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I liked it! - from TripAdvisor.com
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Just returned from Lake Laurie Campground. Would definitely go back next year. I liked the shade, the site showers were clean when I used them, hot shower, wifi free at the office, near the beaches well nice campground would definitely go back.
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Posted by Anectine on 8/13/2008
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Comments on our stay - from TripAdvisor.com
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Just returned from a 6-day vacation at Lake Laurie Campground. Most of the sites with Water and Electricity are very small. I had a little site for my tent trailer and was unable to put my car on it. The fire place was almost on the street. Very old restrooms except for the one in front of the office (4 with showers) and 4 others in the middle of the campground.
Don't use the washers for white clothes, they will come out yellow.
Pool and other service OK. Very old place with a lot of potential that needs investments.
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Posted by Tatiena on 8/3/2008
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Bring your poison ivy killer and special shoes for the bathrooms - from TripAdvisor.com
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Not much privacy as the sites are packed one on top of another. To make things worse, they have the RV campers and the tent campers all in the same locations. All of the RV campers keep Christmas lights on through the night - hard to sleep with bright lights coming in the tent. People are loud at night as well. The bathrooms and showers are private which is nice, but people leave them so dirty and track dirt in. Bring disposable shoes! The staff is also unfriendly, especially people at the security gate. One good thing is that the campsite is close to the beaches at Cape May and Wildwood.
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Posted by Endlesslyrocking on 7/28/2008
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Absolutely terrible - from TripAdvisor.com
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Absolutely terrible since the new managers took over. The one person who wrote a good review must be the manager. Bad roads, faulty electricity, orange water! Just ask some of the seasonals when you get there. They all dislike the new manager. Too many stupid rules, For example, You are allowed one specific registered car on your site. If you bring a car in place of the one registered, you are charged $75.00. Some people, including myself, have gotten electrical shocks when they touched their trailer due to the shorted out electrical power. If you complain? No problem: they throw you out of the campground! It used to be so much fun there, but no more. My daughter and her family has a site there. Now I am not allowed on the site unless my daughter is there. That goes for everyone. Your family members are not allowed on the site, even if they pay, unless the registered owners are there. The 2 managers are downright ignorant. They have rules for everyone else but themselves. Their agreement says only one tent per site. Yet they put up to 4 tents to a site. For this reason it gets so crowded, you cannot even drive down the main road. I live in Cape May. I pay taxes in Cape May. I am retired and pay school taxes, which I accept. Why, Please tell me why. do these managers live on the campground full time? They moved there last year. They have children who go to our schools. Why do I have to pay taxes for their children to go to school, and yet they do not pay a dime. Also,. why, after living here over a year, have they not changed their vehicle registration to New Jersey?? They still have Pa tags on their vehicles. They hide this by backing in their driveway. They are here illegally. I am afraid to speak up as I fear they will kick my daughter out of the campground. So this is why I am writing here.
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Posted by Elizabethsamantha on 7/27/2008
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Argh! - from TripAdvisor.com
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Our favorite spots were booked and it was suggested we try Lake Laurie. The check-in lines reminded me of the gas lines in '74 and the toilets were probably old back then too! No trash cans in mens room, toilets in ladies rooms clogged and filthy. No quiet time at all-day or night. Seems like the place is too big for them to get a handle on. Lake Laurie couldn't disappear fast enough in my rear view mirror.
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Posted by Txr60 on 7/8/2008
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Stinky toilets and a nasty lake - from TripAdvisor.com
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Do not recommend.
We were told that the 'nice' campsites in the back were better than the one we were put in at the front of the camp (we were at E3). We had to have management come over and tell us which site was ours because it wasn't even numbered. We saw two other families leave despite having weekend reservations (both families were assigned E2). The campsites in the back (towards the lake) are much nicer.
The bathrooms are simply inexcusable. Awful. Out of 7, only 1 was usable. I don't think they cleaned them at all. The showers were reasonably clean, but you had to hold the water on. I'm 5'5'', and I had to stand on my tiptoes with one arm in the air to keep the water turned on. My husband says the men's shower room had chains, so no tiptoes necessary there.
There is a pool, but it is very small and it is PACKED with people. The lake is mucky, but not terrible. Location is good, not far from Wildwood or Cape May.
