I have been a PE teacher, coach and avid softball player as well as baseball fan. Visiting CDP was fabulous. The park itself is spotless. The concession stands which were much needed and used, were considerably priced. The transporters to and from fields were personable and happy to provide service which always left positive conversation while in route. Even the gift shop was reasonably priced. Seeing my nephew happy and in his place of comfort was worth every minute and penny spent. When I asked him if he felt like a professional due to the beauty of each field his answer was yes. I asked him what else made it so special and his answer was " it is beautiful to be on a nice field and be able to see the mountains and clouds above." A simple statement with depth and gratitude. We waited for two hours for the opening ceremonies (rain), and it was worth every minute. As an educator and coach, children need to be reminded of the importance of the flag and what freedom means. We as adults need those reminders as well as we all become complacent and can use grounding. I thought the opening ceremonies were exceptional. Another wonderful part of this week was conversing with Linda Presutti. She has a warmth that is loving and compassionate. Even though it was an emotional week for her she made it a point to seek me out during our elimination game. I will treasure the attached photo of her and my nephew and I will never forget this beautiful week. It really was baseball heaven. I am grateful for Linda and Lou for touching millions of lives. Hoping that the happiness experienced here by each player can be played forward by each of them to carry on Coach Lou Presutti's legacy and make this world a better place. read more

Snack bar food is overpriced and terrible! We tried the pretzel, the hamburger, the hotdog, the chicken fingers, and the pizza. The only thing that was semi edible was the pizza and it was cold. Such a waste, especially since they do not want you to bring in outside food. But their food is just horrible and very expensive. read more

It's a nice park. Very well taken care off, the fields are in good condition. The grounds crew does a good job up keeping the fields even I wet and rainy conditions. The parking lot is kind of a mess, fills up quick, tight spots and easy for someone to hit your rental car. The concessions stands are nothing spectacular, prices are definitely steep. The fields all have boards around the entire field and you can only watch from the selected spectator area, making it hard to watch any other game or any of the skills competitions. Overall it was a neat experience though. read more

Cooperstown Dreams Park - Sports Clubs Near Me - Cooperstown, New York

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Spent a weekend here and had a mixed experience. First the fields are incredibly scaled down, 200 feet to the back fence. The conditions were hit and miss. The opening ceremony ran almost 2.5 hours....could easily be cut to one hour. The sound system was a mess, in and out of working on ceremony day. Typical overpriced concessions. The place for spectators to sit and watch the games are pathetic. For what the teams and families pay to be there, you'd think they had something better than cheap plastic chairs. Parking at opening ceremony is a nightmare. Plan on getting there well over an hour before the opening ceremony if you want a halfway decent parking spot and seat in the stadium. The parking lot is a mess in general though. Came out after a game and someone had hit and run our rental car, damaging the back. The umpires here are hit and miss, very inconsistent. I think it can be a good experience, but there is several areas for room for improvement. read more

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Great place! Super fun for kids. Food could be better though. Totally recommend Cooperstown Dreams Park.

This place is for stupid people -- mainly from the South -- who can find nothing better for their sons to do for a week. A real baseball camp, with instruction? No, that would be too imaginative -- and worth something! Let's have endless, meaningless competition instead. read more

We arrived to dream's park we got our truck checked in they put there parking pass on our back window and off to drop our boy at his bunk's. The bunks have no ac in dreams park so get some mini fans and I recommend to buy 4 floor fans as a team and I recommend having a big cooler to keep water and Gatorade cold. They sell ice on property I believe $1.50 a bag. For the bunk we got a sleeping bag and a pillow but we suggest buying a cheap twin bed sheet and pillow case. The fields are beautiful and they boys love every moment. The workers are really nice. If you need help taking things from your car to the bunks you can ask for a gold cart driver and they help you. We had a great time and if your son hits a dinger you can go grab the ball and get it engraved on property for $10 bucks. Like my son says living the dream read more

Cool venue and a great tournament. Overall a nice experience for us and especially for our son and his team. However: one BIG word of caution about photos. Like us, you might want to order some photos to commemorate the event (for example, if your son hits a home run). Most of ours turned out great, but one was blurry. They are blurred on the website, which I understand, because people would just take screenshots. HOWEVER, if you buy a photo that turns out to be blurry after printing, you're screwed. The staff will not replace any photos. I spent a lot of money in this place, and they would not help me. They just said, you can buy another photo and we'll replace the one in the plaque you already bought. So basically, I'd be out another $30 because their photo was blurry and I had no way of knowing it. Buyer beware. This stuff is expensive and you might unknowingly pick a blurry photo. And if you get unlucky like that, they don't care. They were not interested in helping their customer, only in trying to wring more money out of me. Really put a damper on the whole experience. read more

