If you haven't been to Fort Wilderness it is a treat. The campsites are big and clean. Lots to do. It costs, about $61 per night, but you know you are not in a state park. We were amazed at the amount of "yard crap" (decorations people set out in their RV, campsites, etc) that people had on display. We got there Friday before sunset (always easier to setup camp while it is light) and got camp set up. We then got together with our friends Bill and Donna Davis (yes the same ones we saw the weekend before and ran the Disney World Marathon with the weekend before that) and had dinner at Artist Pointe restaurant i
n Fort Wilderness Lodge. It reviled the food at the Flying Fish!
Saturday morning we got an early start and headed over to Animal Kingdom where we were to meet everyone. We got there early enough that we decided to sneak a ride on Expedition Everest. What a ride! When we got off we ran into everyone. We were to meet for lunch at the Yak and Yeti restaurant. We had enough time before our reservation so me, Jason, Jenna and Megan went on the Kali River Rapids. Given the cool temperature and light on/off rain it might not have been our wisest choice but what a blast! Everyone got soaked but since there was no line they let us just stay on the raft and go around again.
We ended up doing the usual rides to include Expedition Everest 5 more times. We left the park at closing (1700) and headed back to Fort Wilderness since everyone was coming over to the RV for dinner. Buster was hosting :-) Karen made a big pot of chili and I threw a bunch of dogs on the grill. The clan had to do the planes-trains-and automobiles thing to get over to the RV but they eventually arrived. I think everyone had a good time. At one point we had 13 people and one big dog in the RV! Laura's daughter Eva had a great time driving the RV :-)
Sunday morning, despite the best of intentions, Karen, Buster and I didn't go for a run. We just lazed around and made breakfast and go ready to go. We decided to swing by the Grand Floridian and if they would let us park we would surprise everyone. The look on the security guards face was worth it. He directed me to the back of the lot and said, "best of luck". No problem. I found four empty spots together and parked in the middle of them. It is nice to have an RV in a crowded parking lot. You don't waste time trying to figure out where you parked it :-) We had a great lunch with everyone, decided it was too cold to hit the pool so we headed home. That concluded our three weekends of Disney World. Hard to top that.
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