Mesa Spirit 55+ RV Resort

Weeds in our lot were excessive. Laundry room dirty machines old. Dumpster is overflowing can only stack trash outside of dumpster. Says a resort but more like a slum resort. Concrete cracking on lots and around pools. Pool Heaters don't work took over a week to fix. Maintenance goes flying down roads as fast as golf carts can go. Mold along tile edge of pool. Rumor has it that they have to fill pools up 3x a day cuz they are leaking. Hot tub barely warm. Staff rude. Dog parks stink I won't even take my dog there I take my dog outside of gate. Street people sleeping on benches and using showers. No security. Very unsafe. Quiet time 10 pm to 7 am. Dogs barking at 6:15 am. Don't complain to office about anything it won't be addressed. Maintenance not helpful. Water shuts off at least 1x a week. Every year we stay this park is declining. Not sure where lot rent is going but it is not being used to keep park looking nice. Road noise all nite. Always hearing sirens and cars racing up and down main street all night.

We had a doublewide site, so it was a little more per night, but that was all good.
WiFi was a joke as you couldn't check your email with it. Rogers (Canada) was superb for streaming.
One of the hot tubs was closed, but they had three others and two pools so no real issues here.
Amenities were basic pickleball courts, and the pool/hot tubs.
Road noise was not bad.
Mesa itself is just an ok city, but it is a good central city for the many activities around central Arizona.

We have been an annual resident for several years park going down hill. Activities lends itself to old folks bands are old same ones every year. Pool is suppose to be repaired but office can't find anyone to repair cheaply. Got new chairs this year. Big deal. Constantly without water for no apparent reason except pipes are old and obviously management does not care. Trash is over flowing keeps charging more money every year but no improvement where is the money going. Weeds growing everywhere. Concrete cracking

Mesa Spirit has great amenities. Lots to do for 55 and older. Biggest issue is they will lead you to your assigned spot, you just have to figure out how to get out. Our spot T12 backed up to a major road. Non-stop traffic. Seams everyone has modified exhaust on their vehicles. You park your rig on dirt and you have a cement pad for parking and entertaining. My steps would not open enough to be able to close my door, so I had to put jack pads under tires to get enough clearance for steps. Good water pressure and sewer hose must be off the ground (Mesa law).

Sure, we're over 55. 70 and 61, if you must. But this place is a tight graveyard. They're scared of people driving over 5 mph. Navigation within the park is nearly impossible, even with a map, there are hundreds of spaces. Street signs would help. Old people acting old. Sites are difficult to get into, and super-super-tight. Not recommended, unless you want to be old.

I stayed here for 12 nights as a new member of Thousand Trails and paid $0 for my stay. It’s about half mobile homes and half RVs. Mostly nice mobile homes with a few that look quite old. Lots of pride from the homeowners and the property owners. 3 pools, 5 hot tubs, 5 mini dog parks, a huge clubhouse and the guard shack folks were always nice and even gave treats to my pups. I’m going back for sure!

Stayed here last winter and this winter. I came backe because of location (a daughter in Cave Creek and a sister in Gold Canyon). Sites are tight, place is run down, and this year thefts abound. I personally had a $6000 dollar bike stolen which was attached by a kryptonite cable locking system. When I reported it to the office, I didn’t get “come to the office and look at tapes”, nor “I’m sorry”. They noted it! I talked with other RV residence and found out I’m not the only one. In fact an employee told me about a theft of their (maintenance) vehicle and cart batteries. If you have valuables keep driving!

Park now under Encore system. Simply stated it’s a trailer park and not a resort. Too crowded with a failing water system. It seemed that a water break was a weekly event. The park has no standards of any type ... at least that are enforced:
Pit bulls that behaved aggressive when being walked
At least one wolf hybrid that looked like it was straight out of Yellowstone NP
Multiple vehicles on sites to the extent that even the campers struggled to get in and out
Stacks of trash due to small dumpsters that overflowed daily
A very small set of club rooms for woodworking etc .... you aren’t getting in unless you arrive first
Only two pools - however very well maintained
Out of date shower houses
Broken down and seemingly abandoned trailers/campers
Trash dumpsters randomly placed on camping pads

I’ll stop as on day 2 we would have departed except they have a strict No Refund policy. Save your money.

We stayed here as part of our Thousand Trails membership and paid no nightly free. We've been here twice. Not much to complain about. Great staff, free cookies upon check-in, three pools, five hot tubs, gym, five laundry rooms and tons of other amenities and activities. Being a 55+ park, it's about as quiet after dark as it can be save a little traffic and airplane noise. Great Verizon and AT&T signal and speeds. Plus you're in Mesa with plenty of shopping, dining and more. Everything is generally clean and well maintained.

Only real knock is that the spots are tight. But each site has a concrete patio and parking pad. Maneuvering might be a bit tight for bigger rigs but staff takes you to your site and guides you in. Plenty of long term residents in park models and RV's but no broken down rigs or junk piles here. Great place to stay to visit the Phoenix area!