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General Note: This table is a quick reference, look at the footnotes, and read the reports for more detailed information.
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Pennsylvania Casino Camper Reviews
This section contains information specifically about RVing from our own experience and directly from readers. Organized alphabetically by City and Casino Name.
Chester
Report from Barry B., March 6, 2010 Tonight (March 6, 2010) we are at Harrah's Chester - Casino and Racetrack, Chester, PA. The casino consists of 2,900 slot machines and 100,000 square feet of gaming space. Unfortunately the race season is not on in March, so no racing this trip. We asked in November (when we were here before) where we could park, and they put us in the bus parking area. This may sound bad, but it is between the barns and the racetrack, so the horses and sulkies were going by outside our window, and it is very convenient to walk to the casino and racetrack grandstands . The people in the Security Center (outside to the left of the main entrance) were very nice and helpful. Report from -Sean Welsh,
November 22, 2008 We stayed here last night (11/22/2008). While the
Casino Camper site had a quote from a casino employee indicating they had at
least some parking set aside for RV's, we found none when we arrived. Casino Camper Report, November 24, 2007 We had a report back in May, 2006 that this new casino under construction would include a FHU RV park. I received an email today from the casino's Advertising/Public Relations Manager correcting this. They don't have an RV park and no dump station; however they do welcome RVers to visit and have RV parking spaces (Note: see Sean Welsh post above).
This brings up another topic that I'll mention here. Please don't be upset with a casino when information you find here isn't correct -- it's not their fault. The information we have is from a variety of sources and is sometimes out of date. Call ahead if you feel you must know before you go. Here's a link to more casino parking etiquette. Erie
Casino Camper Report, February 2007 Al B., a reader of my Casino Camping blog on RV.NET wrote and told me about this casino. They allow overnight RV parking and will pick you up in their van and transport you between the RV parking area and the casino. Grantville
Report from Karen B., August 12, 2010 This casino allows overnight parking but I would not recommend it. We stayed overnight on two separate occasions, once on a Thursday night and again the next Tuesday. On Thursday we parked in the first lot on the left of the main casino drive. It was completely empty and doesn't appear to get much use. We were joined later in the evening by a large class A. We both spent the night with no problems. On Tuesday, around 4:00, we went back to the same lot, spent some time in the casino and went back to our motorhome. I was still awake at 1:00 in the morning when a security patrol circled our motorhome then stopped and came to the door to tell us that we weren't permitted to park in any of the lots except the farthest lot which was filled with tractor trailers. Most of the other lots were totally empty. We went to the truck lot to check it out and decided not to stay. There were over 20 trucks with their engines running, so even though there were a few spaces opened, it was crowded, noisy and smelly. The casino itself is very nice, clean, bright, not very smoky, the latest slot machine and banks of traditional ones too. Poker machines are not very good. We ate at Glitter Ti's Pizza in the casino, a fast food place with good hot sausage sandwiches and chicken parmesan and spaghetti. Washington
Report from Karen B., July 20, 2010 The reports on the Meadowlands are very good - I just have a little to add. We were directed by security to Lots G and H, the same ones that Jo B. gives directions to in her post. We were asked to back in so that we would not take up more than one space because of the crowds that they were expecting to get over the weekend. The lot is huge and was completely empty so we thought he may have been exaggerating a bit but, nope, the lot filled up completely on Friday and Saturday evenings. Fortunately our RV is small enough. Larger ones would probably be directed to the lot that Greg mentions. There were a couple of RVs parked in that lot when we left on Sunday. It's on the left after you turn onto the casino road. There are no signs and it is inconvenient to get to the casino from the lot. Plan on unhooking your toad if you stay in that lot. The casino still seems to play looser than the casinos in West Virginia. They have also added table games which has increased their business. We had lunch with friends at the Terrace Café. You can watch the harness racing from your table which was cool even though we weren't betting. We ordered various sandwiches and burgers -all were good , the French fries were a little soggy and the wedding soup was very good. Report from Greg, December 3, 2009 On our way home from Michigan we stopped at Meadows
Racetrack and Casino in Pennsylvania. It is easy to get to from I-79.
The RV parking area is now at the bottom of the hill and is dirt not paved.
Because it was a week day in the early afternoon we were told we could park
in the parking area at the top of the hill closer to the Casino but if we
planned on longer than a couple of hour stay we would have to park down in
the designated RV area. You would not want to walk from the RV parking
area to the Casino. We only stayed a couple of hours and were on our
way. - report from Jo B., September 3, 2009 We are staying at this casino overnight tonight on our way to West Virginia. I had called ahead and was told overnight parking would be okay. RV parking is at the back/end of the parking lot area. Leveling a bigger rig like ours would be a challenge if we bothered to try. But for an overnight stay, we are content to just be at a downhill slant back to front. There is no signage designating this as an RV area and it was obviously not designed specifically for RVs only, the lines are painted for car parking. But this is where security directed us to park and there was plenty of room. There is a strong security presence in the parking lot, even back here at the end of the lot and it feels safe. Construction on the casino is complete now and it's quite nice. Clean, roomy, large variety of slots. We played for a couple hours and only lost about $10. There is a food court and a couple of restaurants. We didn't eat at the casino so can't comment on the food or prices. The racetrack has live harness racing several nights a week and we had a lot of fun watching the races. Very easy access from I-79 (exit 41 and go east for just over a half a mile. Casino is on the left. Follow the main driveway past the parking garage and casino and keep going until you can't go any further and you'll have reached the RV parking area. There is a parking lot shuttle to take you to the casino if you are not inclined to walk. See additional reports below photos... Photos from Jo B.
-report from Karen B., December 1, 2008 This is a temporary casino so my information will probably be out of date when the new casino opens in the spring of 2009. The casino is housed in a big white "tent" type structure and is surprisingly nice and very roomy. We've had good luck playing here and it seems like the slots are set pretty loose. No good VP though. The RV parking is in the lot at the top of the hill behind the casino. There's a shuttle which runs continuously or a long flight of steps if you decide to walk down. I didn't get a picture because we were there during the evening but the parking is fine for all sizes of RVs.
Wilkes-Barre
Report from Dan, September 21, 2009 Posted signs say "RVs use oversize lot". Over size vehicle lot seems to slope in two directions. Took quite a while to even come close to leveling. Security guard and shuttle driver both told us to try other lots since it was a weekday. Walk to Casino is not too far, but shuttles come by frequently.
Stand alone casino, i.e. no competition so we found it a little tight. Have eaten at Johnny Rockets twice and it was fine. Need a slot card to get any free drinks. Soda and Coffee on basic card. Need mid-level or better slot card for free alcohol.
report from Mike, October, 2007 The Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs Casino located in northeastern Pa allows RV's to park overnight in their parking lot. I know this because I live very close and have asked if this was their policy. They are easy to get to. Take exit 170 B off Interstate 81 and follow the signs.
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