Bluegreen Vacations Suites at Hershey, Ascend Resort Collection

The rooms were very nice. They were comfortable, spacious, and had plenty of amenities however we ran into a few other problems with the Hotel. First off, they are currently renovating the buildings. This isn’t a huge deal but we were stuck waiting to get inside out of the frigid cold while they unloaded furniture from stairs and elevator. We also ended up being stuck in the parking garage as they blocked the exit. This wasn’t fun. We also ended up losing money that was never refunded to the vending machine. Also not fun. Finally the biggest problem I had was being charged for an extra night, despite us checking out on time. This charge didn’t come in til well after 10 hours had passed. Thankfully my credit card company caught on and contacted me, declining the authorization. (Thank you AMEX!)
All in all, I have to say I am disappointed with how things were handled in some aspects, but in others I’m satisfied. Would I go back again? It’s possible. I always tend to give more than one chance. Could easily have been a rough week for them! I will update my review if I go back!

Never again! The rooms are fine except when your stuck sleeping on the pullout in thf living room.
Then you have to walk through pther’s bedrooms in order to use the bathroom.
Rooms are very poorly designed.
Also its right next to the train tracks so, so I kept getting woken up by the train horn.
Very negative experience and definitely not worth the price they charge.

Love it. Rooms are spacious. The standard is 2 bedrooms, 2 bath, kitchen, eating area and family room.
Room includes free parking. Complex has 2 pools — one indoor and one outdoor — both of which are impeccably maintained. In addition, they also have a game room and fitness center.
Rooms are above basic — they have a huge kitchen with pans, plates etc. They supply paper towels, dish and laundry detergent.
Table in the main room seats at least 6, probably 8 with kids. TV in the main room is large as is the gorgeous fireplace. With a flick of the switch u have a beautiful fireplace to watch.
The master bedroom has a kid bed, closet, jetted oval shaped tub, and a walk in shower. It has a separate sink/​toliet room.
The second bedroom has 2 double beds, closet and second bathroom with shower.
The unit has a washer/​dryer combo.
The hotel is within walking distance to troeges, the outlets and the park.

Overall I had a wonderful vacation spending the weekend after Christmas here.
First the bad:
They do not have a tea kettle in the rooms or anywhere at the resort. My girlfriend was very disappointed in this because she never go out with out her morning cup of tea. The resort doesn’t recycle — which I believed to be against the law.
The kitchen is a wonderful addition to have. However, I didn’t find out till the last day that they store the pots and pans underneath the oven
Overall the resort is a really nice place to stay at especially if you are visiting Hershey. The room is spacious and clean. It can fit a large family comfortably. But it would not be a place that I would invest in. Blue-​green was not very helpful. They do not give you any clear instructions. For example, we found out after we checked (on a piece of paper in the room) in that we have to strip our bed and take out the garbage, otherwise they charge a cleaning fee.
From experience with my own timeshare, I have never had to do this. I was very surprised by this. You never see any staff member of the resort on the premises and if you contact the Front Desk they are not very helpful. There isn’t even a front desk bottom on the phone — which makes you want to believe they do not want you to call them.
There is also a loud train that comes by multiple times throughout the night. If you are a light sleeper, you will wake up.
Positive Notes:
This place is minutes from hershey (I actually think it is closer to the Park than the Hershey Hotel), in walking distance from the Outlets and even 15 minutes away from the Local Casino.
The hotel is kept very clean and neat. Has two spacious rooms, 2 bathrooms, a nice fireplace and a fully equipped kitchen!
It is a great place to run away to for the weekend!

Nice place, lots of room, decent amenities. Close to Hershey Park and right across tanger outlets. Sucky wifi though, always cuts off. Would book again.

The resort itself was great! The rooms are open and spacious with gas fireplaces and comfy beds. The only real complaints I have are that the wifi in the rooms is horrible and the rooms don’t have balconies. The pools are clean and the kids had a blast in them.

Super close to Hershey Park and Chocolate World. We stayed in building one and the rooms are awesome. We have two small children and two teenagera enough room for everyone to run around and have their own space. Only downfall to this Resort is the train that is right beside it, but if it werent for this train there would be no chocolate lol We are BlueGreen Owners and this was our first trip here and we will def come back.

We had a very enjoyable stay at Blugreen Suites at Hershey. My parents are owners at a Myrtle Beach property, and booked this for us with their points. Check in and check out were a breeze. Our suite was spotless and included many useful things, and supplies such as trash bags and laundry detergent. Ample supply of towels. Fresh coffee in the lobby every day. If you need more of anything, just go to the desk and it’s no problem. The gym and game room were nice too. I didn’t notice the train that much, we were in the center building. They even tell you what restaurants will deliver if you want to eat in, which we did. I went shopping to the outlets next door several times, I just walked over there while my family was swimming. I have no complaints and would definitely stay there again. My only complaint was the Wifi, which was weak at best. They may need to update the tech with all the devices being used by guests.

