Paradise Cove RV Resort & Marina — Hotel in Wheeler

I don't know about "rooms", although there are a few single wide manufactured homes/cabin like structures, and at least 1 double wide mobile home they rent in addition to the RV sites and tent only camp sites. I've not been inside of, or know anyone personally that's rented their "cabins", but they do seem to be rented frequently. The park itself is in a great location, right on the Nehalem River, with a boat launch, and private dock/marina like area. Part of the floating docks need some tlc, but the majority is usable and in decent shape. There is a "boat house" in front of the dock area with a communal kitchen and entertainment area with ample dining room, a tv or two, various dvds and assorted games for guests to use. The park public restrooms, with showers are also in the boat house. There's a handicapped ramp that's wheelchair friendly. As with any older facility, there's definitely some maintenance and updating that is needed, but I'm sure that's partly due to being short on staff. There are 3 areas for RV's with full hookups, 30amp & 50amp. The first area is down by the waterfront and is primarily short term campers. While it is at the water front, it's well enough above the river there's little chance of flooding. Then there's a secondary RV lot half-way back up the hill from the first on the left hand side with the double wide for long-term 30amp RV hookups. At the top of the hill, or as you turn off the road, there's the check-in cabin and a large lot you can easily turn any rig around in, with the park's on-site laundromat and "gym" building. It has an indoor basketball court, a full size pool table (well used), and a general exercise area that has a weight lifting equipment (some of it needs repair and no free weights), a treadmill, etc. There's one public restroom in the weight room. The laundromat honestly is one of the biggest disappointments, while washes are only $1 & drying only $.75, only 3 of the 4 washing machines and currently only 1 of the 4 dryers are operational. The washers wash well, the one dryer took 4 cycles to dry my first load. While there's an old coin dispenser for detergent or dryer sheets, it's obviously not been used or refilled I'm some time, so bring your own, and the laundromat closes at 7pm. Then for 50amp RV hook-ups, long-term and short-term, are located across the highway and at the top of the big hill/mountain well above the rest of the park. There's an outdoor gathering area up there as well. And then the tent camping is also across the highway, but when you reach the 50amp area, there's a little road to the left, that goes back down the hill a little bit into the forest where there are several nicely maintained tent spots. The tent campground is probably the best area of the park as you feel like you're in the forest actually camping and not in a RV park. The park does a decent job mowing and weedeating regularly. The biggest complaint/downfall are the relatively poor conditions of the roads. There are several pot holes and sharp drop offs. You can tell in it's hayday, this was a very well maintained spot, but through the years, has seen a steady decline and is need of a little tlc in general. But it's nice, the location is great, and other than the highway, quiet and safe. Because of the potholes and general maintenance needs, I give...

My boyfriend and I booked two nights at Paradise Cove in one of the modulars. Upon arrival the first thing we noticed, but we're not previously warned about, was the heating being broken in the unit with a note saying to use the provided space heater. The heater we found in the closet was barely larger than an alarm clock. We called the man that checked us in and to his credit, Andrew was there very quickly with an additional heater as it was very cold that day. Andrew, and his dog Moose, would end up being the only bright part of this location. Underneath the bed we found someone's reading glasses covered in dust, urine under the toilet seat, and hair in the bath tub. We didn't end up attempting to cook that evening but the following morning while making breakfast we discovered that the stove leaks gas. We only came to realize this after it pooled under the surface of the range and exploded. The entire unit shook and my boyfriend had the hair burned off his hand and his pants singed. It was extremely scary and we were very lucky he wasn't injured worse. I let the staff know and asked for some type of way to cook. The manager came and after discussing it we decided to move to the unit next door that was already rented by someone else but he wouldn't be arriving until the next morning so we could only move if we agreed to check out early. The other unit was all electric and much safer but there is significant water damage under the flooring, it is very bowed with a lot of soft spots. It also has a pretty aggressive ant infestation in the bedroom. I was hesitant to write a review as I have never written a negative review for a company. It has the feel of a small business so I was especially reticent, but my boyfriend's family have been members for 35 years and pay maintenance fees. To find everything in such disrepair and decay is extremely disappointing. Upon check out we were not offered any of our stay fee back, and I've yet to see the return...

If you have reservations, you’ll want to go somewhere else…

As of today the road in/driveway is washed out. We made it out, but I wouldn’t risk going back in. Staff failed to let us know this morning that there was a problem with the road. They also failed to let us know the water was turned off (but this is nothing new). During our 2 weeks stay, water was turned on and off sporadically with obsoletely no notice.

Our stay at Paradise Cove was a love-hate relationship. We loved the view. That was the end of the love. In Addison to the water and road issues, staff would not respond to our many phone calls and text messages during our stay … regarding issues like the club house being locked for several days. Also, the crab cooker was locked down and off the entire time, the fish cleaning station had no water service, and the pools and hot-tub are drained (the hottub is inside a building and could be in service year round).

Regardless of the issues with staff, the property is dilapidated. Stairs to pool area are broken down and dangerous. The pools appear to be in poor condition, as well as most of the building that contain amenities. During our 2 week stay, the bathrooms were cleaned once and poorly. Also, the men’s bathroom has just one working shower and one bathroom stall closed off. (Per previous reviews this appears to have been a longterm problem.) In the women’s bathroom, besides being dirty (hair piles in shower corners) there were ants in various invasion modes the entire time. The sites are falling apart too. Exposed electrical wires, spigots that don’t shut off, sewer vent towers broken and laying on ground and emitting sewer smells at the site.

Basically we could go on and on. If you have a reservation, change it to somewhere else…you’ll be better off.

(Side note: we read the other reviews and didn’t have high expectations. We understood it’s an older park. But an older park can be clean, be reasonably maintained and have...