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Thanks so much! Thanks for watching again!!!

Thank you so much!! Thanks for watching!

Thank you! I spend more time finding the right music than anything 😁 it takes at least 2 weeks to get it all in and you still walk away not doing it all.

Thanks for watching!!! So when I did the online check in about a week before I checked a box of some kind that said arrive before 3:00. When I read blogs everywhere I saw 1:00 for RV’s and 3:00 for cabins. So when the app said 3:00 is check in time I scratched my head. Folks also said on the same blogs that you can specify what loop you would like. So neither of those were options in the online checkin on the app. All i saw was I could specify if I have sides on both sides and awnings. Then it said will you arrive before 3:00, so I checked yes before 3:00. So I found the front office direct number on a blog, called that, got the front desk of the campground. I was able to add a note to my reservations that we would like to be in the 600 loop which we did get. I asked her about the checkin time. I said I hear 1:00 for RV’s she said no it was 3:00. But we could arrive earlier than that but our site may not be ready before 3:00. I went ahead with my plan to arrive at 1:00 and you saw the rest. So what should I have done? Is there something I missed? Any secrets? What was it like when you booked and checked in what did you do?. We plan on going back next year and any help would be appreciated for next time!

@@GlampReview we have always arrived at or before 1? Our site has always been ready. Never had to pull around like you did. Like you if I wanted a loop I called front desk reservation number and requested. So maybe I have just been lucky. We have even camped with friends and requested sites together and obviously they didn’t guarantee this request but we got them right next to each other and we both arrived early. So I have no idea about any tricks just what we have experienced.

Well maybe we got someone new at the check in window? Because she didn’t give us hardly info like how to even get back into the park if we drove off. The security guard had to help us with that on our last day as we left to fill up the truck. And to get our site number assigned so fast. I felt like she should of gave our site number as we waited. Then she said typically checkin is between 3 and 5 like she said on video. Well next time we’ll show at 1:00 and see how it goes.

@@GlampReview I saw your check in and that is the fastest and least amount of information I have ever seen at Fort Wilderness. Actually I thought she was kinda rushing you. Just worried about your kitties.

She was rushing me, thats what I thought too. Seems to be our luck. That part was not edited much I only took out the time where I was signing the pet contract. So what you saw was it. Had to be a new employee. At first I thought 2 hours. I’m going to have to idol my truck that long which would be horrible for it. But i was going to have to for our cats. Unfortunately we don’t have an on board generator for the camper. But then to our surprise we got a text about as soon as we finally found somewhere to park.

Thank you so much 😀 Thank you for watching!

Glad it was helpful! Thank you for watching!

We really loved it too! They were very welcoming. Thanks for watching!

Thanks for watching! The e-bike makes a great way to get around for this. The turtle pond is much improved. I’m not sure they call it a turtle pond thats what we call it because there are so many turtles in it. I wish I had filmed the frogs at night when they get to singing. The beach and water is what makes us go to the panhandle of Florida all the time. We will give the Atlantic coast a chance soon though, just not sure we will like it as well.

The weather was nice! It never rained once in that week. First time we have ever been to the gulf and not got afternoon rain. Water was perfect except our last day the jellyfish came in. We were there Aug 10-17th.

@GlampReview we did 12th to 18th! Jellys got a little crazy last day haha

Tonya was working back at the camper on Friday the 16th and I was down at the beach floating in the water then realized I was completely surrounded by jellies, an entire school of them! How I didn’t get stung is a mystery. She asked did you film it? I said no because I didn’t have the camera on me and i was not going back in🤣

I filmed that site tour at 6:30am on the 12th just before y’all got there that day.

Thanks! Thanks for watching!

Nice! Site 210 is one of the good ones! Enjoy! I bet it will be beautiful when you go! Thanks for watching!

