For my Christmas trip with Ange this November/December, we’re planning on touring some of the resorts to look at the various decorations they’ve put up. As part of this, I thought maybe we should go over to Fort Wilderness to see how some of the campers there have decorated their campsites. Having never been to Fort Wilderness before, I sent an email to the hosts of the WDW Today podcast, asking them for some touring advice. I said that we were planning on leaving the Magic Kingdom around 11am or noon to do some resort touring (including Fort Wilderness). The plan was to return to the MK a few hours later, and in the evening we have tickets to Mickey’s Very Merry Christmas Party.
My question was answered on Show #731. The guys said that I made great choices in wanting to see the Carousel at the Beach Club and the Gingerbread House at the Grand Floridian. They did, however, point out one really obvious flaw in my plan about Fort Wilderness. The point is to see Christmas decorations. Christmas decorations generally mean lights. Lights are turned on at night. 11am is not night. If we were to go to FW at this time, we wouldn’t really be seeing any of the decorations on the campers’ campsites as they’re meant to be seen. Well “duh”, Paul. Why didn’t I think of that?
I think this goes to show that no matter how many trips to WDW you plan, whenever you’re doing something new, it’s a good idea to seek out advice from those who’ve been there more often.