Campground does not spray, as advertised on their website. Bug city!
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Posted by Kgoldfien on 7/6/2008
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Enter At Your Own Risk! - from TripAdvisor.com
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I really didn't like anything about this campground! I don't know where to start on what I didn't like! Let's start with Check In at the Security Guard Shack. No one had a clue what was going on. They gave us the wrong parking pass, forgot to return my drivers license and handed me a paper to sign with the rules, but I didn't have a chance to read the rules? Then the rest of the Staff don't have a clue what is going on, but they stand in the middle of the roadway and stop you from going further down the road, only to wave you on when you get up to them. You can only have one car per site even if there is room for more. The extra vehicle has to be parked 10-20 minutes away in an open field. None of the campsites were raked out of leaves and when we got to the site to put the trailer on it, we had to wait 45 minutes while the maintenance man raked our site and complained about his job, the campground and his coworkers. The water is not for drinking or domestic purposes, including washing dishes. The water had a foul odor and yellow color, there was little to no water pressure, the water had lots of air in the pipes and it burned my eyes and made my skin itchy when I bathed! The bathrooms were beyond filthy...more of a health hazard! The bathrooms were more like out houses or Port A Johns and smelled like raw sewage all the time. There was not one toilet that wasn't backed up or that would flush. Some of the toilets were overflowing with sewage on the floors. The urinal in each bathroom didn't flush and was usually clogged with toilet paper. The sinks were always filled with paper towels and soaking wet. The floors were constantly muddy and covered in paper towels. The new private bathrooms were like rivers always flooded and some of the shower heads were cracked and gave the wall a shower, but not you! When I called the first day to ask when the bathrooms would be cleaned after waiting 6+ hours, I was asked why by the employee that answered the phone. I explained to her that the bathrooms by our site were very dirty and had not be cleaned all day. She replied "no one else has called!" I countered that with, "well I am calling you now and making you aware of it." Her reply was "well, they will get there when they can get there!" She didn't like when I said that the Health Department would not like the standards of the bathroom...the bathrooms were never cleaned that night. Maintenance showed up, but did not do a thing! Never ventured to the pool or the bathing beach area...too crowded! The Lake was nice for fishing though...some nice bass in there! None of the camp rules are enforced and none of the employees follow their own rules! Overall it was a horrible vacation, a filthy, dirty, loud, overcrowded Campground that the Managers Julieann and Brent have zero control over! I would not stay there again and was disappointed...at times grossed out to allow my children to even stay there. We did leave early because of the sanitary conditions!
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Posted by Phishingruven031079 on 7/5/2008
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Summer Home - from TripAdvisor.com
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After seeing the negative reviews we were hesitant to visit however after going to 9 other campsites looking for a seasonal site we went. The staff couldn't have been more accommodating and helpful. Facilities that are in need of work are being addressed and we couldn't be more pleased. We have been down every weekend for a month and each experience gets better. We plan to remain there as a seasonal camper and would highly recommend it to everyone. The most frustrating thing we found was not with Lake Laurie but with the others who held you hostage to buy your new RV from one of their relatives or buy a run down trailer already on their property. We suggest you meet the people and tour the property at Lake Laurie. It will sell itself.
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Posted by Psh22952 on 6/17/2008
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Not a good place to be - from TripAdvisor.com
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I have been a seasonal camper at Lake Laurie for several years including pre Morgan Management. This will be my last year. I am not happy with the present people running the place. They are rude and unprofessional. The overall condition of the campground is poor and not well maintained. There are many dead trees that are in danger of collapsing on trailers. In fact one did this season, totally destroying a trailer. Many requests to remove trees have been ignored. The roads are in horrible condition with ever increasing pot holes. The electricity and septic systems have on going problems. I have gone many hours without water due to water pump problems. The water is bad and has a strong smell. This is so much iron in the water that rust stains are a big problem. I do like my neighbors and will miss the many friendships that have developed since camping at Lake Laurie. A new pool was installed last year and that seems to be ok but it is not what it is advertised to be.