Good question 🤣 no offense at all!. She rides back there to see about our cats. Simon gets car sick and annie gets anxiety. We give them medication but sometimes it does not work. Simon our male cat has thrown up in his carrier a few times so shes back there to clean that up until we can pull off. Plus sometimes simon has to get out and stretch. I will mention this in our next video. I wondered when someone was going to ask. Their like our kids so she ms back there to watch over them. Her choice not mine😁 she loves those cats more than life itself.

Thanks for watching!

@@GlampReview we are dog people so I understand

Thank you for watching! It was an awesome place!

@@GlampReview we are debating for winter to go there or talona ridge

Couldn’t go wrong either place. I think the signature sites at the ridge would be nice at winter with the hot tub and fireplace. But the views by far would be best at Talona. But The Ridge would have more area activities.

@@GlampReview thanks

Welcome!

All really good points. You aint lying. The campground and the hotel are not ran by the same people so I could see them not knowing. The people in the store / check in office does not know much outside of checking in we learned when we went in April 2024. Watch our newest video of this resort if you have not already. The restaurants they have are what you said. I really agree with all you said. We like it for the water park and for family fun but if I was a senior and wanted peace and quiet i would look elsewhere possibly.

What i have learned with mine is use blocks. Keeps the legs from extending to much. Maybe one day if we trade up i’ll look for hydraulics. I only had this happen twice once on our 411 river rest video and this video. We have auto leveled at least 100 times in 2 and 1/2 years and only had an issue when i brought it home and these two times. I have made some heavy duty blocks out of 4x6 and 2x6’s i used horse stall rubber matts for the top and bottoms. I’ll talk briefly about them on our next trip. The plastic blocks i feel like they give under weight and flex a little, i think at least. So i’m going to try these heavy blocks out next. My sister and brother in laws camper has hydraulics and their jacks extend much further than mine. So yea i think electric jacks have issues because they don’t extend far enough where hydraulics do. The out of stroke error means one of the jacks has extended as far as it can so it stops with the error because it thinks it cant auto level. Stay tuned. Thanks for watching and you comment! Good to know. From what I hear hydraulics may be the way to go.

I have 8” tall by 10” wide blocks that I always use under my hydraulic levers. Makes a difference not only for limiting the extension of the legs but also give a wider foot print for places that don’t have concrete pads

I made two blocks Approx. 8" x 11-1/2" and 4 at 7" x 11-1/2" recently that I'll show on the next Stop in Florida that we are about to go to. I made the rear blocks 7" because we tried the Andersen buckets (returned them) and sometimes we found that the level jacks were exactly 8" from the ground and those buckets couldn't fit because they were 8" tall but if they were 7" the would have fit. You also couldn't have the snap pads on the jacks for those buckets either. My 4 rear jacks are kind of close to the ground. When my rear jacks extend they take tension off the leaf springs too and then travel an addition 2 or 3" of lift. When things are really wonky it may even travel much further with the tires almost to the point of lift. I figure the 7" blocks should work better. I hope that means the extension will be limited more than ever. Hope these big footprint solid wood blocks will remedy my problem. I only had these auto level problems when I decided to quit using the yellow lego blocks. When it did auto level without the yellow blocks (which it did several times just fine) the RV was much more solid to us which is why we quit using the yellow blocks which then led to the two auto level issues we had with out of strokes. The concrete pad we had at this stop had some depressions and I think the issue we first had the left side was way lower causing the jacks to need to extend to far. The pad had cracks all over it creating depressions. I also noticed everyone had blocks stacked in our area, yea I should have filmed that and talked about it but didn't think at that time I was so done with auto level I couldn't think. I'll try to be more detailed in my filming in the future, our channel is still new and evolving as well as my creating these videos. I hope over all you enjoyed the video and got something from it, at least entertainment? We will see if these solid blocks work, stay tuned.

Welcome! We’re going to time the beach walk to it and from it from the campground this year. We’ll also measure out the steps and distance. Thanks for watching and commenting again!

Yea we got lucky in our site 😉. We had a great time too. Thats wild yall were there same time. We’re heading back there soon too that will be part of our summer 2024 RV resort tour. We got what looks to be a good site this time, site 602. Not that we had a bad site last time.

