Fort Wilderness Campground Christmas Decorations – Episode 49

Dec 18, 2009 in Resorts, Walt Disney World, Weekly Episodes

We visit the Fort Wilderness Campground and take a tour of the campsites decorated for Christmas with guest host Amanda Tinney on Travel with Rick with Rick Howard

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29 comments

tammy westman on December 18, 2009 at 9:58 am

My favorite campfire food is samores with hersey almond bars. yum, yum. Tammy westman
Gracie N on December 18, 2009 at 10:22 am

Hands down….no thinking on this one…S’mores is my favorite! If that is a food!!! Lol.
Kevin Nelson on December 18, 2009 at 10:25 am

Great video, I’ve never seen so much Christmas cheer, very cool! Thanks Amanda for guest hosting! A good ole fire roasted hot dog is tough to beat! Keep those smiles on guys as we celebrate the birth of our savior!
pati m on December 18, 2009 at 11:34 am

I loved all the decorations. There is no place like WDW for Christmas! My favorite campfire food would have to be baked beans! Thanks!
Scott Schultz on December 18, 2009 at 11:38 am

Great video! I would Love to see all those decorations at night some time.
My favorite Camp meal has always been breakfast. There’s just something wonderful about the smell of sausage and bacon and eggs cooked outside in the morning.
Careful though…bacon grease is extremely flamible! Have a great holiday and thanks again for all the great videos!
Sc ºoº tt
John Broadwater on December 18, 2009 at 12:17 pm

Love the video. My favorite camp meal is making chili on an open fire, served up with Italian roll an butter. Takes me to the days in Boy Scouts
Thelma Huss on December 18, 2009 at 12:32 pm

good show
never camped, so no favorite,but reading above I would vote for the breakfast too.
Carol Nash on December 18, 2009 at 1:14 pm

Hi Rick,
I have not been to Fort Wilderness, but it looks like alot of fun. I bet it is beautiful at night with all the lights on. We will have to make a point of going there next time. A hot cup of coffee early in the morning while sitting outside listening to nature would have to be tops for me.
Debbie Bolen on December 18, 2009 at 2:05 pm

I can’t wait to camp @ WDW – Fort Wilderness, especially during the holidays. the decorations are incredible – One question tho – where does everyone store all that! I’m not sure I have a big enough storage for some of those!
As always – you did a great job Amanda!

I think my favorite food when sitting around a camp ground is a fresh brewed cup of coffee and roasted marshmallows!

Keep up the great work – both of you! Wishing everyone a Very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year……..
cathy mullen on December 18, 2009 at 2:57 pm

Hi Rick and Amanda,
It was nice seeing you again Amanda!
I’m not a camper person but Fort Wilderness does look fun!
If I were a camper my favorite food would be smores!
Happy Holidays to everyone!
Diana O'Connell on December 18, 2009 at 4:43 pm

Love to see all the decorations! My vote would be for pudgie pies over the fire.
Amanda Tinney on December 18, 2009 at 6:34 pm

Thanks to everyone for tolerating me for another episode. =) Diana…what in the world is a pudgie pie? I’m intrigued!

Fave campfire food…I am going to have to go with toasted marshmallows when they are dark brown and crispy on the outside and gooey on the inside. It’s always so much fun to hunt down a stick and whittle the end to put the nom noms on….

Hope I get too see you all in another episode soon!
Linda Miller on December 18, 2009 at 7:30 pm

Thanks Rick and Amanda for showing us the decorations at Fort Wilderness Campground. I have never had the pleasure of visiting there and will definitely make a trip over to Fort Wilderness when I visit WDW the next time.

I am a life-long Girl Scout so you would think my favorite campfire food would be s’mores. But, no, I would much rather have a cherry (or pizza) mountain pie.

Happy Holidays everyone!!

