HHI Adoration & Information 2009

[Laurabearz]

Today I visited the HHI visitors site at

http://www.hiltonheadisland.org/

They have a great live chat feature. I spoke with a really nice lady named Debbie who gave me the contact information for the rentals.

Shore Beach Services

Anyway I emailed them and a nice gentleman named Mike Wagner gave me the following information:

They also have body boards, recumbent bikes, kayaks, and sailboats.

One set is considered one umbrealla and two chairs.

HTH

Lorrie

I just see a red X

 

[jejojual]

You can mark us down for Aug. 1-8. It will be DH, me, DS (8) and DS (6) along with my mom and dad in a 2 br. We are so pumped! We love HHI - I'm adding a couple of pictures from our trip in August of 2007 (our last trip home - its been way too long!)

podsnel - we are hoping to get to meet you while we are there! We have so enjoyed reading you DCL trip report - we are headed on our first DC in November - hope we can catch up with you guys at HHI and say hello!

Here are some of my favorite pictures:
At the Beach House:

At the Resort:

Kids activities:

Making a t-shirt by painting a fish and using it as a stamp (I forget the official name!)

Making a crab catcher and then going with the naturalist to catch crabs!

 

[GANUT4WDW]

Hey everyone! My mother (mickeymouselover) and I (with my kids) will be at HHI resort from June 23-26 in a 2BDR. We really enjoyed staying there last year and look forward to going again this year. I'm doing a little planning ahead----has any of you done the BBQ dinner and the low country boil at the resort?--and if you have, is it worth the $$$?

 

[hannah's dad]

Hey everyone! My mother (mickeymouselover) and I (with my kids) will be at HHI resort from June 23-26 in a 2BDR. We really enjoyed staying there last year and look forward to going again this year. I'm doing a little planning ahead----has any of you done the BBQ dinner and the low country boil at the resort?--and if you have, is it worth the $$$?

We have done the BBQ in 2007 and 2008 and think it is worth the money. The food is pretty good with a decent variety (standard BBQ fare, hot dogs, burgers, ribs,etc), the atmosphere is fun, lots of fun messy games for everyone. Never having left the resort on a Tuesday, I can;t speak to this directly, but everyone says the Island and the main road is very crowed on Tuesday's, so another reason to stay for the BBQ.

We also did the boil in 2007 and didn't think it was worth the money, so we didn't so it in 2008.

 

[dallastxcpa]

I just see a red X

Okay I'm not sure why this happened but now all I see is a big red X also. I will update the post some time this week to get the information in the thread.

I have updated the first post with the new names of people going this year. Please let me know if I have missed anyone. I am trying very hard to keep up. Whoooo I need an HHI vacation.

 

[LVSWL]

Okay I'm not sure why this happened but now all I see is a big red X also. I will update the post some time this week to get the information in the thread.

I have updated the first post with the new names of people going this year. Please let me know if I have missed anyone. I am trying very hard to keep up. Whoooo I need an HHI vacation.

THANKS FOR KEEPING THIS UP FOR US!!!

 

[mcrabeck]

We will be making our first trip to HHI August 16th- August 21. It will be myself, my husband and DS(11) and DS(7). None of us have ever been to Hilton Head so Thank you for all the great tips and pictures- we are getting very excited to go!

 

[maryisme]

Hi,

Please add us to the list! HH is our home resort and this will be our second visit. We went last summer for the first time and have fallen in love with the resort. It is such a wonderful place for families to reconnect

We will be in a 2 bedroom August 15 - August 21.

Traveling will be myself, my DH and Mom. My children are DS (14), DD (14) and DD (5).

Mary

 

[Ksp]

Well, I didn't see this thread till after we were at HHI, but we
were there Jan. 9 - the 14th.

 

[Simba's Mom]

As of a few days ago, HHI is now one of our home resorts! We just bought a small add-on there and just got word that we passed ROFR. So now we can reserve with points for Thanksgiving every other year, and with members' cash every other year. I'm thrilled! Not so much DH. He loves HHI as much as I do, but in these economic times, he wasn't so sure about spending the money for an add-on there right now. When I told him about the contract for sale, he was like "Yeah, go ahead and bid on it. I'm sure Disney will take it at ROFR." But it when it passed, surprise!!