Thanks for watching! We got on 75. I cant remember right off i’d have to look. I basically entered in to my gps and followed it to 75. It was not that far of a drive is what I remember. The lights Tonya got off Amazon. Its a thin rope light and it can make any color. We use them for halloween and Christmas as well as anytime. They make many colors and combos. They can twinkle or dissolve from one to anther too. They were cheep but work great. We use a bucket to roll them inside of to make it easy to keep. Added links to all lights outside - maybe the link will work here a.co/d/gHiiGKo a.co/d/i1cSARF a.co/d/3PlyrYQ

@@GlampReview thanks so much for the information. Loving your videos, you do a great job exploring campgrounds and showing site numbers. Safe travels.

Your welcome! And Thank you so much! That’s really good to hear. We’ll keep the videos coming!

We don’t. Our 5th wheel does not have that ability to have one. Our front compartment would not support one. Normally they are found on toy haulers. All we have is a wheeled one at home that is loud as a Harley Davidson.

Thanks for watching!

Thanks so much! Thank you for watching!

We will have to try that one! Thank you for watching!

Thank you! I haven’t seen that either. The map was an idea I had to help you get a better idea of where we (the camera) are and what the view would look like from that site, the map helps to place you. I first did this on the Greenbrier site tour in part 4 of that series. I also did that on Camp Margaritaville too. Glad you like that, expect more of it in future episodes! Thanks for watching!

Just curios can you run air conditioning off the solar?

@@GlampReview Yes. When the sun is shining, we can run both our 14.5k btu Furrion rooftop A/C unit and our 12k btu EG-4 mini-split heat pump while charging our battery at the same time. We usually run our mini split in our bedroom all night and it only uses about 10% of our 320ah (16.4kwh) 48v battery doing so, which means we can run our A/C 24hrs. a day if needed. It can also provide efficient heat too, reducing our propane usage. It allowed us to get rid of our propane RV fridge and replace it with a residential fridge which cools better, has 50% more room inside and runs entirely off of free sunshine. This saves us over $1 a day in propane use too. We have a 4,400w solar array on our roof made from 8, 550watt panels racked 15" off our roof. We also have a 620w liftable array on the side of our motorhome over our bedroom window to charge our 560ah (7.1kwh) 12v battery. It virtually lifts itself using gas struts to the exact angle needed to maximize solar output, while standing safely on the ground. It serves as a nice bedroom window awning too. We designed and built our system ourselves a little at a time, as we could afford it. It took us almost 5 years to complete the build. Everything, including the super-efficient mini-split heat pump cost us around $11,500 doing all the work ourselves. Not only does it give us more options on the places we can stay, but it saves us on electrical costs, RV park and campground fees too. We boondocked for 10 months last year for free on BLM and FS land out west, saving us a ton of money. We only pay $100/mo. at the RV park we're at now compared to their regular $600/mo. FHU rate, saving us $500/mo. If you're curious to see some pics, send me your e-mail address. Mine is Sushidog@earthlink.net.

Wow! That's cool!

Sure email, I'd love to see your setup. My email is listed on our channel but I'll give it here too - primmvideo@att.net

Thank you! And thank you for watching! I bet the fall season would be amazing there!

@@GlampReview I bet it would. That’s our favorite time of the year to camp. The leaves would be beautiful there in the fall, I’m sure.

One thing I failed to mention in the video is the pool is heated in the fall, winter and spring. I was told year round swimming. Totally slipped by me to mention that in the video, I guess because it was so hot. The new pool will be heated as well.

@@GlampReview that’s another reason to plan a trip

Thank you! Thanks for watching!

Some do think that. Everyone has different tastes. Good thing is you’ll aways find a campground that you like 😁 or at least you hope. Thanks for watching!

Thanks! Will do!

Thank you! Glad you found us!

Thanks for watch! I tried to make this more personal hoping to reach folks on a real level. I learned more about trailer tires than i wanted to. I was not expecting that expense with a 2 year old camper.