Run down facility ! Terrible food ! Was terribly hotin the bunkhouses with no way to make it cool! read more

Maybe my expectations were too high but I thought the facility is ok at best. The fields are set up like a recess area for a jail. It's stuffy in all the dug outs and the spectator seating is horrendous. You have to sit on plastic stackable outdoor chairs. There are mice all around bc they have nested in the wood walls on the fields. The wood is peeling and rotting from weather. The bunks do not look so bad but the boys complain about toilets. The home run derby was another disappointment. They use a pitching machine that wasn't adjusted and make them use the same crappy bat. I watched about 30 kids that were entered by their coaches for a reason, not hit a single ball. Something wrong there? Let's talk umpires. Well, there are no words. They called strikes for balls thrown like it was tennis. 1700 dollars for the boys and they also ate disgusting food. I totally recommend Ripken over Cooperstown anytime. I don't care how popular it is. Aug. 18. Still here and have another complaint. Our final game, the bat from our opposing team appeared to be shaved. Every child on the team passed that bat to each other. Every single child used the bat. When brought to the umpires attention, he said "I can't check it". Nice. Lost to a bunch of cheaters and no one checked when told. Shady. read more

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An amazing place for kids to compete and become a part of something huge!!!..be sure to go.

Theft is prevalent here. Watch out! Your things will all be stolen from your room. Bunks do not have locks and staff doesn't care.

Extremely overpriced and overrated. Staff doesn't keep up the care and maintenance of the fields. Camp players and coaches use to get perks for playing at the dreams park at other area attractions. This is no longer the case due to management issues at the dreams park. A short distance away at All Star Village guests can enjoy a highly better experience. read more

Cooperstown NIGHTMARE park! This place is awful! First let me say this is NOT the place you want to come for an actual baseball experience. AWFUL fields, AWFUL parent viewing area and AWFUL park! Let's start with the amount of money you pay to come here... over 25k for a team for. Nothing but headaches! Kids sleep in either hotter than hell bunks or it's freezing cold. Fields are meant for 10u players, umpires that don't care what they call because parents aren't allowed to say one negative word or your team will be penalized games. We had a kid get punched on first base and when parents and coaches said something we were told we would be kicked out if we said another word! For a place that boasts about being true to the "old" sport, they have it very wrong! Weather is so up and down and the fabulous grounds staff they speak of during the longest opening ceremonies ever is literally no where to be found! We played 4 innings in the worst rain ever with water standing on fields just to be delayed at the top of 5th. After waiting around they canceled everything and the next morning fields were still in the same condition. Every field has tall green walls surrounding the entire field with only one long area down first and third base line to watch games. Parents can't see anything! Part of the area is caged so it's like jail but they do put dollar general plastic broken chairs to sit in if you want. We couldn't see our kids bat the entire time. A family ended up purchasing their video package to try and see the game! Absurd! Food for kids is beyond terrible! We heard stories of kids getting sick from it. Concessions is no better and very expensive! Lots of stealing going on here and no one cares! Kids gloves were stolen along with other baseball items and literally they could care less! They have SO many rules for players that it's just ridiculous. They can't do anything without the threat of game suspensions. Kids can't walk around without a coach and if their shirt is untucked--game suspension! We have played at much better facilities for far less money! PLEASE go somewhere else!! This is a money grabber and literally the worst experience! read more

We just did the 12u tourney and it was a great experience. Food is what it is but you're not there for that. Baseball was 100% awesome. If you get a chance to do it don't think twice. read more

I'll start by saying this - my son and his teammates had a blast. However, they always have a blast when they leave home for a tournament. This is not worth the 24k it takes to register a team to play. Here's the reality: -fields are built for t-ball aged kids, so scores are ridiculous. -teams using shaved/modified bats, as the park has no bat rules. Pathetic. -food/bathrooms/no AC in barracks is a disgrace with the amount of money paid to play there -spectating area for games is terrible This should be a wood bat tournament with the dimensions of these fields to make it more realistic. Baseball scores are not usually 27-20. This tournament is a moneygrab, nothing else. read more

Money grab. Cheap facilities. Seating is AWFUL for parents. No Air Conditioning for the kids barracks. Maintenance crew is slow and everything is dirty. Over priced items. Over priced experience. Would not recommend read more

