Why I adore the Avdventure Inn
For one reason alone I adore the Adventure Inn.....about 15 or so years ago we stayed there for a 4-night rental......wife, 2 kids , and mother-in-law (the SWEET kind). We knew nothing of timeshares...didn't even know what it meant. ...well, the experience was disastrous. The room was disgusting beyond belief, the space very cramped, etc., etc. Needless to say, I told my family then and there, "This will never happen to us again, I promise."
The next time we stayed at the Westin Hotel....did that for 3 years. Rooms in summer were $400+ a night at that time. On the last stay there, on a hot Sunday after checking out, we drove around looking for "something different". Saw Grande Ocean buildings ...hit the brakes! ....turned around and pulled in and parked. Thought "Now THERE'S a nice Hotel!!!"
Walked around, thought GREAT, this is nice...gotta see how much "per night".....asked someone at the pool , and they said "Gotta OWN".
OWN???
How's that? Immediately knocked on the Sales Office door ----by this time it was 5:15 pm----(we had been driving around a bit..... & GO's sales office had just closed.) One guy came to the door, said, "Well, OK, you've walked around already, I GUESS I'll show you a unit 'unofficially' ". We did, & i asked the price as we walked and talked....he quoted an off-season Bronze week, and i almost fell over. I whispered to my wife, "Let's just look, but then leave fast."
We looked...then we went into the office again.....ran into that little United States and World map....you know, the one which lights up all the little lights as you travel to parts of the world. All of a sudden it clicked. (That was their plan, I now realize, but that's OK.) This was it....this was what i wanted ...and my family can have vacations and see the world too.
We sat down with a sales guy (wonderful guy) named Anthony Colone, now at Myrtle Beach property as sales manager, and after he spoke about the advantages of a Bronze week (at the moment he was leaning back in his chair as he spoke, with his clasped hands behind his neck)..... I said, "OK, i'd like one Platinum OceanFRONT week and one Platinum Oceanside week." He literally stumbled and almost crashed backwards!!! Luckily he caught himself and we left that day with the world at our fingertips. (Anthony still laughs about that day!!!)
The rest is history. For the next decade+, we traveled to Europe twice, stayed all over the USA, Caribbean, Hawaii, Bahamas, etc., etc.....Would have NEVER, EVER done all that. Would not have even thought to do it.........and also enjoyed countless weeks at our beloved Grande Ocean ...now we have 5 weeks in all (3 GO and 2 Barony), and we stay 3 consecutive weeks at GO each June.......amazing, and ALL because of the Adventure Inn.....
So, former Adventure Inn, I salute you! What an adventure you were! ((( I feel like i met a woman so ugly, that the next one i met i asked her to marry me. That's how i felt.))) In real life, however, I met my wife (years earlier) and she WAS the beautiful princess I dreamed of. Just had to use a good analogy.....so, all the best to everyone, and Happy Demolition and Reconstruction to the Adventure Inn site! I'll see you as we drive by, turning in to our 2nd home Grande Ocean NEXT DOOR!!!!! As they say, What a country!!!
jme