Is it worth staying at Disneys Fort Wilderness Campground? // Pros and Cons

[@BrazenBrits]

Have you stayed at Fort Wilderness? Would you pay $170 a night?

[@rventureawaits]

Probably! We love the convenience of being able to catch a bus or ferry wherever we wanted to go. At $170 a night it is till less than the Disney hotels.

[@kathysollenne7205]

Yes we would pay - We always stay at wilderness lodge resort. So convenient to catch the ferry and we LOVE the atmosphere. It is pricier than the other resorts but hands down the nicest for us. Our kids (now 26 & 29) have loved it since our first stay when they were 7 & 9. This is our 1st year with our camper so we are excited to stay at fort wilderness. It’s cheaper than the resort.

[@elaine7877]

We r fortunate to own Disney Vacation Club but have gone there for the Hoop De Doo show! Glad u had a good time!

[@susansnyder6373]

Not yet planning for 2023. Little worried now since you mentioned in video hard to book. And bookings are going into 2024. Think im gonna contact my travel agent soon!! I understand rayes are different depending on time of year you stay as well. Disney gets ya all directions$$$$$$$$

[@stephenm16]

Really want to do this someday. But coming from NH, it’s going to take at least 3 weeks. Thanks for the video…was always wondering how the campground was.

[@Stephmenuplans]

Also loved Jax sitting pretty on the golf cart ❤️❤️

[@BrazenBrits]

He’s such a little monkey 😆

[@FearlessRVLiving]

Howdy!! We kind you guys through your collab with Switch It Up. We do regret not getting to speak to you today at the meet up!! We have never stayed at Fort Wilderness but we DID walk around it once when we were staying on the property in a hotel. That is a BIG campground. It also makes any other look like trash! 🤣.

[@BrazenBrits]

Hi guys! Yes, sorry about today, it was crazy busy but we had such a great day! Fort Wilderness is a fantastic park. We can only think of 2 others that beat it! Hope to meet you soon! Thank you for watching!

[@jbdailey]

Best way to Epcot if your drinking is Ferry to Magic Kingdom - Monorail to the TTC - and then Monorail to Epcot! You can also hop over to Hollywood Studios from Epcot by taking the Skyliner. Animal Kingdom is the only one you have to ride a bus or drive to. Busses tend to take forever to come around, that said ymmv.

[@BrazenBrits]

Hey Cmdr, yup, we agree. The bus was really convenient and we weren’t really in any rush, but you’re right the other transport options as really easy and a bit nicer than the buses. 👍

[@crawfordlawnservicemark1517]

thanks for all the great information

[@BrazenBrits]

No problem Mark 😄

[@4everlandrv988]

For $70 a day I'll be happy to drive down and chauffeur you around in Dee's car. $170 a night? Glad we went to Disney when we did. Didn't stay at Fort Wilderness but had a great hotel. And the price was unbelievable. After 911 they ran a special for military and first responders and their families. We stayed at the Contemporary Hotel, the one the monorail goes through, less than half price. The price for admission to all the parks... me, $0.00, free, Dee half price. A lot of places did things like that after 911. Helped get our minds off stuff and have family time before all the deployeds. We would like to go back someday, but for that costs we can do a lot of RVing around the country to see all the wonderful friends we've made.

[@jeffersoncheney]

We love that campground. We were there in November to celebrate my wife's birthday (she turned 62). We have been there before but only in a tent. This was the first time in our 5th wheel. The roads are a little tight. We were right across from the dog park, very nice. Took our dogs to spend a few days in the kennel, Best friends. They didn't charge us the extra fee because the dogs were staying there. Only there for 3 days.

[@BrazenBrits]

That’s great! It’s a great place! Dog parks were fantastic compared to the small ones that are usually at campgrounds

[@yankeesusa1]

Update.... All loops except the tent loop is dog friendly. The cabins you'll only get a few cabins that are pet friendly and those cost $50 a night. For the campsites it's only $5 a night.

[@BrazenBrits]

Great info! Thanks Jaz 😃

[@csmith9189]

Thanks for the info! $$$$$ too expensive!

