Noticed that a few ROD parks are now KOA (Yosemite South in Coursegold, CA, for one.) Never having stayed in a park nicknamed 'Keep On Adding', I'm unfamiliar how that transition might affect the ROD parks. Are they now open to the public, rather than just the members? Anyone stayed in a switched-over one recently? Will it mean less sites allotted for ROD guests? Thanks.
KOA parks are not members only parks. Being a KOA member only provides a 10% discount plus gobs of junk mail. Not all KOA parks Keep on Adding. If they are close to a popular destination, they will be expensive as all parks in that area will be. Most KOA parks are privately owned and only use the KOA brand for marketing purposes. There are are no standards from one park to the next. Some are good, some are so-so and some bad.
Don't know about ROD transition. I suspect that the developer just decided to change affiliation from ROD to KOA. According to the KOA Yosemite South in Coursegold web site, they are under new management.
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Johnna, thanks for the info. I don't think Yosemite South switched affiliations though, as it is still a ROD park. Just wondering how it could be both ROD (private membership) and KOA (public)? Wondering what the impact will be for ROD members. Guess I'll find out when we stay there in the fall, if we can get reservations!
And WHR Soap Lake in WA is no longer a ROD, but I don't see its replacement listed yet either.
Sorry, colo. ROD = Resorts of Distinction, a membership system of parks. Tons of info here on this site you can search for if curious. Many of us FT 'live' for ROD because it pays for itself pretty quickly if you are camping every single night of the year!
Some former KOA campgrounds have been purchased by Memberships. Another example is one bought by Thousand Trails to replace a campground closed by eminent domain, to build a hospital there. Because the campground had prior commitments to campers, it was included in the deal, that TTN had to allow those who had made previous reservations to keep them. Thus for up to about a year, the KOA name will be associated with the campground. No new reservations will be made by or through KOA, only those who currently have reservations will stay there..
The same may be true of Yosemite South...
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The park that closed to build a hospital sounds like the one in Snoqualmie, WA. Is that the one you refer to? We stayed there last summer, just as the rangers were getting the word on the closure. They weren't at all happy either.
We are not TT, but had access to the Snoqualmie park through ROD. Do you know which park now replaces it?
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