Mission Bay RV Resort

They don't allow Pop-ups....RV's only.

Our stay was okay. We came to San Diego for the Zoo, Balboa park, bay, etc so we needed to stay in a location close to those attractions. This place gets 5 stars for location. Understandably it is over priced (due to the location) but you’d think after paying $90 minimal a night for the most basic parking spot you’d get something worth it...literally a parking lot, super close to neighbors, no pool, hot tub, activities, etc. Park has 3 areas with grass and your dog is not allowed on any of them...so you have to walk in small gravel areas and have them do their business there? Or walk a pretty good distance to the bay or off the property. Public bathrooms are okay, no dump station, 24 hour security which is fine but seems useless other than yelling at you about all the things you do wrong. ‘Can’t walk in the grass, can’t walk on the beach,’ blah blah. Park was quiet on a Monday and Tuesday and a lot of campers left which opened up some breathing room. Would not return, next time will just camp for free in the parking lot next to this ‘resort’ like the other full timers.

It has a couple trees on each side near the front of site but all the rest is a asphalt parking lot. Lines are painted to identify your site. Friendly staff and good location but over priced as there is no pool!

Our rate reflects the monthly 31 day discount for a ‘Super site.' Our site was only just big enough for us to park a 40’ 5th wheel, while still being able to open our small garage and squeeze in our F350. A full-sized toy hauler of our length would be out of luck. Most of my review will be an echo of what everyone else here has already stated with the addition of our own negative customer service experience impacting our overall rating.
Mission Bay RV is a large asphalt parking lot with minimal spacing and no privacy. The sites are level and while the utilities worked fine, some may find their placement inconvenient (power and water at the far back, sewer off to the side toward the middle). This is not what most people would consider a resort- there are no special amenities and is by all means, basic. However, the location is good for exploring San Diego as long as you are willing to drive (3-10 miles to the beach/restaurants/downtown), Uber/Lyft, or walk/bike some (the nearest beach and restaurants are a minimum 2.5 miles). We expected the camping to be a bit noisy, and it was sometimes. We had great neighbors, but we also listened to rigs get power-washed, someone leaf blowing the dirt around their rig, etc., and make no mistake, your neighbors can hear you sneeze or listen to your TV show.
The park felt very safe (no one seems worried about leaving stuff around outside), and we found both the security guards and staff to be friendly, often going out of their way to wave and say ‘hello.’ The entire RV park is surrounded by a fence dividing the CG from a condemned mobile home park. This is where I walked our dog, and the first few times around, I found it a little creepy, empty homes in various states of disrepair including broken windows and doors. However, over the course of a month I never saw any reason to be concerned, and it’s probably more of an eyesore than a safety issue because of the vigilance of the security folks.
There are washers/dryers and bathrooms on site, and while I peaked, we didn’t use them. They both seemed clean but dated, and there are only a few washers/dryers as another reviewer mentioned. We were told that the Wifi was useless (by the staff and other campers), so we didn’t bother, but our Verizon worked fairly well with some lagging around prime hours. There isn’t anywhere to walk a dog within the CG, but there was a path just outside the park along the bay that worked just fine (mentioned above) or the Mission Bay trail is available for dogs before 9am or after 4pm/6pm (depending on the month). The park does allow package delivery, sometimes it goes directly to your site, sometimes the office, but UPS, FedEx, Amazon, and USPS (not individual pieces of mail) are allowed.
I agree with what most everyone has said about this place, and we went in with those expectations… it’s an expensive asphalt lot, convenient for exploring San Diego. However, we had an unpleasant customer service experience during our stay which definitely downgraded our experience. We were provided with some incorrect site/park information, a staff member failed to follow-up as promised, and then that person became needlessly defensive instead of offering to help make it right or even a simple ‘sorry’ or ‘our mistake.’ The lack of care and courtesy changed our attitude from planning our return stay here to choosing other options. That said, we would consider staying here again.

We stayed here for a month in December 2018 and 2 months in November/December 2019. Yes, it's a parking lot! But is a good place for us to spend our month+ home town visit to San Diego.

Pros:
1. It's very convenient for my wife's office so it helps with traffic when she has to go in.
2. The closed mobile home park next door has a path around it along the edge of the bay, it is a great place to walk the dogs in the morning and it's the thing for us that makes this park worth staying at.
3. Create access to just about everything.
4. They accept mail at the office, so it's a good place for us to catch our breath from moving every 1-2 weeks for the rest of the year.
5. If it rains you will appreciate that hard surface, but in the summer it won't rain because it's San Diego!

