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The Cabins at Disney's Fort Wilderness Resort
The short answer
The 17th Disney Vacation Club resort, opened July 2024, replacing the old Fort Wilderness cabins with 350 new ones. A full kitchen, a queen, bunks and a pull-down bed sleeping six, from about $516 a night. Fans hated the design before it opened; reviewers who have stayed are markedly warmer.
How you get to the parks
- Busto every park, from every resort
- Wheelchair or ECVhow each bus, monorail, Skyliner and boat boards
Routes as Disney publishes them, read Sep 2026.
How long it really takes to get to each park
We haven’t timed this resort yet. A door-to-gate time goes here once we have walked the route with a stopwatch at least five times — a single reading hides the variation that actually makes people miss a breakfast reservation. How we measure.
What it costs
$149cheapest$558median$816dearest
Rack rate for a standard room in the cheapest 2026 season, tax included, from Disney’s published rate calendar. Read Sep 8, 2026.
Who it’s right for
Disney Vacation Club members, where the points cost is the best value available. Families of five or six, who get a real bedroom, bunks and a kitchen for less than two hotel rooms. Multi-generational groups wanting separate sleeping space. Anyone who wants to cook, since this is a full kitchen, not a kitchenette. And anyone who liked Fort Wilderness but did not want to bring a tent.
Who it’s wrong for
Parties of six who need more than one bathroom — that is the most consistent complaint and it does not go away. Anyone who needs in-unit laundry, which every comparable Disney Vacation Club unit has and this does not. Short park-intensive trips, because Fort Wilderness's internal bus and boat will cost you an hour a day. And guests who came for rustic log-cabin character, who will find the new design is not that.
Is it worth the money?
On Disney Vacation Club points, this is the strongest value in the portfolio and reviewers are unanimous about it. At roughly 15 to 21 points a night in low season these cost far fewer points than any other one-bedroom, which makes a separate bedroom and a full kitchen cheaper than a studio elsewhere.
On cash, it is more finely balanced. $516 a night sits between a moderate room and a deluxe, and it buys you space, a kitchen and a bedroom door — but also one bathroom, no laundry, and Fort Wilderness's transport. A party of six comparing this against two moderate rooms will usually find the cabin wins; a party of four comparing it against one moderate room usually will not.
The design controversy should not decide it for you. The people most negative about these cabins are largely people who never stayed in the old ones or the new ones.
Where to eat here
Every restaurant here with its own page on this site, with the typical spend a head from that page.
- Hoop-Dee-Doo Musical Revue · Table service, about $78
- The Chuck Wagon · Counter service, about $12
- Trail's End Restaurant · Counter service, about $16
What the rooms are actually like
About 504 square feet on one level: a separate bedroom with a queen, a living area with bunk beds and a queen pull-down, a full kitchen, one bathroom and a covered deck. It sleeps six, which is more than any villa studio and more than most moderate rooms.
The construction is worth stating plainly, because it is what the argument is about. Despite the log-cabin exterior these are modified manufactured homes, and the interior reads that way to some guests. They are also, at 504 square feet, smaller than any other Disney Vacation Club one-bedroom — an Animal Kingdom Lodge value one-bedroom is 629.
The fair criticisms are structural: one bathroom for six people, and no in-unit washer-dryer, which every other Disney Vacation Club unit of this size has. Reviewers also flag a television placement that needs "serious neck craning" from the sofa, and a layout where anyone crossing to the bathroom walks through the living area — awkward on a multi-generational trip with different bedtimes.
The praise is specific too. Disney Tourist Blog calls the floor-to-ceiling windows "game-changers" against the old cabins' darkness, and singles out the bunk beds — built into the vaulted ceiling with canoe-paddle detailing, storage drawers and individual reading lanterns — as their favourite feature.
Sleeps up to 6, not counting infants — the table below says which room that takes.
Every room type, and who fits in it
Straight from Disney’s own booking data, checked 2026-09-19. Occupancy excludes infants — Disney counts a baby in a cot separately, which is why a room that “sleeps 5” here can appear as 6 on their site.
| Room | Sleeps (excl. infants) | Adults | Beds |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Bedroom Cabin | 6 | 6 | 1 Queen Bed + 1 Queen-Size Pull-Down Bed + 1 Bunk Bed |
Which room should you request?
Spread through the same 750 acres of pine woods as the campsites, in their own loops, with the same quiet and the same distances. Cabins are detached with space and trees between them, so this is among the most private accommodation at Walt Disney World.