[@BrazenBrits]

Yup, those lovely Disney rates 😰

[@Tom.and.Missy.Northam]

Looks amazing. Great video. We’ll have to get down there and check it out. Thanks

[@BrazenBrits]

Worth doing at least once 😄

[@DaveCM]

I've been to Disney a lot. I would not drive to the parks. It is way simpler to take the Disney transportation. Especially given the traffic can be bad and the Disney busses have their own lanes in some places. Plus, parking is another issue. Not to mention the fact, we will often start at one park and end up at another. My kids are adults and go regularly. They don't drive between the parks. On of my daughters had a 6 month internship at Disney, and she doesn't drive between the parks. You are an exception.

[@scottschultz7645]

I drive 3300 miles round trip to stay at the fort and don’t bother going to the parks. The parks are too crowded during spring break. We just enjoy the park, Disney springs and looping with the golf card or using the pools. After 5 days of fort wilderness we head over to Sarasota and spend a few days at the best beach it the US Siesta Key! Be there in a few weeks!!!

[@BrazenBrits]

That’s a good idea! I wish we’d been there longer to pace ourselves. But the park was beautiful

[@kevincameron8437]

Ft Wilderness is prob our fav campground, mainly because love Disney. It’s well maintained, and the bath houses are just awesome. Glad you enjoyed your stay there.

[@BrazenBrits]

Hey Kevin! We agree. It’s so nice to be able to have our own house right next to all the parks and it’s a great park overall. Spacious, but still private with great facilities. That price tag is tough though 😁

[@tanya334]

I so enjoy you're experiences! Safe Travels 💙

[@BrazenBrits]

Cheers Tanya!

[@ThePlacesWhereWeGo]

Helpful review of an RV location that we seem to hear about all the time.

[@BrazenBrits]

Hi guys! Yup, we hear about it all the time and wanted to see what all the fuss was about! 😁🤣👍

[@thewozzauk]

Monorail is awesome, especially the loop around epcot and magic Kingdom just for the views. We never used the buses just car, monorail and boats.

[@BrazenBrits]

The buses were handy. I never realized how many transport options there were. I always assumed you had to rent a car when you were here as most people we know do that, but it’s absolutely not necessary!

[@neilscott5907]

We enjoyed meeting you both at Lakeridge yesterday. We live in Florida year-round and you're right, getting reservations at Fort Wilderness is no easy task, especially during the winter months.

[@BrazenBrits]

Hi Neil! It was fantastic to meet you too! Hoping to do another meetup soon, we had so much fun!

[@livnourdream]

Bucket list location, but $175 a day could buy a lot of Margaritas!!!!

[@BrazenBrits]

It was a hard pill to swallow that’s for sure, but we had to try it at least once. Lovely place. Not something we can afford to do very often 😁

[@surfquest73]

Fort Wilderness Campground is our favorite RV resort. You guys need to stay during thanksgiving or Christmas. Love the videos, keep them coming.

[@BrazenBrits]

It was actually around Christmas, however because we were so crazy busy in and out of the parks we didn’t get to appreciate all the inflatables and effort people had made around the campsites

[@WaywardWaggs]

😲 That's crazy expensive! Disney is rolling in the money! 💰💵🤑

[@BrazenBrits]

Disneys knows people will pay it 🤪

[@sherriweber7105]

Wow! Sounds like Fort Wilderness is expensive. But it’s also is fun too! They have a lot of nice things to do there as.well. I see the pros and cons too for there. I probably would only go once or twice. I was laughing with you about the horse back riding being $55.00 for standing there. It looks nice there and seems like there’s plenty to do. Thank you Laurence and Natalie!

[@Stephmenuplans]

We need to go here on a girls trip, with horses and epcot 😍😍😍😂😂

[@BrazenBrits]

The list gets longer for your birthday wishlist!!

[@Stephmenuplans]

Absolutely!!!!

[@hmcvalesano]

I love all the factoids you found out about Fort wilderness! I was just there with my SUV tent and loved every minute!!

[@BrazenBrits]

Hi HKitty V, that's great! We didn't even know they allowed tent camping. Very cool that they do and the tent camping looked really nice too.

[@michelleconcannon7584]

The premium meadows (#1 price) is the most expensive based on location, but the site size is the same as premium (#2 price). The preferred sites (100,200,300) are a little smaller (#3 price), the biggest rigs will be tight in there. The Full Hook-up sites are the cheapest (#4 price), 1600-1900 loops. Maybe a tad more narrow and the farthest away from the marina, but still very nice.

[@BrazenBrits]

Great info Michelle Thankyou!

[@rventureawaits]

It was great meeting you two yesterday. We really enjoyed staying at Fort Wilderness in 2020. The rates have gone up since then.

