Fort Wilderness Campground
Photo Tour
Photos by Brian Bennett
Campsites | Settlement
| Meadow |
Wilderness and Cabins
| Tri-Circle D Ranch
Fort Wilderness Campground Navigation
tips: The campground is located on the South shore of Bay Lake.
The check-in area (and main parking lot, etc.) is at the far South end
of the campground off of Vista Boulevard. Inside the campground
complex proper, the marina and settlement areas are up by the lake; the
meadow area is located near the middle of the campground; and the wilderness
cabins (and wilderness pool) are all located in the loops farthest to
the South.
You may want to click
here for a reference map of the campground as you go on your tour.
The map will come up in a separate window.
Fort Wilderness is one of the three original resorts at Walt Disney World.
Along with the Contemporary Resort and (as it was known then) the Polynesian
Beach Resort, Fort Wilderness was available to the very first guests that
visited Walt's "Florida Project."
In recent years, the campground has been expanded a bit. The grounds
remain rustic, but all of the campsites are comfortable and the facilities
well-maintained. Entertainment and recreational opportunities abound.
I'll start off the tour with some pictures of the campsites. Later,
we'll go see the settlement, meadow, and wilderness areas along with the
Tri-Circle D ranch area.
Part of the 500 loop, this is a pretty typical view of the
arrangement of the campgrounds with several sites in one area serviced
by a common road, comfort station, etc.
Each campsite has a long concrete pad for a camper or personal
vehicle as well as a sandy area (for setting up a tent, if you so desire).
Electricity and water connections, a picnic table, and grill are all provided.
Preferred sites, which are located mostly around the settlement and meadow
areas, also include a cable TV hookup.
Here's a picture of a site with a camper. Even though
there are a LOT of sites on the grounds, they are well-spaced and there
is plenty of foliage to give a nice sense of scale to the immediate area
of each loop.
Several sites in loops 1500 and 2000 have only partial hookups,
and are intended for guests with tents or pop-up campers. However,
the site with a smaller tent, was actually in one of the loops right along
Fort Wilderness Trail (700, 600, or 1000 I think) so clearly you can put
up a tent anywhere as long as you pay the going rate for the site you're
using.
There are sixteen comfort stations scattered about the campsite
loops. Each station includes restrooms, showers, vending machines,
laundry facilities, pay phones...
...and ice machines. The ice isn't free, though.
You'll pay a pretty penny ($2.00 per bag, as I recall) for it.
Campsites | Settlement
| Meadow |
Wilderness and Cabins
| Tri-Circle D Ranch
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