 

[LVSWL]

As of a few days ago, HHI is now one of our home resorts! We just bought a small add-on there and just got word that we passed ROFR. So now we can reserve with points for Thanksgiving every other year, and with members' cash every other year. I'm thrilled! Not so much DH. He loves HHI as much as I do, but in these economic times, he wasn't so sure about spending the money for an add-on there right now. When I told him about the contract for sale, he was like "Yeah, go ahead and bid on it. I'm sure Disney will take it at ROFR." But it when it passed, surprise!!

Congrats!!! We have toyed with the idea of going to HHI at Thanksgiving for a few years, but it just has not worked out. Maybe one day.

 

[Ksp]

Congratulations, Simba's Mom!!!!

 

[disneyaggies]

We will be in HH 6/2 to 6/8. Our first DVC visit!!!
Tons of us-4 couples, 4 16 year old boys, and 4 girls (various ages).
Whoop!

 

[vbarry]

I had a question on the one bedrooms. I know very few are in the outer buildings and most are in the main building.

Can someone explain the main building setup? Are there elevators? Do you still have a balcony? Is there easy access into and out of the building? Is there a place to park your bikes?

Thanks!

 

[LVSWL]

Hi! We have had a one bedroom each time during our stay at HHI! We love the lodge! There is an elevator that can take you from the parking garage to whatever floor you wish. We park our bikes in the bike racks in the garage. We love being in the lodge because the kids like going downstairs to play pool and grab a cookie and some lemonade. We also love to park underneath in the garage. Yes, you have a beautiful big balcony with a picnic table and usually two rockers on the balcony(porch). Our favorite spot for morning coffee, meals, cards, watching the dolphins, and just about everything. There are also stairs in the front of the building and the back if you just want to run down to the front desk or to the car and don't want to use the elevator. Hope this helps.

 

[dallastxcpa]

We will be in HH 6/2 to 6/8. Our first DVC visit!!!
Tons of us-4 couples, 4 16 year old boys, and 4 girls (various ages).
Whoop!

I need to make sure that my girls don't read this post. If they find out that your group has 4 boys that will be there the week before we get there they will be asking me to take them out of school early and come to HHI.

 

[LVSWL]

I need to make sure that my girls don't read this post. If they find out that your group has 4 boys that will be there the week before we get there they will be asking me to take them out of school early and come to HHI.

Too bad you aren't staying longer, we check in on the 12th , and my youngest DS is 14 and everyone says he looks just like Nick Jonas.

 

[vbarry]

Hi! We have had a one bedroom each time during our stay at HHI! We love the lodge! There is an elevator that can take you from the parking garage to whatever floor you wish. We park our bikes in the bike racks in the garage. We love being in the lodge because the kids like going downstairs to play pool and grab a cookie and some lemonade. We also love to park underneath in the garage. Yes, you have a beautiful big balcony with a picnic table and usually two rockers on the balcony(porch). Our favorite spot for morning coffee, meals, cards, watching the dolphins, and just about everything. There are also stairs in the front of the building and the back if you just want to run down to the front desk or to the car and don't want to use the elevator. Hope this helps.

Thanks a lot! That makes me feel much better. We are WAY too excited about this trip. Dh is very excited since he wanted to go somewhere else other than WDW this summer. The only thing I am not excited about is that we are driving. This is a first for us...could get interesting.

 

[LVSWL]

Thanks a lot! That makes me feel much better. We are WAY too excited about this trip. Dh is very excited since he wanted to go somewhere else other than WDW this summer. The only thing I am not excited about is that we are driving. This is a first for us...could get interesting.

Other than the drive, you will LOVE HHI! Our kids now would rather go there than the parks when we ask . We had to beg them this year to add on 5 days in June so we could use our developers points at SS. Of course they knew that they were going to be rewarded with 10 days at HHI!! Hope you have a great trip! HH is our Happy Place!!

 

[Laurabearz]

Thanks a lot! That makes me feel much better. We are WAY too excited about this trip. Dh is very excited since he wanted to go somewhere else other than WDW this summer. The only thing I am not excited about is that we are driving. This is a first for us...could get interesting.

HHI is my DH's favorite vacation!

We are from Chicago and drive every year, since airfare is just scary.

We embrace our yearly road trip. And by gosh I actually look forward to it

Although I swear everytime we hit the mountians it's either... Rainy, Foggy, dark as mud or a combo of all three

It's not a bad drive, we split it into two days, although this year we are taking 3 days to drive down.

If you have any questions about driving let me know