[@BrazenBrits]

It’s no surprise over Covid I guess, having to recoup some damage! Yes the meetup was fab 🥰

[@JandAReview1]

We visited a campground that had pot-belly pigs 🐖 out roaming around. Oh and deer 🦌 too. Enjoyed your video!

[@BrazenBrits]

Now that’s cool! 🤩

[@VenturesomeCouple]

We love Disney’s Fort Wilderness 💝 We took our Lectric bikes to the dockC locked them up, took the ferry to Magic Kingdom, from there you can take the monorail to other parks. We enjoy staying there, thank you for sharing your experience 💝 next time we’ll message to see if you all are camping there when we go next time 😉 especially since we were on the same loop 🤗 safe travels.

[@BrazenBrits]

Yup. That’s crazy that we were there at the same time! Hope to actually chat to you guys more in the future. Everytime we’ve met it’s been crazy busy.

[@VenturesomeCouple]

@@BrazenBrits oh yes. Our paths will cross, we’d love to talk you guys more too 💝

[@josephwilliams7253]

So glad you enjoyed the Fort. My wife and I go every year rotating kids and grand kids…..it’s an amazing place to stay!

[@BrazenBrits]

That's great. We really did enjoy it! If/when we go back, we have a much better idea on how to plan and what to expect.

[@SaltyVetAdventures]

My Brazen Brits! Great video! Disney and all amusement parks, for that matter, have become so ridiculously expensive! We were just at Universal Orlando and couldn't believe how much it was for everything. With that said...I do want to stay at Ft Wilderness just to say we have done it. Maybe we can snag a spot Jan 2023 when head to Tampa for the RV show? WOO! Love you guys...stay safe.

[@BrazenBrits]

Definitely a once in a lifetime kind of thing 😁

[@andycommonsincanada]

Hi Guys from British Columbia. Thanks for such a great video, so informative. Anyways so long as Mr Trudeau will let us travel over the boarder this coming winter, we are hopeful going to be heading for Florida. Having watched this video we will have to splash out and do Fort Wilderness.

[@BrazenBrits]

Awesome! You’ll love it; let’s hope all this craziness ends soon

[@hmcvalesano]

Agree with the complicated booking and Disney seems to know it. Disney had “certified” travel agents for free - that is how I did it.

[@BrazenBrits]

We will try that next time for sure if we ever get over this booking experience 😂

[@djinncat]

We loved staying at Fort Wilderness Campground and will do again. I'm glad you enjoyed your stay.

[@BrazenBrits]

oh, its an amazing place! Would definitely stay there again. Only on special occasions though due to the price.

[@wonderwanderfamilyadventur9629]

Awesome channel, Lawrence and Natalie - - new subs here! We love the Fort! We've been bringing our rig down from Illinois for the past few years and we often stay at the campground without getting any theme park tickets - - - there's so much to do at the Fort as you pointed out! 🙂 Cheers!

[@BrazenBrits]

Welcome aboard! Yes I would totally go back again and just enjoy the amenities on site!

[@michelleconcannon7584]

Worth every penny, but ouch it's getting more expensive than some of the value hotels. Just can't do as many days as we used to.

[@BrazenBrits]

No 3 days was our absolute limit due to expense 😳

[@michelleconcannon7584]

@@BrazenBrits I think the next time we will try the full hookup sites and walk or take the internal bus to the marina, save some money. We also drive to the parks except Magic Kingdom. It's all very nice. We were in preferred one time and those loops are snug, I'd rather be farther away than navigating a tight squeeze. 100-300 were the first loops built in the 70s.

[@philomenawarriner2947]

Did I miss something. How long were you there ? Looks fantastic. Loved the video. Did Laurence not do horse riding. ? Great hearing and seeing what you are up to while we are here in wet windy miserable weather

[@BrazenBrits]

It’s was in November, I am sure we talked since then 🤣🤣

[@yankeesusa1]

Fort wilderness is great and it just feels so different and that's what makes it fun. It's just sad that prices continue to go up here. During September and August and some of October you can get it at the lowest rate which is about $105 a night now. Just 3 or 4 years ago it used to be around $80. And sometimes during spring months they offer Florida discounts of about 20%. Otherwise you're looking at over $115 most times and all the way up to $220.

[@BrazenBrits]

Yup, we really liked how cosy it felt. We were lucky to get a site at all, but it was perfect timing that when we called in they just had a cancellation, so we took what we could get!

