Stockton Delta KOA

This place is pretty. It’s nice to ride a bike through or see the water. BUT the prices are made up by an insane person. Almost charging 8 dollars for butter. If you think the butter is expensive then that should put this place in perspective.

We had two cabins at about $ 200 a night each. So we dropped about $ 800. For four nights. They gave us 4 single coffees in each room. When we wanted more the second day they said we would have to pay for them. No towel service we had that to get our own. Of course no cleaning inside or outside the cabin. We had 3 cars but they only let us park 2 near the cabin even though the place was only 10% full and we had 10 to 15 open spots next to us. The staff was very unfriendly and seemed to not want to help us at all.
The only way to make it work is to move every night to a new cabin. Which would be clean and stocked.
I wonder if the owners read these reviews. Fire most of the staff and give people a little customer service.
PS the lady that ran the boat ramp was great. I think her name was Helen.

Rip off thru and thru. From the over priced sub par campgrounds to the store and beyond. Rude drug speed freak employees. Oh and «chad» the manager. What a joke the Koa operation is. Stay away. Be aware. Out to rip you off.

Just visited Tower Park Marina and KOA campgrounds after a 20 year absence. It didn’t look like anything has been updated or maintained for the last 20 years! The marina is old, rundown, dilapidated and so are the boats! The campgrounds were better but not by much! Who ever owns this Marina is obviously pocketing any revenues that come in and not reinvesting a cent into the facility. Shame on you! Here’s one boater who will never return!

Came here for a week over Labor Day. The lady at check in stated they have new rules. Well they don’t adhere to them. Loud rap music until 1:30 in the morning. Started back up at 8 am. Too many tent campers. Couldn’t use the pool because of so many people. We left a day early because of the loud rap music. We complained to mgmt and they gave us a full refund.

We have travelled to a few really nice KOA parks and this one is not on that list. I would not stay again unless we were able to get a premium site closer to the marina.
Pros:
1. Weather — that delta breeze at night makes bearable.
2. Ease to get to park — it’s not far off some major roads
3. Shade trees — if you’re lucky, you’ll be next one
4. Level sites
5. Store in the park as well as a restaurant and ice cream parlor.
6. Boat launch
Cons:
1. Lots and lots and lots of people. Every day the pool is packed beyond capacity and nobody to monitor it. They give you wrist bands but nobody checks to see if you have one.
2. The jumping pillow is really high and older kids kind of ruin it for younger kids
3. Fire wood — we paid for it at the store. They said they’d deliver it to the site. 3 calls later and almost 9 pm it showed up and the guy had an attitude about delivering it.
4. Rude guests — our neighbors took our swing that we rented with the site, partied til 1 am, and had kids riding scooters before and after quiets hours.
5. Hardly any activities for kids. Other KOAs have lots of activities planned but this one had hardly any.
6. Shade… If you don’t have it — it’s HOT
7. Rude and lazy personnel — the personnel was almost non-​existent.
8. Expensive — the sites are expensive. The store is expensive. The restaurant is expensive ($ 55 for LUNCH)
9. It’s just dirty and run down. The spa had caution tape on it. The pool slide had a whole section of rock broken off the side. Our fire pit was broken and leaned to one side. There was trash in the area for the movie from the previous night’s movie that nobody cleaned up. It was like taking a whole Walmart full of customers and cramming them into the park.

wish i cd give this sh*thole ⁰⁄₅. ive roadtripped the whole country and this is truly the worst koa ive been to out of about 15. loud bass music not policed, wifi nonexistent, advertised hot tub empty, no personnel presence, stinky bathrooms, no lights in laundry, fish guts in the dishwashing sink… an embarassment to KOA

This place is by far the worse campground I have ever stayed at. My wife, son and I went here for the weekend, we checked out this morning. The place was loud, crowded, smelled of Marijuana. The kids pool closed while we were there and so people started crowding the adult pool. This people camping at this place were worse than Walmart patrons. Their website shows a nice adult area including a hot top, that pool was gross and the hot tub was empty and had 8 – 12 inches of dead leaves in the bottom. The bathrooms were so nasty, I was grateful for the bathroom in the RV. It didn’t matter if you went into the bathroom at 8:30 in the morning or 10:30 at night, it was filthy
This place could be really nice, it has a lot o potential but their failure to maintain the place combined with the clientele made for a horrible experience. It certainly was not worth what we paid.

Run… run away… worst KOA I have ever stayed at… one word: GHETTO!!! Seriously horrible in every word. I will never stay here again… management does not care, campsites are stacked on each other and the class of people here are the lowest of the low. If you like drugs, loud noise, no privacy, children running around unattended… yes as young as 2 years old… oh and did I mention drugs??? I cannot begin to say how bad this place is. We left after 5 hours. Oh and I forgot to mention the pool was closed because of diarrhea??? I think that about sums it up

Confusion abounded with our initial check-​on when the clerk attempted to charge us more (three times more!) than we already paid over the phone with a convoluted formula never seen on our many visits to other KOA’s. Once that was resolved, they accommodated our larger group by camping a second space. However, the camping spots were atrocious and the most poorly maintained in a KOA that we’ve seen.
Our site contained massive dog feces, the grass was almost non-​existent, and there was trash all over. We called to the office to ask that someone come and clean up the site. The person answering the phone said that no one could come down because they were getting ready to go home. We were offered another adjoining site, but they were just as bad.
The bathrooms were dirty with dead bugs all over the counters. One of the stalls was without toilet paper.
Without a doubt the worst KOA we have stayed in. Do yourself a favor and find another place to stay.