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Posted by Cheroo on 6/15/2008
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A pleasant camping experience! - from TripAdvisor.com
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After reading the horrible reviews, I must tell everyone that we have been seasonal campers for four years now at Lake Laurie. Last year the campground was purchased by a new owner and they brought in new managers late in the season. The new managers have been great! There was just so much change going on in a campground that wasn't managed well before. I can't say enough about the new managers, they are pleasant, they always make time to answer questions, addressed our complaints and concerns. They are just what this campground needed. We are now hoping to purchase a new trailer and stay at the same site. If you like friendly family camping at the shore, it's the place to be!
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Posted by Frankwen on 4/21/2008
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Horrible worst camping - from TripAdvisor.com
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Everything is broken, dirty, no service, ugly worst camping experience.
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Posted by Flavie8 on 1/30/2008
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Used to be an awesome campground now it is horrible - from TripAdvisor.com
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I have been a seasonal at this campground since I have been 3 years old. This campground has taken on a new philosophy the campers have to dump there own trash. Isn't that what we pay for when we pay for our site. Oh Yeah! They don't tell anyone just expect you to know it yourself, so trash is everywhere because the crows are eating it. This was a family owned campground for years it was sold to a horrible corporation! They don't have all bathouses open because they supposedly have these great modular units that stink! I am disappointed how much a corporation can mess up everything.
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Posted by Shubria on 8/26/2007
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Stay away from here, much nicer campgrounds less then a mile away - from TripAdvisor.com
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The first night we arrived they sent us in the dark around very narrow roadways only to find out that the spot they told us to go to was occupied. So we were told to set up in another spot only to be told in the morning to move. The next spot was entirely to small to back our 30 ft travel trailer into. There was no picnic table there and the sight was not maintained very well. Back to the office we go again. Now they sent us out again to look at 4 other spots to see if we can get in. One would think that they would know what their campsite can accommodate. So here we go again dragging a camper through their unmanageable pot hole loaded paths. Finally we get set up only to find out there is no sewer hook up or cable (which we paid for). We were told that our holding tanks would be emptied for us because we did not have a hook up after checking in the office and talking to 3 people on 3 days we finally got our tanks emptied. We walked around the site which was the best of the sites they let us choose from that we could fit into, and what do we find all over, poison ivy and sticker bushes growing all around and some kind of tree that was dropping berries and stained our awning.The best thing that happened here was when we asked for a fire ring for this site it was there with in 30 minutes. The dump station was so small on the main road and stuff still don't flow up hill. All in all this was not a good camping experience. We road our bikes to 3 other near by camp grounds and they are just beautiful. Sorry we did not go to one of them.
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Posted by Czar1 on 8/10/2007
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Totally mismanaged caqmpground. Don't get suckered in. - from TripAdvisor.com
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What a nightmare. When I booked I told them we have a 12 foot high, 31 foot a class w/slide and awning. I asked several times if the sites were big enough and they said yes. 3 times I called and asked for a return phone call to confirm the site was big enough and to give me a site number. I never got a return call or site number. We took a chance since it was prepaid and went. That was a big mistake. They tried to shove us in a 20 X 40 lot with low trees and trees all around. No way was that rv getting in there. In the dark we had to go around and try to find a site big enough. All we could find was up front w/ electric and water only. We crammed in there under a shedding berry tree with 6 inches of branch space from the RV. The next day the electric kept going out. No electric for 2 days. We were there from Thursday night to Sunday morning. No electric for Fri & Sat. We were going to the pig roast that was at the lake. Instead they put it in a metal large shed with this huge grill in it and the temp was about 98 degrees. The chicken was raw and we had to leave. $10.00 for that. We went to dump and the dump station was full. There were several campers all trying to dump uphill because the roads in the campground are so small the a classes can't get down them. The sites are so close you can reach out your window and steel a cup of coffee from your neighbors site. The bathrooms are nasty and most do not work. When you try to complain to the office they are arrogant and rude to you like you are a total inconvenience to them. As if you were staying there for free. The office said to me that I have to expect things to happen when you go camping. I can not express how rude they were about it. A few of the employees apologized for the horrible weekend but said they are under new management for the past 2 years and don't know how to run a campground. That was an understatement. Worst place I was ever at & recommend all to steer clear of that place. Tenters are comfortable their but RV campers should pass it by.
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Posted by Katpoochie on 8/5/2007
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