Timber Lake West reviews

CampRatingz rating: 4.0 / 5 · 34 ratings

26 reviews from families.

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Review posted 1/27/12

Originally posted on CampRatingz.com

Staff
1 / 5
Activities
1 / 5
Facilities
1 / 5
Monetary Value
1 / 5
Personal Attention
1 / 5

Without going into specific details, as I know kids view this site, I was severely traumatized by my summer here many years ago. It was the first sleep away camp experience I had ever had, and it was also the last. I am 30 now, and I was a camper here at age 8, so I assume the same people aren't running it, which is a good thing. I just hope their policies have changed as well. A very happy, well adjusted child started camp, but a very different child came home from it. I know that not all campers had my experience ; my cousin, for instance, had a great time when he went a year before me. But the experience was so bad for me that now, 22 years later, I still am not over it. Parents, PLEASE be careful who you let take care of your kids for the summer.

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Review posted 1/27/11

Originally posted on CampRatingz.com

Staff
4 / 5
Activities
4 / 5
Facilities
4 / 5
Monetary Value
5 / 5
Personal Attention
5 / 5

This camp is great!! My first year was fun but I have to say, I had a better time the next year!! There are so many great kids there!! Sometimes the activities can be annoying and so are the counselers but all together its really fun. I give it a thumbs up, you should totally send your kids here!

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Review posted 10/27/08

Originally posted on CampRatingz.com

Staff
4 / 5
Activities
4 / 5
Facilities
5 / 5
Monetary Value
1 / 5
Personal Attention
2 / 5

kids were so rude!!! at least all the girls born in 1997 are jappy!!! the activities were awesome and so were the counselors but, 99.9999999999999999999999999999999999999999% were from long island and japppppppppppppyyyyyyyyyyyy

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Review posted 9/11/08

Originally posted on CampRatingz.com

Staff
5 / 5
Activities
5 / 5
Facilities
5 / 5
Monetary Value
4 / 5
Personal Attention
5 / 5

this is the best camp - everyone is fabulous, the staff LOVE the kids and the kids feel like home. there is something for everyone. my kids have spent 3 summers there and will probably stay until their last moment and return as counselors

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Review posted 7/31/08

Originally posted on CampRatingz.com

Staff
5 / 5
Activities
5 / 5
Facilities
5 / 5
Monetary Value
5 / 5
Personal Attention
5 / 5

omg tlw. timber LAKE WEST IS THE BEST ITS SO GOOD BRING YOUR CHILD HERE IMMEDIATELY, YEA IS SOO GOOD TLW=LIFE SENIORS 08!

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Review posted 4/30/08

Originally posted on CampRatingz.com

Staff
5 / 5
Activities
5 / 5
Facilities
5 / 5
Monetary Value
5 / 5
Personal Attention
5 / 5

WWWWOOOOOOWWWWWW TLW is the best camp in the world all the fun packed into 4 weeks! you have memeriess of a life time and make a bunch of new friends!! tlw is NOT jappy so dont say it is nobody even cares how u look when u walk out of the bunk in the inside it only matters whats ur attuitude. Soooo if u are looking for the summer or a life time TLW is the camp to go tooo!!!!

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Review posted 4/27/08

Originally posted on CampRatingz.com

Staff
5 / 5
Activities
5 / 5
Facilities
5 / 5
Monetary Value
5 / 5
Personal Attention
5 / 5

My son went to this camp for the first time last year. He came home LOVING the camp and counting down the days until this summer. He had an amazing summer. I have dealt with Nancy (head for girls) even though I have a boy and she is THE BEST! Very caring and Luke is head for the boys and also WONDERFUL I have only good things to say about this camp...no, only Great things! TLW ROCKS!

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Review posted 4/13/08

Originally posted on CampRatingz.com

Staff
1 / 5
Activities
1 / 5
Facilities
1 / 5
Monetary Value
1 / 5
Personal Attention
1 / 5

so bad i had the worst time. dont go its a waste of money. everyone in the camp is mean and thinks there all that. go to a camp that makes you happy not like this camp. i didnnt have fun one day

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Review posted 3/29/08

Originally posted on CampRatingz.com

Staff
5 / 5
Activities
5 / 5
Facilities
5 / 5
Monetary Value
5 / 5
Personal Attention
5 / 5

wow this camp is the best!! its so funn and everyone is soo nicee!!the counslers are always helpful, and you will always find something fun to do!

