Can we expect these shenanigans?

No. research your camp fees before arrival. You do it for an hotel or airline don't you?

downtheroad wrote:
Can you say KOA..
We were charged a required, "resort fee," on top of the nightly rate...
The resort fee included admission to the "bouncy room" and a pancake breakfast. We wanted neither and but they wouldn't let us opt. out.

Jellystone Parks do this, too.

K O A = keep on adding

OK, lets be specific about each campground, please. Of course some campgrounds in a single organization may charge differently, so lets call out the actual offenders. Name and shame, I say. I don't like these kind of surprises.

downtheroad wrote:
Can you say KOA..
We were charged a required, "resort fee," on top of the nightly rate...
The resort fee included admission to the "bouncy room" and a pancake breakfast. We wanted neither and but they wouldn't let us opt. out.

My wife and I had a similar experience with a KOA. Although we're both in our 50s, camped with no kids and skipped their breakfast, we still had to pay the resort fee. By the way, it was late September and no one was using the bouncy thing anyway!

Camped last weekend at another cg. We had a couple come up to join us to tour a winery and dinner by the fire. They used absolutely no services but were forced to pay $12 each to be there for a few hours.

Can you say KOA..
We were charged a required, "resort fee," on top of the nightly rate...
The resort fee included admission to the "bouncy room" and a pancake breakfast. We wanted neither and but they wouldn't let us opt. out.

I have experienced some KOA"S already doing this. One I stopped at, added for the dog, for the kids, for use of the A/C, for use of the swimming pool, and believe it or not, for the bathrooms and showers. The entrances had a push button access door knob and we paid for the access code.