Just a disclaimer, in case you are new here; We are Disney Adults. NO apologies, NO shame and don’t have a drop of concern regarding what anyone thinks about it. We love it here, we will always love it here and we will likely never stop coming here. Fort Wilderness is fantastic and I love staying here. This, I must admit was my favorite time here, as I really immersed myself in the joy and activities. I could live here!
We got a good site. We were right across from the Pluto Dog Park. I initially was not thrilled with the site, but we did enjoy it and it proved to be a good site for participating in the scavenger hunts. We were further from the docks than we hoped, but it turned out to be a nice walk.
I’m going to focus more on the campground this post, as I realize that Disney gets redundant. I discovered a couple of Fort Wilderness campground Facebook groups and found out about the scavenger hunt! The scavenger hunt is campground wide and people ‘hide’ various items around the park, leaving clues for others to ‘find’ the item. Items ranged from dollar store items to Loungefly backpacks! Some folks are super generous! I found a few things and I fell in love. It allowed me to craft and share my creations. Turned out my ornaments were very popular and I even was able to do some trades.
I had a blast creating and hiding my ornaments. I hung several at the dog park and on the back of our site, where I could sit at my desk and watch the finders locate them! It was fun. I didn’t keep track of how many I made, but over our stay, I made at least 50, probably closer to 75.
Ed was a sweetheart and accompanied me to the craft night. I desperately wanted to make a sign for our camper. It came out SO cute! I highly recommend any of the craft activities at The Fort, the staff is so welcoming and helpful. The community is, at large, very friendly and inclusive.
We did a lot of walking and exploring the campground. We saw this gorgeous hawk on our first day there.
We discovered that while they are super cute, the squirrels are quite aggressive and destructive! They chewed through my string lights, not once but twice! I was feeling like my mom, ready to go to war with the little jerks!!!
The Fort beach is a great place to watch the electrical water parade! The Fort pipes the music through the entire campground every night when the parade passes. I loved it! We also watched the fireworks from the beach several nights. The music for the fireworks is piped onto the beach area only and during our stay, it was very low, but still enjoyable.
Ed surprised me by flying James in to spend a few days with us! I was completely shocked. I had really been reminiscing about the days when we came to Disney with the boys and it was such a sweet surprise to get a few days to enjoy the parks with James again.
My mama heart was so happy! I don’t know that this kid will ever understand how much joy he brings to me.
My heart is happiest when we are all together 🙂
Several evenings the horse drawn buggies and carriages went past our site. We might do a carriage ride next time we are here. The stables are a cool place to go and see the horses and learn about the history of the carriages and horses at Disney.
We went to the Hoop Dee-Doo Revue as it had been closed due to COVID during our last stay. It was a really fun time and we enjoyed the food and the show! The cornbread was so good and I am super picky about my cornbread.
We went to the Campfire Sing-A-Long, it is a cute show and fun time.
We spent a lot of time this visit doing things other than visiting the parks. We took the buses, boats and sky tram to the resorts to spend time looking around, shopping, snacking and people watching. This was a wonderfully relaxing way to ‘do’ Disney. The parks are a huge part of the reason we love Disney World, but we also really enjoy just immersing ourselves into the Disney Bubble. It is nice to really take the time to stroll around and see all the minute details that one misses when pushing themselves to ‘go/go/go’. It is a real blessing and privilege to have the time to really soak it all in.
The Fort Wilderness Campground is beautiful in and of itself. There are so many things to discover and places to explore. We had a wonderful time here. We also have NEVER been to Disneyworld when we had to wear coats! We had several nights that it was REALLY cold! Who knew Florida could be COLD! LOL!
The following are just a bunch of photos from the fort area. Enjoy!
Coats at Disney World!
Next stop…Blythe Island, Georgia! Until next time, Disney…