DeLand / St. Johns River KOA Journey

reat place to eat and camp
May 9th, 2022

May 8th, 2022

Very nice.
Apr 25th, 2022

Pros: Proximity to St. John's River, access to Blue Heron Tours (Wonderful!!) and nice bar and grille with decent bar food, albeit on the pricey side for what you got. Campground was well lit at night. "Ships Store" had a few provisions, not much. Bathrooms were marginal, laundry facilities acceptable but some equipment was out of order during our entire 8 night stay. Cons: too many to list in entirety, but main ones: Internet service non-existent unless you sat outside the bathroom (and there was no place to sit). Trash trucks woke us twice at 5:00 am during our stay, reported to management the first time but apparently they did not care. Other than pool lounge chairs, no place to sit outside to relax or watch the water. Power went out for 8 hours and no word or acknowledgement from management. The noise from the construction on the highway 100 yards away was understandable but still hard to deal with. Sewer smell was very strong where we were camped, near a lot of full time residents, We were informed by another camper that as of a few days before we got there this campground was no longer a KOA, and indeed we did not see any signs referring to KOA but it was not mentioned by management. Not a place I would choose to stay again. Being generous with a 3...did I mention the fire ants?
Apr 3rd, 2022

Front desk staff and new online system good. Very friendly. Ended up wanting to stay another night and paid online however could not stay after all and called next morning to be told sorry I cant help you - zero refund. No communication about pool being out of order. Was told by long term renters it has been broken for over a week. They should have told us. If you dont own a boat and have no pool not much to do. Bathrooms were clean but dated. No place to sit by the river unless you had a site on it. This property is a working marina - has an industrial feel with welding and banging all day. Not the fault of this property however the bridge is being replaced with a larger one and at this stage the banging of the piling for it goes all day long. Very dusty and plenty of fire ants. Restaurant was great so was their staff. The bar upstairs was the highlight of the stay.
Mar 26th, 2022