Disney's Fort Wilderness Resort & Campground

Disney's Fort Wilderness Resort & Campground
Cabin at Disney's Fort Wilderness Resort & Campground
Location	Magic Kingdom Resort Area
Opened	November 19, 1971 (1971-11-19)
Theme	Forts in the American Old West
Campsites	800
Cabins	409
Address	4510 North Fort Wilderness Trail Lake Buena Vista, Florida

Disney's Fort Wilderness Resort & Campground is a themed camping resort located in the Magic Kingdom Resort Area at the Walt Disney World Resort, adjacent to Bay Lake, near Disney's Wilderness Lodge. It opened in November 1971. It also formerly contained Disney's River Country, a water park which closed on November 2, 2001.

Disney's Fort Wilderness Resort & Campground sign

From late 1973 ^[1] to early 1980, ^{[2] [3]} the Fort Wilderness Railroad, a 3.5-mile (5.6 km), 2 ft 6 in (762 mm) narrow-gauge heritage railroad, provided transportation to the resort's various campsites, as well as to the nearby River Country water park. A new Disney Vacation Club tower, Disney Lakeshore Lodge, is set to open along the shores of Bay Lake at Fort Wilderness in 2027.

References

1. Leaphart (2014a) , p. 61.
2. Leaphart (2014a) , p. 88
3. Fickley-Baker, Jennifer (July 6, 2011). "All Aboard Fort Wilderness Railroad for a Trip Down Memory Lane at Walt Disney World". Disney Parks Blog. Archived from the original on August 3, 2017. Retrieved March 25, 2018.

Bibliography

• Bashor, Amy (2016). Camping Disney: The Fort Wilderness Field Guide (1st ed.). Theme Park Press. ISBN   978-1-941500-89-7.
• Leaphart, David (2014a). Walt Disney World Railroads Part 1: Fort Wilderness Railroad (1st ed.). Steel Wheel on Steel Rail Studio. ISBN   978-1-5008-0522-7.

External links

• Disney's Fort Wilderness Resort & Campground official site (Cabins)
• Disney's Fort Wilderness Resort & Campground official site (Campsites)

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