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    Eagle Bluff Resort

    2.1 (49 reviews)
    Closed 8:00 am - 5:00 pm

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    Shyla H.

    The customer service is great, website is easy to navigate, bathrooms are nice, transportation to and from landing and departure is easy. Highly recommend Eagle Bluff! We did not camp so we have no experience on that. The reviews about their campsites sound horrible, just fyi!

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    Kathey A.

    Please read this if you're considering renting a cabin... River Cabin is the one we rented. 6 kids and 2 adults. Cabin rents for $225 a night but since we came on Sunday to float Monday they agreed to rent it at "Gavin's Cabin" price of $195 a night. I was happy about that. Even though taxes are included in the float prices, they aren't in the cabin prices. Total for 2 nights was $418. We were charged $518.75 up front just to make the reservation. $100 non refundable float deposit. The owner Leslie called me Sunday morning to tell me that only adults would be allowed on the river because of the level. (7 ft.) When I asked what my options were since we lived 3 hours away and had spent almost a grand planning for this trip for the kids she promptly told me, and I quote "You don't really have any options. It's non refundable and there's nothing wrong with the cabin so you can still stay in it whether you get to float or not. There's a really great Indian Museum in Tahlequah you can check out and lots of other things to do." Since we spent so much money and time we took our chances and went. Checking in was odd. Kids were between 8-12 but they all had to sign the waiver of liability themselves. They insisted. We get to the cabin and the river is close. Good location. Then we go in... The first thing that I did was gag. The place smelled so bad. It was a mix of bug spray, mold and egg farts as the kids put it. There were 5 sets of bunk beds spread out against the walls as advertised. Ripped plastic covers on them. Rickety as can be. Hospital or prison style mattresses. Good enough for kids I suppose. The one room had a small bed with another plastic mattress and ripped cover. When we went into the bathroom it was straight out of a horror movie. Smelled like a fresh dump and continued for the next 2 days. Water from every spigot smelled exactly the same. I've never seen such a high concentration of humongous spiders and crickets and centipede/caterpillar looking things in my life. Let's not forget flies. Oh ya, hope you're not afraid of wasps and yellow jackets and bumble bees. The front porch is riddled with them. The nests are all over the bricks out front. The kids wouldn't even shower or use any dishes that were rinsed in the water because of how bad it smelled. I finally showered day 2 because I decided it had to be grosser to not after the river. Speaking of that, after the river when we got back the electricity was out. A guy was there waiting to let us know and gave us a piece of paper with the electric company's phone number. Said he was gonna head home and it should be back on soon. It was several hours. No ac or lights in July. Fun. The place had not seen a vacuum in months, no cleaners for counters or anything else and everything smelled to high heavens. I had to purchase cleaner from the Illinois River Store. I don't know if there were more dead bugs laying around or creepy crawlies. This was my 1st time renting a cabin in my 10 years of coming to the river. I've seen less bugs tent camping. It was a nightmare. Monday, float day. ..we go to the office at 1. Cashier tells us we will be doing the 6 mile. We reserved for 12. She calls Leslie the owner who tells her no way a d we must do 6. Had to be there by 12 noon for 12 mile. The staff had no options. After loading the bus my husband went back in and called the owner and asked again. She argued with him about the time and said "if you're not in by 6pm I'm charging your card a whole bunch of money." When he asked for explanation she said she would charge us an additional $100 if we were 1 minute after 6pm. We were happy about the small victory. Got back around 5 but beached about 1 minute away from the landing until 6 so the kids could play. Made sure we were back on time. By the time we checked out we had paid $620 total. When I started figuring it didn't come out right. The website says kids up to 12 are half price. That's per raft and there's a 3 adult minimum. Who has 3 adults?! It's usually parents and kids if you have kids. Either way they ended up giving us a $43 refund for overcharging. We won't ever stay there again nor recommend them. A little customer service goes a long way. Arrowhead is the best. War Eagle owner is just as rude. They are nice til they get your money. Then you're just an annoyance for a day or two. I felt it my duty to share with others. The River Cabin is a dilapidated, dirty, awful smelling horror house full of bugs and old broken fixtures and furniture. Tents would've been much nicer.

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    2.6(46 reviews)
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    We just came back from Marval. Fantastic time was had! We…read moretook our 5 grandchildren and they had a blast! Many things to do for them, but the river was the best. Gambinos Pizza delivers and it's amazing! We definitely will be back! we stayed Sun thru Wed so it wasn't crazy busy like the weekends. It isn't a "Resort", so if you want pampered go find a resort. We will stick with Marval!

    1. HORRIBLE MANAGEMENT - Jamie, manager of Marval RV Resort was left numerous messages as we were…read moretold by an office employee we were no longer able to stay at Marval or have our reunion there. We have been going there since 2020. Jamie never returned the phone calls. In the end I wrote her an email and she responded that say we were no longer able to stay at Marval or have our reunion as we parked on the grass, cars blocked areas where trailers drove through and a camper was in disagreement with her. 2. Jamie, manager of Marval RV Resort said we had numerous issues however could not let us know what they were. Even though we have been coming there since 2020, we never had issues with Marval. Jamie is new this year and based on other reviews takes great pleasure on her "power trip". She is not customer oriented, does not introduce herself when she is in the campground riding around looking for violations, not friendly at all! I would go so far to say she is devious. 3. Marval is not ADA compliant with their pavilion - had a 96 yo legally blind woman and an 86 yo woman who is disabled walking - there is no accessible ramp to pavilion. There are no handrails to hold on to, there is a high step to go up. There is no accessible parking for handicapped, car was parked on grass by pavilion. We are no longer welcome to return to Marval due to one of a couple reasons - parking on grass and not abiding by quiet hours. This is not why I am making this report. There are AMERICAN DISABILITY ACT issues that need to be fixed. An ADA issue was reported for violations. 4. Laundry room was locked and not operable. We had to go to Gore. 5. Some showers in public bathroom did not have hot water 6. We used to have access to the Club House for free based on number of trailer campers and number of cabins rented - beginning in 2024 we started to get charged $400 7. Each person who is not staying at Marval must have a pass to get in - it is $12 per person per day - even if you are coming in just to visit family 8. The loft with 2 beds above does not accommodate any adults even tho it is advertised as such. There were 4 in the cabin and 2 slept on bed, the other 2 had to sleep on the futon which barely had any cushion.

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    Our cabin is the first picture posted on their Facebook page as the winner of the cabin decorating contest.

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