We own at these great resorts on Hilton Head. We recently spent a week at Grande Ocean and visited both Barony and Surfwatch with day passes. I noticed changes at all three resorts and each resort is beautiful. I was impressed after all the hurricanes how nice each resort looked.
Grande Ocean is in great shape. We stayed on the South Side looking at the Dolphin Pool and a good view of the Ocean. There is construction North of the resort as the Hilton property is building a parking ramp and additional building.
The lagoon area is a favorite of ours but did not want to deal with construction so requested South side. They are working on installing floating islands in the lagoon area to help with water quality. These islands will have plants on them and a small fence to discourage turtles.
We grilled on the North side to feed turtles while grilling. This was our only disappointment as these grills would not heat very well. Knobs on the grill were broken off and overall in poor shape.
Shopping carts are in each building to move groceries in addition to luggage carts have been added since our last visit. There are also a couple of ice machines across the resort.
The pool bar pool is now heated and had lots of use. (This may have been a few year)s. There is a new roof on the indoor pool that is not as yellow as previous. They are looking at changing a kiddie pool near the Dolphin pool to a splash pad.
Units are in very good shape. Lots of usb and power outlets all through the unit. We were told they are looking at the next renovation in 2020 or 21 to change cabinets and deal with the large Jacuzzi tub. Grande Oceans location cannot be beat and biking in this area is the best.
Barony has had dramatic improvement in the check in building. It looks very open open and clean. The workout room looks very nice and equipment looks in very good shape. Exterior looks like it has been painted recently and looks very good. I was very pleased that they are now heating the garden pool with slide and water temperature seemed very reasonable. This was a big miss in the past when most of gold season this pool with slide was too cold to use.
Surfwatch also looks like it has been recently painted, color looks much better then the pink it has been. Surfwatch always has such friendly front desk staff that make you feel at home. It is a walk to the ocean at Surfwatch but is done very nice and has a different feel in each area of the resort. Indoor pool is being resurfaced and was closed so I expect it to be in good shape.
I heard 13 units had water damage at Grande Ocean and 60 units had damage at Barony. We also were told snow lasted 6 days this winter which is unheard of on HHI.
Hilton Head is such a great destination and I saw great improvements at all three of these resorts.
Grande Ocean is in great shape. We stayed on the South Side looking at the Dolphin Pool and a good view of the Ocean. There is construction North of the resort as the Hilton property is building a parking ramp and additional building.
The lagoon area is a favorite of ours but did not want to deal with construction so requested South side. They are working on installing floating islands in the lagoon area to help with water quality. These islands will have plants on them and a small fence to discourage turtles.
We grilled on the North side to feed turtles while grilling. This was our only disappointment as these grills would not heat very well. Knobs on the grill were broken off and overall in poor shape.
Shopping carts are in each building to move groceries in addition to luggage carts have been added since our last visit. There are also a couple of ice machines across the resort.
The pool bar pool is now heated and had lots of use. (This may have been a few year)s. There is a new roof on the indoor pool that is not as yellow as previous. They are looking at changing a kiddie pool near the Dolphin pool to a splash pad.
Units are in very good shape. Lots of usb and power outlets all through the unit. We were told they are looking at the next renovation in 2020 or 21 to change cabinets and deal with the large Jacuzzi tub. Grande Oceans location cannot be beat and biking in this area is the best.
Barony has had dramatic improvement in the check in building. It looks very open open and clean. The workout room looks very nice and equipment looks in very good shape. Exterior looks like it has been painted recently and looks very good. I was very pleased that they are now heating the garden pool with slide and water temperature seemed very reasonable. This was a big miss in the past when most of gold season this pool with slide was too cold to use.
Surfwatch also looks like it has been recently painted, color looks much better then the pink it has been. Surfwatch always has such friendly front desk staff that make you feel at home. It is a walk to the ocean at Surfwatch but is done very nice and has a different feel in each area of the resort. Indoor pool is being resurfaced and was closed so I expect it to be in good shape.
I heard 13 units had water damage at Grande Ocean and 60 units had damage at Barony. We also were told snow lasted 6 days this winter which is unheard of on HHI.
Hilton Head is such a great destination and I saw great improvements at all three of these resorts.