CouponGirl
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Jun 21, 2017
To be fair, CouponGirl:
Part of the Fort magic is not available right now.
The campfire singalong with Chip & Dale (and bring your own marshmallows to roast at the Campfire Singalong) is not being held in these covid times.
The fireworks over Magic Kingdom with the music piped in to the FW beach is not available in these covid times.
The Electric Water Parade (which inspired the much loved Main Street Electrical Parade) is not available off the Fort beach in these covid times.
The golf cart parades for July 4, Halloween (likely), and Christmas (possibly) may not all be available in these covid times.
Halloween trick-or-treating from site-to-site by WDW guests (a long standing tradition done by Fort guests and NOT centralized/operated by WDW) may not be available in these covid time at the end of October (remains to be seen).
But Fort campers are some of the nicest, most approachable folks you will meet at your WDW resort. Campers are that way outside the WDW bubble (happy to talk camping with other campers). I can't say EVERY camper is friendly and outgoing (some can be grumpy and inhospitable) but your "batting average" will be fairly high if you see a camper outside his site and ask them a question (decorations, rv/camper, golf cart, a posted sign, other) that they will engage you civilly and in a friendly manner.
In my limited experience off-site at WDW and other places while I travel, guests are afraid/reluctant to approach other guests with an inquiry, conversation, or a question. But you'll have the best luck of a good encounter at Fort Wilderness.
Again, not guaranteeing 100% success rate in your experience but the odds are high you'll have a good time. Which is why we all keep coming back to FW.
Bama Ed
Thanks for all of this! I’m hopeful that some of those magical things will return sometime next year, but realize it’s impossible to know if and when that will happen.
Love that overall it sounds as though there is a real sense of community at the fort