Florida

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Davenport, FL – 2010 – Orlando Ft. Summit KOA
RATING: 1 – Yuck, 2 – Poor, 3 – Fair, 4 – Good, 5 - Excellent
OVERALL RATING: 3
Would you stay here again: Yes
Dates: May 11 – 14, 2001 (4nights - $43.46/nite)
Quality of Facilities; Layout and Visual Appeal: 3 This is a large RV Park with over 200 sites. Paved interior roads with grass, sand and dirt sites that include a picnic table on a cement patio and fire pit. The park had a nice layout with neat rows of pull thrus and back-in. The park had highways on two sides. There were highway businesses on both sides of the park with lots of flashing lights. There were large shade trees on several of the sites. The front part of the park was on a slight incline and as you crest the top there are 4 more rows of back-in sites that are out in the open with some shade trees. These sites were far away from the highway and probably more quiet. There was not nicely landscaped, but neatly manicured.
Location: 4 Depends on what your visit is for. This KOA is not close to Walt Disney World, but it is very close to where Jo’s family lives. So it was easy and quick to drive to their homes to visit. It is about 20 miles away from WDW.
Noise/Quiet: 3 A lot of highway traffic noise. Did not hear any trains or planes. The traffic noise was bearable and did not need to use earplugs at night.
Staff: 4 Even though they were KOA, they were very friendly and personable.
Amenities: 4 Full hook-ups with Cable TV (40+ channels) and free WiFi we easy logon and strong signal and connection.
Recreation: 3 There is a pool, playground, Miniature golf, horseshoes, volleyball, basket ball hoop along road. But did not see any of this stuff. The pool was not ready for use.
Laundry Room: 3 Small with 4 washers, 4 dryers. Machines were somewhat old, but functional. $1.50 wash, $1.50 dry.
Comfort Station: 4 Nice restroom. Clean and bright. Nice tile. Showers are not your typical KOA vinyl, but tile. Showers are spacious with shelf and curtain; lots of hot water and good pressure. Adjoining dressing room with private door, small bench and hooks.
Assigned RV Site #34: 3 Our site was a pull-thru in the front part of the RV park. Had some nice large shade trees. Site was grassy with sand. Cement patio with picnic table. We had no neighbors for the 4 nights we were there, so it was very nice and private and quiet. We were near the comfort station; close enough to have too much light from it at night, but not close enough for any fan noise and be bothered by the foot traffic. The park was almost empty and there were no kids. So it was very quiet. We were one site away from the cross road where there was the dumpsters and a basketball hoop. I was worried about noise and traffic from both, but there were none.












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WDW, FL – 2010 – Fort Wilderness Campground
RATING: 1 – Yuck, 2 – Poor, 3 – Fair, 4 – Good, 5 - Excellent
OVERALL RATING: 4
Would you stay here again: Yes
Date: May 15 – 17, 2010 (3 nites - $104/nite)
Quality of Facilities; Layout and Visual Appeal: 5 The place is huge. There must be over 500 campsites. There are 18 loops of campsites and 9 loops of cabins. All sites are paved with a picnic table and barbecue (no open fires allowed). All sites are different; different lengths, widths. Some are in the open, some have shade. Some are too close together; some have a lot of space around them. You have to hold your breath and hope for a good site. Check in is complicated and impersonal. It is done at a drive through kiosk and a long way off from where the sites are. The campground is next to a lagoon where you can take a boat to the Magic Kingdom, The Contemporary Resort or the Fort Wilderness Lodge. The are bike trails all through the park and shuttles to take you to the Outpost to take buses to all the other locations on the WDW property. There are tennis courts, swimming pools, arcades, playgrounds, horseback riding, boat rentals, restaurant and much more. It is quite a place! I would have rated it a 5 if the price was more reasonable and there was free WiFi throughout the campground.
Location: 5 It is inside the WDW property, so you have access to all the bus transportation. It is near the Magic Kingdom.
Noise/Quiet: 3 There is a lot of noise if you are close to the main roads where the buses travel on. You can hear the fireworks from Magic Kingdom. It is fairly quiet at night, but you always hear the air conditioners from your neighbor’s trailers.
Staff: 3 Disney employees. They are, of course, Disney friendly, and they will be accommodating because they have to be.
Amenities: 3 Full hook-ups, cable TV (with several channels, but most of them is Disney stuff). No free WiFi. Not even at the Settlement Depot or Outpost. There is only one slow dial-up modem (which I could not use on my Mac). And that modem is at the Guest Relation building; that is too far away to walk. You have to drive (but good luck finding a parking spot) or take the shuttle.
Recreation: 5 Tons of stuff to do. This is Walt Disney World
Laundry Room: 4 Large room with 6+ washers and 6+ dryers. Fairly modern and clean machines, but very expensive. $2.00 for wash, $2.00 for dry.
Comfort Station: 4 Each loop has 1 comfort station. Nice and clean rooms. 4 showers (not enough for the number of sites in this loop. 1 stall is for handicap, 1 stall is very narrow. The other two stalls are large, but dressing area is too small. Stall has shower curtain, ledge for stuff, but soap slides off. Dressing area has short bench and 1 hook. Stalls are nice with tile. Stalls are very private. Lots of hot water and good pressure
Assigned RV Site #518: 3.5 Loop 500, site 518 (dog loop) Back-in site that is long with lots of room for trailer and two cars. Inside end is shady with trees and bushes. Door side has view of bushes and foliage. Other side has view of comfort station with bright light, air conditioner (noisy, but can’t hear) and ice machine (can faintly hear when drops ice). Too close to the comfort station (3 sites down). Neighbors are too close. But one neighbor was friendly and quiet, but smoked. Never saw or heard other neighbors (but can hear their air conditioners at night). Even though there are some trees and bushes behind us, we can clearly see the walkway and road. Traffic can be noisy and foot and bike traffic can be intrusive, but nice to people watch. And much easier to get on that walkway and it’s a very short walk to the Settlement to catch buses to the Outpost, or get launch to Magic Kingdom. Walking to the our loop exit to the bus pickup shelter takes much longer.