Yogi Bear's Jellystone Park™ Camp-Resort: Golden Valley — Reviews

Honestly, I don’t think that it’s worth the inflated price. We went this past weekend to see if it’s a contender for the summer. However, it is not. We had a gravel pull through site, and there was a fire ban. It was very boring, and there wasn’t much to do. You cannot bring your own golf carts UNLESS you ask the management about low speed vehicles that are tagged and insured. There’s a new alpine coaster, but it’s extra. I understand return on investment, but there are so many extra costs on top of a really high nightly rate. It’s not close to anything if there’s a fire ban. The only reason we continued with our reservation was to not waste the money spent on it.

This was our first visit. While the grounds are beautiful, everything in the campground is unnecessarily expensive. We have stayed at the other Jellystones in NC and this by far lacked in many areas. Had to say no to the kids so many times because everything cost money. They couldn’t even get a tattoo without paying $5 that’s insane! For the price of this place there really should be more included. We personally didn’t find the value there this area has equally beautiful campgrounds with way more included, we love Jellystone’s, this one just misses the mark for us!

We had an amazing time! Can’t wait to do it again!

My family absolutely love this campground. We met other full-time families here as a new full-time RV family. If we could come and stay for an extended period of time my family would love it. The pool area was amazing and many nights we just spent time riding around the resort in our golf cart. The pond was peaceful and serene. The concession food was also amazing along with staff. We’d hands down return here without question.

First timer and my family and I loved it! Definitely will be back!

The staff is super helpful and friendly. I was there for 3 weeks in early November. The campground was nearly empty but I felt safe and the staff was available every morning if I needed anything. Definitely, would stay here again.

The campground was one of our favorites! Clean and so much to do and see. Staff was extremely friendly and helpful. My kids loved it and def want to come back in summer to enjoy all the activities. But the view of the leaves and mountains were breathtaking!

The events at Golden Valley have drastically gone down hill. The staff this past trip were very rude on. What used to be a multiple times a year for us camp spot will likely not be a repeat again due to our latest experience.

Enjoyed our time….. first time coming to golden valley and enjoyed it for sure ….. hope to make it at least an annual trip… prices for everything were very fair and thought all the restaurants and activities were awesome as well!!! Thanks!

Very kid oriented! Staff was great and grounds were well maintained.

The park looks really nice and most of the staff seem to really enjoy being at work. However, we were not aware that we came during "off season" at which there was nothing but the pool open.... Not even the store! So, we found out we were overcharged during check-in after 3pm and were told we would have a limited time credit of $xx dollars. Well, they knew the store was closed until the following Friday and we were only there from Sunday til' Tuesday 11am... Kind of a scam if you ask me. On top of that, we basically had to beg and were treated like we were putting some people out of their way just to let our kids do some of the activities. Make sure you call beforehand so that you know that everything is closed EXCEPT the pool... there is no dining, no activities, etc., just the pool. We had to clean up the animal hair that was in the cabin before letting our service dog in, there are NO linens which we found out at check-in, etc., kind of a crappy way to start the vacation and a lot of money spent for two nights ($500+) for almost no amenities, activities, or basic linens. Not to mention the wasps we had to kill and that I was stung by in our cabin. All-in-all, we will not be back :( This was the 2nd time here and this time was pretty dang crummy. Other military families that we ran into felt the same way like it was a total waste of money... especially when there were several people working just riding around constantly zooming by in the golf carts. The store should have been open... food/dining at the least should have been available... Just, make sure you call ahead.

This park is wonderful. We arrived on Friday. No golf carts available to rent on Friday night when we got there. I had only rented a golf cart for Saturday and Sunday night when booking. You need a golf cart to get get around this large park. We camped in our 36 foot travel trailer and our site was very spacious in the 100 section. The site was a little uneven but we were able to level up easily. There is no cable hookup and very poor reception for over the air channels. I would recommend them adding cable to the RV sites. There are plenty of cabins for rent, hundreds of them. The cabins appear to be new and are like tiny homes. They do have trash pickup at your site, just leave it at the curb. The sites all have a picnic table, fire ring, and charcoal grill. There is so much to do here you can’t do it all in a day. We were there at the end of August, which is after their peak season. The water park, cafe, store…. all close at 3:00 on Sunday. It would have been nice for those to be open a little later on Sunday. Most campers left Sunday morning, but there were still plenty there until Monday morning. Everything is packed with people on Saturday!! The playground and bounce pillow close at dusk. This time of the year that is a little too early. Lights would be nice and open a little later. We celebrated my daughter’s 5th birthday, and she had a GREAT time!! We will be back!!

Great!

Be careful. We paid one price for red carpet pull through but because we didn’t pay the $25 hold fee, we were moved to a lesser value site further away despite paying higher price for premium site. We weren’t moved to an equal site despite website saying otherwise. Some staff helpful, others rude. Just kids working with no training. Each staff member says something different, no consistency. Also closed pool twice for “weather” despite lack of rain or thunder and lightning. Made cabana people leave the pool despite how much they pay for them and how we would be safer under the cabana than in an RV if there were actually bad weather. Over priced for value.