This place is kind of expensive but worth it. They have great amenities and campsites. Been here 3 times and have been really happy with this place. Staff is nice and helpful and overall experience has been great. Will be back.

We camped here with our trailer a couple of weeks ago. We had a nice shaded spot with full hook ups. They had a pool and park for kids as well as a dog park. They also had a little convenience store and ice cream shop on the grounds. They had bathrooms and a small laundry room. The site came with a picnic table but no fire pit, you can bring your own or rent one for the weekend for $ 25. This place is best to come with a group of people as there isn’t much to do out there. Considering this place is fairly close to home I am sure we will be back.

First time there with our new travel trailer. Had a reservation for 30 amp full hookup site. There are plenty of these sites throughout the park. However it seemed like we were assigned the most unlevel, rut filled, sewer smelling, site possible. There was a pump of some sort behind our site that turned and off at all hours. And the fence around the pump was collapsed so the residence from the mobile home park would climb over it and walk through our campsite.
On Saturday morning we had the pleasure of listening to the music coming from a mobile home nearby for 40 minutes. Along with UTV’s, golf carts, and dozen kids on bikes whizzing past us. Right across from us was a nice level, gravel site. I guess KOA members get the better ones for 10% less.
Went to try the pool Saturday afternoon. Within 10 minutes another group with 15 – 20 children showed up. The adults were carrying beer which is against the rules. Most of the children were unsupervised and running all over.
Now for the positives. Friendly staff, ice cold kid filled pool, on site ice cream shop, restaurant/​bar, showers/​bathrooms.

The amazing part of the critical review is the small amount of effort it would take to turn it into a higher rated resort. We came for our visit during the off season in our tent trailer. The resort was only 3% occupied but the receptionist sent us out to an undesirable spot which we immediately changed after our quick drive by. We didn’t know that trash was part of the landscape. The several (5 of them mostly idle) receptionists we met had one thing in common; they lacked PR skills. They were warm and fuzzy if you like hugging porcupines. Attitude means everything. On the positive, the grounds, 245 sites are well designed and spaciously laid out as long as no one else is here, our nearest neighbor was five spaces away. The walnut forests delve out plenty of shade in the summer not winter, which is almost over. In case you’re not familiar with California weather, it’s hot during the day on the delta and freezing cold at night, even in the summertime. For that, the amenities are abundant but none of them like the sauna, work, except for the hot water in the filthy bathrooms. Thank you! thank yo for the hot water. Where the bleach?
Note to self: take 409 to the bathroom:
Reports of body hair and other body parts were found in the shower.
Other Reports:
KOA advertises «Free WiFi» but we paid higher than normal for the service, which didn’t matter because it doesn’t work.
The receptionist was like talking to a porcupine said, well — it’s free.“
I said, «But it’s not working so, it’s a free none working WiFi?
And she replied, «Yup!» .
Second note to self:
Remember not to book at any KOA, especially not this one.
Last word;
Somebody forgot to police the sites for trash too. And while a smelly, noisy, gas powered weed wackier cuts the lawn, it takes 5 times longer as a lawn mower and he’s only got 244 sites to go. No sharp tools anywhere in this shed.
We’re not coming back with the grand kids.

Thank God I did a recon mission. We recently bought a new RV and was picking some local places to stop by and visit for a weekend getaway. Being a KOA member I saw this place on the app and also in the book. My first impression was wow, by the delta, nice dog park, rental boats and an awesome pool with slide for the kids.
I was in the area this last weekend and drive in to take a look and I am glad that I did. The upper loop looked pretty decent, nothing to write home about, lots of trees and shade, but when we went looking for the pool that’s when things changed.
The class of people that were staying in the tent area mixed with RVs were low class to say the least. Its not a race thing, its not a color things, its an etiquette issue. We saw 50 plus people in the pool acting fools, the adult pool was filled to the max, there was rap music blasting from boom boxes in various sites, sexual comments made to young women walking by themselves, alcohol flowing and just a bad bad element. All of this was at 2 oclock in the afternoon, I would hate to hear and see this place at night. I have lived in some bad places in my life, and yes I am ghetto at times as well, but this is not what I want when I am camping or driving in my RV.
Also, other then the people that were camping, I saw various KOA employees riding around in golf carts and the dirty looks that I received was amazing. A couple of times I waved and smiled and just got the nastiest stares ever!
No thank you to this dump, I will take my business elsewhere, I am glad I came first without paying the 75 plus they are asking per night. Oh and if I paid that all hell would have broke loose until I got a refund.

