First Class to Campfire: A Magical First Day at Disney’s Fort Wilderness
Day 1
The first day of the trip started early at 3:30am. We packed and loaded the car the night before so all we had to do was drag our bodies to the car. I found out the morning earlier that we got upgraded to first class which is rare for me being only a silver medallion with Delta. Check in and TSA at the airport was a breeze, and we made our way to the Sky Club to await boarding. We finally told the kids about the surprise upgrade to first class while boarding.
We landed at MCO at around 10:30am and found our bags already waiting for us at the baggage claim. I called a Lyft and we arrived at Disney’s Fort Wilderness around 11:30. I was able to check in and they had a cabin available so we grabbed a golf cart and were off to the 2700 loop at Fort Wilderness.
Once in the room we, quickly changed into our swim attire and we were off to the pool. We first attempted the main pool, Meadow Swimmin’ Pool, but it was so packed it looked like you couldn’t move in it. We hopped back on the golf cart and went to the quiet pool, Wilderness Swimmin’ Pool, which we found had plenty of space. It was a hot afternoon around 95 degrees, so the pool was just what we needed. We stayed in the pool until about 5pm, then it was back to the room to change for dinner.
Dinner on day 1 was at Trails End. Heidi and I split the smoke house pizza, and the kids split the cheese pizza. Dessert was the famous strawberry shortcake. The pizza is not the greatest pizza in the world, but its not terrible. It’s also quite cost effective as its only $20ish for a large pizza that can be split. The strawberry shortcake was better than the last time I had it back in December of 2023. If you are looking for a solid cheaper meal its tough to beat Trails End.
After dinner, we hopped back on the golf cart and made our way over to Chip ‘n Dale’s Campfire Sing-A-Long. The kids roasted marshmallows and made smores with the smores kit we purchased for $9.99 from the food truck that was parked there. $9.99 was a decent price considering how may marshmallows were in the kit. Each kid had 2-3 smores each and we still had a whole bag of marshmallows left. Chip ‘n Dale finally made an appearance for 5 minutes and were gone again. Seemed funny to me to call it their sing-a-long when they were barely even there.
We jumped into the golf cart, turned on some tunes, and tooled around all the campsites to check out the campers and to see if anyone had decorated for Memorial Day. There were some decorations but not many. Not even close to Halloween or Christmas. The kids really had a blast with the golf cart and probably was their highlight of staying at the cabins. We retreated to our cabin around 9pm as we had another early morning ahead of us.
