Don't understand what you mean 'yikes' about tripadvisor. Most of the posts look favorable. Last year we stayed at Cypress for 4 days and Caliente for 3 days. Cypress was certainly layed back, comfortable, and above all consisted of nothing but wonderfully friendly people. We stayed at Caliente during the week so missed the larger crowd that is suppose to be there on the weekend. We will be at Caliente from January 24th through the 29th and at Paradise lakes from the 29th through February 3rd. We live is Wisconsin and as I'm writing this we are in the middle of a snow storm, expecting up to 7 inches and temps in the 20s, wind chill in the single digits......Looking forward to our trip!