We have stayed here before and were not going to return due to the changes in the rates. Addition of waterpark will be a plus this year, but the rates are a real downer. After reviewing other posts regarding the owners, in the three years that we have been camping here we have never experienced this or witnessed it. The entire family has always been friendly and gone out of their way to be helpful. Our only disappointment this time was the planned activity. The activity staff was friendly; however, the activity was impossible (building a model car and painting it) so that no one finished the activity, and left frustrated. Staff sold the items for the activity and then pretty much ignored the children involved, and hid in a storage room. We do like this campground and we will make every attempt to return this year. We camped here in a Fifth Wheel.
This is a nice park but the obnoxious owners and help make a camping experience regrettable. The owner is a bully who would just as soon throw you out of the park than say "good morning." This attitude is prevalent with both the family owners and the workers too. The activities are overly expensive and not even a thank you for staying with us and spending a great deal of money for a weekend. It's more like a concentration camp than a campground. Avoid this one, it's not fun. We camped here in a Travel Trailer.
Fourth year we've stayed here, like usual we had a great time. We always try to get a site number in the 40s as these are large and shaded. Kids have a great time with all the activities and the pool. Hopefully we'll be back again next year. We camped here in a Tent Trailer.
Our second visit to this campground. Enjoyed our visit again. Family run campground. We have stored our travel trailer here in the winter months. Family took advantage of the paintball fields which are very close and run by the family. Campstore is great..everything you need. Very family oriented and always pleased with the other campers we meet. Only disappointed this trip was that the "Bird Man" did not show for the planned show. We will be back! We camped here in a Travel Trailer.
We stayed here over Father's Day weekend in a two family site. We had a good time and found the campground clean and well staffed. We were disappointed to see they went to golf carts, as they were buzzing around all weekend. We also attended dad's holiday breakfast, which was free for dad, but a fortune for the rest of the family. We probably will return once more to check out the waterpark. That'll be the last trip as the kids are getting older and the events are geared more for youth...and expensive. We camped here in a Fifth Wheel.
The owners of this campground have got to be the most rude people on the face of the earth. The facilities are fairly nice but the owners are ALWAYS right and let you know it at every opportunity. Absolutely deficient of anything resembling customer service skills. Would be more apt to kick you out of the campground without a logical explanation than to shake your hand. These people are big fish in a little pond and give a bad name to owners everywhere. Hopefully there will be a tornado that will wipe them out (not hurting anyone of course) and they will be bankrupted. Maybe that would put them on the road to civility and being pleasant. We camped here in a Fifth Wheel.
This was our first trip here. After reading the reviews we weren't sure what to expect. When we arrived we were met and welcomed by staff on the entrance road. They fully instructed us as to where to park and register. Once registered we were escorted by staff to our site where he assisted me in backing in my unit. The campground seemed very clean. We only used one restroom and it also was very clean. Our children enjoyed the activities. There are a lot of shaded sites at this campground. The staff was very friendly. We were able to purchase a firewood at the pretty large store. Basketball, horseshoes, shuffle board, fishing were all free. The only issues we had was the employees working in the store are seasonal personnel. Being this early in the season, they were still learning and it took time to purchase items. They were very friendly though. Also the fishing pond it a good walk and my pregnant wife was unable to go fishing with us due to the distance and hills. Overall we had a great time with no problems. We camped here in a Travel Trailer.
Great job on keeping roads in shape. Were there during a heavy rainstorm and they were out with their equipment fixing the roads the next morning. Lots of room for kids to play. Sites were a good size. Staff were very nice and helpful. We camped here in a Travel Trailer.
We return every year for at least one weekend, and have not had a bad experience yet. We have stayed in just about ever section, including the new pull throughs, last year. Only gripe has been the weather (rained each of the last two years) which I don't believe the owners can control. Kids (10/12) love the activities, and although expensive, they always want to go back. I would like to see a bigger pool. Had no trouble negotiating and parking a 33' fifth wheel (escorted by managment). We camped here in a Fifth Wheel.
Nice facilities but if you are not in the clique or a member of the family the owners are extremely rude and obnoxious. The owners enforce only the rules they want to and allow certain people to do almost anything. I felt like I was parked in a concentration camp. Almost got run over by the many dump trucks and graders speeding through the camping areas. Unfortunately I did not read the previous reviews before we were parked. At least we won't make this mistake again. We camped here in a Motorhome.
