malibufam
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Planning a winter trip to the grand canyon--any suggestions for the nicest parks for larger coaches?
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Crazy Ray
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NORTH RIM OR SOUTH RIM?????
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Vegasdan
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Here is the reservation info for the only RV camp on the South rim for 40 ft rigs, Trailer Village info:
Xanterra Parks & Resorts
Central Reservations
6312 South Fiddlers Green Circle, Suite 600N
Greenwood Village, Colorado 80111
Phone: Toll-free within the U.S. 888.29.PARKS (888.297.2757) or
Outside the U.S. 303.29.PARKS (303.297.2757)
Fax: 303.297.3175
E-mail: reserve-gcsr@xanterra.com
Reservations Hours of Operation
Open 7:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Mountain Time, Daily. We are closed Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year's Day.
For same day reservations or to reach a Lodge guest call 928.638.2631.
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Dick_B
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For South Rim it's the Grand Canyon RR Campground in Williams, AZ. Stay there and take the train up for a three hour layover which is plenty of time to take a bunch of photos but not enough time for hiking.
You could also search this Forum in RV Parks for Grand Canyon.
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JaBob
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Stay at Trailer village as we did. It's in the park and close to everything including the bus line. Not a pretty park, we didn't see any RV parks that looked exciting. A one day trip taking the train is ok but after 3 days, ugh.
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cruiserjs
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Crazy Ray wrote:NORTH RIM OR SOUTH RIM?????
North Rim is closed for the winter! Basically Oct. 15 - May 15.
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cruiserjs
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I would go to Williams and drive the dinghy to the Park (about 45 minutes). In winter no problems touring all the viewpoints with the truck.
The train, IMHO, is way over priced and you have little time to tour the views - not sure the shuttles run in winter.
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novatz
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Agreed - the village. HOWEVER, drop the train ride and drive. Train was BORING. Have been to the canyon a number of times, including the mules to te bottom. With the drive, you can (read must) stop at the IMAX theater. Absolutely fascinating.
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cruiserjs
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OOps - double post - sorry about that.
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edited 10/23/09 11:27am by cruiserjs *
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cruiserjs
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Crazy Ray wrote:NORTH RIM OR SOUTH RIM?????
North Rim is closed for the winter! Basically Oct. 15 - May 15.
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