We are thinking of staying at the Wyndham Ocean Blvd, but are unsure of the layout. I know there are four towers, with the fourth one across the street, but in Tower four- do the rooms face the ocean? If all we can get is Tower four, I don%26#39;t think I%26#39;d like it unless I can at least can see the ocean.
I know some of you have written reviews and I am hoping to hear from you!
Thanks!
Wyndham Ocean Blvd
Doubt if there is much of an oceanview from any of the Tower 4 units. In fact. Large portion of the units in oceanfront towers have poor oceanviews.
The three bedroom units are oceanfront while smaller units are down the sides facing each other. Sitting at an angle, one person of the two on the balcony can see a sliver of ocean.
I%26#39;ve never been a fan of large resort complexes and our stay there confirmed all my fears. Too many details to list here.
Go to North Myrtle Beach T/A Board.
tripadvisor.com/ShowForum-g54371-i198-North_鈥?/a>
Scroll down left side of page to list of resorts. Click on Wyndham Ocean Blvd for reviews.
You might notice most of the positive reviews are from off season visits. Summer season.....not too good.
P.S......Ocean Blvd is Wyndham%26#39;s crown jewel in the area. Most if not all of their sales tours are there. Bad enough you have to waste 2-3 hours of your trip sitting through it. But the rest of your stay, you%26#39;re on display as they march hundreds of other potential buyers though the complaex.
Wyndham Ocean Blvd
Thanks pop, I knew I could count on you to respond! I did see your review, as well as others on the review boards. I am hesitant to book there as I would be coming down in the summer.
I appreciate your response.
We are also looking at booking the Wyndham Ocean Blvd or Wyndham Seawatch Plantation for a week at the end of March.
There would be a booking of two, two bedroom units and we also would want to have oceanfront rooms. It looks like the Tower IV pools are under construction, so I am hoping that if we booked they would put us in the Other towers. What are your experiences in comparing these two Wyndham properties?
By the way, we are two families with two children each (ages 10 to 13).
As an aside the other RCI property would be SOuth Beach Resort - although not on the water it appears. Any ideas?
Many thanks.
Haven%26#39;t stayed at SeaWatch but from what I can tell from reviews and drive by peeks.....
SeaWatch appears larger. Spread out over larger area. Ocean Blvd is CRAMMED into two block space. Three if you count third row parking building.
Two choices of building types at SeaWatch. Villas or highrise. Looks like you have better chance of oceanfront/oceanview at SeaWatch.
Probably won%26#39;t matter for a March visit but looks like SeaWatch has five outdoor pools to Ocean Blvd%26#39;s three.
I%26#39;d go with SeaWatch. If anything. In March it would be more centrally located to off beach attractions.
Wow!
Thank you very much, great information. I ended up calling both locations to make sure that construction would not be in full swing for our visit. The response from both was that re-furbishing is happening now and will be on-going into April.
For the Seawatch - North Tower is closed now and may be finished when we arrive. The South Tower is closing soon and will be closed. Apparently the Villas (middle of the horseshoe) are open and are newly renovated. There is suppose to be ocean views from these Villas. The pools and lazy river are unaffected by these renovations.
For Ocean Blvd - In Tower IV the pools are closed for renovations. When I asked about the photos on the website, they told me that these are pictures of Tower IV - the rooms look wonderful; however, we want to be oceanfront, not across the street. It doesn%26#39;t look like we can request to not be in Tower IV and I don%26#39;t want to take my chance. All reviews I have seen, appear to be of the newer tower and I have yet to see what the rooms look like in the others.
Again, thank you for the time to reply and I will book Seawatch. The location appears to be better and having the chance to possibly get into the newly renovation Tower 1 would be nice. In the event we only have the option of the Villas, the pools will be empty as not many guests with two towers closed.
The lady I spoke to was also very nice and if she is any indication of their hospitality, it can only be a great holiday.
we stayed at Wyndham Ocean Blvd last summer. We were in tower 4. The view was of the pool with the ocean in the far background. It was a beautiful facility and we enjoyed our stay very much. It was just a short walk across the street to the beach and was no problem with 2 small children.
I would prefer to rent a private house on the beach but we are timeshare owners and this resort was available at the time.
