Crystal Hot Springs, Honeyville

I am a Scout leader and I take my toop to Crystal Hot Springs. It is an annual tradition. The Springs aregood. The campground is fine but the slide is the granddaddy of all slides. It is huge and long and it was about 100 degreesthis year. It was always cold in the past but I was told they replaced theheater on it over the summer (the slide has chlorine in it, not the hot springwater) that made it even better the boys also like to go from hot to cold andon years when it snows we all roll in the snow and jump back in the tubs. it is a rite of passage if you like waterslides you need to go check this one out. The Springs are just a bonus in my book

I saw this groupon offer and the reviews and could not believe it was the same place. My family first went there in July 2011. I have nine grown children and it was the perfect place for a reunion. We asked for a large campsite for everyone and we were amazed with the site. It had a stage, picnic tables, hookups, shade trees, fire rings and a small shallow pond. It was ideal. The buildings are older but I liked the history of the place and the pools and slides were great. All ages had a great time and someone mentioned Adam on a review and I know that had to be a different person because he was the nicest, most informative and fun guy. It had such a community feel as patron after patron came in while he knew their name and asked about their families. You could see that some of these patrons come back again and again just as we have since then. It has been great fun in the winter as well as other seasons. I appreciate the constant flow of water and the fact that they empty the pools every night which we witnessed when we stayed there ( little kids like to take a walk at night). In short after that first visit this has become one of our favorite recreation sites.

Lets be reasonable here! I read all the bad reviews, then talked to some friends who'd been there, & they said it wasn't so bad. So I covered my bets, plan B was Hyrum Canyon if it was too awful. So we got there, & a couple of the buildings look a bit shabby. As we always do, we drove round the campsite before checking in, picking out our favorite sites. Sure enough, they'd reserved one we didn't like, but didn't object to us moving (best sites are along the back tree-line, in my opinion). OK, the facilities are basic, but all the sites are level, there are full hook-ups, picnic tables & fire rings (portable, so you can position your fire where you want, which is nice). A lot of the sites are shaded by trees. Gotta say, the bathrooms could use some TLC, mirrors broken, trim coming off walls, only 1 stall in the men's room. I didn't try the showers, but they were pretty basic, only 1 pipe running to the shower head, so no temperature control. But overall it was fairly clean, and lets face it, you don't visit there for the ambiance! The people who whined about "having to pay extra to swim" need to think...if the swimming and/or waterslides were included in the price, the nightly rate would be more, & some folks just want to use the RV park overnight on the way to somewhere else. It's like staying at Ruby's Inn and complaining that the park entrance fee is extra! We visited the pool area. The big pool at the end was closed for maintenance, but everything else was open. The guy was only too pleased to take our online ticket, even gave us both the discount on one ticket. OF COURSE the baths are murky, they're full of minerals! We spent a very enjoyable afternoon there, not too many people, just warm enough to lay out in the sun between soaks in the various pools (3 hot tubs, 103-105, & the main soaking pool, with sitting areas, cool waterfalls & umbrellas 96. I was too chicken to try the 72-degree cold pool!). We've stayed at many campsites around the country, and granted, we've payed less for better-quality places, but we've also payed more for worse! $24 for full hook-ups(using the online discount coupon) is pretty reasonable. Go there with no great expectations & you'll enjoy yourself; Expect the amenities of a $40+ RV park, then, yes, you'll be disappointed.

When I made the reservation for our camp spot by phone, the guy told me that we were in a really nice, shady spot. As we pulled into the parking lot, the first thing we saw was a really old, run down building, that looked like it was about to collapse at any moment. When we arrived at our campsite, it was on a hillside, with hardly any grass. At about 5:00am the trains started rolling through about every 30 minutes honking their horns in 10 second intervals. I could actually feel the ground shaking. The prices, I felt, were really high. All of the pools were filthy. The large olympic pool had a layer of bugs, leaves, and grass floating on the top, and a nice layer of dirt on the bottom. I only saw one employee, one time, try to clean out some of the debris. The changing rooms are really old and run down. They have broken seats, the tile looks like it's growing something, and I was afraid to even walk around without my shoes. We will NEVER spend one dollar at Crystal Hot Springs again.