Search

We were at SDC during the incident at Grandfather's mansion.  My husband sat down next to the exit to wait for the rest of us to go through.  But we found it closed instead. An employee at the entrance had the door closed and stated it was closed for a moment. We stood around a couple minutes and more employees showed up.  None went in the entrance but stood around talking outside.   My husband said while he was by the exit, one guy came out coughing and said he couldn't be in there.  We took off and noticed the fire trucks showed up shortly after.  So the story about smoke bomb/fire crackers may be exactly what it was. 

Deer Run has sold off the campground. Only the hotel remains. 

Deer Run is so close that you could pretty much walk to the nearest SDC tram pick-up. In fact, it's so close that you can see Lot L from the parking lot of the motel.

But! Deer Run has its own shuttle bus that runs on a regular schedule and takes you straight to the entrance.

Last year was when I stayed at the Deer Run; it was early April, when it was FREEZING outside. When we got there, we found that not only was our room very clean and nice, but the maid had already turned on the heater so that we were greeted with a nice cozily warm room.

We only stayed one night, so we just took our car and parked at the SDC lot, but we did see the bus sitting out there in front of the motel waiting for any passengers, and this was before the park opened. So you can take their shuttle bus and be there just about as early as the gates open.

Deer Run also had a campground, so for warmer days, you can camp out and only spend around $14 a night. That's what we plan to do this summer.

~ "Becky" Joy ~

The Travel Channel is showing the "Most Christmasy Places in America" on
12/17 8 AM, 4 PM, 10 PM
12/20 3 PM

Actually, we did DVR it so we could see it.   
Merry Christmas,