We stayed Labor Day weekend which was the worst weekend of our life. The bathrooms are in very poor condition. None of the after hours rules are enforced. The activities are just so so. When a complaint is made the management becomes very rude to you. The sites are so close to each other that our neighbor parked in ours when we were out. We will not be going back. We had been camping there since 2002. We camped here in a Tent Trailer.
Review Rating
[ 1 / 10 ]
August 2005
$45
Staying at this park has made me question my decision to buy an RV. The management and staff are rude and the bathrooms are few and filthy. We were camped near the rental cabins, where a party of 50+ people were staying. We complained to the management of the park because some of these folks were setting off what I can only describe as explosives at one of there nightly parties. The reports were louder than gunshots. My 2 year old was scared half to death and did not want to come out of the trailer. The owner, I believe his name was Tim, told me that he would not do anything about it because it was not quiet hour. He also assured me that they were probably not using explosives but were blowing up soda bottles with draino and aluminum foil or soemthing like that. I guess chemical explosions are considered acceptatble at this "Family" park. I think his decision to not say anything was based on the fact that this was a large group who camps there every year. Money talks I guess. The other campers who don't camp there every year had to suffer. We even saw some of the staff over there partying with this group. The owner assured me that they would quiet down after quiet hour. Well, if quiet hour is 3:30 AM I guess he was right. They were up partying like that every night. I'll never spend another dollar at this miserable park, that's for sure. The owner's arrogant attitude and lack of sympathy for my situation speaks volumes. STAY AWAY! We camped here in a Tent Trailer.
Review Rating
[ 3 / 10 ]
April 2005
$43
This campground was difficult to access with a 25 foot trailer. The campground is welcome for seasonal people only. We were treated like Lepers by the staff and the seasonals. The price was very expensive for off season as well. We camped here in a Travel Trailer.
Excellent family campground, my kids loved yogi. Staff was friendly and helpful, gave an
escort to my site and even directed my back-in (quicker back-in than with the wife helping). Plenty of activities throughout the day and early evening for all age groups. Our site was spacious with trees and underbrush between adjoining sites, although did see some areas were sites were smaller. Office did ask trailer size upon reservation and knew max size that would fit on each site. Stayed here for the thomas tank week at nearby Strasburg railroad. Plenty to do in the surrounding Lancaster area, but with all the activities at the camp we only left to see the train. This is one of the nicest campgrounds we have stayed at. This one definately looks as good as the brochure and web-site. We will definately return again and again. We camped here in a Travel Trailer.
Review Rating
[ 10 / 10 ]
2000
$32
This is our "home" base campground. It is just over an hour from Philadelphia, very convenient to Delaware and Maryland as well. We have stayed here for the theme weekends such as Halloween and Christmas in July, as well as during the week during off-peak months (without any planned activities) and have had great times. It is in the So. Lancaster area, you can enjoy the beautiful farmland (many Amish and Mennonite) and there is a PA state gameland very close by for fishing, hunting or hiking. I felt comfortable on my first stay here. It is extremely clean also. We were turned down several times by other campgrounds for having an old model (circa '50's)travel trailer, they had no such rules. Give them a try if you would like to visit the Lancaster, PA area, I believe you will have a pleasant time. We camped here in a camper.
Review Rating
[ 4 / 10 ]
1999
$30
Sites were small and narrow and felt a bit cramped. Though we had booked four sites well in advance of our stay, we ended up directly across from the bathroom/showers which we found to be a noisy, disruptive, and poor location. Our camping group consisted of four families of which some had pop-ups and others tents. The ground of the sites consisted of small, sharp shards of gravel which did not affect the pop-up campers so much but was horrible for the tent families who had to repair multiple tears in the bottoms of their tents. Shower facilities were clean, but installed with quarter meters. There were not enough showers for all campers, so we found ourselves getting up at 6 a.m. to get showers in because by 8 a.m. you had to get in line. The campsite management was fairly coooperative about taking action against our complaint of the beer-drinking, dogs barking, music blaring campers that kept the entire campsite up all night. For small
children, the staff had many nice activities planned. The pool was nice. The camp store was small but adequate. Our young children loved the Yogi Bear theme, however, we would still not recommend based on the down points. We camped here in a camper.