Good Sam isnt being paid to rate the parks, people like you and I are paid for our time and talents to visit and provide independent ratings on behalf of Good Sam. This system has been in place in the hospitality industry for years. ZAGAT, MICHELIN, AAA and MOBIL all come to mind as brands that people are familiar with in the ratings field. I assume they use a similar model of paid evaluators. Do you feel that that makes the ratings any less useful? The people who do the evaluations have one thing to sell, their reputation. Do you seriously think they would ruin their one asset by "fudging" an evaluation? Seriously, there is no "gotcha" here sir, you are misreading the facts and drawing a totally bogus conclusion. The Good Sam ratings are legitimate despite your attempt to taint them. Hopefully this will end this thread. Happy travels.