Thank you!! This place looks great! Do you know if you could walk to restaurants? We want to hit up Joes Stone Crab at least once!
Im not sure how close it is to Joes. When I stayed there a few years ago with friends we did walk to the main strip of south beach. Seems like it was a good 15-20 min walk but it's been a while. This time we just enjoyed the hotel pool and ate at their restaurant Essensia. I wasn't expecting a lot but have to say it was really a great dinner! My husband had huge scallops and I had a fish special that were both amazing. We were pleasantly surprised. When I had questions prior to booking the concierge was really kind and helpful so they may have some info on how close a walk or cab ride it would be to Joes and other area attractions you may be interested in. Just FYI if you book sign up for the I prefer rewards and ask about a room upgrade. Know it's not guaranteed but we booked garden view and were upgraded to superior ocean view which was beautiful! The rooms are on the smaller side and don't have a balcony but the view was spectacular and for 1 night prior to a cruise it definitely met our needs. On another note, if you need transportation I can't recommend Larry's Limo enough! We priced out shuttles, uber, renting a car, and private car services. They were comparable to all the rest and were the only place we called that didn't seem confused by needing transfers from airport to hotel, hotel to port, and port back to airport. They even sent limos for us even though we only paid for a private car. They were on time through every step and made all the transitions soooo easy. Hope you have a great trip!
Thank you!!! Deciding between renting a car and getting a service was the next thing on my list! I have PTSD from the last time we got a service from PC and he was an hour and a half late and said it was to be expected with entering and exiting the Port. We were on our way to WDW and my kids were bouncing off the walls standing on the sidewalk. It was a nightmare and I’m not sure I want to wait on someone else again. How is Larry’s with timeliness?
Oh my gosh how terrible! I'd have PTSD too! They were great! Arrived at our correct baggage claim within 5 min. of us walking up and helped get our luggage, picked us up right on the dot the next day to head to the port, and even accommodated us and arrived earlier than we scheduled on debarkation morning. It was our first cruise so we didn't realize how the whole process worked. Once we realized we would be off the ship earlier than the time we scheduled we called them at 7:30 am and asked if they could come an hour earlier and they did. We waited maybe 10 min outside the port before they came. They answer their phones 24/7 so it was nice to be able to change it last min.
Thats so weird I didn't notice that on booking! We have 2 crazy boys. We had a king room with a sleeper sofa. When I stayed years ago with friends we had a corner room that had a king bed with a sleeper sofa but was a huge oversized room that could fit a cot if they allow that. I was worried we would be too noisy for the pool but there were other kids playing there too. There were a lot of couples relaxing so we tried to have our boys do their cannonballs away from them! Ha! Theres a little gazebo thing with 2 parrots ( one says hello) that my boys loved seeing. It's near where you get towels.Do you have any kids? I'm wondering how you go about booking here if the max amount of kids/ room is 1? I have 3. We love this hotel but it might not love us back.
Okay, you sold me on them!! Thanks!
I'm going to call to see if they might do it differently over the phone. I really love this place and would love to add it to the stay. Thanks again!