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Review posted 3/6/08

Originally posted on CampRatingz.com

Staff
5 / 5
Activities
5 / 5
Facilities
5 / 5
Monetary Value
5 / 5
Personal Attention
5 / 5

This will be my third year. Always have a great time. Was sick one time, medical staff was great. I go second session. Love it, consider it my home away from home. You learn things you will keep with you for your entire life.

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Review posted 2/2/08

Originally posted on CampRatingz.com

Staff
5 / 5
Activities
5 / 5
Facilities
5 / 5
Monetary Value
5 / 5
Personal Attention
5 / 5

Timber Lake West.Not just a camp . a home. Were people join together and make lifelong friendships. Leaving camp is sad but I know that friends will be sure to camp back for a great summer at Timber Lake West! BEST CAMP EVERRR!!!! <33333 =] I HAD THE BEST TIMES HERE AND MADE AMAZING FRIENDSHIPS THAT WILL LAST A LIFETIME!

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Review posted 12/15/07

Originally posted on CampRatingz.com

Staff
4 / 5
Activities
3 / 5
Facilities
5 / 5
Monetary Value
5 / 5
Personal Attention
5 / 5

I ABSOLUTLEY LOVE TLW <3 IT'S WHAT I LOOK FOWARD TO ALL YEARR. THE PEOPLE ARE REALLY NICE AND I HAVE THE BEST FRIENDS. I ALSO CAN BELIEVE BOB AND ALICE ARE LEAVING D: SO SAD D: TLW is the best and not so jappy. 2nd session collegietes 08 FTW

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Review posted 12/13/07

Originally posted on CampRatingz.com

Staff
5 / 5
Activities
5 / 5
Facilities
5 / 5
Monetary Value
5 / 5
Personal Attention
5 / 5

TLW IS MY HOME WHATS UR PROBLEM PEOPLE WHO SAID IT IS BAD YOU ALL R SOOO PICKY GO TO SOME JAP CAMP IF YOU WANT A HOTEL BUT THIS IS THE BEST CAMP EVER! I GO SECOND SESSION AND I AM NOT JAPPY AND OBNOXIS LIKE 1ST SESSION YEAH SECCOND SESSION WHOOOO

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Review posted 11/4/07

Originally posted on CampRatingz.com

Staff
5 / 5
Activities
5 / 5
Facilities
5 / 5
Monetary Value
5 / 5
Personal Attention
5 / 5

this was the most bst choice ive ever made to go to tlw it was the greatest 4weeks of my life i am planning to go back every single summer i am obsesed with this camp tlw is my 2 home and i will never forget it

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Review posted 9/19/07

Originally posted on CampRatingz.com

Staff
5 / 5
Activities
5 / 5
Facilities
5 / 5
Monetary Value
5 / 5
Personal Attention
5 / 5

OMG I luvvv TLW its my home away from home. I despise evryone on this list who says they hate it the staff if great u make BFFS and you have a blast!! I wish I could spend all year there so much good things 2 say evryyear on the first day I cry of joy and on the last day i cry of sorry.

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Review posted 8/29/07

Originally posted on CampRatingz.com

Staff
5 / 5
Activities
5 / 5
Facilities
5 / 5
Monetary Value
5 / 5
Personal Attention
5 / 5

Great friends from different places, new oppurtunities to meet people, counslers from America and everywhere else, great choice of activities from arts to mountain biking to rock wall to traditional team sports. Best place on Earth. Will go back again and again. Expensive, but great monetary value because it is totally worth it. B-11 1st session 2007, best bunk in camp.

