Ponderosa RV Park — Attraction in Kissimmee

We stayed 1 month from early March through early April 2022. Staff and residents were all very polite and friendly. Laundry room and bathrooms were well maintained / clean. I suggest to bring your quarters bc change machine didn't work when I tried it. I do wish the office would e-mail a reservation confirmation but, they don't. We had no problems checking in and no extra charge checking out 30 min late due to a dead battery. It is a pretty small campground. It has quite a few seniors who ride their 3 wheel bikes around and also a mix of younger seasonal and permanent residents. I visited the pool a couple of times in late afternoon and it was not crowded at that time. There were some families and kids but not a lot in the park. We felt quite safe there which is very important. Much Safer I think than staying at Walmart in Orlando or Kissimmee like one guest recommended for a 1 night stay due to noise from the turnpike. I guess the campground is about 75% t o 85% permanent or 6 month seasonal rentals. Quite a few nice looking small RV size homes with a porch or sunroom. Some new and some older. I'm guessing they have approx 20 short term rental spots. I did see 1 tent trailer which was nice bc that is how I camped as a kid. Most of the nightly, weekly or monthly sites are on the side next to the fL turnpike which is maybe 50 to 75 yards away. It is pretty loud but electricity is included in a monthly or shorter rental and if we shut the windows and ran the fan only or AC it masked a lot of the noise at night. During the day when we were not trying to sleep the noise was noticeable but much less bothersome and we were away a lot of days. The turnpike traffic doesn't reduce much until 2 or 3 AM and picks up about 7AM. I started looking about 2 months before our early March arrival. It was hard to find any spot even near the end of "peak season" near St Cloud or Kissimmee. I think the county and state park weekends are fully booked many months in advance. Many Orlando/Kissimmee/St Cloud Campgrounds are almost fully occupied by 6 and 12 month guest. Some said to call back 2 weeks before I was arriving to see if they had any spot because they had no idea when their long term guests might leave. I wasn't about to wait until 2 wks from arrival to try to reserve a spot. Another nice "RV Resort" told me they did spots for "Transient" guest and might have opening if I check back later so, I asked how many "Transient" spots they had and the answer was 2 spots. Being 98% booked by full time guest they are really a waste of my time trying to find a "Transient" spot when they have no idea when guest plans to leave. I'm thankful the Ponderosa RV park does maintain quite a few sites for the RV community looking for something between 1 day and 6 months with decent pricing for stays less than 6 months. And will take reservations instead of waiting for someone to leave. It may not be convenient to ride a bike to stores but, I had a car and had no problem with the distance to most places I was going in Orlando or St Cloud. Places like Lowes or Home Depot were probably 10 to 15 min away by car and we could drive almost anywhere in Orlando in 35 min or less with tolls or 45 min without tolls excluding rush hour delays I did see some close by overnight RV camping (I think maybe without Elect, water or sewer) at the Osceola Heritage park just 3 min away on Bill Beck Blvd, I didn't research it yet but, I'll consider that spot if I need an overnight or very short term stay. They might have Elect but I'm not sure. But, if I need a longer stay, I'll probably be back at Ponderosa. Many other parks had no idea when they might have an opening. Also, one other park told me if they did have a transient site available, it would be at the daily $60 or more rate and they didn't discount for a wk or month stay like Ponderosa does. So, I challenge you to find a better RV park in this area for a week or month stay that can be reserved 2 months in advance during peak season. I couldn't find...

This place was absolutely amazing. Just when I was about to be homeless I was able to get my hands on an RV, now all I needed was to be able to find a spot to put it on. I searched many RV parks, everybody wanted a down deposit and application fee, a fee for a fee, of all fees etc. This place however didn’t drive us crazy with all that information and steps and obstacles. They even informed me of a wait list because we had moved in during snowbird season. Once they cleared up a few spots they immediately called us back. Ally or Allie sorry for the misspelling of the name is the one that manages the office and she was AMAZING. She helped us get settled in and with the great handy man Tony who helped us and gave us a tutorial on the RV. He got us out of a jam a few times since we were new to the RV life. Anytime I had a question they were quick to help and if they didn’t know the answer they would find out who had the answer for us. Amazing truly. Great laundromat always well maintained as well as the pool. My dog loved the park and we enjoyed the walks around the lake. After 15 months of living there we finally saved up to be able to go on our next adventure. During this time here we made many memories, got married, started a family new careers. These folks saved us. I would recommend this...

Customer Service was the worst!! Never in my life have I ever had to deal with a person so rude. I called to ask for rates and a man answered the phone told me “$46 a night and that’s what you need to get the answer”. I ended the call. Called again and got a lady who said “ where you the one that called and hung up on my husband? I said I called but did not hang up on him. I was told the amount and ended the call. She expressed how her husband doesn’t talk like that ect. I am not sure why she was so rude and unprofessional. I called her back and asked her to discard my information. I explained why and in a humorous way she said I’m sorry you felt like that. I then disconnected the call. I will not and could not recommend a place like this. I would give it NO stars but it’s not possible. 5/4/2020 @ 6:10 pm. Hopefully the management company will talk to them about their...