Disney is NOT the happiest place on Earth - that would be Club Getaway in Kent, Connecticut. This…read morewas my TENTH trip here, and each time I go, I don't want to leave.
This is where adults can become kids for the weekend and do all of the fun activities you miss from your childhood - kickball, lake swimming, Color War, water balloon toss, archery, volleyball, climbing, boating, campfires with s'mores and sing-alongs, arts and crafts, and so much more to do!
Not enough for your inner child, and need to feed your outer adult? Throw in treetop zip-lining, water skiing, an aerial adventure course suspended 50 feet above the forest floor, sky-cycling ABOVE the trees on a harness tightrope, water skiing, mixology classes, pickleball, a "pub hike" through the woods to various keg stations where everyone tells dirty jokes and sings dirty songs, lakeside happy hours, Boozy Bingo, Costume Parties, and hundreds of fellow adults looking to unplug and relax from the strains of adulthood, even if for just 48 hours.
If that is not enough, here is where Club Getaway GENUINELY excels and shines above everywhere else you can go for the weekend: This place has the most amazing, caring, kind-hearted, and engaged staff. Many of the staffers are diverse internationals from two dozen countries and they are here to help you try new things, keep everything safe, and ensure all of your needs are exceeded. There is an amazing crew of social leaders (shoutouts to Hunter, Bluto, and Weekend Ken!) who help organize the activities and "Weekend "Counselors", and motivate you to get out there and try as many new experiences as you can.
Food at Club Getaway is way better than you think it is going to be. Upon arrival on Fridays, there is a welcome Happy Hour with finger foods and light bites, followed by family style dinner with salad and rolls, two proteins, starch and vegetables, and dessert. Breakfast in the morning is a buffet with omelettes/pancakes/waffles made to order, scrambled eggs, breakfast meats, home fries, oatmeal, pastries, fresh fruit, juices, coffee, tea, and hot chocolate. Lunch is an EVEN BIGGER buffet with literally 50 different food options (including chocolate bread, and yes, you need to eat it - picture a loaf of bread stuffed with warm cake frosting). Saturdays also include a lakeside Happy Hour with a BBQ, and Sundays also include a sundae bar between breakfast and lunch, just because. I should also point out that each formal meal includes a large screen listing the food items with allergen information - CG takes food seriously and there is always something for everyone to eat no matter one's dietary needs/restrictions.
Each weekend also includes photography! Leave your phones in the cabin and let the camp's amazing photographer capture your best (and most embarrassing) moments - within a week of returning to real life, you get access to the hundreds of photos that were taken.
Each trip is choose-your-own-adventure style where you are presented an activities list each morning and decide what you want to do (there are only a few activities that are compulsory: the welcome happy hour, the lakeside happy hour (with the lake open), the after-dinner parties, and meal times). My most recent weekend consisted of the following activities:
FRIDAY:
Welcome and unpack
Happy Hour (w/ games, mixers, and light bites)
Dinner family style
Karaoke/Dance party
Courtyard socializing with mini campfire
SATURDAY
Breakfast
Treetop Zipline
Archery
Pickleball
Volleyball
Sky Cycle
Aerial Park
Lunch
Color War
Water Balloon Contest
Pub Hike
Softball
Lake Swim
Lakeside Happy Hour w/ BBQ
Shower/Rest Time
Costume Party Dinner with Live Band/Dancing
DJ Party with Dancing
Campfire with S'mores and AMAZING sing-along guitar music
SUNDAY
Breakfast
Pickleball
Boozy Bingo
Kayaking
Lake Swim
Lunch
Pack up and Goodbyes
At lunch on Sunday the staff gives out superlatives (Bingo champion, musical chairs champion, best paint-and-sipper, craziest dancer, best pub hike joke, most drunk, etc.) My friend who came with me won the CAMP SPIRIT award and was given a special trophy.
These words cannot properly do justice to the amount of fun I have every single time I come to Club Getaway. This is a magical place - if you've read this far, your next step is to call and book a weekend there. Club Getaway is perfect for groups of friends, bachelor/bachelorette parties (there were four this past weekend), couples, and solo campers too - everyone is welcome and everyone is made to feel special, no matter how many people are (or aren't) with you!