PeacefulCamper 4 Posted October 27, 2016 Report Share Posted October 27, 2016 Hello! I'm excited to finally join and apologize for being a loooong time lurker. Also, thank you for the oh-so-many times I needed a Fort fix and you were here! Before our pre-Matthew trip, I was straightening out a little used closet in our TT and found the Fort Fiends hat with tags still attached. I believe it was tossed out during a golf cart parade back in the day! I didn't think it was right to clip the tags and wear it until one of us had joined. Well, kind of late, but clipping the tags!!! So we left the day before the Fort said everyone had to be out due to impending Matthew, and as we were packing, we watched cast members zooming around in golf carts, picking up just the lids of loop trash cans. Finally, a different worker arrived with rope, stacked the lids against a tree and tied them down. Thought it was kind of interesting! I'll try to attach the pic. BradyBzLyn...Mo, caveat lector and Tri-Circle-D 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tri-Circle-D 2,059 Posted October 27, 2016 Report Share Posted October 27, 2016 Welcome! What a great first post. That photo of the trash can lids tied to the tree is awesome! So, where are you from? How often do you visit the Fort? TCD Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BradyBzLyn...Mo 2,023 Posted October 27, 2016 Report Share Posted October 27, 2016 What TCD said - WELCOME! :) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beckers 1,136 Posted October 27, 2016 Report Share Posted October 27, 2016 Welcome!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
momof3kids-Yvonne 596 Posted October 27, 2016 Report Share Posted October 27, 2016 Welcome! Sent from my SM-G900V using Tapatalk Quote Link to post Share on other sites
PeacefulCamper 4 Posted October 27, 2016 Author Report Share Posted October 27, 2016 Thanks for the welcome! We live about half an hour from the Fort and save our money to stay 3 or 4 times a year. Even though we are local, we don't think free-loading at the pool is appropriate. I would say we're rule-followers. On occasion we might come for lunch (although I guess the lunch menu is history) and walk around wishing we were on vacation! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LONE-STAR 370 Posted October 28, 2016 Report Share Posted October 28, 2016 Welcome Quote Link to post Share on other sites
djsamuel 322 Posted November 8, 2016 Report Share Posted November 8, 2016 On 10/27/2016 at 7:54 PM, PeacefulCamper said: Thanks for the welcome! We live about half an hour from the Fort and save our money to stay 3 or 4 times a year. Even though we are local, we don't think free-loading at the pool is appropriate. I would say we're rule-followers. On occasion we might come for lunch (although I guess the lunch menu is history) and walk around wishing we were on vacation! We're in Clermont and we often do the same thing (walking around wishing we were on vacation). We've had 7 stays this year with one more planned; but that's more than normal since my wife retired from Disney a year ago and we've taken a year to enjoy it. I'm still working and need to save some vacation prior to retiring in 5 years. Plus, we want to resume our normal one big trip a year supplemented by the Fort and state parks. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
PeacefulCamper 4 Posted November 15, 2016 Author Report Share Posted November 15, 2016 Small world! We're in Clermont as well! Raised our family here. Both daughters are married and settled in Orlando! My husband retired from teaching and then worked for Disney. He retired from there a few years ago. I retired from 38 years of teaching last year. Planning to do a lot of camping throughout Florida with (of course) as many Fort trips as possible! BigTom 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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