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Colonel Williams Lake George Motel and Resort: Traveller Reviews

1787 Historic Drive, (State Route 9), Lake George, NY 12845
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Colonel Williams Lake George Motel and Resort
Ranked #62 of 82 hotels in Lake George
3.0 of 5 stars 65 Reviews
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Worcester, Massachusetts
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“It really is a strict rule place.”
3 of 5 stars Reviewed 29 August 2011
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We stayed here in July 2011 for 5 nights....you read these other reviews and think okay, the kids must be unruly...but it's true. the place is nice...you know why...becuase you can't use it. Its like you are staying at someone's house.
You are walked to your hotel room, the person at check in shows you where to park your car. Which is nice to know you have an assigned spot.
however....you can't walk on the grass to get to the playground. they sprayed pesticide the day we were there so we couldn't even use the playground.
the close the pool early if no one is there...so don't plan on a swim after dinner. they claim the state regulates the pool rules but all the other hotels in the area can be open after 6 pm. they say the indoor pool is open until 7 or 8 but again if no one is there at 6 pm ( when you are at dinner) they shut it down for the night.
my daughter got sick one night and we needed extra towels and they owner was so rude about us asking for extras. I am not sure why they are in this business.
if you don't have kids and just need a place to stay you'll be fine...but think twice before taking your kids...you'll be stressed out worry about doing something wrong and having them watch you!
One more thing we didn't see a video room,... i think it was locked the whole time.

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  • Stayed July 2011, travelled with family
    • 4 of 5 stars Value
    • 4 of 5 stars Sleep Quality
    • 4 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 3 of 5 stars Service
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“Worst ever!”
1 of 5 stars Reviewed 26 August 2011
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Worst ever!! Owners yelled at us, chased us down with golf carts and accused us of having too many people in the room. Would NEVER stay there again! At 130 a night it is a huge waste of money!

  • Stayed August 2011
    • 1 of 5 stars Value
    • 3 of 5 stars Location
    • 1 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 4 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 1 of 5 stars Service
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“Worst Hotel Ever - Don't Do It!!! Owner is a Creep!”
1 of 5 stars Reviewed 23 August 2011
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Where to start...From the outside it looks like a fabulous place to stay. Looks can be deceiving. Yes the ground are well kept and the pool is nice and the playground for the children is very cool, but the owners are completely crazy. Upon check in I was read the riot act. Don't do this, don't do that. Blah blah blah...I felt like I was a teenager on a field trip. 35 by the way. So after check in Mrs Colonel led us to our room. Seemed like a nice touch, but the only reason for this was to make sure that we parked correctly and in the right spot. Which made her seem even more crazy because there were no other vehicles in site. I guess this should have been a sign.

We get to the room and the rules are reviewed one more time. No coolers in the room...no juice boxes...my wife and I couldn't use the pool alone, no guest allowed unless they paid a 45 dollar per day resort fee...on and on and on. Phew....all this and I haven't even seen the room yet. Let me tell you about the room. Small small small. Double bed as hard as rock and we had to go into the bathroom sideways because the door would only open halfway. Towels were so thin I would have been better off using bounty sheets. The shower couldn't decide whether it wanted to be ice cold or blistering hot with water pressure equivalent to me urinating. However at this point I'm really okay. I just figure, "well it's a small quaint mom and pop operation and I can overlook some of the short comings." Everything was okay for the next few days of our stay.

I found it a bit odd the colonel prowling the grounds on his little golf cart, but paid it no mind, until he chewed me out for getting some ice for my cooler...very small cooler...six pack size cooler. $130 a night and they can't provide their guests with a little ice....hmm. Next day we are visiting family across the way at the Whipper will---fantastic little place by the way---doesn't have the eye appeal of the Colonel Williams but owners are so hospitable. My wife goes back to our room to pick up some things and the colonel whips over in his little cart and proceeds to give her hell for us having too many people in our room. She's floored. It has only been the two of us at the resort the whole time we have been there, but because Mrs Colonel only gave us one key when we checked in, the colonel assumed there should be only one of us in the room. This man needs help. Again we just brush it off. We do however tell our travel agents about our experience and unfortunately they confront the owners before we check out.

Well...holy smoke. We have just finished loading the car and coming across the parking lot towards our room is the Colonel and Mrs Colonel. He barks, "do you have a problem with us!!!" I'm standing there like a deer in the headlights because I'm unaware that our agents had talked to him. Unaware I say, "well no sir not really, just a few concerns." I politely explain to him some of our issues including him confronting my wife about us having too many people in our room. He sticks his boney finger in my face and calls my wife a liar. Over and over again. I am a pretty calm person, but at this point I am ready to go all hockey on his butt and give him a good old fashion Canadian tune up. Of course being Canadian I do not...I try and calmly talk to him but he would not listen. He just provides us with insult after insult. He even threatens to call the police. This just blows me away. We have been ideal tenants. We were there to sleep and that's about it. We used the pool twice for 20 minutes at best. We were clean, quiet and paid in full up front. I hand him his room key and say, "thank you very much." He says, "yeah yeah yeah...Go back to Canada." I say, " thank you sir I will." So to my American friends I say, "stay away from the Colonel Williams Resort...he is giving Americans a bad name. To my Canadian friends I say, "Stay away, because he already doesn't like you." And to the Colonel and Mrs Colonel I say, "Thank you for opening my eyes...and helping me cross one more thing off the bucket list...No. 10 - Meet the biggest jerk in the world.

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  • Stayed August 2011, travelled with family
    • 1 of 5 stars Value
    • 1 of 5 stars Sleep Quality
    • 3 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 1 of 5 stars Service
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“Rude, non-friendly environment.”
1 of 5 stars Reviewed 9 August 2011
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When we first ckd in the man yelled @ my husband 4 pkng in the wrong spot (no signs posted anywhere). He went on complaining to my husband about how Americans don't vacation w/ their kids, then proceeded to rag on the Canadian patrons. When asked if they had any rooms w/ more then 2 drawers and a half closet we were asked to leave. The male owner made my son cry by telling us our children had to leave their playground. Nasty owners. Should really get out of the business. The ONLY thing that place had going 4 it was the immaculate grounds. What good is that if u're attitude and people/professional skills suck. NEVER go there.

  • Stayed August 2011
    • 1 of 5 stars Value
    • 3 of 5 stars Location
    • 4 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 5 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 1 of 5 stars Service
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“Nazi Williams Resort Absolutely Horrible Experience”
1 of 5 stars Reviewed 3 August 2011
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Horrendous musty odor. The owner rides around on his golf cart is completely unfriendly and seems to be watching everything you do. He is obsessed with rules (no one on the play ground before 9am' no juice boxes in fridge and two parents at the pool.) When I asked the owner about area attractions "nothings good up here". I watched the colonel act like a nazi with a older women who made the mistake of lounging poolside with out a bathing suit on.She was ordered out of area. Additionally the pillows were extremely small and thin and no ice was available.

  • Stayed August 2011, travelled with family
    • 1 of 5 stars Value
    • 1 of 5 stars Sleep Quality
    • 1 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 1 of 5 stars Service
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Address: 1787 Historic Drive, (State Route 9), Lake George, NY 12845
Price range (per night):* 102 AUD - 266 AUD

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