Cons:
1. It's basically a parking lot.
2. The premium spaces we use (45ft coach) are pretty good, but many of the other spaces are tight so there are a lot of people in a small space. Don't like crowds!
3. Price is not that bad for a 30-day stay, but it would be more than we would pay for a day rate.

Alternatives. We have stated at Santee Lakes and it's a nice place. If you are here for a touristy thing then take a look at places like San Elijo State Park provided that you can book 6-months ahead.

Campland bought Mission Bay RV resort as I understand. Mission Bay does not, at this time, have the amenities that Campland has-no pool, marina, arcade, etc-however, Mission Bay guests may use Campland during their stay-plus if you're into those things. We drove through Campland a couple times during our 3 month stay and it was BUSY! I was happy to be at Mission Bay where things were pretty quiet. We used the laundry room and enjoyed our site near the bay to drop in our kayaks several times. It's a parking lot with hook ups but it's clean, quiet, and safe. Their cable is very spotty as is the cell service but from my understanding cell service is bad throughout this area.

It's basically a clean parking lot with 24 hr security. Amenities are poor for the price, bathrooms and laundry are outdated. But the location is fantastic! I'm not sure who's going to San Diego to stay in the RV park, mostly we're out on the town/beaches (which is why 24 hr security is great). The hookups were all adequate and spacing is typical. Lots of reviewers and residents have stories about the evolving lease situation, Campland, and the vacant mobile home parks next door; But as of now its a quieter, bare-bones alternative to Campland, which is great for us. The rates and rules are always evolving, but it's usually cheaper to get the monthly rate, and almost everyone leaves in the summer due to ridiculous rate hike. We checked out all the other local parks and this is basically it, most parks are either more expensive state parks, seasonal parks, or full with long term residents.

Labor Day Weekend stay... we left Los Angeles to escape the heat wave. Arrived at 9pm and was pleasantly surprised with the vibe (glow lights everywhere, music, drinking). Definitely not your typical camping experience... more of a parking lot beach party vibe. There is a bike path nearby that is awesome for young kids.

Location is great and convenient.

The daily rate quoted reflects the monthly rate divided by 31 days. The actual daily rate for the bay front sites is around $100/ night.

This RV park was never fancy and based on the facilities never deserved the “Resort” designation but its location on Mission Bay and proximity to the Pacific Beach neighborhood outweighs the inferior quality of the facilities and sites. We have been coming here for several years and we noted with some disappointment this year that the park appears to be shifting from an RV park catering to travelers and tourists to one that caters more to a full-time local workforce. Unfortunately the cost of housing in this part of the country is out of reach for more and more working folks who need to find an affordable place to live. And with monthly site rents in in this park in the range $1,000 to $1,500, it is considerably more affordable to live in your camper in this (and other) RV park than to rent an apartment (forget home ownership!) So this seems to be what is happening here. There is either a three or six month stay limit (the printed rules are somewhat ambiguous) and thus many of the residents will move to another RV park in the area when their time is up. In the interim, they live here among the traveling and vacationing RVers and go to work every day.

Despite the shifting nature of the residents, who are by and large honest hard working folks who happen to live in an unaffordable part of the country, we feel completely safe here. And we will return for our annual visit because we value the location. Just be prepared not to be surrounded by retirees and people on vacation.

We did notice that the Verizon service was slower this year than in the past. We can’t be sure if this reflects some short or long term issue with Verizon in this area. I was able to stream video however.

The spots are clean, it’s nearly got it’s own private beach on the bay and I don’t even mind that the spots are all asphalt. The issues I have are ZERO cell service for AT&T and Verizon, which makes working from home a challenge. Also, you have to leave for 24 hours after 30 days (which I think is a great rule) but not everyone has to leave. The people I can only assume are living there, with an actual couch on their patio area, don’t have to leave and they’re the ones that should have to pack their mess up and leave for 24 hours. And the noise, I swear none of the kids living there full-time go to school and we were stuck next to a family of 7 that kicked their kids out of their trailer at 7:30am and didn’t let them back in until 8:30pm. Just get used to saying to people on the phone (or in a meeting) “sorry for the noise...”