Hargrave Family: Myrtle Beach- Part 2 Our Hotel

Monday, August 26, 2013

Myrtle Beach- Part 2 Our Hotel

Myrtle Beach was better than we hoped. It is definitely not somewhere you would want to honeymoon or retire, but if you are looking for a great family destination spot, Myrtle Beach is it! It really was fun for the whole family. The beach was excellent, and it was easy to just walk around to find places to eat or things to do. If you needed to drive to get to a destination, then that was easy as well. Most everything was within ten minutes from our hotel. It is a tourist spot, so there's lots of activities and entertainment to choose from.

our hotel

We stayed at the Breakers Resort in Myrtle Beach. The hotel was perfect for us! There were five different towers in the resort, all with their own pools and hot tubs. One of the towers had a workout room, something which we never made it to. :) Our suite had two queens, a kitchen, and then a living room which had a sofa bed, TV, coffee table, and eating table, and wall bed. All in all our suite could sleep 8. Worked out great. The girls each had their own bed in the living area. And Brian and I sprawled out in our own beds too! We closed off an area for Jack to sleep between the closet, bed, and chair. He hated the new sleeping arrangement at first, but became accustomed to it after a few nights and naps.

Jack asleep on his pallet

These are some of the little things that we appreciated about our hotel which made it nice for us. 1) The front desk had DVD kiosks (very similar to RedBox) and the DVDs were free. They were older movies, but the kids still liked being able to go pick out a movie to watch. 2) Our car was easily accessible in a parking garage right across the street. 3) The elevators were quick. (nothing like waiting on slow elevators with impatient kids) 4) There was also Starbucks located right across the street. 5) They honored our request by placing us on the 16th floor. We wanted to be as high up as possible to get a nice panoramic view of the beach from our balcony. The one thing that did irk us was the internet was not working properly in the hotel. We made due with our phones, but we wanted to use our computers for searching the city's activities and booking reservations.

our balcony view of the pools and beach

The pool area was laid-back and unpretentious. Our tower, the Paradise tower, was the newest and had the best pools. We could technically go to any of the pools around the resort, but didn't want or need to since we had plenty right in front of us. There were five different pools/hot tubs in our tower along with a lazy river. Not far beyond the pools was the beach. Adjacent to the pool area was a restaurant/bar in case we wanted to purchase drinks while swimming. The pool area was lively and had a DJ during the day. A lady sat by a pool and did hair wraps and french braids. There were convenient "foot showers" at the pool gates if you were coming in from the beach. Arden loved these! Once we rolled Jack through the shower, stroller and all! The atomosphere was great for us. It was very family friendly. I liked that there weren't a bunch of restrictions. We could eat and drink by the pool, the kids could enjoy the hot tub too (one of the reasons why I say it isn't a place for honeymooners), and there weren't lifeguards blowing their whistles at your every move. Sounds like it might be too wild and chaotic, but actually everyone was calm and the parents had their kids in check. It wasn't overrun by wild children, but I also didn't feel like we were bothering anyone when our kids were splashing around. I could dip my toes in the water while watching Jack at arms length splash around in the four inch deep baby pool, and sip on a margarita. The girls could float the lazy river by themselves or run around the pirate ship splash area. Brian could sit back and enjoy his beer. It was great!