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Fort Wilderness by the Month and 2023 Crowd Calendar

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Even though it can feel as though getting a reservation at Disney’s Fort Wilderness is nearly impossible, this is only true for a few weeks of the year. As Disney has shifted its pricing models, no longer is summer necessarily among the most crowded times. In fact, the Fort can be astonishingly quiet (except for weekends) in the last weekdays of July. And Fort crowds do not necessarily correlate to park crowds. For example, there are snowbirds who spend weeks in Fort Wilderness in the winter. Likewise, the Fort has become (somewhat unfortunately) one of the hottest places to be in all of Florida on Halloween. Continue reading “Fort Wilderness by the Month and 2023 Crowd Calendar” →

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Grim Reaper: Is Fort Wilderness Frightening off the Best Halloween Campsite Décor?

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Much of the ghoulish fun that makes Fort Wilderness a sell-out more than a year in advance of Halloween is centered around the outlandish campsite decorations. Some Disney campers spend a kazillion dollars on elaborate displays that attract thousands of trick-or-treaters. These have been the delight of youngsters and their tipsy parents, making an evening at the Fort preferable to one at the parks. On the dark side, it seems that too many people have been showing up for the party. And this year, Fort Wilderness management-types have allegedly asked those with the largest and most popular displays to tone it way on down. Continue reading “Grim Reaper: Is Fort Wilderness Frightening off the Best Halloween Campsite Décor?” →