You can camp at Walt Disney World??? Seriously? We have gotten this question quite often when sharing our Fort Wilderness adventures. The answer is yes, there is actually a camping resort in Disney World. And Fort Wilderness is as amazing as you would expect a Disney campground to be.

Fort Wilderness is located on the Walt Disney World property in Orlando, Florida. The campground borders Lake Buena Vista, which means you can take boat transportation to the Magic Kingdom. You also can easily access the other resorts near the Magic Kingdom, including the Grand Floridian, the Polynesian, the Wilderness Lodge, and the Contemporary.

Is Fort Wilderness a Resort Property?

The Fort (as it is affectionately known by regulars) is officially a resort property. So you get all the benefits of staying onsite at Disney World. These include:

Dining Reservations 180 days in advance of your check in date

Fast Pass Reservations 60 days in advance of your check in date

Extra Magic Hours

Complimentary MagicBands

Complimentary parking

All other resort amenities including the Magical Express transportation and bus transportation to all Disney properties

Fort Wilderness Campground Details

Fort Wilderness has 799 campsites and 409 cabins on over 700 acres of property. It's organized in loops from 100-2,000 and each loop has different campsite characteristics or amenities. There are partial, full, preferred, or premium campsites. There are also designated pet-friendly loops.

The campground's organized around three main locations. The Outpost Depot is the entrance of the resort and also the transportation hub for accessing other Walt Disney World locations. The Meadows Depot is in the middle of the property and hosts a pool and recreation area as well as a trading post. The Settlement Depot is at the other end of the resort and has dining options, entertainment, a trading post, and the boat docks.

An internal bus system that will take you to all of these locations. You can also rent a golf cart for what we consider a reasonable cost.

Fort Wilderness has an incredibly natural feel considering this is Disney World. The wildlife is legendary. Wild turkeys wander through your site, and folks regularly report seeing deep, armadillos, peacocks, and rabbits. There are towering cypress and pine trees on pristinely clean and manicured grounds. Seriously--people scrub the trashcans every day.

Price Range and Booking at Fort Wilderness

You can book Fort Wilderness up to 499 days in advance. And guess what? You really do need to book that far in advance if you want to visit during any peak times. These include Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, and Spring Break. If you are going during other times of the year, many people get reservations one year in advance.

Want to go sooner than that? Don't fret. Cancellations happen all the time, so keep checking back.

Site Details and Locations

All the campsites at Fort Wilderness are back in, and have a concrete pad, picnic table, and charcoal grill. All of the sites also have electric and water. Full hook up sites will offer sewer as well.

Fort Wilderness doesn't allow you to book specific sites. You reserve a particular 'type' of site: partial, full, preferred, or premium. Then you are welcome to request a desired loop. They don't guarantee it, but we have had success getting our requests.

Does it matter where your campsite is? Are there good loops and bad loops?

Depends on who you ask.

Some people claim that there are no bad sites at the Fort and it doesn't matter where you end up. We actually disagree after our two stays. For us, being close to the Meadows area is so much more preferable to any other location.