this campground is huge
it's like 700 acres or something I think I'll have to
double check that but and this is just absolutely huge campground
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so we are here at Disney's Fort Wilderness campground and the cool thing
about this particular campground is that it is part of the Disney Resort system
so if you stay at this campground then you get all of the same privileges that
you would get if you were saying in one of the Disney actual resorts so things
like magic hours where you get to be in the parks it's a little bit earlier than
everybody else transportation all of those things you
can take advantage of if you're staying here a Fort Wilderness
now a couple of things to be aware of with Fort Wilderness is that it is not going to be
the cheapest campground that you've ever stay at just like anything that is kind
of Disney related it's not gonna be on the cheap side however this particular
campground does not lack in providing the Disney experience so everything is
you ride around and as you look around it's very much in themed with Fort
Wilderness it's a very woodsy area everything feels just like you are out
kind of in the wilderness the general store the horse riding barn everything
just has that feel of being kind of in an old-time fort and
being out in the woods really kind of truly camping even though you're right
here on Disney property now here is a tip with reservations for Fort
Wilderness you can book online up to 365 days in
advance which if you are planning on coming you definitely need to make it
reservations well in advance however if you call you can book up to 499 days in
advance so if you plan on coming here during a very busy time like we are
during the holidays or Halloween or times where it's very popular to visit
the Disney parks you need to make reservations as far in advance as you
can to make sure that you have a site something else to be aware of is they
don't assign you a site the minute you make that reservation so just because
you have your reservation doesn't mean that your site number is actually locked
in when you come they're going to assign you a site at that time so do you be
aware of that that there's not a guarantee that you're going to get a
specific site you're just going to get a site that is within the range of sites
that you selected so if you selected a premium site of course you will have a
premium site you just are not going to be able to know which site number that
that is until that you arrive and are ready to check-in
so Fort Wilderness it's just an absolutely huge campground so one of the
things that you probably want to do in that you can do here is to rent a golf
cart there are just hundreds of acres that they have here of campsites in
different areas that you're going to one to see and so as you can kind of see in
the directory behind me here it's just a very massive area so depending upon
which campsite you want in they do have different levels of campsites so
you can get just kind of a basic full hookup campsite there's a preferred
campsite a premium campsite and then a premium meadow campsite that's going to
be a little bit closer to all of the things to do and see in Fort Wilderness
so depending upon your budget there's four different levels you can have a
tent on each RV site so that's always something that you can do
and you can have up to ten people on your site as well so if it's something
that you want to do with extended family or another group you can definitely do
that and have your RV at one site and then your tent at the same site as well
but you definitely are gonna want to run a golf cart because walking all of this
by foot is quite the feat so this is the Pioneer Hall where they do the hoop to
do review in that's a really fun event which is just like a musical dinner
theater so if you are at Fort Wilderness this is something to consider you do
have to purchase a separate ticket with a separate cost but it is well worth the
price to have that full-on Disney experience and take in a really fun show
another wonderful thing about Fort Wilderness campground is that you have
transportation over to the parks so you can actually hop on a ferry that will
take you across the lake over to the Magic Kingdom from there you can jump on
the monorail and ride the monorail to some of the other different parks as
well so there's also buses available to take you from Park to park you really
don't even need to ever leave the campground except for maybe to get
groceries or something of that nature but to visit the parks all of the
transportation is complimentary included is just something that's part of your
visit here at Disney's Fort Wilderness and you can get back and forth from the
campground into all of the four different Disney parks that are in this
area quickly and easily so we're gonna take a boat
over to the park and you to take these ferries back and forth from the port
wilderness campground over to the Disney park so super fun to be able to just
take this ferry across for free so there are several different restaurants that
are on the property there's some snack bar type restaurants that you can just
walk in and get food one thing you do need to keep in mind is most of the
restaurants that are here do require advanced reservations so you do need to
jump on to the website and make those reservations and advance it's not the
type of restaurant that you can just you know walk in and put your name on a list
but you do need to have those reservations made in advance if you want
to go into the actual restaurants in have a sit-down meal other than that
there's some takeout options here and then also the different snack bars that
serve things like you know burger pizza hotdogs those types of things that are
available and of course you know most of us live in the RV life like to cook at
our rigs too so you can always go hit the grocery store and have your food
right at your rig as well so this is the Trading Post and when you walk in it
really does feel like you've step back in time into a trading post all of the
decor inside is themed like a Trading Post even the employees are in kind of a
uniform that is reminiscent of kind of an old-time feel so the cool thing about
this park is again you are getting the full Disney experience where everything
is themed and it's just done with the spirit of excellence and cool things
that they have inside trading pins shirts but also you know if you forgot
your s'more stuff or any of your just kind of necessity basics you could pick
it up here at the Trading Post like your pins you know where you get a pin
put on your lanyard and do pin trading yeah they have all sorts of
really cool pins here that you can get so what are your lanyards
so there's a great swimming pool here as well as a splash pad they also provide
complimentary lifejacket so if you've got younger ones that just you know
