Resort at Canopy Oaks

Overall this is a great place to stay with some friends or just the family and make new friends while you are on your trip. If you are terrified of bugs this may not be the place for you (FYI), it is in the middle of Florida and in summer the bugs love to come out. We did a short 3 night 4 day trip from Thursday to Sunday after the July 4th weekend. On Thursday when we arrived the park was empty and only a few more rigs showed up after we arrived. It was nice having the park so empty, made it more relaxing. The staff are friendly and very helpful overall very enjoyable and we would go back again.

Demographics were all over the place. Seemed like a good bit of people were staying for multiple weeks. You had some older folks 55 and up with no kids but their was also a good bit of families with kids ranging from 3ish up to 14ish (I suck at telling how old kids are) and so that is a complete guess. We had a 4 year old with us not to many kids his age but a good bit of kids older than him.

Normal checkin hours are from 1am - 5pm, we got in a little later around 6:50pm. Check In was easy, when we pulled up they had all our paper work sitting in the mailbox ready for us. A staff member did pull up in a golf cart and great us.

The bathroom facilities are not bad. They look nice and function well but could use some better cleaning. The showers could use a little more water pressure and they don’t get super hot. The facilities we used had a good bit of insects in it, a palmetto water bug here or there, ant’s crawling up the wall, moths, spiders, mosquitos. This was probably partially due to the door into the building did not shutting all the way on it’s own. You had to forcefully shut it. But then again you are in the middle of the woods in Florida. I would half expect to see those types of bugs everywhere. The facilities do need some more upkeep, I don’t want to see what the place looks like in five years.

The bathroom facilities are not bad. They look nice and function well but could use some better cleaning. The showers could use a little more water pressure and they don’t get super hot. The facilities we used had a good bit of insects in it, a palmetto water bug here or there, ant’s crawling up the wall, moths, spiders, mosquitos. This was probably partially due to the door into the building did not shutting all the way on it’s own. You had to forcefully shut it. But then again you are in the middle of the woods in Florida. I would half expect to see those types of bugs everywhere. The facilities do need some more upkeep, I don’t want to see what the place looks like in five years.

The club house had a large great room with 10 round tables, pool table, and ping pong table, and a few lounging chairs/couches. Just a heads up the pool queue‘s do not have any tips on them and the ping pong paddles are in the same condition. Bring your own paddles and ping pong balls if you want to play. The Gym is in the club house, and has some cardio equipment and free weights. Overall it was a nice gym and gets the job done. I believe the Gym was only 18 and up but it is open 24/7.

The pool was great, but we also went on a fairly empty weekend. If the park was pack the pool would have been over crowded. Not sure how busy it gets other weekends but i would say they should look at putting in a second pool at some point. Ample seating around the pool with lounge chairs. They only have a few tables with umbrellas so get to the pool early if you want to grab one or you can rent a cabana for $150 a day. The cabana’s have a few couches and table under them.

The Tiki bar is great, nice large tiki hut with tv’s a few fans and cheap drinks but they are strong! The mixed drinks are great, I liked the Polk County Punch and the wife liked the Florida Sunshine but I recall the drink looking more like swamp water than sun shine. They have live music in the evening and the bar stays open till 11pm. They also have pirate trivia on Saturday FYI it’s not about pirates.

It was nice that they laid out activities for the kids. Different arts and craft activities, water slide, foam party, slime tube, etc. It seemed like it was something new everyday.

It was nice that they laid out activities for the kids. Different arts and craft activities, water slide, foam party, slime tube, etc. It seemed like it was something new everyday.

Pros

• AT&T wifi speeds were great. 55 - 180 Mbps
• Clean sites
• Large sites

Cons

• pool deck gets super hot and can burn your feet
• Needs more upkeep
• Need water pressure regulator
• Camp wifi is finicky, kept going out
• No shade on sites

Sites are all level, paved, and pretty big. We have a 40ft 5th wheel and fit the rig and truck on the site and still had room to spread out. Full hookups and high speed internet were available at each site as well. Plenty to do at the park from fishing, hitting golf balls, relaxing in the pool, feeding the goats, hanging out at the tiki bar, or watching the dogs run in the two dog parks. Very friendly and accommodating staff as well.

Wow! This place is huge :-). I can’t wait for the trees to grow up a little bit to provide more shade but that will just take some time since the park is so new. It was beautiful.