Were you trying to park at the resort? If so, that is why they may have told you that. No reservation for a restaurant or not being a guest there, they won't allow you to park.
As others have said, if you're attempting to drive to WL during high traffic times--and the holidays qualify for much of that time--then you may be denied entry unless you also have a dining reservation. Otherwise, there is no reason you can't go there: take a boat, take a bus, take Uber, take a taxi. While you're at it, I'd also take a boat from WL over to FW to walk around there, as well. Many of the RV owners put up humorous, whimsical, and thoroughly enjoyable lights, decorations, and inflatables.
Just note that this year the policy at FW is under no circumstance can a day guest park there, unless they have a reservation for dining or activity or are a guest of FW. They lost a lot of the parking lot to Reflections construction and staging. This policy seems to be enforced no matter how busy or not FW is and went into effect this summer.We viewed them last year and were not guests - we parked at Fort Wilderness and took the boat overThe decorations at Fort Wilderness really ARE amazing, as pp noted...
Sorry, should have specified: We were not guests of Wilderness Lodge, but we WERE guests at the Fort Wilderness campsites that night.