maybe don't have the best swimming schools yet you can throw them in a
complementary lifejacket and the pool is heated so you won't so worried about
being too cold if it's not a perfectly sunny for the day outside but very very
nice pool area plenty of chairs umbrellas great place to come and relax
the wonderful thing about Fort Wilderness
is obviously you're here really because you came for Disney this is not a place
you would come stay just because you want to look for an RV park in the
Florida area but you know if you've done Disney before you know how it is after a
couple of days you're ready for just kind of a day where you take a break
before that you get back in the action so this is a great place to just come
decompress let the kids hang out at the pool enjoy some Florida Sun and to take
that break before that you go back into the parks so if you choose to come here
during the holidays it is truly a magical experience the decorations were
just amazing the decorations that people put outside their campsites
are even more amazing probably more amazing that you're gonna find driving
around a neighborhood it's just incredible what people set outside of
their campsites but they also have really fun activities
so there will be a tree lighting ceremony later a full-on choir a
crafting corner it is just a magical experience if you choose to come here
during one of the holidays so we are going to decorate the golfcart gonna put
the bow in the front Trinity or on this side and or the very front
looking good
plugging in that inverter to the battery bank
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so where we going guys
we're going to the Christmas Eve Disney parade golf cart parade well it's technically a Disney
parade cuz everybody dressed it up Disney pretty much everybody here is a
Disney fanatic oh my god so we've decorated up the golf cart but
I have a feeling that there probably be some pretty epic golf cart
we're not gonna win
for sure we're not gonna win
I don't know if there's a contest
but if there's no it is a contest is it the contest yeah we're
totally not gonna win no but it was fun decorating a golf cart
so we'll get to be in the Christmas Eve golf cart parade here at Disney's
Fort Wilderness
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Merry Christmas
and then of course just being the star wars fan living in all of these blow up
Star Wars Christmas decorations just make my Star Wars fan heart extremely
happy because it's so much fun seeing all of Star Wars stuff and then what makes me even
happier is seeing this discovery over here that is like a twin you know it's
our twin to our rig it is like I mean other than maybe a few small things that
is exactly a twin to our rigs
awesome thank you
Merry Christmas
thank you
all of the employees here are just amazing like
I've heard that Disney actually has a whole division then where you can hire
them to come and train staff like on your company even because they do such a
wonderful job of customer experience and so when you come to a Disney park or a
Disney resort like this is a Disney Resort the customer experience is just
amazing I don't wanna hit that turkey I know I don't wanna hit that turkey
this is just so cool like all of these decorations that people put
it's a big dog
Merry Christmas to your dog
anyway it is just so crazy how people go all out decorate another thing that's really
cool is I don't think I have ever seen how that one's cool I don't think I've
ever seen so many pray those in one place so this is definitely like the
place to be if you are an RVeer at Christmas time oh there's no Dixon
Blitzen Dasher and dancer and Prancer and vixen
comet Cupid Donner and Blitzen
Dad look to the rudolf
Dancer Prancer Vixen Comet Cupid Donner Blitzen Rudolf
oh my gosh it's Luke Skywalker
two Luke Skywalkers in pajamas its c-3po a whole stormtrooper army oh there's a
Kyllo Ren a couple Kylo ren's more stormtroopers like seriously how long
does this take to set up because this is insane that this is so cool take off
it's the whole first order the whole first order decked out in Christmas
jammies is right there except for general Hawkes to make all the jacks up
for and then here's oh here's Yoda there's Yoda isn't that hilarious
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they rent storage units to put all their decorations in and they pay storage for
your storage units all year long all their decorations all their decorations for
for Disney Christmas cuz obviously there's no way you can put all
of that in your RV I mean you know it's like living in an RV right be as minimal
as possible Wow but yeah they rent current unit and then some people either
are from Kentucky uh-huh so they have a trailer that they put all
their decorations in and haul down here all the way from thing all the way from
Kentucky to Fort Wilderness they've been doing this for three years Wow and they
always they always I guess when they get here they request this site that's on a
corner so they have all of this corner area to put all the decorations out in
Wow yeah they're here through March first so they were able to extend
however that they were able to extend through March first but the customer
experience is amazing the employees are amazing
earlier when we were lining up for the parade the employees are helping to sign
up we're just dancing and they were happy like that's what you should be you
should be happy to come to work and they always are at least very happy it
doesn't if they don't like coming to work you certainly would never know that
because all of the employees when you come to a Disney resorts such as this or
any of the Disney parks they're always just so happy to be at work and friendly
So Disney has definitely done a lot of things right when it comes to customer
experience and staff and obviously they treat their staff well or else our staff
wouldn't stay so that is just one thing that's super cool about just the whole
Disney experience and you know even though that this campground cost a
little bit more to stay here than it would have your KOA or whatever it's a
Disney experience just like if you were staying at a Disney Resort
except for you can obviously be here with your RV because when you're living
the RV life you the last thing you want to do is get a hotel like you if you
have to go get a hotel it's because you've had some sort of event like a
breakdown or something like that and you can't be in your rig so when you come to
a place like this I mean your mobile you're living the RV life you don't want
to go get a hotel you don't want to go stay in one of the Disney resorts like
the Polynesian or one of the others or it's but you can stay here and still be
in your home with your RV and still have that incredible Disney experience
so it's just a wonderful campground to be at so thanks so much for watching this
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