This was our first venture with Bluegreen, as a owner. Our first visit to Gatlinburg was as a guest. Our second, at Shenandoah Crossing was for the new owner tune up and oil change.
There is a lot of stuff, laid out in a very small footprint here. A clerk’s office/​out door pool/​hot tub (closed for the season). A ‘observation tower’ to watch the trains (more later), a fire pit, gazebo, and three large 4 floor buildings with 6 suites per floor. We ended up in Building 3 (Number 1 was being remodeled — more later). Parking is under the suites in a ground floor parking area, under each building. There is a indoor pool (with children’s wading area) and a well stocked game room on site.
Our suite was clean, with no indications of infestations. The furniture, carpets and appliances had a touch of worn to them, but all in all, the unit was in very good shape.
What impressed me was the size of it. Think thirds; one third was a large bed room, with two queen beds, a TV and a full size bath.
Second third, was the living/​common area, with kitchen, dining table, couch (that made into a bed), over stuffed chairs, washer/​dryer stacked unit in closet, vacuum. TV (no flat screens yet) CD stereo, DVD player and a fire place.
Third third, was the master bedroom, with a TV, closets, a Jacuzzi tub and full bath.
We ended up just closing off the second bed room. You can get a crowd in here, and if you can get them fitted under the dining table, no one is going to be in anybody’s way.
I read through some of the other reviews of this place, and it is true, the train runs through the area on a very regular basis. And our building was not as close as the building being renovated. However, the noise was not that over bearing, and after a while we did not hear it. Yes, it is an issue to some. But I suspect that the locals at the candy plant will tell you that train noise sounds like money.
We arrived here on a Monday, with the Great Non-​Storm event of 2013 following us into town. Our original plans were sidelined, by the weather threat, and instead we spent our time, exploring the local stuff (Chocolate World, Hershey Museum) and it turned out that our Plan B, worked out very well for us.
The limited staff was friendly, and helpful. The grounds is not secure; i.e. no fence, or guards, like we saw at Gatlinburg and Shenandoah Crossing.
The resort is located directly across the street from the Outlet mall, and within short driving distances of all of the major Hershey attractions.
During our stay we were got given/​subjected to a sales pitch from Bluegreen.
Although the train’s are troublesome to some, our stay here was enjoyable. Had the weather cooperated with us, our visit to the area would have been more to our liking, but our secondary plans worked out just fine.
This is a great base of operations. You are not far from the Amish/​Lancaster area, all of Hershey. We had planed on going to Gettysburg Battlefield, and to Scranton to the train museum, both within a 2 hour drive. I suspect that when tourist season gets rolling along in high gear, this place is hard to get booked into.
Have fun. We did. If you are troubled by trains, bring earplugs.
Recommended.
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Despite the train noise (we were, luckily, on the quter side of the building — there are 3 buildings), we enjoyed our 2 bedroom, 2 full bath suite. Blue Green is not a great time-​share company but we got to stay here for free (which was great) from our friends who have a Blue green membership (No way I would buy into that!).
2 pools — one indoor, 1 outdoor in summer only. Firepit. Game room.
A big full kitchen in the suite (great!) and a jacuzzi tub in the master bedroom.
We had a great 3 day/​night stay.
But yes, the train comes rumbling through every hour or so.

The Suites at Hershey is a Bluegreen Corporation property that is a time share, but it also rents out some rooms through various travel booking sites if the rooms aren’t taken up by time share owners. It is an RCI «Gold Crown» resort.
What they don’t tell you when you book a room is that it is directly adjacent to the train tracks and trains rumble through at all hours of the day and night and blow their horns loudly. We spent a week in a suite in Building 1 that faced the train tracks. We were miserable. Even earplugs couldn’t block out the loud horns. We asked to be moved, but no dice. The rest of the rooms were taken. Another «selling point» was that it has an indoor heated pool, so if the weather is cold or not condusive to using the outdoor pool, you can use the indoor one. Except they left out the fact that the indoor pool is only connected to some of the rooms, so you may have to walk outside in the cold to get the the building with the pool in it. Walking outdoors is fine during the summer, but when it is below freezing outside, walking along the parking lot on a windy day is not fun. The other odd thing is that despite staying here a week, we did not get any fresh linens or cleaning service. Fresh towels were $ 10 and getting the trash taken out was extra too. You could leave the trash outside your door before noon every morning and they supposed to pick it up. Sometimes they did and sometimes they didn’t. The employees here also push the timeshare thing really, really hard. If you don’t consent to going on a tour, they keep calling and asking. We almost gave in just to stop them from bugging us!
Pros: I don’t own a time share here!
Big suites with full sized kitchens.
Located across the street from the Outlet mall and down the street from Hershey Park.
Cons: Trains prevent a good night’s sleep.
Spotty service.
Pushy sales people.