War Eagle Resort

nice float!

I will have to totally disagree with the other 2 reviews! We have stayed on the campground and had a wonderful time! There is always that one person or one group that always has to show out and personally I was so glad that there was a security guard there. If not for him, those that want to act like fools would be making everyone else miserable. The security guard was very professional and basically made sure everyone had a good time. Sometimes people drink way past there limit and get completely rude and obnoxious and need someone to pull them back to reality before they harm someone of themselves. War Eagle is actuaLly the best resort on the Illinois river. I've been to several of the other one's and there really is no comparison. The staff was great with our group. They were all so nice and friendly. We won't go anywhere else ever again. War Eagle is clean and they have everything you need right there. Family oriented, just a nice place to spend your vacation. We go every year and love it! Never have we had a bad time there.

Never stay here! We had a terrible experience with the old, senile security guard. He came over the first night and said we had to turn off the music and keep it down because quiet hours were at 11. We were not aware of quiet hours because we were never told of them. So we of course did beccause we are not rowdy, rude people. The next night at 11 everyone was inside except me and one other person. We were sitting at the picnic table talking. No music, no loud talking, just winding down. Here comes the security guard who says we need to keep it down. I said ok, but how are we being loud? He never could answer why he was harassing us but did keep threating to arrest me! He left and came back about 30 minutes later with a park ranger. The ranger said we all had to leave because the guard felt disrespected. He kept accusing of of setting off a truck alarm. We even told the ranger we had all drank throughout the day floating the river and felt it was really unsafe to make us leave. They didn't care. No remorse and no refund! Apparantly the senile security guard used to be a park ranger and recently retired. The thing is we stayed at a cabin across the street from the campgrounds and I know for a fact that on Saturday we did not break any quiet hours rules. This guy is crazy and on an ego trip. How you can be kicked out of a place, not refunded and threatened to be arrested all because of one old man's bruised ego is beyond me. To top it off the rate per night is very steep compared to the accomidations. The cabin is musty and old. The mattresses in the bunkbeds are disgusting. Trust me, there are way better places to stay! Don't let this nasty security guard or nasty cabin ruin your river trip like they did ours!!!!

Nice part of the river but the motel is a decent ways from the river, The rooms ac are on permanent eco mode and only come on for a few minutes, The room was hot and there is no fridge, microwave, very hard to get sleep there, Just stay in town for about the same price.