Jellystone Park™ Tabor City — Hotel in Loris

We absolutely love Daddy Joe’s. While we only had our adult son and DIL we enjoyed seeing the kids ride bikes, play in the water park & fish in the many ponds. We checked the activity schedule each day. During peak season & Covid times we signed up for pool times in 1 hour increments. We were next to the kids pool area. Fun to see them play & the big bucket fall over & splash the kids. The Ol’ Swimming Hole was open until 10 pm. While we were visiting, there were themes each week. During our visit there were obstacle courses, laser tag, fishing tournaments, tie dye t shirts, races with Yogi, emoji Pictionary, ride by dance party, bingo via Zoom, & many other activities while social distancing. Boo Boo had a fire truck parade one day. The hay rides & jumping pillows were shut down during Covid times. The laundry & bathhouses were extremely clean. I liked that there were suites for each family. The entire family could shower at once. There was a toilet, sink & many hooks on the dry wall for towels, bags etc all in one room. One of the few places I saw room for improvement was in the shower. There was no place to hang a shower bag or put the soap, shampoo or shower gel. Maybe this was due to Covid as well. We hung our shower bag on the shower handle where we turned the water on. The baths were cleaned frequently & we could tell Clorox was used to kill germs. The homemade banana pudding ice cream & salted caramel ice cream were to die for. Each camp site is a concrete pad with picnic table as well as fire pit. There is much more space between camp sites than other places we have camped. We could not get a good WiFi signal nor smart TV service in site 135. We called & the young lady said they had a new service they were trying out. The golf carts are 48 volts & have more zip than our 36 volts at home. When we went to pick our reserved golf cart up, the shop had closed for the night. They gave us a refund for the unused day with no problem. All the areas we saw were paved. Adults & kids enjoyed many bike rides on the paths. Not sure if there were bicycles for rent. We saw at least 2 dog parks. We made friends with many dog friendly families. The actual playground equipment was closed due to Covid regulations. The quad layouts are cool for 4 families to share time together. All 4 campers face inward and share fire pits, grilling areas and picnic tables. It was a hot August weekend but each site had at least a crepe myrtle tree which provided a little shade when eating or grilling outside. We have stayed on previous visits in the front section of the park where all sites are well shaded & somewhat private from one another with trees. It is pretty cool as well. We were only 15 miles from a Walmart & 30 minutes from North Myrtle beach, outlets, & shopping. There were several good restaurants in Tabor city as well. We definitely will be back to see Yogi, Boo Boo and...

We stayed at Daddy Joe's recently 5/15. We knew several amenities such as the pool, bathhouses, play areas and such would not be available. We were prepared for that. However, what we were not prepared for was the level of disruption from other campers. Daddy Joe's advertises as a family-friendly and (in my opinion) kid-oriented campground. After all, Yogi Bear and friends are a major part of the experience. We only stayed for the weekend with our three children, hoping to break the monotony of quarantining for so long. What we experienced (by other campers) was far from kid-friendly. Our camping neighbors (in a quad site -so more than one) engaged in excessive drinking which began in the early part of the day and use of profanity and yelling throughout the day. They BLASTED their music so loud that, at times, we could not hear our own camper's music while seated under our own awning. I was extremely disappointed in this experience, not so much with the other campers because idiots are going to do what idiots are allowed to do. I was disappointed that even though the camp staff was seen riding through the camp-ground they did not seem to be monitoring potential disruptive behaviors that are intrusive to other campers and simply harmful to children who are in earshot of vulgar language, music, and actions. Apparently, the disruptive campers were reported for their loud music Friday night but it did not stop them from being just as ridiculous on Saturday once their hangovers wore off. While riding her bike my eleven-year-old heard them say "I can play my music as loud as I want to." And that they did for most of the day Saturday and well into the evening. With no recourse or monitoring from Daddy Joe's staff. It would seem by my scathing review that I was the actual person who reported them but I was not. I was busy trying to get my one-year-old to sleep despite the thumping of the music heard outdoors. But, I have reported other campers for the same behavior in the past, which the staff addressed quickly and behaviors changed for the better during those times. During Halloween, we love to go and expect that things are louder and different. We sign up for that. My children love it. My family and I live very close to Daddy Joes and we have enjoyed having a campground that we could visit that was not like the rest. Like the big, whatever goes, golf cart parade kind, that you get closer to Myrtle Beach. I hope we can count on Daddy Joe's to do better about monitoring and better influencing the stay of all their campers in a...

First I will rate a cabin. 2 stars for the cabin. There are plenty of beds but the only usable bed is in the 1 room and it's very loud and very uncomfortable. The other beds have no air flow to them so its hot, like sweat in your sleep hot. If we would have brought a fan i would have been ok but i didnt know to bring a portable fan to be able to sleep comfortably in an ac cabin. The bathroom roof is too low. The shower head is made for anyone under 5 ft 2. If your taller than a kid then you have to bend in the shower to wash your hair. This place is great for kids 3 to 9. There are lots of activities. We payed for the extra money ones and not worth most of them. The ice cream social, yuck! It's flavored ice, not ice cream. Ice cream is creamy so after we paid for the yucky ice cream at the social we went to the creamery which is actually really yummy and worth it. So skip the ice cream social. The ty dye shirts are ok, they gave no instructions and it's been a while since I've ty dyed but we got it and the shirts are nice. The leave no trace, it sounded like a great idea but totally fell short of what could have been awesome. Dinner was one slice of pizza each, that's not a dinner. They said they didn't have the stuff to makes smores so that was taken off. Like they couldn't have went to the general store and bought the stuff. The hike it in the trail behind the tents filled with mosquitoes and your on your own to find a scavenger hunt. I think a character bear should totally lead the way and make it fun with music for the kids to hike through the woods. But no, it was lame. Just another let down for a paid activity. The fire truck ride is worth doing, the candy bar bingo is fun too. Movie night was a let down but the cantina snacks were great. The lakes have fish but even more turtles. I think I caught 7 turtles and no fish the few times I kept trying. I saw fish but the turtles were meaner and faster to get on my hook. Overall I'm glad I came and we had fun but it's definitely not a place I would return to. There are much better camping...