My daughter goes here every year for multiple weeks and loves it. Comes back tired and dirty like a kid at camp should, and can't wait to go back. Not sure how people miss this is a Christian camp. It's right on their website and brochure. read more

I just went there for three days as a 5th grade eagle creek school student and had a BLAST! There was a playground and their food was DELICIOUS 5 STAR! And they also had a BUNCH of activities to do! We made necklaces in the very start and it had our names on it and our cabin number. I slept really well! And we also made survival bracelets and when we did the activities at the very end, we got to have beads on the necklaces! I would definitely go again! read more

5th grade camp was a hit! From the moment of bus drop offs to bus pick ups, Cedar Springs had every minute accounted for and planned out. Their system of organization and scheduling of daily events was impressive. Staff was incredibly gracious, especially while containing a hundred 10 year old boys and girls. Daily routine began with reveille at 0700 hours and ended at 10p with lights out. Survival classes were informative and included sessions like fire building, archery, stream studies, rock climbing, and forestry to name a few. Breakfast, lunch, and dinners were definitely elevated from a 'camp' menu with dishes like pork tenderloin, brisket, hot breakfasts, 24/7 coffee and tea for chaperones, side salads and dessert with every meal. I. Was. Im. PRESSED. They flip schools midweek, so if you're there from Wed-Fri, the previous school will be wrapping up lunch as you arrive and they depart. Schools never crossed paths and the transition was seamless. The cabins were 4 groups of 3 bunks with extra cots if needed. Working heaters and windows on every wall to air out during the day (highly recommended). It def got humid at night in the fall. Bathroom rotations were 10 mins per cabin which sounded like an impossible amount of time but worked out well. There were 11 showers in the main restroom with one being ADA accessible. 3 separate showers in the shared chaperone and employee restroom (which only had one working toilet). I preferred the main restroom but used it after lights out for my showers. No problems running out of stalls or showers. The bunks were rough for chaperone bones... wish I had brought extra padding to ease the sleepless nights after long days of trail walking, back to back events from 7a-9p, and dealing with a ton of 5th graders for 3 days straight! The bottomless coffee and tea helped keep us all upright! Overall, impressive meals, even more impressive staff, and impeccable scheduling! read more

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I loved the food and activities at the school camp trip, but the bed bugs did not leave me alone. The bed bugs gave me terrible rashes and I kinda regret going because of the insomnia I got after camp. But, overall, camp was amazing, except for not being with my friends. the highlights of my trip were the rock climbing, fire building, and the FOOD. I absolutely love this camp and recommend it for anyone that wants a fun, organized, old fashioned trip. read more

Worked here for a few years, it was fun. Mostly posting to make it clear the camp does advertise that it is Christian on the website. Not sure why parents send their kids somewhere without looking at the website? I don't even buy something without looking at the reviews, so it seems to me like it is easy enough to simply check the website and see it is a Christian camp! read more

Bible camp! Misadvertised. High price for what it is. Kids said there was a lot of "free time". Big benefit is the transportation, which costs more but nice if you don't want to waste time driving kids back and forth all summer. read more

I second every review on here that says this is a deceptive camp, wanting to indoctrinate children about Christianity without their parents knowledge or permission. They don't advertise this anywhere. They make the camp cheap, bus kids from many cities for convenience, add many fun camps and activities and just reel the parents in. Absolutely atrocious, disrespectful behavior that should be illegal. I'm going to see what else I can do to raise awareness or report them. This is not ok. read more

Christian camp in disguise. Nowhere in the literature for this summer camp was it mentioned that this was a religious camp. I put my son in this camp for a week. The first day I dropped him off I noticed the busses in the parking lot said "Cedar Springs Christian", and I figured maybe they did religious stuff other times, but this was a non-religious camp. Surely, they'd advertise as such, right? Sure enough my 8-year-old son comes home saying they made him talk about Jesus all day. It's very clear that they deliberately obscured the fact in hopes of being able to attract non-religious customers and indoctrinate their children. Absolutely disgusting. read more