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Review posted 7/21/07

Originally posted on CampRatingz.com

Staff
4 / 5
Activities
4 / 5
Facilities
4 / 5
Monetary Value
4 / 5
Personal Attention
3 / 5

i went to this camp for 4 years. these were probably the best summers of my life. I have to admit, around the 4th summer , my friends started to turn on me. i ended up not going back to tlw, but that was my own opinion. this camp was life. the counselors were very nicee and understanding and the head staff was always lending a helping hand. This is an extremely safe camp where all of the fun is packed into 4 weeks. i made amazing friendships and memories that will last a life time. you will feel safe sending your child to tlw, i know my parents did. it is a place of friendship, laughter, memories and fun. TLW IS the BEST sleepaway camp<3

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Review posted 6/25/07

Originally posted on CampRatingz.com

Staff
5 / 5
Activities
4 / 5
Facilities
4 / 5
Monetary Value
5 / 5
Personal Attention
5 / 5

DA BEST!! U CANT NOT GO TO THIS CAMP!!!! U MAKE SOOOOOOOOOOO MUCH FRIENDS AND THE STAFF IS GREAT! I LOV IT!

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Review posted 5/12/07

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Staff
2 / 5
Activities
1 / 5
Facilities
3 / 5
Monetary Value
1 / 5
Personal Attention
1 / 5

I went to this camp for a year, and hated it soo much. All the girls in my bunk were so unbelievably jappy and rude, and once when we actually got to play a sport, which was soccer, the ball was kicked to a girl and she picked it up! This was first session, where the girls are cliquey and obnoxious, but my friend loves second session. After such a horrible summer i went to trails end, and now i love it there.

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Review posted 1/1/07

Originally posted on CampRatingz.com

Staff
5 / 5
Activities
5 / 5
Facilities
5 / 5
Monetary Value
5 / 5
Personal Attention
5 / 5

i have been going to timber lake west for many years and found that it has really changed me. Friends i never thought i would meet are now closer than anyone else i know. the people that you meet will always stay with you and these summers have become the highlights of my year.

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Review posted 10/30/06

Originally posted on CampRatingz.com

Staff
5 / 5
Activities
5 / 5
Facilities
5 / 5
Monetary Value
5 / 5
Personal Attention
5 / 5

I can not imagine a better place to spend my childhood and much of my adult life so far. A true summer home where the only wish is that summer would never end. The people and the place are truely one of a kind.

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Review posted 10/30/06

Originally posted on CampRatingz.com

Staff
5 / 5
Activities
5 / 5
Facilities
5 / 5
Monetary Value
5 / 5
Personal Attention
5 / 5

Spent my entire childhood there and much more after..,it is a place where you form a family that will last a lifetime..and friends for eternity..

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Review posted 10/12/06

Originally posted on CampRatingz.com

Staff
5 / 5
Activities
5 / 5
Facilities
5 / 5
Monetary Value
5 / 5
Personal Attention
5 / 5

timber lake west is the best camp a kid could ask for =D. it was my first summer this year and i'm definately coming back. i love how it is a four week camp, and you can choose session one or two. i made so many friends, and i can not wait until summer of 2007. COLLIGENTS OF 07 BABY . CAN'T WAIT. <3i love you tlw.

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Review posted 9/30/06

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Staff
3 / 5
Activities
2 / 5
Facilities
3 / 5
Monetary Value
2 / 5
Personal Attention
1 / 5

it was my first summer at tlw, and i got homesick a lot my counslors ignored me and told others to ignore me to, at least my friends helped me out and got nancy who is the best!!!! she really helped me through it all. im not sure that i will go back, i made great friends but i dont want to go through the same homesickness again.

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Review posted 8/28/06

Originally posted on CampRatingz.com

Staff
4 / 5
Activities
4 / 5
Facilities
4 / 5
Monetary Value
4 / 5
Personal Attention
3 / 5

I have been at this camp for many many many years. Started at a little one and moved my way up the ranks and have worked there now forseveral summers. I love it. My home away from home. Great way to meet freinds from all over the world. Seriously, a great place.

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Review posted 6/21/06

Originally posted on CampRatingz.com

Staff
5 / 5
Activities
5 / 5
Facilities
5 / 5
Monetary Value
5 / 5
Personal Attention
5 / 5

TIMBER LAKE WEST IS AMAZING!! ITS THE BEST CAMP EVERRR!! AHHHHH I LOVE TLW!!! AHHH I LIVE FOR TLW!! IM GANNA MARRY TLW!!!! TLW 4EVERRRR seniors 06 are ganna rockk off your socksss. We're cool so love us. Weeeehhhhhheeee!

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