Reviews

Karen Durham

I thoroughly enjoyed the weekend, my first time to visit there, lots to do, my grandkids LOVED riding around on the golf carts. We will definitely be returning.

Carri Howard

Horrible experience- I prepared a big breakfast and put food on bar area for serving- within minutes, our food was overtaken by ants- they literally came out of the wall- tried calling Visitors Center to voice complaint but no one would answer the phone. My two adult daughters then went in person and were treated rudely and with no compassion for our ruined breakfast. And cabins are not cheap- will not return.

john hobler

Cabins are well maintained. Only complaint on the cabins (at least ours) the shower is super short and I'm average height and still had to bend down to wash my hair.

122jennifera

I have always loved Lake Rudolph, but wow the prices are ridiculous. I am not sure why they need to charge what they do for any of the sites. It's a nice campground but they have gone crazy with the increases over the years. The golf carts are fine, but people drive crazy. That being said, we have had good memories there.

mes432

We are a family of 8, and these cabins (we were in 527) have the potential to be great. ||The positives:|--close to Holiday World|--accommodates large families |--nice deck size||The negatives:|--no towels or top sheets|--crummy sheets don't stay on the mattresses|--no air conditioning in the bedroom (or at least zero airflow that pushes cold air in|--simple maintenence not done (missing remote batteries, light bulbs, etc.)|--long term maintenance ignored (see pictures)|--kitchen inadequately stocked (not enough silverware for the number of people allowed, no cookie sheet)|--tiny grill for the number of allowed occupants|--horrible, steep driveway that washes out in hard rain (which has also washed out the ground leading up to the bottom step of the deck)|--not very clean|--trickle shower water pressure in a very, very low shower||We stayed here about 5 years ago and loved it. It was clean and well maintained. It was also so much cheaper. The rate increase is more than just inflation.||A Motel 6 would be nicer.

Angeline

We had a blast last year and decided to come back at least one more time. The second time around, we knew what we needed to do to improve our stay. Mainly, we took extra padding for the mattress, including a cooling pad because the plastic-covered mattresses hold body heat. That was a game changer! We were so comfortable and slept well. We also knew which cabins we'd prefer. We had fun looking at all the cabins last year and kept note of where we'd like to stay. Our most preferred cabin must be everyone's favorite because I couldn't reserve it. So we stayed in 435D. It's a Christmas Cabin at the end of the road. The porch faces the woods so we had some privacy. My husband really likes the cabin and the location. I can't remember the name of the cabin we stayed in last year but it looks like Lake Rudolph isn't using those this year. It was a bit crowded for our family of 6. The Christmas Cabin was much more comfortable. As far as cleanliness, the only issue we noticed is that it seems that they don't mop the floors. They LOOK clean but everything that touches them is covered in a film of black. And FYI: they will not let you in early. We were about 20 minutes early and weren't allowed to check in. It didn't really bother us but it is something to be aware of with traveling time. Overall, we love staying at Lake Rudolph. We love the camping atmosphere, the golf cart parade, the slides, pool, putt-putt, activities, ice cream, and closeness to Holiday World (we used the shuttle the first day and the second day we parked our cart by the gate and walked to Holiday World). We budget for two days of Lake Rudolph slides ($10 a person all day) but the kids opted for one day of slides and one day playing games in the arcade. Our kids were already making plans for next year about decorating the golf cart for the parade. I asked them, "We were thinking of doing something different next year for vacation. Do you want try something new or come back here?" Everyone said they wanted to go back to Lake Rudolph.

david leimbach

The place is huge. A lot bigger than I anticipated. Rented a cabin, while not high end, they are very clean and comfortable. Also rented a golf cart. It had just enough charge to get from the front gate to the cabin before needing to be plugged in. I will update this when I have finished my stay.

Brandon Polley

We had a really nice site for our little pop up. They have so much to do there. Pretty loud and a lot of traffic. Like, a lot! Very convenient and nice place but I prefer less people… also very expensive for our pop up as it was $110.

Hailey B

We had a great time. Stayed for a week for our family vacation. Very clean, excellent service and top notch amenities. We had some trouble with our slide out when packing up to leave. Maintenance assisted with trouble shooting and loaning tools. They really saved the day!

