Winter Quarters Manatee RV Resort

Joy M

This review is from the perspective of a full time RV family with kids traveling the US. This campground is overall clean, safe and quiet but wasn’t a good fit for us because of the below reasons and we left a week early. The good: Kind people, clean, quiet (except for the closest to the highway row), peaceful and safe. Close to anything you need in town + lots to do for fun and entertainment in Bradenton and Sarasota. What we didn’t like: - small roads and no sidewalks so didn’t feel safe to walk with my children or ride bikes and play. People drive slow but you need to get on a site to get out of the way of cards- tiny roads! - very close together sites, quite tight and uncomfortable to use you yard space so close to others - the only amenity is the pool - majority of people there are residents and older folks - our site was so dirty when we arrived, there were hundreds of cigarette butts all around - the bugs awful and everywhere Overall this is a decent campground just not a good fit for us and wouldn’t recommend it to family with kids or if you like more specious sites, roads and more amenities.

Dyllan Feeney

My only complaint was all amenities closing so early (8pm on weekdays, 5pm on weekends), I guess I can understand the pool, but bathrooms/showers??🥴 This was the first time at a campsite that didn’t keep bathrooms open for use. Aside from that, the resort was very well maintained (office lady was very pleasant). The pool on the water is beautiful and gym was very decent with a great view. Location is pretty central to everything too.

Shandel Santorini

Nice place compared to other RV Parks with full time homes. However, I booked a premium site and got stuck in the smallest space next to the maintenance yard. Bug spray required for your ankles or you will have problems.

Shawna Bliven

Great location for an rv park, there’s a massive playground across the bridge. Close by to anything you need ( .5 miles ) , office ladies are so lovely! Pool by the pond is beautiful. The gym has a decent amount of equipment and a great view. It does seem that they’re more geared to the retired and Canadians- love that but we attended a line dance class and the instructor told us it was for people who already knew the dance 🤪 needless to say we only attended the one class ( myself and 2 kids under 10) . Other than that brief experience, everyone and everything else was lovely. They’re working hard to fix all their damage from the hurricane so give them grace .

Joseph Craig

We are TT TC+ members and consider ourselves fortunate that this park is part of our program. There are a combination of trailer homes, and RV sites that are well maintained. Still a little Hurricane cleanup going on, but they are getting stuff done. The staff are very pleasant to interact with, and always make you feel welcome. The people who use this park seasonals/weekly/snowbirds were always smiling and cheerful. Plenty of activities inside the park, with text notifications when things are happening. The staff should be proud to be part of this place. No charge for package delivery like other encore parks, which is nice. Only downside is proximity to the highway and traffic noise. But you cannot blame that on Encore.