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Visiting the horses is a must do every time we visit WDW. The barn is impressive and the horses are obviously well cared for. As riders, my children love the setup and facility. We generally visit in the evening. The peacefulness of the horses quietly munching their hay is soothing to us.
We have taken the halloween carriage ride when the kids were younger. They were terrified by the story of Ichabod Crane, even though they heard it many times before. They look back now with fond memories.
More recently the kids took a trail ride which they thought was a great experience. They are seasoned riders and I am very comfortable letting them ride without us. They saw several deer and bunnies along the way. For them, the ride was at a slower pace than they cared for but liked it none the less.
The loading area is very well planned out. The horses are brought into the corral. The loading area is a raised deck area (maybe 4 steps up) so it is very easy to mount the horse. If you are looking for a leisurely new experience at Disney we recommend the trail ride.
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What a relaxing start to the day. I love that walk between the Wilderness Lodge and Fort Wilderness - you feel as if you're a million miles away from a theme park. I love how Disney manage to achieve that.
The walk between WL and the campground looks like something Luke and I need to do next time we stay at VWL. So peaceful and beautiful! I'd have been staring at the horses, too. Love my animal time!
You should! Its very relaxing! oh me too I love animals so much!
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Visiting the horses is a must do every time we visit WDW. The barn is impressive and the horses are obviously well cared for. As riders, my children love the setup and facility. We generally visit in the evening. The peacefulness of the horses quietly munching their hay is soothing to us.
We have taken the halloween carriage ride when the kids were younger. They were terrified by the story of Ichabod Crane, even though they heard it many times before. They look back now with fond memories.
More recently the kids took a trail ride which they thought was a great experience. They are seasoned riders and I am very comfortable letting them ride without us. They saw several deer and bunnies along the way. For them, the ride was at a slower pace than they cared for but liked it none the less.
The loading area is very well planned out. The horses are brought into the corral. The loading area is a raised deck area (maybe 4 steps up) so it is very easy to mount the horse. If you are looking for a leisurely new experience at Disney we recommend the trail ride.
I begged my husband to do the hayride but he was not into that LOL but I agree there is so much there to do!
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What a relaxing start to the day. I love that walk between the Wilderness Lodge and Fort Wilderness - you feel as if you're a million miles away from a theme park. I love how Disney manage to achieve that.
So well stated! I really agree with that. Staying at that hotel made us feel so far away from the amusement feel which was a nice relaxing end to each day!
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What a nice relaxing walk! Great way to start the day!
It was the best way to start to the day!
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Great relaxing morning! Love the pictures!
Thank you!
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What a wonderful way to spend the morning! Looks like such a lovely little trail!
It was so beautiful!
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Great pictures from around Wilderness Lodge and the campgrounds!
Hi Crissy - just found your TR!!! Glad you had such a nice trip down to WDW and that you scored such a great room at the WL!!! I've never had the woods view there but it sure looks relaxing. I have stayed there three times and never checked out the trails but I certainly will on a future trip as I would love to do the walk over to Ft. Wilderness. Glad you had a nice meal at Artist Point and that they gave you a great table with a view after the mix up with your reservation time. Looking forward to reading more.
Enjoying your TR so far and glad you had an uneventful drive from SC. WL is a great resort and have stayed there twice and really enjoyed it here!
Seems like you had a nice dinner at AP and always like this place as I've dined there several times! Looks like a nice relaxing day on the trails and over at FW!
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October 6, 2017-Enjoying an amazing dinner at Victoria & Albert's with PP's Dot and Drew
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Hi Crissy - just found your TR!!! Glad you had such a nice trip down to WDW and that you scored such a great room at the WL!!! I've never had the woods view there but it sure looks relaxing. I have stayed there three times and never checked out the trails but I certainly will on a future trip as I would love to do the walk over to Ft. Wilderness. Glad you had a nice meal at Artist Point and that they gave you a great table with a view after the mix up with your reservation time. Looking forward to reading more.
Hey its so good to see you!!! Welcome You really should check it out. Its so funny how you can always find new things to do, there's always so much and so little time
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Enjoying your TR so far and glad you had an uneventful drive from SC. WL is a great resort and have stayed there twice and really enjoyed it here!
Seems like you had a nice dinner at AP and always like this place as I've dined there several times! Looks like a nice relaxing day on the trails and over at FW!
Hey welcome along!!! We will definitely be going back to this resort. We loved it!!
Hey guys! I know most are watching the Super Bowl and I'm just multi tasking myself! Being as we live in Charlotte you couldn't escape parties and celebrations but we opted for homemade pizza and watching it from home!
