Angela n Rolling Crew

Ken, we are bringing a canopy that has four sides that can be left up or put down. Our plan is to park the wheelchairs in the canopy at night. I hope that will keep them safe and dry!

We checked into the Coach Lift as well as some other options. The Coach Lift was a bit out of our budget, so we went with a Burr Handy Lift. It was about half the cost and I think it will do the job for us. We will still have to lift the girls out of their chairs, but will be able to just step onto the lift with each one and it will lift us up into the trailer. It will save us climbing the stairs holding a 13 year old! And our boys will be able to get themselves on it and operate it as well. So we are hoping it works well for us. It is being installed tomorrow and we are three weeks from our t

Thanks! Trying to save a few dollars on the full hook up sites. Plus we have a tent as well and a canopy too. I figured the coquina sand wound allow us to stake the tent and the canopy. We use the canopy to keep the wheelchairs out of the rain and over the table. It's a lot to consider! No matter where they put us, I am sure the kids will be happy! I think we are just going to request 1601, 1741, 1825 or anything next to a comfort station path with easy backing! That ought to work! Less than two months for us til we are at the Fort!

We have a 32 ft trailer and will have one tent as well. My husband is fairly new at backing our trailer, and I see some of these sites say "difficult" to back and some say "average". His comfort level is probably between "easy" and "average", so should we realistically cross off the sites that say "difficult"?

Wow! Thanks so much! Those replies are really helpful. You guys are awesome. Will check out all those sites mentioned on the app. This gives us a good variety to request.

Has anyone stayed in site 1601? We are thinking of requesting it for our Labor Day week trip. We have four kids in wheelchairs and need to be able to easily access the Comfort Station for Showers. Will this location work for us? We are not so worried about proximity to bus stops as we will likely take our wheelchair lift van to the parks. However, being able to walk to Meadows area would be nice. How far would the walk be to the marina from this loop? Thanks in advance!

Hey all! Just getting back to FF and this thread. Thanks so much for the links and the pictures! We are gonna give Coach Lift a call tomorrow to chat with them and see how much their lift would cost us. Our boys with Spina Bifida would be able to use this for sure. And I believe it would allow us to get our two total care girls into the travel trailer as well. We didn't get to stay at Fort Wilderness last year after all, as we had a problem with our slide on the travel trailer and it ended up in the shop while we ended up renting a condo for our trip! But we are trying again this year and we

I am pretty new here, but I will weigh in on this one. :panic: Don't be too rough on me please! I just wonder how they will handle families like mine (and there are more than you would think) where we have four children with disabilities and several different "needs". In the past we have simply explained our needs to Guest Relations and they would then decide what accommodations we needed and would stamp our GAC with the appropriate message. I have two with vision impairment, three with seizures, and one with mild autism in addition to his Spina Bifida. And I have one who is "just" in a whee

We are going in three weeks (also driving from Texas) and we are trying the Tallahassee RV Park. http://www.tallahasseervpark.com/about.html Anyone stayed here? Angela

Ken, we have DS24 and DD20 who are healthy and both in the army (one in VA and one in GA). We have one angel in Heaven. And we have four at home: DD12 (Hydranencephaly, seizures and CP = total care), DS11(Spina Bifida, very able to push himself and very active!), DS4(Spina Bifida, also active though gets tired so will need to be pushed some) and DD who is 19 mos (Hydranencephaly, DI, Adrenal Insufficiency and CP = total care). They are all sweet kids and we are so blessed to be their parents! I hope we get to meet you and Judy some day. Would love to chat about our mutual experiences!! Our D

My daughter who is in the army is joining us on our trip Oct 12 - Oct 22, so she is purchasing the 4 day park hopper military tickets for us all. Will we be able to link those to our MDE and then be able to create the MB and make FP+ reservations? TIA Angela

What is the best location to take my two boys in wheelchairs to fish? We will be requesting either the 1200 or 1300 loop near the comfort station. I see there is a canal behind the 1300 loop. It is grassy or flat so that we can take them down that way, or are there docks that might be a better location for them to fish from? TIA Angela

Would love to see pictures too!! This is what we need desperately!

For those going in October, we will be there from October 12th to October 22nd! Would love to meet anyone who wants to say hi! I am going to order a Fort Fiends sign so we will be easy to spot! The FF app with sites is just awesome as are all the videos of the loops! We are thinking we may ask for the 1300 or 1200 loop near the comfort station. Both of those locations look to be close to bus stop as well. We will be driving our wheelchair accessible van with lift to the parks as we have four in wheelchairs to transport. Our last trip to Disney was in 2009 and we only had two in wheelchairs at

Thanks so much for all your replies! Judy and Ken, especially thanks for all the info. We have been several times with the kids to Disney World, but this will be our first time at Fort Wilderness and in our camper. I think we will have a great time!! Thanks all!! Angela