Where to stay in Myrtle Beach

magnusfide wrote:

Friends of ours visited OL last August and regretted it. They were afraid for their children to walk around the cg because the situation has gotten worse with the out of control golf carts,

The roads are meant for vehicle traffic. Whether it be golf carts, cars, trucks or rvs. If you are walking or riding a bike, then it is like anywhere else, you need to watch where you are walking and watch for traffic. OL is the largest rv park on the east coast. It's a very popular and busy place and something u will need to expect in any place of so many people in such a limited amount of space.

foul language

Don't think that is limited to OL.

and even some incidents of "flashing" body parts.

Dang have missed that in all the times we have gone!

Not family friendly because of its frat party atmosphere.

That's a funny comment. While many of the RVers like to have a good fun time, the majority of them are well over 40 yrs old and hardly frat material. They are the same people you camp with at the state parks and COE's. They are the same people who camp at Lakewood (Christian based park like MBTP), but prefer OL because of various reasons.

That said there's plenty of other cgs in Myrtle Beach that are family friendly.

That said, the same people are camping all over. If they can't get in OL, they go to the other parks.

Good seafood there too.

I will agree with that. And unless you want to fight for your food at one of the buffets, the majority of the great seafood restaurants are in the surfside/Murrels inlet area, which is closer to OL than MBTP.

dieharder wrote:
Oh, you mean the OLers love the golf cart yahoos and kiddies driving them?

Yes we like the golf carts and own one ourselves. As far as kids go driving them, they only have to be 16 yrs old and have a license. Same as if they were allowed to drive their daddies f350. Much rather have them in the golf carts. There are those that I assume are under that age that do drive them. I say assume because I see security will have them stopped and calling them in on the radio. Yes it's against the rules there.. But it's also against the rules to have alcohol at some of the other parks, but there is plenty of that going. It's also illegal to have alcohol on e beach, but once again, you see that everywhere. Why no complaints about that kind of stuff?

dieharder wrote:

wbwood wrote:

dieharder wrote:

glazier wrote:

dieharder wrote:
We've only stayed at Pirateland, but will be going to MBTP from now on.

The only time we go south is during Easter and we've been in the ocean every time, so it's not too cold to swim in the ocean.

I am a MBTP fan, but just wondering what you like more about it than Pirateland? We like the location better in North Myrtle

I found the oceanside sites look a little bigger, bathhouses look much better, and not a single golf cart seen when we did our drive-thru the last Easter we were there. Do not like the golf cart yahoos driving around with their radios blaring or kids that don't look old enough to drive a car driving them around. Add the fact that the ocean and pool are in close proximity and not a hike to one or the other.

That's what many of us Ocean Lakers love!

No golf carts at OL?

No, what we ocean lakers like is the golf carts with the yahoos driving with their radios blaring.

Terryallan wrote:

wbwood wrote:

RGar974417 wrote:
Willow Tree is nice if you prefer private campgrounds.Nicely landscaped,room between sites,a nice lake with paved trail,swimming pool ( in season)exercise room.Some sites have their own hot tub.It's about 10 miles west of North Myrtle Beach.We paid $75 a night for a site with a hot tub in October 2012.

Seems kind of high being 10 miles away from the ocean.

Agree.
And IMOP. pointless. If I was going to stay that far from the beach. I wouldn't go.

I was in that area during the holiday season. OL is and always will be my first choice. I took a long walk and walked thru all the CG's north of OL, including the state park. OL was the busiest out of all of them. I DID notice that Lakewood is upgrading the sites along the water front with concrete pads and patio. The sites look very nice. It is a shame that half of them face away from the dunes.
I took a drive to Willow Tree and spent a good hour there and got a personal tour from management. The closest beach is N Myrtle or Little River which is about 12 miles away. Willow tree is neat as a pin, the sites are very big and offers plenty to do. They are in the boonies, so you have to drive for shopping, but they have a nice store at the CG. They are presently booked with all the snow birds. If I could not get a decent site at a beach front CG in that area, I would not hesitate to go to WT. I may stay there next Christmas as it is too windy at the beach and WT has a nice lake to fish at or take a long walk around. Management was very nice. You do pay extra if you want your own hot tub right on your site. :)

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magnusfide wrote:
Our fave is Huntington Beach State Park just south of Myrtle Beach http://www.southcarolinaparks.com/huntingtonbeach/introduction.aspx. It's much quieter than those sardine campgrounds and even has some beach access.

I have not stayed at Huntington Beach SP, but I've been there and it is absolutely wonderful. I have small kids and stay at Lakewood, but if it was just me and my wife I might just go for this place.

Our grands enjoyed Huntington. They like walking and talking with us and visiting the exhibits. We go back every year with them.

magnusfide wrote:
Our fave is Huntington Beach State Park just south of Myrtle Beach http://www.southcarolinaparks.com/huntingtonbeach/introduction.aspx. It's much quieter than those sardine campgrounds and even has some beach access.

I have not stayed at Huntington Beach SP, but I've been there and it is absolutely wonderful. I have small kids and stay at Lakewood, but if it was just me and my wife I might just go for this place.

dieharder wrote:
Oh, you mean the OLers love the golf cart yahoos and kiddies driving them?

Must be: just enjoyed your wry allusion to a huge negative at OL. We quit going because of the chaos a few years back.

Friends of ours visited OL last August and regretted it. They were afraid for their children to walk around the cg because the situation has gotten worse with the out of control golf carts, foul language and even some incidents of "flashing" body parts. Not family friendly because of its frat party atmosphere.

That said there's plenty of other cgs in Myrtle Beach that are family friendly. Good seafood there too.

Oh, you mean the OLers love the golf cart yahoos and kiddies driving them?

dieharder wrote:

No golf carts at OL?

ROTFLOL GOOD ONE

wbwood wrote:

dieharder wrote:

glazier wrote:

dieharder wrote:
We've only stayed at Pirateland, but will be going to MBTP from now on.

The only time we go south is during Easter and we've been in the ocean every time, so it's not too cold to swim in the ocean.

I am a MBTP fan, but just wondering what you like more about it than Pirateland? We like the location better in North Myrtle

I found the oceanside sites look a little bigger, bathhouses look much better, and not a single golf cart seen when we did our drive-thru the last Easter we were there. Do not like the golf cart yahoos driving around with their radios blaring or kids that don't look old enough to drive a car driving them around. Add the fact that the ocean and pool are in close proximity and not a hike to one or the other.

That's what many of us Ocean Lakers love!

No golf carts at OL?