Disney's Fort Wilderness Pre-Trip: Preferred Sites, RV Backing Tips & Free Water Park Day

We're heading to Disney's Fort Wilderness Resort & Campground for a full Sunday-to-Sunday week, and in this pre-trip episode we walk through exactly what we're planning — and the RV tips we've picked up along the way. We're moving our new-to-us Class A into a preferred site (the smaller, original 100–300 loops), and we share how site assignment really works at check-in, why arriving early helps you get in, and our best advice for backing a big rig into a tight Fort Wilderness site without the stress — go slow, because slow is pro and fast is expensive. We also cover the free water park day Disney resort and campground guests get in 2026 (and why it's the campsites' last year for it), the new zero-entry pool at the Settlement, bike lights for Fort Wilderness's dark loops, summer yellow flies and the clover loops, bringing a dog to Trails End, the hot pool chairs to watch out for, and picking up our son for his first solo flight. Whether you're booking a preferred site or planning your first RV stay at Walt Disney World, this is your friendly Fort Wilderness pre-trip guide. Planning a Disney, Universal, or cruise trip? We're travel agents and our planning is 100% free — Disney pays us, not you. Reach us at navigatingnewmans.com. New episodes every Sunday.