Linda Miller
Peggy Hickey on December 18, 2009 at 8:15 pm

Can you believe that I have never been camping, so I don’t have a favorite campfire food?
But if I were to go camping, Fort Wildreness is the only place I would want to go to.
I am amazed at the dedication of those RV fans. How do they find room for themselves after loading up all those decoration into the RV?
Penny Serrato on December 18, 2009 at 9:17 pm

Thanks Amanda and Rick,
I just got back from WDW on Tuesday. I have to tell you the decorations are awesome all over the parks and resorts. Ok my favorite campfire food has to be Toasted marshmallows just plain no smores ( they give me too much of a sugar rush)
Penny
Colleen Anastasi on December 18, 2009 at 9:24 pm

If anyone knows me, they know that Fort Wilderness is hands down my favorite Disney resort. I have camped there and stayed in the cabins. Fort Wilderness during the holidays is a Disney attraction in itself! In fact, last year, the Travel Channel had a Disney holiday special and they even did a spot on Fort Wilderness. NEXT TIME (hint!) you have to film it at night. I saw most of those decorations at night within the last couple weeks….even more spectacular when all those decorations are light!

Favorite campfire food…toasted marshmellows…after they are on fire for about 5 seconds!!
George J on December 18, 2009 at 9:51 pm

Great job Amanda. Favorite food is S’mores. Were do you get the Disney blow-ups?
Duane P. McCall on December 19, 2009 at 1:12 am

The family has always talked about camping at Disney World and it looks beautiful.
We are avid campers and I am well know by our camping family and friends for my pulled pork. I do it cowboy style in a dutch oven heated by wood and charcol.
I also make a chocolate volcano desert in the dutch oven that is to die for.
Thanks for another great video Rick.

Duane
kymie on December 19, 2009 at 6:23 pm

I LOVED this weeks episode!! I often drive the kids around our neighbourhood looking at Christmas decorations so this was great looking at them at Fort Wilderness! I wish we could’ve seen them at night too (maybe you could show us next year??!!). I dont really have a favorite food,just good old hot chocolate with lots of cookies to dunk in it!! Thanks again Ri ck and Amanda!
Dale on December 19, 2009 at 9:20 pm

Great video! Loved seeing Fort Wilderness again. There’s no other campground like it!! Our favorite food is a roasted hotdog or sausauge on a stick over the fire.
Karen Revis on December 19, 2009 at 9:56 pm

Our favorite campfire food is hot dogs roasted o a stick over the open fire. YUM!~ You do not need buns!LOL

Our next trip is in April and I cannot wait!~ Would love to see more of the parks. Seems like the last couple weeks there has not been much of them.

Karen J Revis

mother to 7 little dwarfs- Matthew, Maeghann, Mason, Mackay, Malone, Marc and Max.
Robert Nordmark on December 20, 2009 at 4:21 am

Hey Amanda, It is always great to see you in a Travel With Rick video. You have that sparkle that says you really love what you are doing. Now I want to stay at Fort Wilderness.

My favorite campfire food: Smores, hamburgers, and chicken.

Rick and Amanda–I hope you and your families have a wonderful Christmas!
Carolyn Adams on December 21, 2009 at 7:40 pm

My favorite campfire food is smores. They are so yummy. Thanks for another great episode. We were lucky enough to be in Disney last year and see all the campsites. It was really cool.
robert Blum on December 22, 2009 at 5:23 am

baked beans
Jeanne Cundiff on December 22, 2009 at 8:50 am

WOW! Those are great decorations. Thanks for another great video and again you two are super together. You should be on the Travel Channel! My fav camping food is a Volcano Cake made with Chocolate and carmel.
lou ann p. on December 22, 2009 at 4:11 pm

hot diggity dogs and beans…. thanks rick love your videos Merry Christmas to every one of you
Sue M. on December 23, 2009 at 12:16 am

But of course my fav campfire food has to be smores! Or just plain old toasted marshmellows on a stick!
Whitney P on December 23, 2009 at 12:27 am

Rick and Amanda: So enjoyed the show! Our family loves the fort. Appreciate you sharing this year’s Christmas decor! Our favorite campfire food is deep-fried oreos! Shared them with our camp neighbors at Halloween!
Yesi P. on January 9, 2010 at 3:07 pm

My family and I have been going to WDW to camp at Ft. Wilderness 2 to 3 times a year for 2 years now and it is amazing!!! We just went for Thanksgiving and again for New Year’s and we agree with Amanda. We didn’t go to any of the parks and enjoyed everything there is to do in the campground just as much.

My favorite campfire food: Ribeyes or baby back ribs with pork beans (followed by s’mores, of course).

Have a wonderful new year everyone!!! Hope to see you there next time. =o)