Whitewater Express Ocoee Camp

I have been rafting on the Ocoee twice before today. The first two times were kind of boring and went by fast and honestly they were not fun at all. Today was my best rafting experience to date! I went with a group of 4 and we all used a Groupon. The other two in our group were super cool too, luckily we got 2 more adults instead of 2 kids (there was a large group of kids there). Garrett was our guide and he was very knowledgable, laid back and fun. I had a blast today and he made sure we all had a fun time.
The only complaint I have was the bus driver. He literally stopped the bus turned off the ignition and yelled at some kids to keep their hands and paddles in the bus. I understand it was a safety issue but it could have been handled differently. On top of that he had his hand out the window half the time on the way down, for kids it’s money see money do. Then when we were returning he kinds of sped up the mountain and a couple people had to ask him to slow down.
Besides that the trip was great and super enjoyable. Overall the staff was kind and courteous.

Great experience! Cabin was very clean staff was very friendly and informative. Our white water raft guide was garret he was fantastic and so was the paintball instructor phil. It’s the experience that brought us here but the staff is why we will be returning this summer.

I used a Living Social deal to visit Whitewater Express. Our deal was for two nights plus rafting for two and horseback riding for two.
We opted for a weekend in October and were assigned cabin 2. The cabin was cute with a large front porch. Inside, there was an adequately-​sized bed for two (good thing I brought extra blankets and pillows from home), two armchairs, a small table with a lamp (missing a lightbulb) and a long counter. There was a fridge (which was not cleaned out before we arrived and contained a previous visitor’s cheese) and tv/​dvd player and a microwave. The bathroom was adequate. I was disappointed that we could not park right in front of or behind our cabin, but literally had to walk through the woods, jumping over roots, branches and felled trees to get to our cabin from the road.
Our whitewater rafting excursion was great fun. Our guide, Jessica, was knowledgeable and we enjoyed that part of our trip. The horseback riding trip wasn’t so wonderful; when my horse wandered off to the left, the male guide yelled at me several times to turn left and when I finally did what he asked the horse slipped and I almost fell off! When another person who was riding behind me asked why he told me to turn left, he said, «Oh…I meant right. It’s been a long day and I get those confused.» Seriously?
Even though we paid for two nights, we ended up fleeing from this place early. When we arrived on Friday afternoon, all was quiet and serene. Friday night as we were settling down to watch a DVD, we heard roaring engines outside. It turns out that they were school buses loaded with what seemed like hundreds of teenagers on some sort of Christian retreat. We couldn’t hear the DVD no matter how loud we turned it up (the walls of the cabin are partially made of screening) because of screaming teenagers, so we just sat in bed and talked. The teens were accompanied by some kind of rock band that we could hear quite clearly. They were running around screaming half the night and one even entered our cabin. We got very little sleep because they were up and about at around 6:30 am. So, we decided to raft and ride horses and then leave Saturday evening and make the six-​hour drive home instead of staying one more minute there.
When we turned in our keys and told them we were leaving because it was far too loud, the staff said, «Oh, yeah. Sorry about that.» Of course, I don’t expect a bunch of teenagers to be quiet on their fun weekend, but I feel that we should have been informed that the group would be there so we could make an informed decision about going at all.

We found this little gem through Living Social and recently stayed with them for a week. Our cabin was small but cozy and the campground overall was amazing! There are multiple fire pits located all over the camp and there are activities like horseback riding, paintball, and a rope course to keep you busy too. Everyone was friendly and helpful with local shopping and dining recommendations as well.
The best part of the whole trip was the whitewater rafting! We actually went twice during our stay and had a blast. Make sure to ask for Stan the Man as your rafting guide if you’re not too nervous, and you’re guaranteed to have the time of your life!
The only reason we didn’t give 5 stars is because I don’t think our cabin was quite done with construction. It wasn’t painted like the others and there was a huge gap under the door we had to plug up with a towel to keep the bugs out. There was wood a lathe still under our porch too.
Other than that, we had an amazing time and will definitely be returning in the future!