My experience with Ocean Blvd. is that it is well kept,';roomy'; and clean. If you are staying in tower 4 then the ocean is only a short walk across the street. I%26#39;ve been there on a golf trip with friends and everyone was impressed. We were there in 2005 and the balcony outside the entrance to the condo had a pretty good view however the balcony within the condo overlooked the pool and the construction going on across the street (beachside).
Exactly what soho said! Tower 4 overlooks the pool and play area. I can show you pictures of the ocean from Tower 4 if you%26#39;d like! Of course you can barely see it between the buildings of tower 1-2 and 3 now but you see the ocean and beach very well north of towers 1-2-3 from your room balcony. I normally have stayed on floors 7 and 8 since tower 1-2-3 were built. The higher the better view of the ocean. I%26#39;ve stayed there 6 times in the last 3 years and know it well!
It%26#39;s a very nice place for a family vacation and summertime is busy, as it is at any decent place on or near the beach. You put up with a little elevator traffic during the summer but the amenities help make up for it. It%26#39;s a PRIME Ocean Drive section of NMB location!
I just saw your second post; SeaWatch is very nice too! A little more secluded and a little older but very nice with very nice amenities. I was one of the first to stay there when it was one small building and plans for more. I went by a couple of times while they were building the small building. I%26#39;ve stayed there around 10 times and in each building on the property. Both SeaWath and Ocean Boulevard are very nice vacation spots! You won%26#39;t go wrong with either place.
I may be too late replying to your post, but for what it%26#39;s worth...
We鈥檙e a family of four (mid forties, kids aged 8 %26amp; 10). Stayed at the Wyndham Ocean Blvd, Myrtle Beach thru a timeshare rental from March 16 鈥?21st. Overall, we were happy with our stay, with a few complaints
The positives: The rooms were spacious, nicely laid out and stocked with the necessities.
I鈥檓 sure the beach is very nice during the summer. We were lucky enough to get a couple of days warm enough for my kids to swim in the ocean, and it was great.
The staff was mostly friendly and helpful.
The negatives:
Resort layout: There are 4 towers鈥? are Oceanside and one (Tower 4, or T4) is across the street. Residents of T4 are the outcasts of the resort. We were in T4. All of the pools, amenities and activities are located in the 3 oceanside towers. We were on the 8th floor in T4. Every day, we would have to take the elevator down to the parking garage, navigate past the moving cars, literally run across a four lane highway, navigate through a second garage and take another elevator up to the lobby to get to the beach or pools, etc. There are no garage walkways, no underpasses, overpasses, crosswalks or exterior entrances into the fortress of the Oceanside towers. It鈥檚 just you against the traffic. We鈥檙e a forty-five year old couple with kids visiting during the slow season. I can鈥檛 imagine a senior citizen having to deal with that during the busy summer period with cars coming from every direction.
Parking: We stayed mid-week in March and we often had a hard time finding a parking space in the garage. I assume that people in the 3 oceanside towers had the same problem and the overflow came to the T4 garage. Additional overflow would have to park behind T4 in a 2-level lot. When that fills up, I guess you鈥檙e out of luck, 鈥榗uz there ain鈥檛 no parking on the street.
Amenities: The resort has 5 pools altogether-one small indoor (Motel 6 Sized), 2 medium sized outdoor (about what you would expect at a Holiday Inn) and 2 lazy rivers 鈥?one about 15 yards long and one about 30 yards long. There are also four small outdoor hot tubs.
We expected cool weather, but figured heated pools would allow the kids to swim. Based upon 3 separate conversations with the hotel staff, we were assured the pools were heated to about 80 degrees. As it turned out, only the larger lazy river was barely warm enough to swim. One of the pools was minimally heated, but our kids toughed it out anyway. They were the only two people I saw in that pool the 5 days we were there.
Also, two of the four hot tubs weren鈥檛 heated. What鈥檚 the point of a cold hot tub? The result was severe overcrowding at the two working hot tubs and the very small indoor pool. Obviously, the beach is a main focus during the summer. But, the summer only lasts about half of the year. What about the rest of the year?
Wrap Up: I have stayed at other Wyndams in the Wisconsin Dells and Tennessee. My overall impression of Wyndham Resorts is that they are only interested in building and filling rooms. They do not add or enhance amenities as they bring more people to their resorts. The result is overcrowded and possibly unhealthy conditions.
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