Disney's Fort Wilderness Resort

The facilities are great the bathrooms are clean( except for one giant roach)and modern. Buses and boats take you to and from the parks. The pool water was hot and it was crowded, but it is Disney. Most expensive campground I’ve ever stayed at, but still cheaper than a hotel.

Special campground that combines good, level sites with plenty of trees, water and activities.

First time camping at Disney, and it was amazing.
Showers/Bathrooms very clean.
Stayed in the 400 loop, close to the marina to catch the boat to Magic Kingdom, or watch the MK fireworks from the beach.
Loved how we could use our parking pass to park for free at the all the other parks.
Had a wonderful time!

We spent a week in the 200 loop at Disney’s Fort Wilderness campground. This was considered a “preferred” site and priced accordingly – although I’m not clear exactly what features are used to categorize sites as premium, preferred and regular. We were within walking distance of the Settlement and marina. First off the campground is HUGE and you will need to use the internal bus system to access transportation to the Disney parks at either the Settlement or Outpost.

In typical Disney fashion, there is lots to do here – swimming pools, playgrounds, restaurants and events, although many options – fishing, carriage rides, horseback riding are pricey.

The sites are large enough to accommodate any sized rig and our loop had some vegetation between sites for privacy. The pad is concrete with a sandy patio area in the rear. Our 50amp didn’t work and although we reported it our first night, it was never fixed. Luckily the weather was mild enough that 30 amp was fine.

The biggest knock on the campground, at least where we were located, was the noise. I swear the loud speakers (emphasis on LOUD) for the nightly electrical watercraft parade were right above our site! Forget trying to get to sleep early, as late as 10:45 a horrible synthesized Disney mashup would begin and last for 10-15 minutes. We could hear the banjo music from the Settlement and the boat horns started every morning at 6:45am and lasted well into the night. While proximity to the marina was nice, I don’t think it was worth the aggravation of the noise. The irony is I specifically requested a quiet spot when making our reservation. Lol.

We had 3 bars of 4G unboosted and there is free WiFi that worked fairly well.

When you want to "do Disney" with the full experience and all you hear are raving reviews about Fort Wilderness from both occasional campers and fulltime RV'ers...you save up and make it your kids Christmas present! We were expecting a great time and this surpassed our expectations in every way. Crazy expensive nightly rate, but with it came free transportation and parking at the parks and everywhere Disney (so consider that when looking at the price). This park is amazing at Christmas, absolutely amazing to see local Floridians come and park here for weeks and dress up their rigs like they are right on Candy Cane Lane. You can read my full review on our blog. We were in the 1100 loop and it was great. Take bikes, this place is massive. Love how private and wide our site was with beautiful, mature foliage on all three sides.

We were for 6 days start 12/26/16. Wonderful holiday experience at WDW and in the Campround

We stayed here and enjoyed the Fort Wilderness and all that Disney has to offer. Check in was easy and we received Magic Bands to use at the store and to access places around the park (had we purchased theme park tickets those would have been loaded on the bands too!). NOTE: we left our bands at the camper the first day as we were touring in Universal all day and didn't want to lose them, however you need at least one band to re-enter the campground quickly. No big deal we just called the attendant and showed an ID, but we made sure to bring a band on the other days we left the campground) There were great trails and places to explore/walk/jog. We loved the Hoop de Doo Revue and the food was amazing. The sites were pristine, ice and laundry were available at the showers. The Trading Posts had everything you might need to throw together a quick dinner or to help with things you might have forgotten at home. We didn't use the cable hook-up as our coaxial cable was too short (we could have purchased a longer one if we had wanted). We saw flocks of wild turkeys most mornings.

Disney... experience like no other! The good things are the service, beautiful large sites, bus and boat service to the parks, and fireworks on the beach! There are no fire pits at the sites - just a community gathering for Chip and Dale's campfires in the evenings. Also, if you have pets the park is pet friendly, but you could be in for a long walk to the dog park depending on which circle you are on.

Wide and Deep concrete pad. 50 amp service and cable. Outstanding bus service transportation or you can rent a golf cart on a daily basis. Every aspect of Fort Wilderness is well run. Many campers return time and again.

This is a park that looks like a state or national park, with reasonably large spots in a heavily wooded forest. Some of the spots will make you feel like you are all alone. But, like much of Disney, if you look too closely, the facade breaks down.

Despite the feeling of being in the wilderness, the noise levels are what you would expect for Disney. People let their kids run unchecked, making noise all hours of the day and night. It was common for people to just cross through our spot while we were sitting there, as if we were invisible.

Also, people would let their dogs bark all day and night. Many people appeared to have tied their dog to a tree while they went to the parks, and the dogs would bark at anything that moved -- and apparently the owners stayed until the park closed and didn't get back until after 11:00pm.

The pool is large but always overrun with kids, basically leaving no room to swim or even wade around without getting bumped or shoved.

A cool thing about this campground is that they have a campfire and movies every night, with an appearance by Chip and Dale. Also, they have trail rides.

The horn of the train from Magic Kingdom is a constant reminder of where you are. The fireworks and music shows at night also remind you of where you are -- very loud. So while the location is great if you are spending all day at Disney, the camping aspect of it is second-rate.

For this price, I want a much better camping experience.

Nuts and bolts of the Disney thing: If you want are going to Hoop-de-doo Musical Review, this is the most convenient place to stay, you can walk or catch a bus. If you are going to the other parks and want to use Disney transit, you will need to leave an hour of transit time. First, you have to catch the internal bus to get you to one end of the park or the other. Then you catch the boat by the lake (for Magic Kingdom) or the bus up front (for the other three parks). On average, our transit time from door to door was just over an hour, which meant getting up by 6:30 or so for an 8:00 park opening.