@UCoMCpWcedoLC4FYZzqPRgdw I hear you, but it's also neat that you were able to have it all happen on your channel for you to share and educate others. It gives your channel another dimension to tackle issues that others are also bound to run into. And if you can capture it on camera all the better. I get having the extra expense is a pain, but it could really help others. Really though, great episode. The personal element, the info, the sights. All around awesome content packed into 22:21 minutes.

Thabk you! I love hearing your thoughts and comments! I listen to comments and this really helps me as a creator. I want to help others by educating and learning from our experiences. I hope that this video can help save lives and peoples property by maybe getting someone to pay attention to their tires.

I tried to get video of it but got ran out. I'll be dropping a new video today on this series where I talk about that, right after I give a less than 8 minute complete site tour on the new video. Back in April when we were there they hadn't even gotten past the grading. They were using dirt from the new water park addition to build up the area. The guy that got on to me for trying to film the area said that they may have it ready by the end of summer. Be sure to check the new video out today when it drops around noon.

You guys wanna try a really enjoyable place, try Sun Outdoor Myrtle Beach.

We'll look into it! Thanks! and Thanks for watching!

FYI the new video may not drop until this afternoon but it will post today.

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True. A golf cart will help you get around but walking to the water edge you will have a hard time if your in bad health. I’m not sure I found a place where its not a climb down and back up.

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Welcome! Thanks for watching!

Thank you for watching and your critique. Others think differently as do myself, not that your wrong. Everyone has different taste. Appreciate you taking the time. 😀

Also, I noticed you had a live episode on a Saturday, but I don't see a way to click it. I missed it because I went with my family to see a movie and figured I'd check it later.

No that was this video. It may have seemed to be a live

Thank you so much! The numbers have improved! It was a little slower last month but this month has picked back up. Glad you have noticed the improvement, as i make them i watch and study how can this be improved and then apply that on the next. I can make the video watch it like it and export it then rewatch it and then start seeing things that could be better. I am also getting more confidence with my on camera presence.

​@@GlampReview Oh yeah, it's very easy to see how comfortable you're getting with being on camera. You were walking by the lake I think and I even thought to myself, "Man, he's really relaxed. That's so awesome". Keep up the great content!

@disfarers thank you again for the kind words! And thank you for watching and being a fan! Cant wait for your next episode!

Its been a while since we signed up for it. We think we did it through our Good Sam membership on their site. Tonya is going to look deeper into this, she signed us up for it. I'll touch back when we figure exactly how we did it.

So first you need to be a Good Sam member. Then under your profile select Travel Benefits under fuel and propane. Thnn you will see Pilot Flying J. Thats how we did it, and I think it's the only way because we didn't see anything like that on the pilot flying j direct website.

I went to where you said and don't see anything about Pilot RV Plus card..

Are you a Good Sam member?

@GlampReview yes I have the elite membership..

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This is true, lol. Windows are tinted on RV’s now so in the day light no one would even see them during the day. 🤣

@@GlampReview get wild GlampReview Break the rules in the RV park. 😂

Maybe not, since we are on RUclips 😂

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Thank You! And thank you for watching! How was the crowds when you were there?

@@GlampReview The campground cleared out a day after we got there, temperatures dropped to 26 degrees at night, freezing a few water lines, but Gatlinburg didn’t seem to slow down at all.

Interesting we had 50’s most of the time. It did get as low as 40 but no 20’s. In 2022 we went the week before thanksgiving and temperatures got in the teens - the campground turned the water off, but warned everyone so we filled our fresh tank and turned our tank heaters on.

@@GlampReview Yes , we are just lucky like that sometimes, it was warm the week before we went, and the sun was shinning all the way, on our trip home. Y'all keep making these awsome videos , I'm learning from them also.

Thank you! Our luck is like that sometimes too.

Thank you! Will do!

Awesome! Thank you!

Have you stayed in the Eagle Creat level?

You should!

Nice!