Vasa Park Resort — Attraction in Bellevue

This review has to do specifically with our DRIVE IN movie experience. The park itself is lovely and enjoyable to be at. The drive in movie experience however, left a lot to be desired. We went for July 4th which was their grand opening of the drive in movie nights.

To begin with, just entering the field was stress inducing. After organizing us nicely in the gravel lot, it was just a free for all to get to the field which naturally lead to people cutting in line to get a better spot. My husband had to be rather aggressive to not let other cars get in front of him.

Once we got onto the field, we personally got a spot in the front but it seemed very disorganized behind us. There were large cars with open trunks placed in front of small cars and they also tried to put a car in front of the 1st row which means someone who came late got placed in front of people who had arrived early?? In addition, the screen was rather small compared to the number of cars they tried to fit around it.

Despite all of this, I think the largest glaring issue with the whole evening was the complete lack of communication or signage about what was expected. No one communicated where the concessions & bathrooms were located- which was not intuitive. & the biggest issue of all- NO ONE communicated how to get the sound for the movie!!! They started the movie at 9:30- we waited 20 min thinking they were having tech issues before we got out to find help. We couldn’t find any employees on the field so my husband walked to the barn and the employee said they forgot to tell everyone?? They said they would walk around and tell people but we didn’t see anyone doing that in our row nor did they restart the movie to allow people time to get sound. We tried to go to the right radio station but it was playing music. We tried to find the right one for a few min & even asked again to double check but at that point we decided that this hassle was no longer worth it and left. We were not the first people to leave either. There were probably at least 10 cars (out of the 40 or 50ish that were there) before us that had also left which really says something.

Overall, not a great experience for our 4th of July, especially for the steep cost of admission! The park itself is beautiful and we plan to continue enjoying that but there are some major kinks that need to be worked out with the drive in...

I had the pleasure of working with Elizabeth and her staff at Vasa Park Resort to plan a socially distanced corporate drive-in movie event for our employees during the COVID summer. Vasa Park was easy to work with and extremely responsive to my numerous emails and phone calls. I had many questions and concerns about safety and social distancing, and they answered/addressed every one of them. Their pricing was reasonable, and the facilities were clean and well-kept. The staff wore masks and were very skilled in queuing up the vehicles and arranging them so that the back-row vehicles could tailgate. The 30-foot screen was awesome and easily viewable by all 50 vehicles at the event. Sound quality was great, since it was broadcast over an FM station directly to individual car radios. An example of their flexibility was when we requested the ability to tap into their sound system for a company presentation before the movie. They went out of their way to make it happen; they tested several options and ended up having to purchase an adapter to make things work…we weren’t charged for the adapter or their time! The venue even allowed us to distribute our own snack bags to our employees. Our guests supplemented the snack bags by purchasing other treats from Vasa Park’s concession stand, because it was hard to resist the variety of goodies that they offered! Vasa Park did a fantastic job with our event, right down to the smallest details…like decorating the staircase to the concession stand with themed balloons and streamers. The concession stand is currently located in the Event Center (it was a dance hall in the 1950-60s!), and I had the opportunity to appreciate the original wooden floors and elevated stage. I’m really looking forward to seeing the progress they make on the renovation of the Event Center. Five stars...

3 stars goes to the Recent renovation and clean bathrooms.. Otherwise be ready to pay Top Dollar RV accommodation rates for an incredibly rude staff That seems to completely ignore their own Covid-19 policy page that is listed on their website. Of the several interactions I had with various staff members not once did I see anyone wearing a mask much less even having one within viewing distance .... & Even Though the website says they "are equipped with mask and gloves" perhaps they all just choose to keep them shoved in their pockets with no intention or effort whatsoever to put one on When coming face to face with their customers ?!? Still I Was considerate enough to wear one each time I came in contact with them ( Even though I do not find wearing a mask enjoyable at all! ) They didn't seem to think or care if They are un-knowingly passing Covid-19 on to someone else. ( And even though they may respond to this review by saying they kept 6' distance , that is definitely not the case as they simply stand directly on the other side of the half open office door So there's maybe 3 ft distance between you at most... Or in my case they invite you into the office and then stand right there in front of you without a mask on And don't even make an effort to put one on or apologize for not wearing one 🙄 In any event If you choose to support this business I'd say have as little contact as possible with their staff or else be ready for the overwhelming dismissive attitude and possible risk to your health as that seems to be the price you'll pay ( above and beyond the $$$ ) to use their RV facilities or just enjoy their pretty renovated bathrooms & waterfront...