Laura Easterday

First off security was really rude and aggressive over an accident. The pull out bed sheet had blood all over it, we tried to just change the sheet the blood had went through to the mattress, so I’m guessing the bedding was not changed. Golf cart was nice to have but while driving we had kids driving crazy within the campground. Going around us and cutting us off and not stopping at stop signs. Overall the campground was ok but for that price I had higher exceptions. Maybe security should be monitoring inside the campground instead of harassing people waiting to check in.

Ryan Levasseur

It's so rare to find a place that you wish you would have booked one more night. We had a mini vacation. 3 days 2 nights. Holiday world was a blast. The water park was great. The campground was a bit of nostalgia for me. Having grown up with cabins and lakes this was prefect. The cabin was clean, ac was great. Appliances and BBQ were in great shape and very usable. We brought a cooler of food, and we were set. There is also a tonne to do. Multiple playgrounds, great kids pool, mini Waterpark, decent food, and desserts. Mini golf, characters walking around and probably things I just didn't stumble upon. If you're on the fence, I would recommend you give it a go.

Stephanie S

Our first trip here. We absolutely loved it. All of the staff is very friendly. The park is very clean and we looked out with good neighbors. Golf carts are available to rent and they have golf cart light parades a few days during the week which is fun. They do trash pickup everyday. You just put your trash on the curb and they come around which is lovely. It's right next to Holiday world and splash and Safari so we will most definitely be back to stay! Our spot was right up against the wall to where splash and Safari is so we can hear the music and the rides. If you want it quieter. This place is huge so you can definitely have the in the woods feel further away from the water park. You can tent camp. Bring your camper or rent cabins. There are so many cool options. As well as a pool slides, arcade, craft area and more.

Kimberly Harper

We visit every year super excited to return thank you for having places to rent. Cleaning is a difficult job especially the demand u have. If everyone did their part and left the cabins tidy that would be helpful for all.. what if they didn’t have staff to clean and the cabins were shut down. We would all suffer.. Ours is always tidy when we leave..

jamielgoff

We definitely will not be back to this place. Their cabin prices make it seem like they think they’re at the Disney level and they certainly are not. I was disgusted by the cabin. I felt like everything just seemed dirty in the kitchen. There were no kitchen towels or bath towels in the entire place. No dishwasher, so that means no one probably actually washes the dishes. I read on the website to bring our own sheets and bedding, but I must’ve overlooked that there were no towels. We had to go to the local Dollar General to buy some towels. The floor seemed very dirty. It made me cringe to walk on it with anything but my shoes on. The patio was very dingy and grimy and there was mold on the grill utensils. I was afraid to touch the grill or sit on the patio. It needed power washed. It was a shame that a large patio was part of our price but we were unable to use it. We had a cabin with the loft and the ceiling in the loft was ridiculously low. The golf carts driving around everywhere were annoying and dangerous. We even came up on golf carts that were driven by children. I’m surprised somebody has not gotten seriously hurt from a collision between a golf cart and a vehicle. We ended up checking out a night early and just went home. I was just so ready to get out of there.

J

I'm so sad to have to write this. We paid for the cabin that sleeps 9 at $360+ a night for 4 nights. Upon arriving at first glance everything looked great. Later that night, my 10 year old got locked in the bathroom because the door handle would not open. We had to call maintenance and they got her out and said they would be back to fix the lock but they did not return. We noticed the bottom of our feet and our socks were completely filthy from walking around barefoot in the cabin floors. We had just arrived two hours previously and had not left the cabin yet. Upon getting the beds ready in the loft, we noticed what appeared to be black mold and the AC unit that was actively blowing onto the beds. We called maintenance again and they told me they would send somebody out. They sent them out, they looked at it and told us there was nothing they could do and they get the complaint a lot. I had to be the one to suggest that they have somebody come and bleach it. They sent bleach over but there was still a mold left and now the stench of bleach filled the entire top of the cabin. For the duration of our four nights we did not run the AC unit in the loft and had the most uncomfortable and muggy sleeps. The fact that they told us it was a common problem, and that there was nothing that they could do (buy a new one/CLEAN it/ Switch our cabin/give a partial refund/ literally anything!?) made me uncomfortable about the cleanliness of the rest of our stay and I can't say I feel safe enough to return again next time we visit holiday world. It is too expensive in a town with one activity to do to have to worry about breathing in black mold and to be told its a common complaint. Upon leaving we saw the requirements to check out which include cleaning the entire place ourselves and it really makes me question if all the tidying up is left to the previous guest entirely or if they come in at all.