Lakewood Camping Resort

The Hubby wanted to stay on the beach. He decided he wanted to go to Myrtle Beach. So I searched and searched spending HOURS reading reviews. I mean HOURS. I had pages of notes, read reviews, called a bunch of places. We usually stay somewhere a month. It is cheaper that way and gives us time to see everything without feeling rushed. However, I was worried that we would be bored after being in Myrtle Beach a month because we are not big tourist attraction people. So we agreed we would stay a week at Lakewood Camping Resort.

We pulled in and got to our spot. We had a clear view of the ocean from the door. Before we were even hooked up The Hubby and the kids were on the beach. The Hubby was on the sand all of 2 minuted before he begged me to let us stay a month. I called up to the office and she happily switched us to a 5 week reservation since they were running a stay 4 weeks get the 5th for free special. So we were there for a while and The Hubby was happy.
We didn't get to use a lot of the features of this campground since it was winter. The store/restaurant was only open the first few days we were there. It closed after Thanksgiving. The outdoor water park was of course closed. we never made it fishing in the ponds. Also we never did check out the arcade. One of the food trucks were open once when we were there and The Hubby did get a snack from it. They have a calendar of activities but we were unable to attend them all due to my broken foot or them being a potluck and us not wanting to risk Monkey having a reaction. We did however rent a golf cart one weekend, check out the indoor pool, play at the park, and go on the beach. We also used the laundry room and The Hubby used to gym a few times.

The indoor pool was decent. It has a hot tub as well for adults only and a tiny baby pool. It was really humid in there since it is a heated pool which was nice. They did have a lifeguard there but there are signs saying there is not always one there. They did have adult only swim between 1pm-2pm every day. We went at night most of the time and it was a bit dark but the kids didn't mind. They have showers in there as well as bathrooms. When it rains it does rain into the pool a bit since the roof has a gap in it to try and help the heat escape. Overall it was a good pool.

The park was great. My kids had a blast there playing with other kids, swinging, playing basketball, and playing in the sand. It was well maintained as well. There is not a separate toddler area but at just under 2 Princess was able to get around just fine and had a blast. They do have both baby swings and regular swings. There are 2 basketball courts as well as some courts for other games. You can rent equipment from the office but we never did so I am not 100% sure how that works.

The beach of course was a beach. It was very sandy, not rocky, there was lots of room, and everyone really enjoyed it. There are garbage cans close by if you need to use them and there were bathrooms at the arcade and pool that you could use if you didn't want to go back to your rig. Lots of people took walks up and down the beach. You could go really far as the beached were not blocked off between places. The Hubby even rode his bike on the beach a few times. What a work out that was. (And what a MESS he was).

I only used the laundry room once since The Hubby did laundry while my foot was broken. It was a nice laundry room though with lots of machines. They even have triple load washers that do 3x as much laundry at once. There are video games in there so your kids can play while you wait. There are also baskets you can use to transfer your laundry. Another really nice thing is there is a coin machine in there. Super nice not to have to make sure you have quarters before you go do laundry.

Another nice thing was garbage was picked up at your site. We really enjoy this feature because it makes it easier on us. They also give you a blue bag when you check in to put your cans in for recycling. Another plus in my book.

Internet was decent. It was not the best but it did let The Hubby get his work done. I will venture a guess that during peak times though it will be VERY slow. We had some times where it was rough while we were there and there were not many people there using it. So if you need good internet and plan on going when it is busy I was bring your own internet.

Overall this was a very nice campground. We would stay here again but only in the off season. Not that we did not like it but I thing if I was there when it was busy we would have had a very different experience. The sites are kinda close together and we have heard how busy it can get with the golf club traffic. I think it would work nicely during peak season for a week long vacation, but I would not stay then for a long time or as a full timer that time of year. That is just the opposite of what we look for in a campground.