Yogi Bear’s Jellystone Park

Horrible place to take your family camping! Yogi Bear is never around. When you ask the owners are extremely rude. This campground should be more about the kids. The campground also charges a fee for the kids to do the extra activities, then they do not follow through with their schedule. No train ride when promised, no sign of yogi when promised, rude customer service!

The park people were nice. My niece (5yr) loved the park and seeing yogi and Boo boo (Cindy bear was a no show).My camping spot was very nice and was in the center of everything. The place needs some TLC big time with the pools and play areas looking a bit worn down. I found that you needed to pay Extra to do most of the things at the park. train ride, bounce pillow, 4 wheel bikes etc. and they were only opened at certain times of the day. The creek was nice for walking in. I suggest that they need it to be brighter and make it More child friendly

Everything is ok until disaster strikes. The campground itself is just ok, right next to I-​87 and sites packed in very close to one another. We got a rainstorm and discovered our site was situated so poorly that water completely flooded us. Our tent, and those of several others in our vicinity, started floating. Folks on river sites fared even worse. Management (when they finally came down to look) was dreadfully slow to respond, promised (only when pressed) to help relocate us to higher ground, wash and dry our bedding. and then promptly disappeared. Leaving us at night with limited options. We ended up trying to sleep in our cars but that was another challenge in itself. It was obvious this could not have been the first time this had happened. These sites are clearly in runoff areas. We are hardy and experienced campers, and know that outdoor living can be tricky. But the treatment we got was terrible. Won’t be staying here again or recommending to others. Back to state parks for us.

The map of the campground is very deceiving and so is the staff when booking over the phone. Estimate campsite 62 – 145 show the Schroon river right along these campsites. NOT even close — there are thick rows of trees inbetween the campsites and the river. You cant see the river at all unless you walk down to sites 66 – 70 86 – 89 where there’s a small beach area and kayak access. When booking over the phone we asked for a river site so we can drop our kayaks in the water and for kids to enjoy the water. They responded by saying ”we have 1 premium site left with water electric and sewer along the water.” SO we agreed even though the Premium site was more than we wanted to spend but being given all these benefits sort of speak over the phone we booked it. We arrive at the resort with the help of a worker leading us to the site. I immediately started freaking out a little. verbalizing how the campsite has only enough room for the camper, picnic table, and a firepit with NO water access and no room for our kids to even play a little. The sites on either side of us were considered a Deluxe site (a little cheaper than ours) and ours was considered Premium. for what benefit? There’s NO water view. As the weekend went on we noticed that the Deluxe sites passed us were vacant. We could”ve stayed for cheaper but the person on the phone said they had 1 site left near the water. We were completely deceived. Most campgrounds we stay at are between $ 30-​$ 60/​night and there’s more to do at less cost. We thought we were going to hit it big with a Premium site. NOPE. The kids did have fun at the pool which is where most of our time was spent however the water was cold. we expected at least one to have been heated. We only did 1 kayak trip due to us having to walk a ¼mile carrying the kayaks and our kids walking next to us. we weren’t impressed with the value we paid for just on a weekend. All the little things like train ride, jumping pillow, mini golf were all an extra $ 25/​kid. The arts and crafts were also an extra $ 5-​$ 10. We will not be camping here again.