[@barbararobinson2626]

Loved your video! What site did you have?

[@BrazenBrits]

I think we had 802 or 806. There were bigger sites, but we had trees either side so was quite secluded

[@trishawagner2785]

Great video! Re: the complicated booking- next time use a travel agent! You've paid for one even if you don't use it, it's built into what you pay Disney.

[@BrazenBrits]

Hi Trisha; yes we did initially but we were on hold for hours when we started to have problems. We tried calling at different times but they were pretty backed up 😔

[@trishawagner2785]

@@BrazenBrits I’m so sorry, that’s the worst!

[@Stephmenuplans]

Omg why did you not horse ride!! 😍😍

[@BrazenBrits]

Coz Laurence is BORING 🤣🤣

[@Stephmenuplans]

@@BrazenBrits 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@brianthomsen1163]

I love your intro!

[@BrazenBrits]

Cheers Brian! 😃

[@katiecawood4036]

You didn't ride the horses?????

[@BrazenBrits]

We did not. We didn’t know it was a thing, so ran out of time

[@adriannurse1502]

What a great video. We have always heard that Fort Wilderness was the best campground in America. So where do you think is better? I just found your channel and subscribed. Do you guys live here fulltime or are you just visiting?

[@BrazenBrits]

Hmmm good question. We’ve stayed at some beautiful state parks but don’t have hookups 👎 and some spacious sites but not as private. So apart from the cost I think it is a great park for space but privacy & cleanliness. We have a homebase in Florida but we travel over the summers 👍

[@adriannurse1502]

@@BrazenBrits So do we. Our home is in Sarasota and we have a Class A diesel pusher that we travel during the spring, summer and fall.

[@jonathanbell5561]

Great video.

[@BrazenBrits]

Cheers Jonathon!

[@toddmiller6104]

Definitely a place for eBikes … with good locks!

[@BrazenBrits]

Good point. Perfect place for ebikes!

[@yankeesusa1]

A perfect place for ebikes, and yes definitely bring a good lock.

[@Stephmenuplans]

I feel that Laurence facts are actually Natalie's that he has stolen!! 🤣

[@BrazenBrits]

Oh 100%!!! 🤣🤣🤣

[@scottconnell8167]

It's a once-in-a-lifetime you have to do it once just save up for a lifetime did it once won't do it again

[@BrazenBrits]

We agree! We probably would come back in the future, but couldn’t afford to do it regularly.

[@HSTWXMAN]

I’ve never been a big fan of Disney so I think I’ll pass.

[@BrazenBrits]

This was our first time. You may like/agree with next weeks video 😳

[@yankeesusa1]

We're no longer visiting Disney either but the fort wilderness is such a cool experience if you can save up. If you have rv and want to go then check in September and beginning of October for the lowest rate. And during March and April Disney releases 20% discounts many times.

[@jwlindem1]

Everything you said is way too much for me. There's no way I could afford anything. I don't get how there is some many rich people in America that will pay these prices. I must be doing something wrong. I will never be able to visit Disney.

[@TonyBenton0728]

AWWW…. playing the victim card. Get off your butt and go to work. We don’t want to take care of you if you don’t have the initiative to take care of yourself. Don’t blame rich people for your problems.So are the Brazen Brits rich?

[@BrazenBrits]

Hi John, this was definitely a special treat for us and the cost was hard to swallow. Many people do this with their families every year as their main vacation and save up for months to do it. This won’t be an annual thing for us though for the reasons you mention.

[@yankeesusa1]

That is very true. Disney has priced most people out of visiting. This is their way of having less people go and focusing on only the rich. But if you plan accordingly, you can visit the campsites for the lowest of about $105 a night, if you have you're own camper.

[@pamgraham338]

❤ Disney is getting way too expensive.

[@BrazenBrits]

100% !!

[@brianthomsen1163]

We stayed there in July 2019. I hear people that book the sites for months at a time. They must be billionaires!

[@BrazenBrits]

Oh wow, really??, 4 days was about our limit! Lol

[@robinsyverson967]

Cant do that anymore. 30 days max.

[@ricktaylor6373]

Well I’ve been to Disney land and world more than once and beings the phenomenon has long wore off I wouldn’t stay in my rv for 1 pence. Sorry, the thrill is gone.

[@BrazenBrits]

Agreed 👍