Upriver RV Campground Resort — Attraction in North Fort Myers

Spent January & February of 2016 here. This was our first winter at this particular park. There is a lot to love here -- first of all, they include some things that not everywhere does. There is daily trash pick-up at your site. Cable TV is included in the rate -- and you get a lot of channels. Wifi is included and it works most of the time. You also get a mailbox with key -- I'm not sure how long you have to stay to get that, but it's great for having your mail forwarded.||||Most of the sites are great too. There's sort of three distinct areas of the park: canal sites, super sites, and what I'll call the original section (as you drive in, this is to the right of the office). The super sites are wonderful -- very long, wide, new flat concrete parking pads, new hookups. The only downside is that there is no shade in here. If you don't mind full sun, this is definitely where you want to be. The original section (in other words, not super sites and not on the canal side of the park) is also nice. Sites are still decent-sized. Most seem to have paved parking pads. There's also quite a bit of shade in here. The canal sites are tiny -- unless you are docking a boat behind your site, there's no reason to be in here. The sites that are across the street from the canal are OK -- average sized. I would try to get into the super sites or the original section if I could.||||There are laundry rooms scattered throughout the park. They are clean, and I never had to wait to use a machine once. The machines take cards that you pre-load with money -- you get the cards in the office. No need to bring your quarters!||||There are tons of activities during the season....however, it can be rather difficult to participate. Some of them seem to start up in November, so I never figured out how to join in when we arrived in January. In order to participate in anything, you pretty much have to get up and go to their Monday morning meetings and buy tickets to events, etc. I don't particularly like this set up -- seems like most places just let you sign up for things in the clubhouse. Anyway, this is not the fault of the park management -- activities are run by the social committee.||||There are a few things they could do to make this place 5-star. 1) Clean up the storage areas. There's an area behind the shuffleboard courts where people store their boat trailers and whatnot. It's one of the first things you see when you drive in, and it looks a bit like a junkyard -- unappealing! 2) Put in paved parking pads and upgrade the utility hookups on the sites that don't already have them. 3) Freshen up the common areas (pool, laundries, shuffleboard & tennis courts, clubhouse). All of the common areas are clean -- they're just ugly. Plant some flowers -- put on a fresh coat of paint -- something to make it not look so institutional. 4) The chipping golf course up front is kind of fun, but it seems like they could make it into a real par-3 fairly easily, which would be...

My wife and I spent 6 weeks at Upriver Resort. As other reviewers have noted, this is NOT a resort. It is, at best, a RV Park with a few amenities that (with the exception of the pool) are far from meeting “resort” standards. To begin with, the young man that escorted us to our site was extremely rude. I reported his behavior to a lady in the office and she didn’t appear to care (many of the seasonal campers described the owner and staff as “hard to get along with” and rude). So, why do I say this is not a resort? To begin with, the staff really has nothing to do with organizing, funding or implementing the activities (cornhole, bocci ball, pickleball, parties, bike rides, kayaking, etc). All of that is done by the seasonal residents. For a campground of about 500 sites, the laundry facilities are sorely lacking. The community building is sufficiently large, but is in need of major updating. There is no camp store on the grounds; there are no snack shops or restaurants; propane refills are not available (you must find your own off site). While there are camp sites at the front and rear of the park that they call “super” sites that are pleasant, between them are two streets “North St. and South St.”. The seasonal residents refer to these streets as “The Projects”, as the rv’s and cabins have very little space between them. Also, many of the residents store piles of there “stuff” around and under there rv’s. There is also a large storage lot for boats, boat trailers, utility trailers, and some rv’s and trucks which are owned by seasonal residents. The lot surface is dirt and is surrounded by a rope (At first glance one can not be sure if it is a storage lot or a junkyard). On one side of the storage lot is a dirt path that serves as the path for the pull-through sites on South Street. When it rains the path turns to mud and massively big puddles. Our site was on South Street. The pictures below capture the serene view we got to enjoy from our 5th Wheel.||Other items of note: You must pay $16 for a sticker to place in your vehicle that will allow you to get back into the park when you have left the grounds. Also, there are parking areas around the community building where parking is not allowed. If you park in those areas they will post a picture of your vehicle on the Upriver Facebook page with an admonition to remove your vehicle immediately or it will be towed. What’s wrong with that? Well, there are no signs anywhere to mark these areas as “No Parking” or otherwise restricted.||On a positive note, the seasonal residents (which is the bulk of the campers) are friendly and...

This is our second stay here. Our current stay has been from 3/2 - 3/9 2025. We like the park and find it very nice and is a great locale. The staff is helpful and very friendly. My only frustration and feedback had to do with the laundry process. I had a couple blankets to launder. I checked the papers given to us during checking and didn't find anything specific about the laundry and could only see the locations on the map.

I went to one by the front office, loaded the machine and noticed the machines had slots for credit cards. I tried multiple times to get the machine started with my credit card without any success. I looked at the items on the wall finally, and found one stating I needed a laundry card, which can be purchased at the park library. After a few fine words, I assumed it had to be in the area with the rec room and walked there. I found the machine and purchased 2 cards. I assumed I was good and walked back to my laundry. Tried my card(s) without success. Expressing more fine words, I tried the door on the office for help, but it was locked. I went back to my laundry and one of the guys from the park popped in and asked if I needed something.....but the laundry cards weren't something he was familiar with. A park member was also coming into the laundry room and I asked her about it. She was very helpful and said that the first step is to purchase the card from the machine for $5, then the second step is to "load" the card with money starting at $10. She offered to help me after she addressed her laundry. I thanked her and started my 3rd trip to the library. Upon arrival another women was at the machine facing issues and was waiting for help from the office. I decided to give step 2 a shot and loaded $10 on each of the 2 cards. SUCCESS.....I hope. And, a kind park member from Ohio gave me a golf cart ride back to the front laundry. THanks....

My feedback back : Publish something in your park pamphlet about the darn process with the card purchase prior to going to the laundry.....along with some very simple instructions. I know the laundry card machine is probably in a central location for all the laundry sites, but couldn't there by more than 1 machine, like maybe in the office?

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