If I could choose fewer than 1 star I would. Terrible experience. Complete money grab, I suggest you go anywhere else. 1. They have a specific weekly shirt for the teams that play that week, I tried to pre-order our shirt for June in early May and was not able to. Friday check in day I went to retail, and they said we needed to order the shirt through the QR code. They charged me $24 for the T-Shirt and $19.02 for shipping, when I brought this to the manager at the retail store I was told, it's UPS and we can't do anything. I sent an email to corporate office, and they can refund the shipping. 2. We were there a week when the high was only 67 degrees, so our boys were either freezing because to get air in bunk house the windows were open or closed and suffocating with no air flow. I do feel terrible for anyone that goes when it's hot. 3. The food? I think prison food is better. The concessions did not provide anything better. Terrible food and overpriced, $3.50 for a bag of chips, not a party size bag and snack size bag. 4. Customer Service, NOPE you can tell they know they have you because you can't go anywhere else and that is exactly how they treat you. 5. Opening Ceremonies were cheesy, did not start even close to on time. The men with the microphones obviously like listening to their own voices. It lasted an hour longer than need be. 6. The showers and bathrooms for players are disgusting so make sure you bring shower shoes and swim trunks to shower. I was told 2nd hand that two 12-year boys were caught full on making out in the showers. Where was their coach? 7. The teams are NOT matched up evenly, there is nothing to stop a coach from putting together a group of 12-year-old Majors players to win the whole tournament. We saw players coming in on Monday to join teams after pool play. They make your team play until the end of the 4th even when the score is 31-0. It's humiliating for the players. 8. Parent dug out is terrible, so glad I spent that much money to barely even see my son play. read more

Great experience for the kids. Food was ok. Nothing different that what you could expect at an amusement park, but that is something you can look over for a week when your kid is having a life time experience. read more

What to say about this.... If your 11-12yr old kid plays any type of baseball you need to bring them even if they aren't that good this will make their childhood read more

Great experience for my son and the whole family. The town was really nice too. Also, we split a house with twother families that was on 200 acres with a spring fed pond. So when weren't watching baseball we were fishing are making a fire and grilling read more

First off i am writing this review as a parent and coach. 1. Barracks- no a.c., if it is a HOT week you are in trouble. Fans don't do anything when it's near 80 @ night. It happens. 2. The food. Is it food? I will attach a picture. Think school lunch pushed down a notch or 3. The only decent meal was lunch - good cold cuts. 3. Fields are ok, nothing amazing. Baseball heaven and diamond nation are better. Dirt patches in field, turf too close to field of play, ect. 4. Batting cages are terrible. Picture attached. For the 1.5 million or so they make JUST in registration, they should be embarrassed. 5. Concession stands- how they further rip off kids looking for a better breakfast or dinner. 6. Golf carts run through the facility with reckless abandon! 2 parents from my team were struck by carts. Out of control! I gave 3 stars because my son had a good time playing baseball. But he also likes playing baseball in our own town. :) Make sure your team doesn't flood the market with too many pins, they won't be as "valuable". read more

Cooperstown Dreams Park - Batting cage rug. Really? Spend $5 for a piece of turf!! - Sports Clubs Near Me - Cooperstown, New York

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My son's baseball team played here for a week in August. It costs about $900 to play ball here but includes bunk bed lodging, 2 sets of uniforms, school lunch type meals, baseball caps, baseball cards and a class ring. They also received free admission and shuttle to Baseball Hall of Fame museum in Cooperstown. Now you are part of the National Youth Hall of Fame for baseball. Our team played 8 games this week and won one game. The competition is high as there are elite baseball clubs from all over US that come here. My son did hit 3 home runs this week over the 200 foot fences. Pros: free parking and admission, golf cart shuttle if you are too tired to walk, concessions were reasonably priced and the gift shop. Kids enjoyed pin trading. Cons: opening ceremony was too long and boring, closing ceremony also, spectator seating was along 1st base or third baseline and you had to stack these plastic chairs up like barstools or stand to see, fake ugly geranium hanging baskets were tacky, most food in concessions was microwaved, only one entrance and exit. The kids saw a mouse in field 19 spectator area. They take pictures of kids playing baseball all week but a 4×6 is $8 and there are no specials or deals. Tips: Allow 30 minutes for parking and walking to game. There are 22 fields and 3 parking lots. Get rid of security stop at entrances and exit as it served no purpose other than to slow down cars or add another exit. There were signs for no bringing in food or drink but it wasn't enforced. Just keep your bag from the gift shop all week. Overall my son had a good time. read more

