Bookings are actually open for the Cabins at Fort Wilderness, with all cash-paying friends and choose Disney Trip Membership members staying on factors now in a position to reserve the rooms on the reimagined resort for stays beginning in Summer season 2024. This submit covers costs, perks, and different updates on the new-look lodging.
As fast background, Fort Wilderness Campground presents roughly 800 campsites and over 400 cabins. The woodsy retreat is a brief boat journey from Magic Kingdom, but it surely feels worlds away due to being on 750 acres of pine and cypress forest. The campground successfully has a ‘buffer’ between it and the remainder of Walt Disney World.
At the moment, the Fort Wilderness Cabins are categorised as a Reasonable Resort by Walt Disney World. That is largely for lack of a greater possibility. It’s an identical state of affairs with the Household Suites at All Star Music or Artwork of Animation. Each of these are Worth Resorts, technically, however are costlier than the bottom charges at Reasonable Resorts and generally are Deluxe-priced relying upon the season and reductions (or lack thereof).
Previously, none of this actually mattered. The Worth, Reasonable, and Deluxe categorizations mattered extra to the slate of facilities on the resorts, and people are what they’re. Likewise, the costs are what they’re, and never dictated by the tier (as must be apparent given the above).
These tiers solely actually mattered when it got here to reductions. Even then, room-only financial savings are dictated extra by demand (or lack thereof), which means that the Household Suites at Artwork of Animation and Fort Wilderness Cabins have been usually separated from the Little Mermaid rooms and campsites. It was a much bigger deal for Free Eating, as rooms approaching Deluxe Resort costs nonetheless solely obtained the Fast Service Disney Eating Plan for “free.”
Now, it additionally issues for Prolonged Night Hours, is a profit completely for friends staying at Deluxe Resorts, Deluxe Villas, or different choose accommodations. This perk is extremely advantageous, as crowds are normally low throughout these nighttime hours as a result of the visitor pool is so restricted. See our Information to Prolonged Night Hours at Walt Disney World for benefiting from this perk, eligibility, and extra.
With the conversion of the cabins to Disney Trip Membership, that additionally signifies that they’re now a Deluxe Villa as a substitute of a Reasonable Resort. With that change, Walt Disney World has formally confirmed that the Cabins at Disney’s Fort Wilderness Resort – A Disney Trip Membership Resort will probably be eligible for Prolonged Night Hours. As anticipated.
Nonetheless, there’s one other wrinkle to this, a minimum of for the rest of 2024. In trying to find room availability, we observed the next:
For starters, the Disney Trip Membership Cabins can be found for money stays starting September 27, 2024 (versus the July 1, 2024 opening date for stays with factors).
Not solely that, however they’re a definite reserving class. That is really a good factor in our view, because it means you possibly can select which to order–previous cabin or new cabin. You don’t simply e book, make a room request, roll the cube, and hope for the perfect. ( you, Little Mermaid Rooms at Caribbean Seaside!)
Nonetheless, this additionally signifies that there’s going to be a little bit of confusion for a couple of months. Solely the “Cabins at Disney’s Fort Wilderness Resort – A Disney Trip Membership Resort” are eligible for Prolonged Night Hours, since they’re a Deluxe Villa. “The Cabins at Disney’s Fort Wilderness Resort” will not be eligible, since they’re a Reasonable Resort.
This implies for those who use your Disney Trip Membership factors or hire DVC factors or pay money charges (the $513 value above) to remain on the Cabins at Disney’s Fort Wilderness Resort – A Disney Trip Membership Resort, you’re eligible for Prolonged Night Hours. No matter the way you e book the common previous Cabins, you aren’t eligible for Prolonged Night Hours.
That is per previous precedent, and is logical…but in addition, fairly complicated. It’s the primary DVC addition at what’s in any other case a Reasonable Resort, so this was sure to occur. The underside line is that the DVC model of the Cabins, no matter how booked, is eligible for Prolonged Night Hours.
We’re big followers of Prolonged Night Hours so, all else being equal, we’d extremely advocate paying the premium costs for the brand new DVC Cabins only for the sake of accessing Prolonged Night Hours. Past that, we don’t actually suppose all else is equal, anyway. The brand new cabins look lots nicer, however to every their very own on that.
For these curious, listed here are nightly charges for the Cabins at Disney’s Fort Wilderness Resort – A Disney Trip Membership Resort:
As a reminder, the primary loop of the DVC Cabins at Fort Wilderness will open on July 1, 2024. Extra DVC Cabins at Fort Wilderness will open later in July, and much more models will open in subsequent loops all through the remainder of 2024.
As with all Disney Trip Membership resorts, the brand new Cabins will proceed to be open for reservations to all friends, together with those that will not be Disney Trip Membership Members, topic to availability. A small share of the property will probably be retained by Walt Disney World and not a part of the DVC stock–similar to all DVC resorts. As soon as the DVC aspect sells out, it’ll possible be tough to e book these cabins for money friends, they usually’re prone to be each costlier and excluded from reductions. Till that promote out occurs, it’ll be simpler to e book stays with money, as most models is not going to be declared into DVC stock.
