| Westgate River Ranch is a Dude Ranch located about an hour south of Orlando, Florida and two hours from where I live in south Florida. My family spent four days and three nights Glamping on property and we still didn't do everything they had to offer. Don't get me wrong, it's not crazy like Disney World. The property is over 1700 acres, so all the activities are well spread out. A golf cart rental, available on property, is a great idea to get around and enjoy the great outdoors. We enjoyed it so much that I am ready to book another trip! |  |
Accommodations at River Ranch
River Ranch offers a wide range of accommodations, from very basic tent lots up to cabins! There is something for everyone to stay comfortably.
- Tent Camping with access to a bathhouse with showers.
- RV Sites (20, 30, and 50 amp access) with bathouse and showers.
- Cabins with 1 or 2 bedrooms.
- Cottages with 1 or 2 bedrooms.
- Saddle Club Rail Cars.
- Lodge Rooms- Deluxe Suite, Suite, and Standard Room.
- Glamping- Platform tents with modern amenities. (Here's my explanation of Glamping LINK)
- Luxe Teepee- All-Inclusive Experience (I will review these in a future post)
- Coming Soon! Conestoga Wagons. I don't have a lot of information on these yet, but they looked intriguing when I drove by the sign.
Meals
River Ranch currently has one restaurant, the Smokehouse Grill. They are open 7-days a week. They serve your typical BBQ and grill style food. They also offer a buffet option for $22 per adult and $12 per child. My two year old son was able to eat from the buffet for free. It included salad items, corn, bbq beans, baked mac n cheese, cornbread, chicken, ribs, ham and bean soup, and apple cobbler for dessert. It was a decent meal. We enjoy bbq, so it was a good option for us.
Hayride Dinner- This is a popular option on Saturday night only. The hayride takes guests around the property on a tractor pulled hay wagon and then back to the East Corral for a buffet-style dinner.
The General Store offered pizza, sandwiches, wraps, salads, ice cream and more. Plus they had items on the shelves and in the freezer case if you forgot to bring the basics like condiments, bread, snacks, etc. Be aware that there is a lot of candy and toys at the General Store too, so if you bring in your kids they may get excited like mine did and want to leave with everything we didn't come for!
During our stay we brought our own food and cooked for ourselves at the Glampsite. The only exception to that was Saturday afternoon, when we ate at the Smokehouse Grill. We saw most families cooking their own meals at the Glampsite as well.
Hayride Dinner- This is a popular option on Saturday night only. The hayride takes guests around the property on a tractor pulled hay wagon and then back to the East Corral for a buffet-style dinner.
The General Store offered pizza, sandwiches, wraps, salads, ice cream and more. Plus they had items on the shelves and in the freezer case if you forgot to bring the basics like condiments, bread, snacks, etc. Be aware that there is a lot of candy and toys at the General Store too, so if you bring in your kids they may get excited like mine did and want to leave with everything we didn't come for!
During our stay we brought our own food and cooked for ourselves at the Glampsite. The only exception to that was Saturday afternoon, when we ate at the Smokehouse Grill. We saw most families cooking their own meals at the Glampsite as well.
Activities
| River Ranch offers and endless array of activities to help you connect with the outdoors. Yes, they do cost extra. that's something we built in to the budget for this trip.
|  Adventure Park pricing as of February 2019. **Luxe Teepee guests are treated to an all-inclusive activity experience. All of the extra charge activities on property are included for those guests except rental of pontoon boats. So everything seen on the chart above is included for those staying in Takoda Village (Luxe Teepees). |
River Ranch Rodeo
Every Saturday night, 52 weeks a year, River Ranch hosts its Rodeo. It's authentic, that's for sure! I went to the one at the Fort Worth Stock Yards years ago and it was comparable but this was on a smaller scale, obviously. They had all the typical events, barrel racing, bull riding, stunt/trick riding and more. My older son was most excited for the Cattle Scramble. You can sign the kids up for free (with a paid rodeo entry of course). They had a group for 4-8 year olds and a second group for 9-12 year olds. They call all the kids out to the field and then release a few calfs with ribbons tied to them. The kids have to grab a ribbon off the calf's tail. The young lady sitting in front of us won in the 9-12 group and she earned herself a free Swamp Buggy ride.
All in all, my family is ready to come back! We had a great time disconnecting from technology and doing outdoorsy things for four days. We don't have great climbing trees near home, Palm Trees don't have twisty curvy limbs to climb up! I will go into more details about the Glamping experience in my next post. HERE
If you are interested in booking a stay at Westgate River Ranch, reach out to me and I would be happy to go over more specific details about all the option and get pricing for you.
[email protected]
561-702-2096
Or use my FB or IG links and send me a message there. :)
If you are interested in booking a stay at Westgate River Ranch, reach out to me and I would be happy to go over more specific details about all the option and get pricing for you.
[email protected]
561-702-2096
Or use my FB or IG links and send me a message there. :)
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