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"Disneyland for Little Leaguers" about sums it up. My son and I did our week here earlier this summer... him on the team, me as one of the dorm dad assistant coaches. He absolutely loved it and will always remember it. I enjoyed getting to watch him and his friends in the experience. Plusses: - All the benefits of sleep-away camp, but with your teammates - Fields are immaculate; better than any I've seen outside MLB - Exposure to teams from all around the country - Military efficiency keeps things humming and clean for 1400+ campers and coaches - For Dads: watching your kid hang out with his buddies up close Minuses: - Barrack conditions and food get old real fast for the adults - Military and patriotic references are over the top - Every team buying its own sheets, fans and coolers is annoying and wasteful - Day 1 (Saturday) is extremely tedious; not a fun way to start Things to consider if you're going: - Arrive Saturday; there's nothing to do until Saturday afternoon - Be prepared to check out Wednesday or Thursday. If your team loses early, you may not want 48 extra hours in the barracks. - Plan a couple of mid-tourney meals off-campus; it's good for everyone to get out of there for a little while. read more

Cooperstown Dreams Park - Marching to the welcome tent - Sports Clubs Near Me - Cooperstown, New York

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Incredible baseball experience thus far, we are about half way through it. The fields are immaculate and seating for parents is great. Staff is very professional and from the top down there is a very patriotic and old school values system that is appreciated! This is not an inexpensive ordeal, but it so far has been worth it. After being here 4 days I'm even more impressed. This place is like the Disney land of baseball. Staff is very impressive and on the ball. Everything is clean and neat. Kudos to the EMTs here they respond immediately and are very close and ready for anything. read more

Cooperstown Dreams Park - Field 5 at the dream park - Sports Clubs Near Me - Cooperstown, New York

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My younger brother and his team played here in the middle of June. My entire family went on this vacation. The cabins had a baseball player on the outside. My mom, sister, and I stayed down the street at a bed and breakfast. My dad and brother were in the cabin. The atmosphere of CDP brings such a happy vibe. I love the music played around the park. There were concession stands everywhere and the selection was good. The pizza is amazing. CDP was clean and I mean VERY clean. Not once did I see trash on the ground. The fields are nice. There are chairs you can sit in where families watch. I wish I can go back next year but my brother will be too old hahahah. read more

Cooperstown Dreams Park - Sports Clubs Near Me - Cooperstown, New York

If your child has a chance to come here to play baseball for a week, do it. This place runs weekly tournaments through the summer. Teams stay together with their coaches in the barracks. It is a fun camp experience for the kids. The place is run like a well-oiled machine. From dropping off your kids, to the opening and closing ceremonies, the staff has it organized well to accommodate the thousands of people there. The fields are beautiful and small (lots of home runs!). Some of your games will be photographed and, of course, you can purchase live action shots of your son at a hefty price. We lucked out with the weather and only had one rain delay. But they will do their best to get all if the games in - there was a 2am game the week before. Lots of fields are spread out over this facility, but there are plenty of golf carts to shuttle the grandparents to the outlying fields. Obviously, the location also gives baseball fans a chance to see the Hall of Fame. The only negative was the owner. He was pretty egotistical and loved to talk about himself. He went on and on for way too long during the opening ceremony. When he ventured into politics, I was done with him! read more

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We had an amazing time, my son loved the experience! Every field is beautifully kept , staff is helpful and nice. I appreciated the golf cart type vehicles used to transport families back and forth in this gigantic park. I absolutely loved that they allowed me to take pictures ,some of which I posted here , and concessions and souvenirs were not as expensive as I thought . If there was one negative thing I could add it's in regards to the players food . It's not enough, all portions are the same no matter how big or small the players are, and if you happen to be playing at the time of a meal, then you miss out , yes even dinner . So eventhough food was included, we still had to buy food for them after a few games so they wouldn't go to bed hungry. Other than that it was amazing ! read more

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This is Baseball Disney and if you ever have an opportunity to take your child here do it! This was a first class experience and they take all the necessary steps to ensure everyone has a memorable time. read more

Absolutely worth the trip to New York. The boys loved it and had a spectacular time. My ONLY conplaint would be the rude, surly kids working in the concession stands. They barely acknowledged the people in line ("Hi, how are you?"). The profanity and rude behavior I observed at most of the concession stands was at the very least, poor customer service skills, and more importantly a display of very poor people skills. There needs to be an adult present in each of these food stands. read more

Cooperstown Dreams Park is absolutely amazing! I had a ton of fun, and I wish I could go back to play. The organization and almost everything the staff does is AMAZING. The only bad thing is the food, but if you bring your own snacks, and have good food, it will be amazing! read more

Cooperstown Dreams Park - The enterance - Sports Clubs Near Me - Cooperstown, New York

