I will start by saying my husband and I with our children have been full time traveling for 8 years now and we have stayed in a lot of parks and this one, by far, has the most amount of “rules”, nit pickiness, and favoritism I have ever seen.
They change their rules constantly but don’t update anyone that the rules have changed. The only way you will know the rules have been updated, or that your RENT has INCREASED(it changes for the time of year-but during our stay they increased the “summer rate” by $150/month) is if you go into the office and just happen to pickup a 5 page rule book or look at the rate paper setting on the reception desk.
The same rules do not apply to the year round guests, the “working” guests and the guests with children. They completely stop all extra activities once the “snowbirds” leave.
They say they are “family friendly” but their actions state otherwise. Their playground is very sad. It is all the way in the over flow lot of the campground past the dumpsters, hidden. A lot of people we have talked to do not even know it’s there. They have the campground segregated by 55+ and 55 and under. Their pools are segregated by adults only and family pool. Which is fine,BUT the 55+ side of the campground is way nicer and upkept better than the -55. Also the -55 pool is always cloudy looking and gross, with leaves and bugs, while the 55+ side..you guessed it, sparkling clean! They will treat you very differently if you have children, having children will put a target on your back.
We have witnessed the park manager, Debra, brag in the office about kicking a family out as soon as they were parked because something on their camper broke on their way FROM CANADA and they had to duct tape it until they could get a mobile repair man out to help them fix it..she BRAGGED to another guest checking in that had something fall apart on their trip to the park.
They seem nice and accommodating one day, but the next day you’re getting in trouble for something new that is not listed in their 5 page rule book.
During snowbird season it’s like all the rules go out the window, unless again, you have kids. I have personally witnessed people pushing the roller cart from the laundry room TO THEIR CAMPER, but during off season an 80 year old woman, who is a full timer, got in trouble for trying to roll her laundry to where her car was parked ACROSS THE SMALL STREET from the laundry.
Milton traumatizes children by getting onto them under his breath while parents are a few feet away, multiple kids refer to him as “the mean man” and get scared just seeing his picture on the advertisement tv in the clubhouse. He not only enforces the rules but he does it in a very rude manor by walking straight up to you and without saying “hi” or another word, just starts telling you what you’re doing wrong and then starts to walk off without letting you get a word in edgewise or even ask a question, just says “rules rules you should know the rules”.
The park has many stray cats that get into your trash, walk on your vehicles, etc. and when this was brought to the parks attention in hopes they could re-home them or bring them to a cat hotel (we absolutely love animals and would never wish harm, they just scratch up the vehicles) Debra told us we could “shoot them”..so you’re telling me our kids are not able to go more than 50 feet from a parent riding their bikes, FOR SAFETY REASONS, but it’s okay for us to SHOOT a gun at a cat in the park?
The water in the park smells completely and utterly disgusting. It made us, our children and our dog sick. It had been tested with an “at home” water test and read 700, they have been made aware and truly do not care.
We’ve personally talked to at least 4 “snowbirds” that last year was their first year back since the park was under new management, that said they won’t be back.
I will finish by saying, it’s a beautiful park, but I would rather stay somewhere ugly with beautiful people than stay somewhere beautiful like this with the ugly management. Do better CG RV resort!