Adventureland Campground — Hotel in Altoona

Place is ok at best. More "full-time" residents than traveling RVers or vacationers 😏 . We made a reservation months in advance for a week's stay. We requested a pull-through for our 40' fifth-wheel. . Reservation confirmed to have one available when we arrived, but were told we could not request a specific spot/site #. . We arrived at 5:05 pm on our check-in day. Office closes at 5p, so there is a sign stating to check-in at adjacent hotel. (Office doors were unlocked and workers inside. They were happy to not help us and to tell us to go to the hotel to check in). . Thankfully, we had driven past the sign and parked on the side of the road by the office... . If you visit here and arrive after hours, BE CAUTIOUS if driving your rig into the hotel parking lot to check-in. ⚠️ . We WALKED! Highly recommended! . The parking lot is tight and quite full - so driving a big rig through there is nonsense. (Plus! There is actually a sign at the parking lot entrance that states: NO SEMIS!) AND...There is a 12' roof cover at the entrance of the hotel (you would have to drive under 😮) you may not know is there until you round the corner. 🤬 . We witnessed rigs having to back up in this tight parking lot to get out of there. Ugghhh.... No thanks! . Checking in was a disaster. Wasted a good 30 minutes. Thankfully was resolved... But, the first person who "helped" us matter-a-factly told us they had no pull-throughs availabile (to which we had paid a deposit months prior) so we would be put in a "pull-IN" site and would have to leave our truck on. 😵 . Ummm... What...?!! . No. That is unacceptable. Not to mention BIZARRE 😕. . Okay, so it took me asking 3 times what exactly a "pull-IN" is. Turns out, it's EXACTLY what it sounds like 😲. . This park actually designed the entire perimeter with spaces that you drive in FORWARD - to a DEAD END of grass - Why? Who knows. Could have simply all been back-ins. Really STRANGE! . FINALLY got it sorted out and we were put in spot surrounded by full-time residents. Not a big deal, just surprising. At $300/week, we were surprised (& a little confused 🤨) as to why SO MANY people would choose (& pay $$$$) to live here full time...🤔 . Turns out, the majority of this park is filled with "work-campers" who stay for free and work on the property or at the amusement park. That in and of itself is fine, but the park clearly gives priority to the free stays rather than paying customers. . This "resort" really is not an "RV resort" or "vacation spot." It's overpriced (perhaps to cover all of the free stays), the spots are tight, the entire park is one-way so it takes 5 minutes just to get out, the roads are a mess - no "speed bumps" but it feels like that's what you're driving over, the sewer hookups are sitting a foot off the ground (seriously!) so good luck emptying tanks 😫. The water pressure is a joke and "50 amp" isn't really 50 amp. We have a power box which shows us how much power is coming into the rig - it was about 10% less - so no running the convection oven while both air units were running. . We wouldn't stay here again. . The ONLY reason for 2 stars is the location. It's close to everything and right off I80. And it is quiet despite being attached to the amusement park and close to...

This place is an absolute joke. We made reservations here months in advance for a FAMILY REUNION and blocked off 10 sites in one of their circles. I had been in contact with the office several times 2 weeks before our stay to make sure everything was good to go and we were all supposed to be together in the same circle and 2 of us since we have larger campers we to have 2 pull thru sites right outside the circle so we could stil all be together. I was one of those who was supposed to have a pull thru site. Well for starters when we arrived on Friday late afternoon 330ish the lady checking us in was EXTREMELY RUDE. She gave away my pull thru site and decided for us to put us in the circle with our very large camper that didn't fit well at all. Very tight fit. And they didn't/wouldn't put us all together in the same circle (even tho there empty camping spots in our circle) we were al to far apart and separated to enjoy a family reunion. The ENTIRE STAFF IS RUDE. They do not have firepits. YOU HAVE TO RENT THEM. THE LIGHTS AND TRAFFIC FROM THE CASINO ARE A JOKE, ITS NON STOP, you aren't allowed to camping mats, the grass was ridiculously long, the mosquitos were horrible, you have a checkout time at 11 am and even if u are 1 min late pulling out of your campsite a guy on a golf cart is there to write on his little clipboard so you get charged an extra night. Shower houses are disgusting. The sewer hookups are positioned in a weird spot and unless you have a short camper or a long sewer hose they aren't convenient at all. No one from our family was impressed with this place or the people. WE WILL NOT RETURN HERE. DO NOT WASTE YOUR MONEY IF YOU HAVE ANY EXPECTIONS OF A PROPERLY RUNNING AND FUNCTIONING CAMPGROUND OR FRIENDLY STAFF. WORST CAMPGROUND...

We have stayed at the Adventureland campground the past 3 years and this was probably the worst year the grounds were so unkept. We enjoying staying here as it is so close to the park. There is so much potential to making this campground great. Some things I notice which would make the park feel so much better: ||1. Putting the permanent campers all in one location. It’s very annoying when you can’t camp next to your group (which we experienced last year with no explanation as there were plenty of open spots available). However you see spots open between permanent spot locations. It would make sense to have permanent campers in one location and the families that go there to be in another location (near the pool/park would be my recommendation). ||2. Clean/mow/trim. The Adventureland theme park is just beautiful and welcoming - however the campgrounds are another story. The grass was not trimmed (there was literally 2ft of dried grass growing along walkways, around each sign post). There was trash/cigs everywhere. It seemed almost embarrassing. And some campsites (permanent campers) literally had stacks of trash/cardboard in their camp location as we walked to the park. ||3. Having fire pits for each camping spot. We always bring a fire ring (and you can rent one) - however we always find it amazing all the burnt grass fire ring spots at our campsite. Having designated fire rings for each spot would make it look so much cleaner. ||||Overall - campground is great for the location next to the park. But man - it’s very embarrassing when it comes to maintenance. There is so much potential. However it seems to get worse...