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Yogi Bear’s Jellystone Park in Caledonia, Wisconsin (just outside Milwaukee) is a family oriented campground. This means tremendous facilities: a mini-golf course, an incredibly popular contraption called a “jumping pillow,” and a gargantuan swimming pool complex that puts many water parks to shame.
It also means the park has a 3PM checkout time.
The result? THE PARK IS PACKED WITH WEEKEND BUSINESS. Over 200 sites occupied. Families LOVE being able to fully enjoy Sunday before departure. At noon on Sunday, the campground is filled with the voices of happy children at play.
The day prior to arriving at Jellystone, we departed a campground with an 11AM checkout time. Sadly, the 11AM checkout campground was a 75% empty ghost town. Site after site was unoccupied. (This didn’t stop the ubiquitous golf cart guy from rushing us off the property, though.)
Why bother making the effort of a weekend RV camping trip to a campground with an 11AM checkout time? I certainly wouldn’t, and many other people clearly draw the same conclusion.
I don’t own a campground. But if I did, I would enact checkout policies that encourage — not hinder — weekend business.
If you AGREE with afternoon checkout times, SHOW YOUR SUPPORT ON FACEBOOK. Simply “LIKE” our page for 2PM Campground Checkout Times.
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