Disney World upgrades campground

ORLANDO, Fla., Aug. 25 (UPI) -- Walt Disney World says it's starting a large-scale renovation of its Fort Wilderness Campground in Florida, improving its Internet and cable television access.

The campground upgrade will also feature new "extra-extra-large" recreational vehicle pads, Segway scooter tours, a mini-water park, a dog park and an improved electric-cart rental operation, the Orlando Sentinel reported Monday.

"The fort is a treasure at Walt Disney World," Jean Gallagher, general manager of both Disney's Wilderness Lodge and Disney's Fort Wilderness Resort Campground, told the Sentinel. "There really is so much history with the success of Walt Disney World that stems back to Fort Wilderness. And because of the nature of this property, and the theming, we really haven't done a lot of changes."

That's now going to change, she added, saying Disney is responding to requests by guests for improvements. Gallagher said Disney installed TV and Internet cable into some parts of the campground previously, but that's not enough in an era when everyone arrives with a computer, she said.

"It's a great property, but the sites are older," Linda Profaizer, president and chief executive of the National Association of RV Parks & Campgrounds, told the newspaper.