I just got back from PCB. We stopped by the Wyndham several times. It is in unbelievably good shape, as are most of the resorts on the beach. It's missing a sign. There is a front (sliding) door that has been laying on it's side (looks like it just needs to be reattached). Someone said one of the pools has damage. The oceanside pool looks great to me. The chairs need to be pickup up, hose down the deck, that kind of stuff. I haven't seen anyone working on it. The gate was messed up and it has been fixed.
Oh how I wish Wyndham could just be up front and honest. I totally support helping out employees. There line is 'the resort is not open for guests'. The resort is open. Most resorts on the beach are.
The devastation across the bridge, in Panama City, is leaps and bounds worse that that on the beach side. The major issue on the beach side is the curfew, and that until Thursday, they were not allowed to serve alcohol as long as there was a curfew. They can now serve alcohol until curfew. The curfew was originally dusk to dawn, it is now 10pm to 6am. It's also been a pain for them not to have internet and have to hand write and call in credit card charges. I believe there is still a boiled water restriction, bottled water is available by the cases.
I think a lot of the employees work across the bridge and many have lost their homes. A best reason, IMO, for Wyndham not opening is perhaps allowing their employees to recover. Dates for reopening schools are in November. Several schools are storm damaged and students have to report elsewhere.
I think a soft date for reopening is around Oct 26th. I see reservations can be booked starting Nov 3rd. (Trust me, a confirmed reservation means nothing). I guess whatever Wyndham decides, not sure who makes these decisions and what the true facts are around why they aren't open. I find the terminology on the resort page 'the resort will reopen when the area can support tourism' interesting. If the tourists aren't coming, why not allow the disaster assistance workers to stay there.
Enough said. Disgusted, frustrated, moving on.