An outstanding baseball experience! From a parent of a participant -- really terrific experience. safe, friendly, clean. All well executed by the CDP staff. Snack bars well run and not too expensive - could easily be set up to gouge. Overall terrific experience as a parent, a baseball fan and just a visitor. read more

Cooperstown Dreams Park - Sports Clubs Near Me - Cooperstown, New York

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This place is awesome! If you love baseball and you've never experienced playing here you missed out! Unfortunately I'm a dad that missed out on Cooperstown as a kid. However I still played baseball growing up and I love the game probably just as much as the locals here in the birthplace of baseball! My son didn't actually play here. He was down the street in Allstar Village. However his friend did play here. We came to support him and a few others that we knew on the team. Me and the kids father coached a little league team together and also won a championship together! So it's only right we pull up and support our friends! Also offer our support to baseball players and other people that share the same passion about baseball as we do! It's a Very high competition level style tournament. I'd recommend checking it out if you have a traveling ball club... or if your just a tourist in town for the Hall of Fame. Which is very conveniently located right down the street! But don't take my word for it! Get on down there and see for yourself! read more

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Hands down, they put together the best 12U baseball Tournament experience you can imagine. Everything they do, they do with class and attention to detail. The facilities are pristine and the staff is very friendly. They set the absolute Gold Standard in this industry! read more

Worst run tournament ever. Perfect Game puts them to shame as PG cares about players health. Cooperstown has no pitch limits maybe they also get a cut from Tommy John surgery. Also no bat rules. Shaved bat, rolled bat or any abt deemed illegal by all sanctioning body no problem. Guess more important that a kid hit a home run on at 12u on fields built for ten year olds. This facility hypes as baseball friendly but only thing missing on the walls around the field is the barbed wire. read more

An awesome experience for a 12 year old baseball player at a well run baseball camp. We had 3 days of rain, but managed to fit in our games. Those games were played in pouring down rain with temp in 50s and as late as 11:30 pm. Tough conditions for both players and watching parents. We found ourselves shivering in the cold and space heaters would have helped in the dugout and the spectator area. The discount stores in town had a big run on cold weather gear. The opening ceremony is way too long! Dreams Park needs to cut it down. Sure, it is patriotic, but there is little focus on the young players. The players got to march in at the very end. They had to wait outside the stadium the whole time. It was boring for them. They didn't even get to see the parachute team land which would have been exciting for 12 year olds. The ceremony has too much focus on parents and grandparents, even getting them up to dance. Then a lot of time was spent introducing each key employee of the park, even the laundry guy. Dream Park needs to recommend to coaches that their teams bring nice looking banners for opening ceremonies. This identifies their teams when they march into the ceremonies. Some had to improvise with makeshift banners. read more

Horribly managed. We've heard all the stories about how great this place is. We were there the wee of June 27-July 3 2015. It was the worst experience we've had in 7 years of playing ball. They say they guarantee 7 games. BS. We as well as many others got 3 in including brackets. AllStar park right around the corner got all of there games in and had a very successful tournament with the same weather. Maybe their is staffing problems but all I know is that our team spent well over $100k with travel, lodging, rental cars, fees to the park. They had no tarps for the fields. 24 fields got wet and all games were cancelled for the remainder of the day, 4 days in a row. The sun came out by 5 every one of these days and stayed clear all through the evening and night. Definitely not a place that I'll bring my younger kids to nor refer anyone we know. Don't go!! There are too many other options. Tried to speak with Geoff Davis and Lou "Coach" Presutti and got no where. It was what it was. The bracket play game we did get to play had the ump the team brought we were to play in the coming up bracket game. It was a tight good game but the last two innings it was very obvious who the ump wanted his team to play. Stay away at all costs. It will save you a ton of time. We played 3 games in 6 days....... read more

Don't know if this is a baseball camp or a tournament site but I'm reviewing CDP as a visitor, watching a friends kid play baseball. I'm fairly sure this is privately owned by a family and you can see the pride of ownership in the facility. 20+ ballfields run by a very friendly staff and amazingly clean - this place is extremely well managed. Concesssion stands are extremley cheap and the food is very good. You can even watch the games on CDP's website if you aren't actually at the facility. My only knock is that the opening ceremony was way too long. This place is top notch. read more

Only word is amazing! The fields, the people, the spirit, the organization, nothing else like it! Worth every penny if you love baseball, and it is a vacation like no other. Memories for a lifetime are made here. read more

We are having a wonderful experience this week. The boys played 3 games a day because of weather coming this way. It's Tues and we are playing tournament bracket games already. The owner we have found to be very gracious. This is a trip our boys and us parents will never forget. read more