Princess Place Preserve — Attraction in Palm Coast

Camping reservations must be cast in blood and written in stone. Good luck changing your reservation because no one at the office will call you back. Supposed to go Friday through Sunday but they were predicting severe weather Saturday and Sunday. We started calling multiple times Wednesday to see if we could go (early) Thursday but didn't reach anyone. When we showed up Thursday they kicked us out of the park and made us leave. They threatened to call the cops if we didn't leave immediately. We had horses with us and can't just go to the nearest hotel. I offered to pay and they said no, asked if we could share a site with the nice person next to us and they also said no. We had to drive 45 miles to Welaka State Park and unload horses, hay, and set camp in the dark. All over a reservation we would have happily paid if anyone would have allowed us to. The rangers also yelled at the tent campers in moody for having too many people and tents on one site. Overall, a terrible experience and I felt like the rangers were just looking for an excuse to chase people away. The way they immediately threatened to call the cops makes me think they must do this to a lot of campers that have issues with the reservation system.

The park is beautiful but the rangers ruined that experience. There is an office where you can pay but apparently it's not on park property and is 35 minutes away and they don't answer their phone. The website mentions the office but not that it is outside park property.

It's a terrible thing to treat people like criminals over a campsite that's sitting empty. Especially when Florida weather can be so nasty. No one wants to camp in 24 hours of non-stop rain.

Welaka is lovely and had no issues with our last minute reservation. Nice stalls and clean water for the horses. The way a...

Really wanted to love this place. It’s beautiful. But when the owner lies to you then leaves your family without a campsite during Spring Break, I can’t possibly leave a good review. We are tent campers and booked a site a Moody at the beginning of February. The second week of March we bought a small 12 ft camper trailer to have an outdoor kitchen and place to keep our luggage. I called and asked if this would be allowed since we are still tent camping, the woman checked with her boss and assured us it was fine. We checked in today and the kind ranger verified we would still be camping in a tent and told the other employee they allow small trailers if there’s still a tent. Only to be followed to our site and be told by another ranger that we can’t have it. We told him two people have okayed it. The first ranger comes back and says “someone” complained so we have to leave or put our small trailer where it’s not an eye sore to have an “RV” on their property( all the way at the front of the property and hidden).. He was very nice and agreed we should be able to have it, but the “boss” says no. I called every campground within an hour and a half radius and they’re all full. Thanks for leaving our family of 4 homeless for the night to save your precious appearance. Even though the only people at Moody 4 are the people...

Found out about PPP after attending the Native American Festival earlier this year. When it was time to choose a campsite for our summer trip, this was the obvious choice. The vast expanse of acreage not only makes it a spacious place to explore, but offers several variations of campsite depending on what you're after. We camped at Moody 2 which put us right next to the water; perfect for taking a fishing break and kept us nice & cool throughout the day. Plenty of wildlife to observe including deer, fish, crabs, multiple species of birds, raccoons, plus we spotted wild boar tracks along one of the trails. There were port-o-lets near our site which were well-maintained. We also used the showers which were clean and tidy, and came in very handy in the heat of the day. (Water spigots are included on equestrian campsites only.) An absolutely beautiful place to spend a few days enjoying the outdoors. My one recommendation is to make sure to bring plenty of water to drink as well as cordwood and/or charcoal for cooking and campfires... especially if there's rain in the forecast. We'll definitely be back in the...