Disney’s Fort Wilderness Lodge and Campground

All week long I have told you about my top five favorite Disney Hotels but I have saved the best for last. Earlier this week I told you about how Norwood and I moved into a fifth wheel. Late last year we started to look into ways in which we could stay at Disney World. Remember I told you about Disney Vacation Club and throughout the last nine months I have told you about the hotels we have stayed at. Well both are fantastic options for literally living at Disney World but with our fur baby Maverick DVC is not an option since he cannot stay at the hotels with us but we found a way that we can literally live at Disney World and today I will tell you about Fort Wilderness Lodge and Fort Wilderness Campground. The only place on Disney property (besides the kennels) that is truly dog friendly is Fort Wilderness Campground and here are my top five reasons why you will be seeing my family spending a lot of time there…

1.Fur baby friendly! Finally Maverick will get to see Disney World from the comfort of his own home.

2.You can bring your home with you to Disney World! Everything you want right there with you.

3.Hoop-Dee-Doo Musical Revue… dinner and a great show. Even if you are not staying at Fort Wilderness Campground you should make plans to see this show. Funny!

4.Carriage Rides around the park… Norwood and I took one during the week of Christmas and it was so much fun. Also as I mentioned yesterday in my list of the Contemporary the boat ride from the Contemporary to Fort Wilderness Lodge and Campground is a nice one.

5.The Christmas Decorations. The RVers go all out at Fort Wilderness Campground and there is nothing more fun than walking around seeing the lights and the Disney themed decorations.

Fort Wilderness Campground Christmas Lights

On one of our perfect day excursions to the Magic Kingdom last week Norwood and I decided to hop a boat and head over to check out the Fort Wilderness Campground. Norwood had saw a program on the Travel Channel that mentioned there were really impressive displays on individual campsites so we decided to go and check them out. As we were walking up to Pioneer Hall to find out where to go we saw a Horse Drawn Carriage pull up. I walked over to the driver and asked her about it and just our luck she had a no show so she could take us right then! The ride is about 20-25 minutes and it is $35 for the group. During the holiday season they take you around the campsite loops to see the light displays. Here is just a sample of what you can see on your tour…



The displays included many Disney blow up Christmas decorations, homemade decorations, larger than life snow globes, lights, lights and yet more lights and of course Santa Claus. A popular Santa display I saw at many sites was one in which he and Mickey were sitting on a recliner and waving to passersby’s.



The ride was absolutely perfect. Our driver Ashley was friendly and informative and Dutch was an amazing horse. He was so well behaved, it was definitely Disney Magic. Thanks Ashley and Dutch!