Nonetheless, the preliminary waves will solely be bookable with Disney Trip Membership factors. The brand new Cabins don’t open for stays with money reservations till September 27, 2024. Money reservations could be made now, as can DVC bookings by homeowners on the new DVC Cabins at Disney’s Fort Wilderness Resort. All different Disney Trip Membership members can reserve the brand new Cabins beginning April 23, 2024–per the 7-month rule going ahead from then.
Disney Trip Membership has additionally launched a 3D Tour of the New DVC Cabins at Fort Wilderness.
Within the interactive tour, you possibly can click on by way of and just about stroll across the cabin–it’s just like the Zillow and Redfin residence excursions that turned all the craze throughout lockdown. This could provide you with a extremely good concept of the format of the kitchen, eating room, front room, and bed room.
Word that the cabin proven is a mannequin and that the fixtures and furnishings are topic to alter. There are additionally little clickable blue icons all through the 3D tour that provide additional information about options and facilities.
The Cabins at Disney’s Fort Wilderness Resort—the most recent Disney Trip Membership Resort—is about inside a forest oasis of cypress and pine. Retreat to your individual non-public cabin that includes loads of fashionable facilities and charming, handy comforts.
The brand new DVC Cabins sleep as much as 6, and a few may even accommodate canines.
Get up to the buzzing of life and its limitless enjoyable, from poolside rest to fishing excursions to fireplace sing-a-longs. Create cherished recollections as you and your loved ones take pleasure in many years of magical holidays, close to and much—together with each wonder-filled keep at The Cabins at Disney’s Fort Wilderness Resort.
Each morning you possibly can draw the curtains again to disclose floor-to-ceiling home windows and your individual private patio deck, the place you possibly can bask within the glories of nature whereas firing up the charcoal grill and eating al fresco.
In the primary bed room, you’ll discover a queen-size mattress, twin-size bunk beds, a 55-inch TV, closet and a nightstand. This can be a fairly comparable setup to the present Fort Wilderness Cabins.
By way of the sconce-flanked entrance doorways is a spacious residing space that includes a eating nook and a totally outfitted kitchen—together with a fridge, dishwasher, convection/microwave oven and a pair of countertop burners.
The kitchen consists of loads of storage, in addition to a kitchen desk able to seating all 6 occupants of the cabin. Off the kitchen you’ll discover a vainness space exterior the doorway to the toilet, which has a bathe and an extra vainness inside.
A convertible seating and sleeping space is situated reverse the kitchen and boasts a 65-inch TV and a snug couch—the proper spot to collect your loved ones to observe a favourite Disney film. At bedtime, merely fold down the queen-size Inova mattress from the wall, for added sleeping area.
We’re actually excited to remain on the new DVC Cabins at Fort Wilderness–it’s essentially the most excited I’ve been a couple of “new” Disney Trip Membership resort in a very long time. With that stated, we completely don’t planning on shopping for right here (see Why We Received’t Purchase Walt Disney World’s Latest DVC).
I nonetheless have combined ideas concerning the transformation of Fort Wilderness right into a (partially) Disney Trip Membership resort, however what’s performed is finished. From a sensible perspective, I like this. We’re big followers of Fort Wilderness and the present cabins. We’re frugal with our factors. And we now have a daughter, which can imply extra multi-generation journeys to Walt Disney World for us within the coming years. Staying within the coronary heart of the motion whereas additionally feeling worlds away from Walt Disney World will probably be good for our household.
For now, the brand new DVC Cabins test the entire containers for us and we love the vibe of Fort Wilderness. We’re very wanting to benefit from that favorable level chart whereas paying SSR dues. Possibly down the street in a couple of years–if resale costs are low, the lodging type nonetheless works for us, and the hole has by some means closed on dues–we’ll contemplate shopping for through the secondary market. By no means say by no means!
In the event you’re contemplating becoming a member of DVC and wish extra steering, make sure you learn our Final Information to Disney Trip Membership. That information covers the professionals & cons, resale v. direct, how a lot cash you’ll save, and different essential issues to know earlier than taking the plunge. In the event you nonetheless can’t determine whether or not membership is best for you, “strive before you purchase” with the suggestions in Tips on how to Save BIG on Deluxe Disney Lodging Renting DVC Factors.
YOUR THOUGHTS
What do you consider the pricing for the brand new Cabins at Fort Wilderness? Will you pay further for the DVC Cabins that provide entry to Prolonged Night Hours? Excited to remain right here in July 2024 or past? Are you optimistic or pessimistic concerning the DVC Cabins at Fort Wilderness Campground? Do you agree or disagree with our evaluation? Any questions we may help you reply? Listening to your suggestions–even once you disagree with us–is each attention-grabbing to us and useful to different readers, so please share your ideas beneath within the feedback!
