Report from Lawrence R., January 24, 2010

Casino Queen has closed their RV park in the winter and diminished services to save money.  Their table game rules are tighter than Lumiere and probably River City.  They do continue to say their slots are the loosest but this is by only a very slight margin.  Their volume is down and they are also non smoking as with all Illinois Casinos.

Report from Mike & Jenny, October 2008

We spent two nights camping at the Casino Queen RV Park in East Saint Louis, Illinois on October 28/29, 2008.  The RV Park is divided into two sections.  One section is fully paved and the other is paved with a grass area between sites.  At the time we were there the fully paved section had been shut down for the season and only the grassy section was open.  The fees for the fully paved section are usually about $6 less than that of the grassy section, however since we were there during the fall season the fees for the grassy section were reduced to the lower price ($29.65/night... $26.70 with Good Sams discount... other discounts exist).  Weekly and Monthly rates are available. 

When you check in they also give you coupons... two $5 coupons (for driver and navigator) and a 35% off coupon for the gift shop.  When we went to the casino and presented the $5 coupons along with player cards they simply gave us the cash.  The RV Park also has a small mini-mart which is VERY well stocked.  Security at the park was very good with a manned gate at night and vehicles regularly circling within the park.  The park is fenced in.  There is laundry facilities at the park although we didn't use it.  I believe there are pool/exercise room facilities at the hotel that RV guests can use (but I'm not 100% sure).

The RV Park is very nice.  All sites are fairly level paved and long providing 20/30/50A electric, water, sewer, cable and Internet (phone) hookups.  There are a half-dozen picnic areas along the middle of the park with bbqs.  There were also a couple of small playgrounds for the kids.  There are trains and transit in the area and there is some noise from these, but not too bad. 

The RV park is located just to the east of the river and you can see the Gateway Arch.  Travel into Saint Louis is easy... and the park will provide shuttle to the transit if desired.. in addition to the casino.  The casino is really not far away and could easily be walked.

We did not get the opportunity to eat at the casinos buffet, but it looked good and very clean.  In fact the entire casino was very new looking.  The casino is not huge, but they had three $5 craps tables open when I was there among other table games.  I think the number of slot/video poker machines is where the casino may be a little small.

After playing $5 craps in the casino for about 3 hours and then an hour of 5cent multi-line video poker the casino comped one of our nights stay.  This was a pleasant surprise considering the cheap treatment we have received at other casinos lately.  The casino and RV park staff were all very friendly and helpful.

One other note to make... we were packing up our 5th wheel and getting ready to hookup the truck when I decided to check the air pressure in the air-bags on the truck.  One of the valves seized up and would not hold air.  I checked with the staff at the RV Park to ask if they knew where I might go to and get a replacement valve core.  She quickly got on the phone and had a gentleman from the casinos vehicle repair department come to our rescue.  He not only brought us the necessary valve stem tool, but also a new valve core.  We were up and running again within 45 minutes.  I can't say enough good things about our treatment at this park.

I am including a few pictures to give you a better idea what things look like in the grassy section.   Happy Camping... Mike & Jenny

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Photos from Mike & Jenny, click for larger view

-from reader T. Bird, February 2006

We stayed at the Casino Queen RV Park in East St. Louis two years ago. Nice park right down by the river and walking distance to the Casino.  Full Hookups including cable and a full breakfast for everyone in your unit and the rate was $14.95 per night!

The Metro runs nearby and can take you anywhere in town quickly. St. Louis Zoo is free and really spectacular. The Arch is also memorable but if you suffer from small space phobia, the ride up and down might bother you!  River walk and boat ride up the river was interesting also.  We're not gamblers so can't tell you about the casino but their breakfasts are excellent.