The transport is Fort Wilderness's, which means an internal bus first, then a boat to Magic Kingdom or a coach elsewhere — realistically 25 to 45 minutes door to gate for Magic Kingdom. A rented golf cart at $75 to $100 a day changes the experience here as much as it does on the campsites.
What are the pools like?
- Meadow Swimmin' Pool — has a slide
- Wilderness Swimmin' Pool — quiet pool
Disney’s own recreation page accounts for 2 pools. Named by Disney: Meadow Swimmin’ Pool, Wilderness Swimmin’ Pool. Disney’s pool page, read 2026-09-19.
What has changed recently?
This is the change. The old Fort Wilderness cabins were demolished and replaced; the new ones opened on 1 July 2024 as the 17th Disney Vacation Club resort, with 350 cabins phasing in by loop. Fans objected loudly to the exterior design before anyone had stayed in one — Disney Tourist Blog notes the common complaint that it is "too on-trend, and lacking the charm of the old log cabin style," and the nickname "she-shed" stuck. Reviews from people who have actually stayed are consistently warmer than the reaction was.
Working from here
workable
Much better than a campsite and better than most studios, for one reason: it is a separate room with a door. A kitchen table, a full kitchen and a covered deck mean one person can work while others sleep or watch television, which no studio allows. Against that, there is no desk as such, the interior is on the dark side away from the windows, and the resort has no café to escape to. Good for a working week if you cook; poor if you need to leave the room to concentrate.
Common questions
- How big are the new Fort Wilderness cabins?
- About 504 square feet, sleeping six — a queen in a separate bedroom, bunk beds and a queen pull-down in the living area. That is the smallest one-bedroom in the Disney Vacation Club portfolio; an Animal Kingdom Lodge value one-bedroom is 629 square feet. What it has that studios do not is a full kitchen and a bedroom door.
- Why are the new cabins controversial?
- Two reasons. The exterior design was widely criticised on announcement as too modern for Fort Wilderness — Disney Tourist Blog summarises it as "too on-trend, and lacking the charm of the old log cabin style" — and the units are modified manufactured homes, not built cabins. Reviews from people who have stayed are notably more positive than the reaction, particularly about the floor-to-ceiling windows.
- Do the cabins have a washer and dryer?
- No, and this is the most legitimate criticism. Every other Disney Vacation Club unit of one bedroom or larger has in-unit laundry; these do not. There is also only one bathroom for six guests. Both are consequences of the 504-square-foot footprint and neither has a workaround beyond the resort's shared laundry.
- Are the cabins better value than a studio?
- On points, clearly — roughly 15 to 21 points a night in low season is fewer than most studios and far fewer than any other one-bedroom, for a separate bedroom and a full kitchen. On cash at about $516, it depends on party size: for five or six people it beats two moderate rooms; for four it usually does not beat one.
- Are the cabins the same as the Fort Wilderness campsites?
- No. They are separate bookings at very different prices — campsites run $82 to $348 in 2026, cabins $516 to $1,025 — and the cabins are a Disney Vacation Club resort while the campsites are not. They share the same 750 acres, pools, dining and transport.
What it looks like
Illustration, not a photograph of this resort — a real one is on our shot list.
Sources
- MouseSavers — Fort Wilderness Cabins 2026 rates and season dates (one-bedroom cabin, sleeps 6, tax included) — reported by · checked
- Disney Tourist Blog — review of the DVC Cabins at Fort Wilderness (firsthand: floor-to-ceiling windows as "game-changers", bunk-bed detailing, television placement, bathroom and laundry criticisms, points value) — Melissa was there · checked
- WDW Prep School — The Cabins at Fort Wilderness, map and review (opened 1 July 2024, 17th DVC resort, 350 cabins, 504 sq ft) — reported by · checked
- DVC Fan — pros and cons of The Cabins at Disney's Fort Wilderness Resort (single bathroom, no in-room laundry, dark interior) — reported by · checked
- KennythePirate — review of the new DVC cabins at Disney's Fort Wilderness Resort — reported by · checked
- MouseSavers — 2026 Walt Disney World room rates and season dates — reported by · checked
- Walt Disney World — The Cabins at Disney's Fort Wilderness Resort - A Disney Vacation Club Resort: room types and rates (official booking data: 1 room type, sleeping 6–6 excluding infants) — Disney official · checked