Wow! Reading these reviews makes my heart hurt for Cedar Springs! They started out several years ago as a small day camp (which my son attended). We have watched Cedar Springs grow and flourish over the last seven years and it is truly wonderful! In this day and age, I think this camp is wonderful for your kids' independence and a very valuable way to learn different skills to be able to be an amazing human being. So much so, that my son has attended this camp the last two summers interning to become a counselor. And yes, we had to pay the full price of the normal day camp that everyone else pays for him to learn to become a counselor. The current counselors that work with your children on a day to day basis have to fill out a complete application including an essay as to why they want to work at Cedar Springs. The kids and counselors take this very seriously. And any time I have had to deal with the office staff they have been nothing but helpful! Yes, if you pick up early, you will LIKELY RUN INTO WAITING UP TO A HALF HOUR FOR YOUR CHILD as this facility is at least 50 acres and your kid is out there, being watched, being taken care of by professional people and said staff has to go retrieve them from their camp. Early. It's not an easy grab and go. This is the price you pay for your child to experience a real life fully staffed dirt and grit camp! I will recommend anyone to Cedar Springs, as they've had an incredibly positive impact on mine and my son's lives. Thank you Cedar Springs! Keep up the great work!!! read more

This was awesome when i went there! All my friends had so much fun i definitely recommend coming here!

Worse camp and management ever. For parents looking for safe and communicative environment for their kids, this place is the opposite. There's a lack of clear communication and proactive solution approach. On site communication is laborious, lacks point of contact, responsibility and accountability. One example, took 1.5hr from submitting early dismissal request to additional 20mins of waiting on site before able to access my kids. On site staff noted "we already made the request to camp instructors and we can't control when they show up." Another day, took 5calls after leaving vm to request early dismissal and still no confirmation to access my child. The lack of communication was true during sign up and frankly even worse during actual camp when it's 100% staffed. Run by few adults who hired teenagers to run the camp for massive number of children. Biggest waste of money and time. read more

I received a summer camp brochure today. After reading through it, I thought it looked like a fun summer camp option for my kid, so I went and read their Yelp and Google reviews. Several reviews mentioned that they preach Christian sermons to the kids each morning. I went to their website to see if this is advertised and the only mention of this for the camps is in one tiny sentence in the daily agenda that says "we take a few minutes each morning to discuss our weekly topic from a 'biblical perspective'". The only place any religious affiliation is mentioned in their brochure is under the overnight camp section, no mention in the day camp pages. The one blurb about religion they put in is in very small font at the bottom of the page. See photos for comparison of the day camp listing versus the overnight listing. I wasn't looking for overnight camps, so I wouldn't have seen it if yelp reviews hadn't alerted me to this. I fully believe the way they have their website and brochure set up is to rope non-religious families into their camp so they can then indoctrinate their kids without the parents knowing. If that weren't the case, they'd be more upfront in their advertising about how they are a faith based camp and not be so sneaky about it. As a non-religious parent who does not want my child involved in any of that, I'm super annoyed by their deceptive advertising and am posting this review to alert other parents to this as well read more

Cedar Springs Camp - One small sentence at the bottom of the page on the overnight camp section that mentions they preach sermons to the kids. - Summer Camps Near Me - Lake Stevens, Washington

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Kids were hurt with deep cuts upon return. The cuts were not cleaned nor were we informed of the injuries. We took our kids out the remainder of the week due to lack of first aid without any refund. I would not trust them with your kids. read more

This didn't feel like happy camp for my son. There were no songs being sung and no nicknames to create special bonds. There was a lot of preaching and bullying occurring without a lot of response from the faculty other than don't do that it's not nice. Let's pray about it. My son never wants to go back and he spent the whole summer there last year. I really don't recommend it if you've ever been to any other camps that are super fun where the kids get picked up at the end of the day exhausted happy and filthy from playing outside. read more

DONT bring your child there. Everday something wrong / drama .. There are better camps out there , they are trying to get my son taken away .. my son begged me not to go here and i forced him . Now i see why.. listen to your kids.. thats where i failed!! read more

The staff have been harassing me to remove a review because I brought awareness they were a camp for kids to be taken away from their parents which was listed on a government website and NOT FALSE INFORMATION AT ALL. Though they deny the allegations.. their attacking messages to me tell me there was a dark agenda confirmed. Don't get involved with them. read more

I had a great experience working here this summer! While I didn't have children of my own attend, I had family friends register and have a great time. My position gave me the opportunity to witness most of the aspects of how the camp is ran, the staff, and the camper experience. I was thoroughly impressed with the logistics, heart, and value the camp offers. When reading any negative reviews, I encourage you to: 1) remember that kids are kids and 2) Reach out to the camp with any questions or concerns you have and let them ease your mind via phone/email if you are hesitant at all. Such a great experience and I will be back! read more

I went there for fifth grade camp. I really recommend it. They had really good staff really good food that playgrounds. It was really nice. I mostly like the inside I recommend it I give it four out of five, but it was the best time I wish I had photos I recommend it read more

I went to camp in fifth grade as a trip, I came there scared and nervous but the second and last day I felt like home I had such a great time i did not want to leave I miss camp, my cabin group felt like family I had such a good time, other people say it's bad there I would never choose another camp other then camp cedar spring. read more

That`s my favorite. Great customer service, interesting programs for kids convenient transportation, hot lunches(!).

