No More Value Season at For Wilderness in 2009? Big Rate Increases for Disney Campground?

We just got back from long trip- 2 weeks were of which were spent at Fort Wilderness. I heard several rumours about prices for next year. We were pretty annoyed by the Fort Wilderness rate changes THIS year- were you paid a daily rate rather then the price of your first day regardless of season.

Well- hang onto your hiking boots- what I am hearing now is that next year there will be NO Value Season - or any other season for that matter! There will be a flat rate- the more expensive one- year round!

I heard this from several people and also enquired at front desk where they knew nothing… ( if you have been to Fort Wilderness before you will not be shocked by this). We had planned our holiday this year around value rate and paid twice as much as last year for the bulk of our trip… Next year we will have to re-examine going for any length of time if we have to pay 70/night to CAMP. The facilities are great- no complaints.. but 70.00 to camp?? Ouch.

If you have any thoughts or info on the he rates for 2009= please comment!

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2 Responses to “No More Value Season at For Wilderness in 2009? Big Rate Increases for Disney Campground?”

Tom says:

We were at Ft. Wilderness from the first of January through the middle of March and had several opportunities to speak with cast members who ‘appeared’ to have some knowledge of the changes being made. Although no rate changes were mentioned, the following activities are definite:

1) Establishment of dog park near loop 300 (opened in mid January, 2008). Relaxing of “No Pet” areas, allowing all pet loops a walking route to the dog park.

2) The conversion of all camping sites to a ‘cable TV’ site. This will also permit all sites to have internet access via cable modem, although there was no definite answere regarding my question about the daily $9.95 rate. Wi-Fi access is currently not in the immediate future due to signal problems caused by the large number of trees throughout the campground.

3) The widening and lenghening of all sites in Loops 400 thru 1400, eliminating the sand pad at the back of the loops. This project was to start in June, 2008 and require 8 months to complete. Unfortunately, many trees will be removed to allow the widening and lengthening.

4) Extensive landscaping to restore the look of the campground based on the recent ‘cleansing’ of most underbrush and dead trees between the campsites.

These projects were described as the most extensive improvements to the campground since it was initially opened.

(As anyone who has stayed at Ft. Wilderness can verify, you often get different answers to the same question from different cast members.) However, since I talked to a cast member as he was measuring each site and making notes about trees, etc. I believe the site improvement project will actually take place.

April 14th, 2008 at 8:33 pm

cyndi hoxie says:

yeah, they’re expensive but no campground compares! we’ve been going since we were kids in the 70s, spend our honeymoon there when we decided to get married, and go once a year at least.

August 2nd, 2008 at 5:21 pm

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No More Value Season at For Wilderness in 2009? Big Rate Increases for Disney Campground?

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