Sleigh Rides Offered for First Time at Disney’s Fort Wilderness Resort & Campground

[eeyoreguy]

"If you say “sleigh ride” — thoughts of Florida rarely follow. But this holiday season, there’s a new experience that may just change that. For the first time, Disney’s Fort Wilderness Resort & Campground is offering horse-drawn sleigh rides through the woods at Walt Disney World Resort.

Beginning on November 29, a fire-engine red sleigh with garland and holiday lights will take you through parts of the 700-acre backwoods resort. The magic-makers at the resort’s Tri-Circle-D Ranch have equipped sleighs with tires for rides around property. Four adults or two adults and three children should be able to ride on each sleigh.

You’ll depart from the Blacksmith’s Shop near the Settlement area inside Disney’s Fort Wilderness Resort and Campground and travel into the forest on each 25-minute ride. It’ll cost $60 for one group to ride and children ages 17 and under must be accompanied by an adult.

Sound fun? Let us know in the comments. You can also book the experience by calling 407-WDW-PLAY."

[BigThunder]

I did this at the Wilderness Lodge years ago & to be honest, not much fun. The scenery they show in the pic above is just beautiful. We spent a lot of our time on the main road in & out of the WL with a car behind us blinding us with headlights. Then it cut off onto a path which I thought would have some twinkling Xmas lights here & there. Nope, it was pitch dark, you could see nothing! lol. We never did it again. Maybe at Ft. Wilderness it will be better.

[Tink]

I wanted to do it at Port Orleans years ago, but couldn't get a booking. I think our Seth might like it, but I don't think it sounds too great by your recollection Big Thunder.

We'll wait to see if anyone else has a good experience. :D

[Beccaberry]

It *sounds* brilliant, but like Tink said...your experience doesn't make it sound as if the reality was all you'd want it to be. I'll be interested in hearing from someone who goes...

Thanks for the info!

[BigThunder]

I'd love to do the one they have at Port Orleans, they offer those year round tho, right?

Well, our experience was not good. My kids, at the time, were probably 5 & 10 & even they did not enjoy it. There was also the turn around time when it took forever & was a little scary, lol, as they had to do the backing up of the horses. I felt like out of our 30 minutes the bulk of it was spent on the main road getting blinded & feeling a little on display or while they turned the horses around.

But being positive, maybe the one at Ft. Wilderness will be better, more atmospheric :) And on a positive note, I remember it was pretty cheap to do by WDW standards!