Camper village......FAIL!

I agree. Bayshore sounds like a nice campground. I have heard several people who really like it.
Just FYI....here is a good source of different campgrounds. I use it a lot when Im looking at a place to stay.
http://www.rvparkreviews.com/
They have several campgrounds in the Sandusky area that are reviewed. I think its a good place to look when choosing a campground.

My family and I stayed at both Bayshore and Camper Village last fourth of July. I agree that Camper Village is rather expensive for camping, but it is probably the cleanest, nicest site we have ever used. Every morning our grill was cleaned out and the cement area around the pad made for a clean site. Every site had trees around the picnic table for privacy which we appreciated. I agree that part of camping is enjoying a fire however, my kids were in the park late every night anyways. I personally saw other sites that were using those campfire holder type things above ground. (although I don't have a clue whether they are allowed)! I mostly appreciated the quick walk to the park and my teenagers being able to go back and forth. I do wish the price was lower, but the hotels are priced just as ridiculous and I use those too!!

As far as Bayshore, its great if you like being packed in like sardines and looking at the trailer next to yours sewer line. And yes we had a campfire, but the next lot over had one 6 feet away too and we choked on their smoke all night! Our canopy was almost touching the next trailer over! And the loud trains every 5 minutes are great too!

Overall, I would highly recommend Camper Village! Afterall, where else do you get to hang out in lawn chairs and listen to rides and screams for entertainment! Oh, my only drawback would be listening to dumpsters being dumped into the wee hours of the morning! Just my 2 cents!!

Ahh yes, the dumpsters were a lot of fun to listen to all night long.

They actually keep those showers clean?

How bout sending those employees over to the dorms and clean up those nasty disgusting showers and bathrooms! :(

Jo

But Jo, where is the ROI in keeping things clean and functional for the employees? No customer should ever have to see that the bathrooms look like in the dorms, so why bother keeping them up when you could spend that effort on cleaning up the public spaces?

(sorry, I am still working on my Cedar Fair Executive channelling skills...)

--Dave Althoff, Jr.

East Harbor State Park; we go the "remote" area, and there is a site that is non-reservable that is not on that map..."area D"...completely isolated back in the woods...a short 15 minute drive from CP, and there's a running path along the lakeside so you can sneak in some miles as the sun comes up. Camping perfection :)

East Harbor State Park is where my family used to camp for about 15 years as we were kids. Great awesome camping!

Just a follow up to a couple of the issues raised. I spent 3 nights at the new section of Camper Village this past weekend. Overall, had a really good experience as normal. I checked the bathhouses and all were clean and open in the morning hours. The interactive water feature at the pool was not working at any time during my stay. I never asked but I assume its a mechanical issue. According to the Camper Village map, it states "In accordance wit the Sandusky Fire Code, ground fires are prohibited" so if your upset about campfires, talk to the city of Sandusky. They do allow the portable campfire rings that sit on a stand. I saw a few campers that were using them. I can totally see why they dont allow bikes and roller skates. With the way people drive and all the traffic, it would just be a matter of time before there was an accident. Plus, how many people would be riding their bikes around perimeter road.

I was camping the same time last weekend into the week. The reason the showers took so long to clean was the midges!! Midges, midges and more midges!! I felt really bad fort he 2 guys that had to clean that every morning. This was the worst I had ever seen there in years. That's not cp's fault. They started cleaning them around 6:30 every morning. On a normal day it taked them 15-20 minutes to clean them, thus opening before 7 every morning. That is fair.

My site only $63 a night with electric hook-up. The KOA was I think $48 a night. I love staying in the middle of the park. Where else can you go to bed hearing "your ready to fly" and wake up hearing the guy walking up on mean streak hammering down the loose nails!! It is a really neat experiance.

Stayed with some friends in lot 155 this past weekend. The bugs were awful. Made doing anything outside (grilling) impossible. But it did seem like some other areas of the campground and cabins maybe didn't have as bad of a bug problem.

I haven't read through this entire thread, but here are my two cents.

Fires - can't have them because as far as I know, there are no pits for them at the sites, and campers are really close together, it's just dangerous, especially if you get one of the morons who doesn't know how to contain a fire

Bikes - try riding a bike around the parking lot or Perimeter Road, let me know how that turns out for ya, not to mention it would just be one more thing to clog up what is already a crowded road/parking lot; everything is walking distance anyway, so why do you need a bike?

Tents - as far as I know, the reason you can't have tents is because of the proximity of the campground to the lake and the fact that it's on a flood plane; I could be wrong on that one, though

But I would be willing to bet that all the restrictions and such are listed either on the website or the brochure for Camper Village. The only real complaint I can see you having is the shower situation. That's unacceptable.

