Hated to leave!
We just returned from a 7 nt stay at the Wyndham Ocean Blvd. and absolutely loved it! We rented our 2 bd/2 bath condo thru "myresortnetwork.com". Believe me I was skeptical and worried that it would look nothing like the pictures, we would be disappointed and stuck in a room/resort that we did not like. The person we rented from emailed me often (with reassurance!) and we even spoke on the phone a few times. Upon check in we were very pleased! Our check in was quite speedy (contrary to other reviewer comments), however we were "swindled" into a time share demonstration for the following morning. We were told that this is "mandatory" since it was our first visit. We later found that to be untrue, we could have declinced! However, it lasted only 20-30 minutes and it was informative (we were curious how the timeshares worked anyways) AND we were "rewarded" with 2 adult tix to Ripley's Aquarium, $25 GC to House of Blues, and $25 GC to T-Bonz (we had our choice of many other venues). So if you don't mind giving 30 minutes of your time, the "rewards" are worth it!
I have mostly only positive remarks for the resort/condo.The decor is "different". Modern, and colorful.Beautiful.The condo was spacious. We had 2 adults and 4 teenagers in our group.The master bath is, by far, the best feature! It was the same size as the master bedroom! The whirlpool bath is amazing! Our unit (tower 3, condo 1024) was side ocean view (like most units) but was still a great view.Since there is no daily maid service, house keeping came in mid-week for a "trash and tidy" visit. Not quite sure what they did tho.You put your own trash out by the door before noon each day.They did no cleaning at all, they did not change the sheets either.As far as i could tell they only changed out our towels and made the beds.Nice, big, plush beach towels were provided in the condo, as was trash bags, dish soap, dishwasher soap, laundry soap,towels sets for 8 people, and small toiletries.The pools were nice (somewhat crowded during the day). Beautiful infitinty pool and zero-entry pool. If you are one to sit around the pool for sun, make sure you get up early! The sun only shines thru the towers (where the pools are located) until like 1:00, after that it's nearly all shaded. Both lazy rivers were nice. Warm water. The pool bar has specials daily, happy hour daily and a DJ plays music. Security continually walks around the pool areas. There is a game room with pool tables, ping pong table and other games. Daily activites are posted for both children and adults! (Water aerobics in the lazy river early a.m. for adults!) Tower 4's pool is very new and also very nice. More sun during the day there and a lot less people. There is a small "down town" 2 blocks to the north of the hotel. Here you can find 2 surf shops, some bars/restuarants, bike rentals and O.D. Pavillion that has an arcade, beach-fron bar and restuarant and music playing continually! We were told that "shaggers" frequent this popular pavillion for contests. Lots of history there with picutures on the walls everywhere!
The only negative things I can speak of are: the elevators! there were only 2 in our tower and you had to wait atleast 5 minutes (or more) to get one. Parking was an issue at times. There is "limited" parking under tower 2 which was always full! Over-flow parking is across the street under tower 4 and when that is full (which it is if you are returning late evening) there is parking in an additional lot behind tower 4. A shuttle is available to and from the garages if you request it, but really the walk isn't that far! They really need to build a walk-over to get to and from tower 4 though. Crossing the blvd can be kinda hectic!
I hope anyone that stays here enjoys their stay as much as we did! All the MANY pros out-weighed the cons, by far! We definitely plan to return to this resort again in the future. Don't hesitate to use "myresortnetwork.com" to search for a rental. It was so worth it!