continue to see the screen and not complain that you didn't get your $22 worth. The meet and greet will probably be in there too, thus preventing non-payers from enjoying the show for free. I wouldn't count on being able to meet the horse though. I cannot think of another meet and greet with a live animal, and even though a draft horse is more gentle and calm than a light horse, it is still a 2000 lb animal with a lemon sized brain.

Nice trip Report TCD, entertaining as always. Thank you for writing it and giving me a little vacation from the single digits here in Ohio. I let the wife know she got mentioned in an authentic TCDTR. She was quite pleased. Rocky is looking good. Our boxer is more gray than fawn these days. It's a good thing you didn't watch that "Big 10" game you mentioned. I don't know if you SEC folk can handle that level of competition.

I believe it was early June as our schools finish around memorial day....and it likely was a weeknight too.

We had reservations at camp wilderness once. We left home at 8 am on a June morning and drove all day to Charlotte. We arrived at 4 or 5 pm and checked in, set up the TT and headed for the pool as it was in the 90s and 3 kids had been couped up in the truck all day with only promises of swimming to keep them going. Pool was closed. It wasn't 6pm yet. Hours of daylight left. I enquired as to the pool closing situation. Apparently the pool had to close when the amusement park did....or some equally stupid reason. I got our money back, hitched the trailer back up, and drove to the 5 miles

"Resting Bitch Face"

Well...one positive thing...a Disney cruise is looking more and more like the economical option. No?

And that is why I will never tent camp again. Thanks for the trip report.....and the reminder of what misery is. Looking forward to reading more.

Ohio State fans already have a special area...it is called "the front of the line".

We love getting to the park early and getting a bunch of stuff done quick. But the "Rope drop" is asinine. The turnstiles (or Mickey Band Reader now) provides an excellent access point to the park and allows guests to filter through them and make their way at their own pace (assuming they are not running like jackasses) to their first attraction. The rope drop, on the other hand, funnels hundreds of people, along with their strollers and wheelchairs and ECV's and everything else, into a tiny area, makes them stand there for half an hour while hundreds more push in behind them, and then forc

As much as I love the fort.....I would not do it for 1 night. 1. Getting into the Fort....onto WDW property, through the MK gate, past the FW guard shack, the checking in, getting into the loop and then the site....can take at least an hour, maybe more if traffic is bad or the CM's are not on the top of their game. 2. $$$$. FW can be twice as pricey as other campgrounds. 3. After staying the night at the Fort, I would not want to leave the next day. It saddens me to leave after 10 days. 4 Since it is your first time towing and backing and setting up, you may not want to try that in a

First off, congratulations on the fiver. As to towing....assuming your truck is up to the task, you will love it. Backing is easy, just don't jack-knife and break your cab window. With my dually diesel 350 there is no movement with semis passing, although make sure you have room to stop! These trailers are heavy and I don't think the brakes on them are as capable of stopping the mass of the unit as what you are used on a TT. Also BEWARE OF TAIL SWING! When you turn left...the back end of your coach goes right.....far right, and the sharper the turn the farther it swings. I luckily lea