And if you went to Cedar Point expecting things to be priced fairly, then you needed a reality check.

I would think that tents aren't allowed primarily because tent campers would tend to skew younger, and they probably want to avoid a party-like atmosphere as much as possible, and ensure they're packing as many people into the campground (and thus into the park) as they can, and generally speaking, campers can house more per site than a tent. Plus, its easier to charge $60+ for a modern camper site than it is to charge that for an electric-only tent site.

I do find it sort of odd that they allow fires only in those rings. Wouldn't a camp fire in one of those pre-poured concrete & metal rings be more stable and contained than one perched atop a stand? I know those stands are relatively stable, but people are remarkably stupid as well.

With regard to the fires, I worked Camper Village front desk during the 04 season and the reason they're not allowed is because City of Sandusky fire ordinance doesn't allow ground fires.

I've never been to Camper Village, but I have done more than my share of camping in my lifetime. And this place sounds like about the least camp-iest campground I can think of. No fires, no biking, no tents? It's not a campground, it's a parking lot for RVs.

If the campsites are too close to permit safe use of firepits, then the campsites are too close.

Frankly, IMO Cedar Fair should move the whole thing off site and offer shuttle service to and from the park. A new campground would offer the chance to spread out and offer both RV and tent sites. With firepits. And bike use. As it sounds now, it's a ludicrous imitation of a campground, not the real thing.

I like it where it is. You really don't "camp" there. It is a place to crash after a day at the park and a place to eat during the day. You have 4 regular pools and 3 outdoor hot tubs you can use at the hotels. Imo if you want to go "camp" you go to a state park or a place in the middle of nowhere. You really get alot of value for your money. i am as cheep as you can get, and I love it there.( minus those pesky midges in June that is not the park's fault)

Ok, about the ground fire ordinace, I am a firefigher, have been for many years. Many cities are going to these ordiances where you need to have an approved fire pit like the enclosed ones you can buy in the store or grill for several reasons. One reason, when is the last time as a lay person you were aware of the fire danger in your area due to weather conditions? Ground fires tend to spread very quickly in these conditions. Do you know what type of surface your burning on? Are there tree roots under the place your burning? Fires can burn undected underground for some period. Most of the fire pits you can buy have screens over them that greatly reduce the amount of hot ash that can fly away and start something else on fire. These ordinaces also help with pollution and "smell" control. It also helps hopefully keeping the size of the fire down and hopefully makes it more containable and controlable. I say hopefully because well there are those people that, well, just are not that smart and do stupid things which usally gives firefighter and Emts job security. There are much more that goes into one of these ordinaces beside no ground fires, they also tend to go into what can be burned, what hours burning is allowed, the size of the area that has to be present, the location of a water supply ect. Don't go off on CP for something that is VERY useful and in the best intrest of their guest provided by a city ordiance.

If sandusky has a rule about ground fires, why does the k.o.a in sandusky allow them? They are located right on the water as well, and allow tents AND fires.

I don't buy the "party like" exuse for not allowing tents. I have been to many campgrounds where pop ups, and 5th wheel campers were as loud as can be.

Is it just me, or has all of page 3 been a nightmare when it comes to grammar and spelling?

Ensign Smith said:
I've never been to Camper Village, but I have done more than my share of camping in my lifetime. And this place sounds like about the least camp-iest campground I can think of. No fires, no biking, no tents? It's not a campground, it's a parking lot for RVs.

If the campsites are too close to permit safe use of firepits, then the campsites are too close.

Frankly, IMO Cedar Fair should move the whole thing off site and offer shuttle service to and from the park. A new campground would offer the chance to spread out and offer both RV and tent sites. With firepits. And bike use. As it sounds now, it's a ludicrous imitation of a campground, not the real thing.

Thats a pretty strong opinion for someone who has never stayed at Camper Village. Judging from the occupancy from this past weekend, there are a lot of people that like it.

Camper Village is more of a resort than a campground thus the restrictions of tents. Allowing a bunch of tents all over the place will take away from the resort atmosphere. If you want to tent, there are a lot of options close by. Like it or not, Sandusky has a fire code that does not allow ground fires at Cedar Point. Fire code can be restricted to certain parts of the city or even businesses. As far as bikes, there is more to Camper Village that the campground. If you really take time to think about it, allowing bikes does not make a lick of sense. Just a matter of time before there is an accident and does anyone really want to be responsible for that? I would say no. It may not be the popular rule, but its the smart rule.

Camper Village has an issue with flooding. Drive through there after a big thunderstorm and you'll see why there is no tent camping.