Good: pool (and slide), bounce pillow, big selection of sites, variety of activities (rent and float on the delta, karaōke, outdoor movies), shady & level sites
Meh: expensive ($ 70+ for rv hookups), noisy late-​night neighbors, wifi is broken, women’s bathroom crowded
Questions: $ 25 for a campfire pit?

I have been coming here for 30 years. The last two years are the most horrible about of all delta marinas, including even the closed h&h…last year it took me 45 min to get gas, this year it took 20 min. It took us over all 1 hour to get gas and even find someone who works there to tell us there is no air pumps for inter tubes… the store says they are different from the marina, and I run into this every time, they send u all around between the stores and marina sport shop to the ice cream shop. It’s very annoying. I stayed here in the 80s for the campground and was upset right away, u never thought 30 years later it would be the same, but worse. They need walkie talkies between all three companies, it’s the most popular place and resort for gas, but the worst service.
One more thing, forget about calling. Every year I try and call for 30 min, In hour intervals, and no one answers. Good luck to you all.

We really like staying in KOA cabins. Unfortunately this place wasn’t up to typical KOA standards. The «deluxe cabin» was beautiful and very clean. We enjoyed the impeccably maintained fire-​pit and patio. Unfortunately, our bathroom was barely usable and the Wi-​Fi was a joke. Other issues contributed to a somewhat uncomfortable stay. I don’t recommend this one.
Our bathroom was unusually small and did not function well. The toilet had to be flushed multiple times after any use. There was only enough hot water for a five minute shower and the water drained very very slowly. Also our bathroom door (pocket door) was difficult to use and did not shut completely. If we had stayed more than one day, we would have needed to use the community bathrooms. We absolutely would not pay for a cabin again, knowing how poor the bathrooms are. Unfortunately, the tent sites did not look desirable either.
The public areas were not as clean or well maintained as you would expect from a KOA. The advertized Wi-​Fi amenity was useless because it was so slow. When I checked in I was charged an additional $ 5.00 for tax even though I pre-​paid on the KOA website and my pre-​paid receipt showed I had already paid their resort fee and tax. Initially I gave them the benefit of the doubt but after the inconveniences we experienced, I felt taken advantage of. I do not recommend this KOA.

I can’t believe this place. As soon as the office closes at 8 pm everyone goes nuts in the second half of the park (it’s separated by a bend in the road). First night there is loud music and partying past 1:30 am. When I say loud I am not overreacting. I can hear it from the opposite side of the campground. No park officials, no security, office closes and this place becomes every person for themselves.
It’s packed the second day with cars everywhere. In the afternoon park folks came down and cleared out all of the illegally parked cars, literally one hour later they are streaming back in, even with the office still open and nothing was done. That night a group literally had a dance party. They were respectful if you came over, but a you shouldn’t have real DJ with color lights, a mixing table, and professional speakers out at midnight in a KOA. It was crazy and the thumping rattled my RV. I tried calling the after hours number and kept getting a Sprint voicmail box. Someone called the sheriff the party only quieted down until the sheriff was gone but kept going.
I really wanted to like this place. They have activities for the families. My son did a tiedied t-​shirt, there is a great bounce thing, the pool would be cool if it were clean and if someone would actually monitor it (they have to have gone beyond safe capacity a few different times).
We gave up at midnight on the second night, we were supposed to be there three days but just packed up and left. I will never be back.
(visited 7÷13÷2013)

Staying at this KOA site was a huge mistake! So many things have already gone wrong, and we have been here for less than an hour.
We arrived (without a reservation) a little after 6 pm this evening. The posted hours on the office indicate that 8 pm is closing time. My mother went up to the office to register for a site, and found the doors locked. A KOA employee (named «Bob», so you’ll know who to avoid if you do stay here) inside the office noticed my mother’s knocking and stormed over to open the door. Instead of an apology leaving his mouth, his words were (verbatim): «We’re closed, ma’am. Can’t you read the sign?» (The sign that says 8 pm closing time, mind you)
My mother pointed this out and was met with rolled eyes and a huffy half-​explanation that office hours are different on Tuesdays. It was apparently quite frustrating to him that ESP has not caught on in our area. Eventually, my mother was allowed into the office, not because she needed to register, but because we needed to purchase chemicals for the septic. While this tense transaction was taking place, a father and his young daughter appeared at the door. They were also struck with a lack of ESP, and assumed they could buy firewood. «Bob» the customer service whiz whipped over to my mother and accusingly asked her: «Are those people with YOU?»
Eventually, we got a site and headed over to find it. The sites are overgrown with grass, with limited demarkation between them. The walk to the pool is at least 8 – 10 minutes one-​way, and even then, the adult pool is a disgusting construction site. The children’s pool is fine, but for the strangely unfriendly «wristband» requirement. Signs are posted near the pool and playground reminding all happy campers that surveillance cameras are watching 24-​hours per day.
The whole place is oddly sinister and the relations with the staff are highly adversarial. We should have kept driving south, instead of giving this sub-​standard campground our patronage. We won’t make the same mistake again. Pass!