We decided to have our son in summer camp at cedar springs this year and I am an glad we did! LeAnne has been absolutely helpful and I am so grateful for her! The first week at camp has been great for our son and the Christian environment is perfect for our family. Cedar springs is stellar! read more

My son (12 years old now) went on a field trip here in 3rd grade and it was a fun day. Since, he's been to several birthday parties here and always had a lot of fun. So, when it came time to do a camp this summer, he wanted to do a laser tag camp here. He went for one week, full time, from 9-5. He liked the laser tag portion - though, he felt the first day was pretty chaotic and unorganized, it got better from there. Even though he took a water bottle each day, I was happy to hear that there was plenty of ice cold water available to the kids - so important because it was up in the high 70's - 80's the week he was there. He did like the camp - but, as always, there are kids that misbehave and, unfortunately, he didn't feel that they were dealt with very well. Many times his entire group was "punished" when only one kid was causing problems. Not effective child management. HOWEVER - we were extremely upset that EVERY single day starts with a 30-60 minute Christian sermon! We realize that it's a Christian camp - but, as non-Christians, the website assures that EVERY religion is welcome. There is NO mention of a sermon every morning with prayers and songs. If you want to have a sermon every day, that's completely fine! But, be up front about it! Give people the option to opt out and come later! Since we didn't know about the sermon, my son was very upset and uncomfortable on the first day. After that, we brought him after the sermon every day and that was a much better experience. If you want to have sermon and prayer time every day - that's fine, but be honest and open about it! I would be reluctant to suggest this camp to anyone. read more

Looking for a camp for your kids? This is it! Amazing! Safe, Fun, kids come home dirty, tired, and laughing - cant wait to go again the next day! I love sending my 12 year old son! Nerf Rivals is his favorite, then Battlefield Live, and Adventure Camp. Overnight camps - the canteen is delicious & wholesome, the cabins warm, clean, and safe. Bathrooms! Clean constantly and very accessible! I can not say enough wonderful things about the inclusiveness and individual treatment all the campers get. There is even some "light light religion" included. We don't go to church, so this little bit of light religion is just enough to learn. read more

We weren't told that Battlefield had a minimum price when we made reservations, they started us late(but they sure ended our game on time), the punk kid who led the group was rude and condescending to the children and adults. Extremely disappointed with our son's birthday experience. The place is a fantastic idea, but the treatment of customers was WELL BELOW satisfactory. read more

Cedar Springs Camp - Needs to learn some respect and manners. - Summer Camps Near Me - Lake Stevens, Washington

The showers were never even slightly warm. The bathroom toilets clogged. The pool was had problems so they delayed opening. Other then that the food was good and the grounds were beautiful. And the cabins were clean. It would be nice if there was a big fan on the ceiling because during the day they get really hot. read more

I am very impressed with this camp. We have used them several times on both campuses. Staff are polite and well organized. Kids get stimulating and fun activities at camp. The administration is helpful and accommodating. I would highly recommend this camp to anyone looking for a quality experience for their children. read more

Been here multiple times for battlefield, basically a high end laser tag. Great place to have fun and exercise at the same time. Great for parties and for kids, it's a relatively cheap alternative to paintball. They have a few different courses and scenarios that you're guide will take you thru. It's definitely something to try out. read more

awesome place to go to play outdoor lazer tag! huge! lots of areas, terrain, etc. just had my sons birthday party there , group of 30 kids and a couple adults. every one of us had an awesome time. read more

My 12 year old son was excited to go to laser tag camp at Cedar Springs this week. He went one day and refuses to return. We dropped him off at 8 am, but he didn't get started on the games until 11:30. The kids were either on the bus or sitting around that whole time. Then, after lunch, they got back on the bus, but somehow didn't get back until 6 pm - a half hour late. As a previous reviewer mentioned, there was no notice of chapel services in any of the promotional or confirmation materials. Very disappointing - a waste of time and money. read more