Anyway time to continue my update:Sunday: October 25th continued part 2....
We ended up getting a bus after about 15 minutes. We found out that we didn't wait much longer than 15 minutes for a bus. The nice part is the TV that tells you the estimated arrival of the next bus which is new to us. DTD is a bit of a ride especially with all the construction but we were pulling in there about 15 to 20 minutes later.
Once we got down there we knew we wanted to eat a quick bite at a new resturaunt and see the new sites in Disney Springs. I am still having trouble calling it this but I'm trying! The name change occurred not long before we arrived in Disney so it was appearing on signs etc but some still said DTD.
We decided to take the new connecting bridge, which BTW is so nice to bypass all the stores and go straight to the other side!
Not sure why but we never noticed this nice bar on the side of Rainforest Cafe before!
We stopped for a few pics on our way over...
We decided to head straight to the Boathouse. We read a lot of reviews and listened to some podcasts about this new restaurant and we wanted to try to get in.
We were so lucky it was the two of us because two seats at the bar were waiting and ready for us!
This place is so cool! The way the decorated was just amazing!
The menu for those of you wondering...
So, we quickly decided on a beer, local of course and sliders which we thought would be small but wow we got a lot of the appetizer and price!!
Our food was delicious and despite how busy we had great service! We decided to walk around outside before leaving and take a picture.
One cool thing about this restaurant is that the doors are open to the deck outside and the seating there on the deck is first come first serve. Then there is another bar with seats on the outside. Its really great!
We had to watch the amphibacars not sure how you spell or call those but they are just too cool!
We decided to walk around the new stores and check out everything new.
The hangar bar is amazing and I loved the theming. We decided we had to come back to this one!
We didn't take much in the way of pictures for the rest of our time in DTD. Not sure why, it was really crowded for sure! We did go get Eric a new soccer jersey and had it personalized. We also looked at the food trucks.
There was still alot of walls and construction but it was much improved from what we saw earlier this year in the spring when we stopped in for the day.
We had a 520 dinner reservation over at Kona before our MNSSHP. So, we didn't stay long but we were there about 2 and a half hours. We quickly walked back and boarded our bus which we were so lucky just happened to be pulling in! We were back to the resort around 400pm.
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Nice update....and surprised you were able to get it done, especially with your Super Bowl party and a hometown team in it! Great photos and I too never knew about that bar on the side of Rainforest! The Boathouse looks like a great place, but I have heard mixed reviews about that place, so we'll see about that on my next WDW trip. Probably, upcoming this October for the F&W Fest. for the first time! Also looking forward to Morimoto's (open) and Rick Bayless venue Mexican venue opening soon!
Also want to see the changes to DTD (Disney Springs) that have occurred since my last visit in April, 2014. My longest furlough away from the world since I've been going there since 2002! Took a DCL cruise on Magic last year, so why I was away.
Check out my ongoing TR on this if interested! Link is in my profile and elsewhere!
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October 6, 2017-Enjoying an amazing dinner at Victoria & Albert's with PP's Dot and Drew
My TR from my most recent trip is now underway. Includes: Universal Studios Florida, Disney World and Sea World Orlando Trifecta TR -Updated December 10th! TR is now COMPLETED!
I'm with you about the name - it's going to take a long time before Disney Springs feels normal to me.
The reason you hadn't seen that bar before is that it's relatively new if I remember right, either that or it moved. I remember thinking the same thing as you about a year ago and there was a reason why I hadn't seen it before.
Glad you enjoyed the Boathouse - I'm looking forward to trying it out on our next visit.
We were impressed with all the changes when we visited in December! We walked through the Boathouse but didn't eat there as they were just so busy but I will have to give it a try soon! Looking forward to hearing about your dinner at Kona and your MNSSHP experience
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I love that walk between the Wilderness Lodge and Fort Wilderness - you feel as if you're a million miles away from a theme park. I love how Disney manage to achieve that. 
Glad you had a nice meal at Artist Point and that they gave you a great table with a view after the mix up with your reservation time. Looking forward to reading more.
Great photos and I too never knew about that bar on the side of Rainforest! 
The Boathouse looks like a great place, but I have heard mixed reviews about that place, so we'll see about that on my next WDW trip. Probably, upcoming this October for the F&W Fest. for the first time! 
Also looking forward to Morimoto's (open) and Rick Bayless venue Mexican venue opening soon! 
Took a DCL cruise on Magic last year, so why I was away. 
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