Crystal Isles RV Resort

Lovely helpful office staff. $68 all up for a small site (not pull through) with full hook up. Website wanted two-night minimum to book. Didn’t get a call back after leaving a message on their voicemail, but they sold us one night when we pulled in, no problem. Nice campground environment, with a good pool, dog parks, and other amenities. Lots of people appeared to know each other, but were friendly to us. Looks like most sites are rented annually (holiday homes). Not a trailer park.

We RV many months out of the year. In any other RV park, the more you pay, the roomier the site, NOT HERE! Paid $85 a night for 4 nights first of June. With slides out, about 3 ft from next door neighbor. Lots of full timers here. Each of our neighbors had about 3 dogs a piece, which explains the gator that wouldn’t leave our site! Their “Standard” sites in the park were roomier than our “Elite”! I didn’t ask for the “Lake” site, which is a murky gator infested Pond! The river here is just as nasty, but obviously ideal for a fishing boat???

We enjoyed our time here and would definitely come back!

Pros:
- Friendly staff and fellow campers
- Nice Pool and hot tub
- Well maintained
- Clean and nice bathrooms
- Dog Park
- Playground
- Close to the beach
- Lots to do in the area
- Boat launch in the campground

Cons
- Roads are a little tight
- No stellar views from most sites
- A little tight but not bad
- Occasional flooding if there are extremely high tides, we didn’t have any issues

If you get a chance go kayaking and/or swimming with the manatees, it’s incredible. We love Bird’s Underwater Dive Tours.
The state parks are fun, including Weeki Wachi with the mermaid shows

We found the resort to be clean and taken care of daily. Trees trimmed and updating concrete pads on sites, etc… Pool is heated and hot tub is so warm and cozy. We kayak and used the launch right in the resort to make our way out to the gulf for fishing and crabbing. Bathrooms are very clean. Friendly staff and very helpful. We also filled our propane tanks and bought bags of ice here. We ate several times at Granny’s which is 4 miles from the resort and is excellent home cooked food with very good prices. You can tell some people live here but it is not messy at the sites. We will be back ❤️

PS… be sure to check out Three Sisters Spring by kayak, it is amazing and so calming.

The place is great, full hookups, bathrooms, showers, pool, hottub, tennis, lots of kids stuff.

It seems like most campers live here full time.

There was a group of obnoxiously loud campers in the hottub drinking and smoking in it with music blaring across the campground… Kinda ruined the nature experience more than the rain did :) We paid 60.

The sites have fire pits and tables.

We're thousand trail members, so stayed here free, but this was a good encore resort. Friendly staff, great pool, and super close by the beach. The only downside was the no-see-um bugs that come out occasionally, but that's seasonal and everywhere in town. Verizon coverage was bad, but AT&T was fast.

Cell Speeds:
Verizon:
DOWN: 1-2Mbps
UP: 0.5Mbps

AT&T:
DOWN: 50Mbps
UP: 4Mbps

Crystal Isles isn't bad, but...

The Good...
Location - near Three Sisters Springs
Playground
Pool
Clean Bath House
On-site water entry points
Friendly Community

The Bad...
Cramped Sites
No picnic table with "Elite Sites" $85/night
No concrete pads at "Elite Sites
Extra costs for the internet that is not usable ($3/day) - Don't waste your money
Verizon cell service appears good with bars, but it often does not work. It's possible this related to 5G upgrades?

I am a Thousand Trails member. Check-in was quick and efficient. I was not impressed with the 1st site I was assigned (nothing wrong with it but too close to the river) but was allowed to choose another. It was perfect for my needs. After reading some reviews I was concerned that it was a party campground. Not even close! Nice site with concrete pad and patio. Very quite. Maintenance readily available if needed. I did...hooking up the FREE cable! Look forward to returning!

Our rate reflects “the trails collection” which is part of Thousand Trails. The park has full hook ups and cable through a satellite dish in park (not crystal clear but fine). 5 miles to a county beach which is nice for sunsets.
Park has some activities during the week. (Tai chi, movie night, etc).
Overall a good experience. The no see ums were few in early November. It’s also been dry so that maybe why.
Town has everything we needed and some cute breakfast spots close by. Very nice office staff!

The clubhouse pool and hot tub are great. Our site was full hookup and included cable TV. Reception was a bit fuzzy on all channels, but we didn’t come for the cable TV. The No-See-Ums were more than a nuisance at the campground. I backpack and came armed with several great bug repellents, Deep Woods Off included. Nothing worked to ward off the No-See-Ums. The bites continue to itch even with topical treatments. There was only one flush toilet and one shower available for men during our visit. If my stay was any longer than 6 days, I would have shortened the visit due to the ruthless No-See-Ums. AT&T cellular service clocked in at 63.5 Mbps download speed and 4.05 upload speed. Verizon clocked in at 2.90 Mbps download speed and 0.70 upload speed. Some destinations may warrant braving insect problems, like Assateague Island National Seashore and the biting flies. A stay at Crystal Isles RV Resort doesn’t warrant putting up with the No-See-Ums in my opinion. Know before you go.