First camping trip in Disney

I'll be happy to tell you everything I know!  We stayed in the 800 pet loop near the Meadow Trading Post, which is a shop with a pool behind it.  The pool had games and activities for the kids that looked fun.  There was the spot they had the "hoop de do review", with singing and banjo music, food and s'more making.  There was a small pond there with a creek that went somewhere...and they had canoe and fishing rental.  It seemed like there were golf carts everywhere, and they looked fun, but we just brought our bikes and rode them everywhere.  There were places to lock the bikes up everywhere we went, but noticed several people didn't bother locking theirs.  The "comfort stations" had very nice bathrooms and showers, and spotless laundry facilities.  There was a beach with a boat dock from where you can take a boat to the Magic Kingdom (MK).  At that area there's a bar, restaurant, arcade, and another shop.  There's also another place with food and entertainment.  Near there are the stables where they keep the draft horses for the MK and you can walk through them, and they have pony rides.  That area is where the premium sites are, I think, and you can see the fireworks from the MK from there (I think)...our dog transformed into a chicken every night at that time, so we hung out with her.  I think you can also see the water parade in the 7 seas lagoon...we didn't go to that either because we've seen it from the ferry.  Honestly we didn't do a whole lot; the R Pod is new to us and we had so much fun with the whole camping experience that we didn't do a lot of MK stuff!  Let me know if you need any more info!

One of the biggest questions i have is... are all the sites near the hospitality house considered premium? I'd rather not be shelling out $100/night for a site. How far (roughly) is it from the furthest site to the hospitality house? And just as important... did you sneak away to catch a peak at the abandoned River Country?

Sorry, I don't know what you mean by hospitality house.  Please let me know what you're looking for there.  I'm pretty sure the premium sites are near the beach.  I understand about not wanting to spend a bunch of money!  When we're going to the parks, we won't be spending much time at the campsite anyway, so if we can stay at a nice less expensive campground close to Disney, I'm happy.  We're going to check out other campgrounds near Disney for future visits.  Don't get me wrong, I love it there and will stay there again, but when we do it'll be to hang out there most of the time.And no, I've never seen River Country. 

KDHfan wrote: Hospitality House is typically where the store, check-in, main pool and restaurant is. Sometimes you'll see Disney buses that have "HH" as their destination... those are internal resort shuttles that stop at the hospitality house. In DVC, it's a "booking category" when reserving at some resorts. I think your post above answers that the premium sites are near the beach (and hospitality house). Thanks! Thanks Ratdog... FL residents and DVC usually get about the same discounts, so I'll definitely look into that.