This is a very nice park full of very nice people. There are great daily activities for just about anyone who wants to partake, whether you are staying short- or long-term. There are also scheduled activities (like dances, carnivals, potluck dinners) held throughout each month (especially over the winter). Food trucks come weekly. Activities are all scheduled by the park association rather than the RV resort itself. There is a large clubhouse, a nice pool and hot tub area, a billiards room,... Read More

This is a very nice park full of very nice people. There are great daily activities for just about anyone who wants to partake, whether you are staying short- or long-term. There are also scheduled activities (like dances, carnivals, potluck dinners) held throughout each month (especially over the winter). Food trucks come weekly. Activities are all scheduled by the park association rather than the RV resort itself. There is a large clubhouse, a nice pool and hot tub area, a billiards room, craft room, shuffleboard court, very large library, media room (with lots of movies, games and puzzles available), fitness room and laundry facilities. The only thing that was missing was a pickleball court (which is apparently available at a sister site a couple of miles away). The spaces are very large and level - you get a hard-packed dirt space to park your rig with a large, cement pad on the door side as well as another hard-packed dirt site on the other side of the cement pad to park your tow vehicle. Though most of the spaces are also long (giving you lots of room to sit either on your cement pad or behind it), it can feel a bit crowded if you have a large rig in the next site. And getting in and out of your vehicle can then be a bit tight. Some sites have large palm trees situated at the front of the site, which could make parking your rig a bit tricky. While I don’t believe you can pick a specific site (unless you have booked a seasonal site), the office staff are very good at scheduling you in a site that will fit your rig. There are also lots of park model sites scattered throughout the park. The owners of the park model sites keep them very neat and tidy, and some are available for rent. There were some issues with cleanliness and maintenance of the public spaces (bathroom, showers, laundry room) during our stay. While they changed cleaning companies shortly after we arrived (and we did notice a bit of an improvement in cleanliness), there were many issues with the toilets near the fitness centre. One of the toilets was not secured to the ground and would tip over, while the other was always clogged and overflowing. The on-site maintenance person did as well as he could, but it finally got to a point where even he had to complain the management about it. They finally brought in a plumber to resolve the issues, but only after the issues had existed for quite a few weeks. Which brings me to the management of the park. Rachel (assistant manager) and Meghan in the office are very nice and do as well as they can within the limits of their positions. They are very friendly with everyone and will try to help with any issues you are having. However, the manager, Gene, is completely non-responsive until forced to react. (We were told that they have had issues with keeping a manager in the park and Gene had only been there for about 8 months – which seems to be the term limit for any of them.) As a result, there is no scheduled maintenance for the big things in the park – like pumping out the site’s holding tanks. We experienced a god-awful stink quite a few times. We knew it wasn’t our rig as we only ever have pee in our black tank (along with lots of water). And it was beyond someone simply dumping their tanks. It was so bad the first time we experienced it (along with many others around us) that we called the after-hours emergency number, which happened to be Gene’s cell phone. He didn’t answer, nor did he call me back (ever) to say he had received the message or was doing anything about it. We didn’t get a chance to talk to the office about it the next day (a Friday) and the stink seemed to have dissipated, so we thought the issue was resolved. Until that evening when it returned and again on Sunday morning (when it was so bad it woke us up at 6am!). I finally ran into Charlie, the maintenance guy, on Monday morning (while he was dealing with the final straw in the ever-clogged toilet) and explained what had been happening over the weekend. He told me that Gene had (finally!) arranged to have the holding tanks below our site pumped out, along with several others that were apparently long overdue. (He has also arranged to have a plumber come deal with the long-standing toilet issues when Charlie threatened to quit.) No one had yet called us back to inform us that this would be happening or even when. They finally showed up on Tuesday afternoon and it was all (mostly) good after that. No one should ever be subjected to the kind of smell we experienced on more than one occasion, and it never should have gotten to that point! Pumping out (well-used) holding tanks in an older RV park is something that should be done on a regular basis, especially towards the end of a busy winter season. The people we met there were lovely and we enjoyed our stay (other than the smell). I would have given four or five stars if the management was better. However, because of the lack of seriously needed, regular maintenance, we won’t be returning to Countryside RV.
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The facility is fine. Unfortunately the management believes that the park is here for their purposes, not the people who are paying and staying. The only amenities of all that are listed that are EVER open are the pool, hot tub, laundry, restrooms, fitness center, and hall. These are open M-F, 8-4 only and closed occasionally on a whim of management, including today. They give the excuse that people aren't following Covid safety rules. How does having fewer open hours decrease congestion? It doesn't.... Read More

The facility is fine. Unfortunately the management believes that the park is here for their purposes, not the people who are paying and staying. The only amenities of all that are listed that are EVER open are the pool, hot tub, laundry, restrooms, fitness center, and hall. These are open M-F, 8-4 only and closed occasionally on a whim of management, including today. They give the excuse that people aren't following Covid safety rules. How does having fewer open hours decrease congestion? It doesn't. Basically, their ads lie and the park is just a parking place almost all of the time. STAY AWAY!!!! Maybe it will improve once vaccinations have defeated the virus but I suspect that the management will continue to exercise unnecessary control using any excuse they can come up with.
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