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While the distant ocean view was unobstructed, the beach view was non-existent. It’s a 4 minute walk across the street and through the community play area. This is a beautiful boutique hotel! Immaculately clean. The staff was top tier. Willie was our favorite pool-side waiter. We ate at all 4 restaurants. Very Good food! BE AWARE that this is a family friendly hotel. There were kids everywhere. The hot tub was so crowded with kids its was nearly impossible to use. At times, sitting by the pool was anything but relaxing. Kids were constantly yelling, screaming, carrying on, throwing footballs, slapping pool noodles on the water and making a ridiculous amount of noise. It felt like a Disney Cruise at times! The so called ‘private beach’ was disappointing! The lounge chairs were lined up so tightly they were almost on top of each other. Good luck getting a beach lounger where you can see the ocean. The front row at the shoreline is mainly reserved sun couches that you pay extra for. The private beach area is tucked in between the public beach and a sun/water toy rental on one side and a sail, sea and beach excursion sales hut on the other. The swim area was tiny and crowded! While we enjoyed our stay, I feel some adult only spaces should be available for the guests that are not traveling with their children.

We stayed on the end condo on the ground floor. It was very clean and well stocked with comfy furnishings and amazing views! Claudette was so kind and helpful in the office along with the other girl. We sat in the screened in porch and watched the ocean and was able to snorkel right outside our condo. We will certainly stay again! The only minor negative was that the West end is pretty far away from restaurants and shopping so we took the public bus for those things.