Our family just spent two weeks here (5/5-5/19 2019). In case you didn't know (and we didn't before we came down to drop our child off at college) this particular area of Idaho is experiencing the largest economic boom IN THE COUNTRY. Housing is EXTREMELY difficult to find, to such a point that even the RV parks are booked solid. Even if we had wanted to, Ambassador would not allow us to stay longer than 2 weeks on their grounds. They had no monthly slots open.
So what is my take on Ambassador RV after spending 14 days there?
PRO's
1.) The cleanest, individual private full bathrooms I have EVER seen at a campground or even a hotel in all my 45 years of traveling. Appreciate that a floor mat is provided because of the intrinsic slipping danger of tile floors. Many heartfelt thanks for the hard work of the janitorial staff who cleaned these facilities every single day, especially Diana. In my opinion, she is the very best thing about Ambassador RV. I also worked as a custodian for a time, and so I really appreciated her cheerful "can-do" attitude and her impeccable work. Give the woman a raise!
2.) Beautiful grounds with cement curbing and patios, gravel parking and twice-weekly mown grass plots, all maintained by a fleet of ringmaster old guys in golf carts who take their work VERY seriously. They personally escort you to your site and swiftly correct your errors (like committing the cardinal sin of parking on the patio.)
3.) The campground is a safe, quiet oasis in that insanely burgeoning urban jungle, is easy to get to, and is quite close to shopping and restaurants, (especially along Cleveland Ave).
4.) Though there were a few creepy male folks who enjoyed STARING, especially at my daughters, most everyone at the campground seemed to excel at minding their own business. Nobody was rude or nasty to my four children, not even to the earsplittingly ptereodactyl-screech toddler or the very obvious repeat bedwetter.
4.) Recreation: We enjoyed using the exercise equipment a couple of times. Ambassador also got the pool open up for the season while we were there and my family enjoyed it. They reported that somehow the kiddie pool was colder than the others.
5.) Office staff are courteous and helpful. We learned by experience that they are much more willing than local businesses to help you get a roll of quarters for their washers/dryers, so just go ahead and get it from them.
NEUTRAL
1.) Be advised that the wind can REALLY whip up there. Our neighbor left their shade rolled out and left. We couldn't figure out how to roll it back up, and didn't dare touch someone else's property, besides. We watched it rip halfway across. It was such a shame.
CON's
1.) Wasn't always happy with the wifi service. It worked slow. It sometimes booted you out or wouldn't let you in. Life became a constant dance of logging completely out and logging back in. The service was especially exasperating to deal with between 4pm and 11pm.
2.) Though it is kept clean, the laundry room gets really HOT. I should know because I spent a lot of time there (see Pro #4). The air-conditioning is apparently connected to another, larger rec room on the other side of the wall. BOTH rooms are always WARMER than comfortable. Opening both windows in the laundry room helped, but not very much. The TV also had no volume. Was surprised, considering the price tag we were paying to stay and "play" in their laundry room, that the maintenance was so neglected.
3.) The recreation area was also disappointing to me. It wasn't air-conditioned, the TV was not navigable.... B-O-R-I-N-G. Plus, for some reason, I didn't like it being directly connected to the office, without even a door for privacy and security away from the business going on. Maybe that's why we hardly ever saw anyone in there.
4.) Even though it ran out of my camper faucets fine, the water is SOoooooo SOoooo horribly chlorinated it's not drinkable. We had to buy bottled water the whole two weeks.
5.) The dog potty park is cute, but if Fido drops some brownie land bombs on the way there, nobody bothers to clean them up. Especially not if they land on the road.
CONCLUSION:
Would we stay there again? If we had to go back down there to that urban madhouse again, it's very likely we would. read more