Vinny 500

Review of Ace Adventure Resort

The rafting trip was well worth it, and our river ...

The rafting trip was well worth it, and our river guide (Andrew C.) was absolutely phenomenal! The trip down the upper and lower New River was tailored the way we wanted it, and he was extremely informative. Be sure to ask for him by name!
The accommodations were good, especially given how far out of the way the site is. We got a 2 bedroom chalet with a hot tub, and it had all of the usual items you would expect from a hotel. Be careful about what chalet/cottage you choose, as ours only had one bathroom. With 2 adults and 2 teens, it took a little bit of time management to get everyone in and out. Our cottage had a little mouse visitor that was able to enjoy some of our chocolate, but the front desk quickly gave us some passive traps to get rid of him. Again, considering the location, a mouse was the least of our worries with wildlife.
The kids played in the water park after rafting, and we were able to watch them from the shore/eating deck with no problem. They do serve beer and wine, which helps with relaxing.
There is WiFi around the restaurant area, but it is very slow. And cell service is almost non-existent. So if you re looking to go and spend quality time with your tablet, computer, or phone, you can just forget it!!!
Our package included food and gratuities the entire time we were there. I am dead serious when I say the food was phenomenal!!! Everything from a complete spit-bbq pig, brisket, salmon, chicken, if you can think of it, they have it! And it is done extremely well. We were very pleasantly surprised by this. The lunch on the rafting trip is also very good, as it was done by the same kitchen that makes all of your other meals.

Here is the only complaint about the entire package....

We were scheduled for rafting Saturday and water park that evening. Check out was at 10:00 am on Sunday, but our zipline canopy tour didn t start until 1:15pm. So that gave us 3 hours of water park if we wanted it. The only problem with that is there would be no way of showering or drying off due to the early check out.
This can all be avoided if you make sure to get an earlier zip line tour the day you check out. We opted not to go on ours, and just headed back home. Lesson learned.

Overall, this place is great. I recommend it for anyone and everyone! I did not give it 5 stars because that would emply absolute vacation perfection, and they just aren t quite there yet.