Steve Sleight

Review of Cheyenne Mountain Resort

We had a really great time at this resort. If I co...

We had a really great time at this resort. If I could give 4.5 stars out of five I would. We stayed 3 nights with a Colorado resident promotion that took 40% off the price. At that price, even with the extra resort fee, we felt like we got a great value. We had a 14 year old, an almost 9 year old, and a 3 year old with us, which obviously shaped our experience.

The Room
The room was a nice standard American hotel room. I did appreciate that they used pumps for the soap and shampoo in the shower... Seems so much less wasteful than the old individual bottles. Our room had a balcony, and even if the view wasn't great, it was nice to have the place to sit and relax. The beds were comfy. I think the only "complaint" I have with the room design is that I do enjoy rooms where the sink is actually next to the bathroom (or there is an extra one there), so it's a little less awkward to have multiple people using water. That's a pretty small nit though. The TV was pretty big, and appeared to have the HDMI ports available, so we could have brought our small blu-ray player with us to watch movies.

Our first room ended up having an air conditioner with a leaky condenser, so it dripped overnight and triggered my homeowner brain a bit (if you've ever dealt with water problems at home, you know what I mean). They moved us for our last night to a new room, which had a lovely view of the lake. It was a nice gesture.

The amenities
The only amenities we used were the water features. We spent time at the beach of the lake, the large pool immediately adjacent to the lake, and the resort pool. All were pretty great. The one disappointment in those features was that it's obvious that the lake shore is owned by a flock of geese. We didn't see any geese while we were there, but they had left a lot of evidence of their existence behind. I don't know if the resort rakes any of that up in the morning, but they might want to consider it. We built a couple of sand castles and tried to avoid the grosser areas. The water was not very clear next to the beach, but we are more pool people than lake people so we really can't say if it was normal or not.

The pools were both excellent. They were obviously well chlorinated, and we all had a great time swimming. Because we stayed through Monday morning, we basically had the resort pool to ourselves on Sunday afternoon. Awesome!

Food
We didn t eat much at the resort... The provided refrigerator was small but adequate for us to keep cold drinks inside. We did have some ice cream at the general store, and that was delicious!

Local area
I was fully expecting the resort to be in a secluded spot, with no access to external food, but that was not the case. There was a grocery store very close, and we also picked up Jimmy John's sandwiches and Little Caesars Pizza right next to the grocery store. A smaller Target store (limited groceries) was also fairly close, as well as a Noodles and Company, a Wendy's, and a McDonald's. When feeding kids, the option to eat some cheap fun food is nice to have.

Overall Experience
We had a great time. The only negative experiences we had related to the pinging air conditioning (we were told that someone would address it on the night we reported it, but they didn't show up until the next morning) and the epic amount of goose poop on the beach. There was a lot to do and a lot we never even got to, like the stand up paddle boards and the indoor pool and the spa, etc. At the discount price we received, it was a great deal. I'm not sure if I would feel the same way at full price, but hopefully this review is helpful in determining if this is a good fit for you and your family.