Other reviews cover it pretty well. Nice location and convenience to restaurants and movie theatres was nice.

Our biggest problem is that our reservation said something to the effect of no smoking in the rooms; however, per the front desk, that is just voluntary and not enforced. Our room stunk badly and they would not or could not move us. They did provide an ionizer that helped some, but even when we got home and after clothes had been washed, we could still smell it. We normally use Marriott for traveling and timeshare, and I guess we have gotten used to their non-smoking policy in all hotels.

Other issue is the mad rush to get chairs at the pool. I am an early riser and got them, but did not enjoy having to stand in a line until 8:15, then actually run/race with others to get chairs where we wanted them. Many people came and saved chairs, went to their rooms and then did not reappear for many hours.

Deal - I rented a 1 BR deluxe off ebay for $399 for 4 nights, which was a great deal. Check that out before you make your reservation elsewhere.

Condo was rented from private owner. Rental process was easy and unit was as promised. Location is excellent, next to pier and restaurants. Would only rent oceanfront, other views are not nearly as nice. Negative views are: #1 Elevators! Not nearly enough, wait time was awful at times, walked stairs instead of waiting! #2 Security Staff at pool entrances were rather rude during the entire stay. Guess they forgot who pays their salary. Other than listed items was a good experience.

Wonderful location - close to EVERYTHING! The pool area was very crowded and you had to get there early to find a seat. The lazy river was great! When we first checked in our room was supposed to be an ocean view... there was a great view of the roof and a wall and if you stretched to the corner of the window you could see the ocean. I immediately went to the desk. I was placed in a much better room but with a city view, which was not bad and the room upgrade made up for it. The resort had a big problem with the elevators (north tower)- 2 of the four were out of service. Waiting lasted up to 30 minutes to get an elevator. They were repaired the next day but again the waits were up to 15 minutes during "rush hours". Overall the staff was attentive and welcomed us... the concierge was very helpful and had super discounts to the events around town - saved a bundle of money for the six of us! Short of the elevator situation we had a great time!!

We really liked it and I was kind of nervous after reading some of the reviews. It was the nicest looking hotel on the beach that we saw and it was clean and the pools were nice and the beach was great. We had an oceanfront two bedroom in the south tower. It turned out we got adjoining rooms so we had two kitchens and two living rooms,and two washers and dryers! It was really nice to go home without any dirty clothes! the place had more room than our house does! The balcony was nice. We didnt use the pool much because I couldnt pry the kids off the beach. But the pools were clean and the lazy river was nice. The arcade was good. The fitness center was nice with good newer machines but it needed cleaned. there wasnt any antibacterial wipes to wipe the machines after using it and they looked like they hadnt been cleaned in a while. Also the water cooler in there was empty the three days we were t here.

There was some garbage outside the elevator for a day and then I called the desk and asked where the garbage chute was and told them about the garbage outside the elevators and within minutes someone had come to remove it. I think people just dont know what to do with their trash and the desk should let the people know this at check in. We did get asked to attend the timshare presentation was at check in and every time we walked around Oceanwalk shoppes. There wasnt anyplace in the hotel to get sugar for our coffee so we had to wait until Starbucks opened and that was kinda bad. Other than that it was great. I would definitely recommend it to anyone and would go back. The towel deal could have been explained better. We saw a big cart full of folded towels by the sun center so we took a few, went back the next day to get another one and that was when we were informed that those were the dirty ones and you have to sign out clean ones and check them back in or you get charged $15 per towel. No big deal, I just think they should explain this at check in so people dont use the dirty towels like we did. Maybe have a sign or something, I saw alot of people grabbing out that bin.

The elevators do get crowded but its a busy hotel so I expected that. It was close to all kinds of places so we didnt move the car the whole time we were there.