Westgate River Ranch Resort Rodeo

It?s our happy place! Beautiful! Relaxed! Fun! We love visiting all of our favorite little animal friends at the petting zoo! Also had a blast in the escape room! Highly recommend as an alternative to the crowded, exhausting, fast paced theme parks!

The grounds room very nice. Check in S/B a nice experience. Was supposed to be at 4 didn't get room until 7:30. Said would text me, did not receive. The dudes were not friendly and even condescending, the girls however seemed willing to help. Different prices for rooms on different days. I booked mine 2 weeks before my son and his was cheaper. Same with rodeo prices. In office more than at gate. Need to be consistant. Restaurant was booked. Said they were over booked and under staffed. Thank goodness we brought food with us. Many others complained as well.

Had a great time at the rodeo!! I was so engrossed with the riders, I forgot to take pictures!! It was so exciting to see the bull and bronco riders and holding your breath when they got bucked off hoping no one got hurt!! The clowns (yes, they had clowns! did a great job protecting the riders!! They also had young ladies doing stunts on their horses....like hanging off the saddle while the horse was running around the arena!!! Another young lady rode 2 horses standing up with a foot on each horse's back!! There was also a cowboy doing rope tricks. The whole event was very patriotic from the singing of the National Anthem to riders racing around the arena with flags reading GOD BLESS THE USA!! What a night!! We ended it by listening to music in front of the saloon watching everyone line dance!! Lots of fun!!!

After hearing great things about this resort, my family had high expectations. Unfortunately, these were not met in the least. The RV site was not a full hook up (sewer is offsite), ant piles EVERYWHERE, that caused our poor kids to get severely bitten. For such an expensive resort, we were surprised to see that it was very lacking in shade and trees. We checked in on a Thursday, to find out that there are almost no activities to do. When we asked about this, the reply we got was ?our schedule changes weekly?. The bounce house was our saving grace, but be warned, it?s a 4 kid limit (and 1 out of the 3 houses were down). The petting zoo, the only activity that is complimentary, was nice, but many animals are not within petting distance. My son loved the goats though. The activities are way too overpriced for what you get. I will say that I wish we could?ve stayed for the rodeo, as that seems to be the only activity at the resort that may be worth it. Very underwhelming stay.

We have stayed at River Ranch several times and we have always had a good experience. There is so much to do that everyone stays entertained. Even when we were not involved in an activity, the atmosphere is so pleasant there that we enjoyed just sitting around the campfire and watching the kids play. The people there are very friendly and helpful. The local store where you can pick up your Starbucks and any groceries you may need stays pretty busy. The staff there maintained a very pleasant attitude even when they had a line of people. The rodeo is very fun and unique. We enjoyed the horseback riding, swamp buggy ride, petting zoo, skeet shooting, and archery. We will definitely go back.