weidjx
newbie
Has anyone stayed here recently? I am looking also for info on the local area such as dining and how the beach itself is. Any comments or information would be helpful.
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Tropic Sun Towers
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HI..I am an owner at Tropic Sun....last stayed there 3 years ago though.I usually trade the unit..but have been in Ormond this year... are you familiar with the area at all? are you looking for nightlife or family style dining.?
I will try to answer any questions you have...you can send me a private email if you wish...
I will try to answer any questions you have...you can send me a private email if you wish...
JLB
Banned
My advice doesn't qualify since our sentence there was a few years ago. I did a review if it carried over from previous bbs's.
We were there during the remodel, there were plenty of empty redone units, but they gave us an older, cruddy one. The housekeeper was nice enough to let us see one that had been redone. The units are small, just enough room to put the bed in the bedroom and sorta walk around it.
We got to listen to and watch furniture falling passed our windows into dumpsters.
The staff was surly, the surliest of our 100 exchanges. They started being surly as we walked up to check in, they saw the RCI envelope, stopped puffing on their cigarettes, and laughed, saying, "See, I told you, RCI!!!"
This is how I recall them >>>>>>:hysterical:
The only freindly person was the housekeeper. She was new, happy to have gotten her kids out of NYC, and probably had not been sent to the Don Rickles School of Hospitality yet.
I had a nice round of golf, lunch included, arranged through the activties director, who was surly, put out because we had arrived late Sunday so hadn't been to her activities meeting. It started raining on the back nine and didn't stop the rest of the week.
The area has the normal chain restaurants and national stores, like Lowe's, Wal Mart, etc. We like Shells wherever we go in FL, and the Daytona Beach one is one of them. There is another, good, popular seafood restaurant at one of the bridges coming over to the beaches a little further south, south Daytona or New Smyrna. I can't remember the name but I remember I had grilled rock shrimp.
Why do you think memory is like that?
It was the last of our stays in NE FL, none of them being overly-friendly or fun. But, like I said, that was a few years back and it may be much nicer now.
You can see manatees at Blue Spring State Park in Deltona, not far toward Orlando on I-4. You can day-trip to St. Augustine to look at really old stuff and to Cape Canaveral.
We were there during the remodel, there were plenty of empty redone units, but they gave us an older, cruddy one. The housekeeper was nice enough to let us see one that had been redone. The units are small, just enough room to put the bed in the bedroom and sorta walk around it.
We got to listen to and watch furniture falling passed our windows into dumpsters.
The staff was surly, the surliest of our 100 exchanges. They started being surly as we walked up to check in, they saw the RCI envelope, stopped puffing on their cigarettes, and laughed, saying, "See, I told you, RCI!!!"
This is how I recall them >>>>>>:hysterical:
The only freindly person was the housekeeper. She was new, happy to have gotten her kids out of NYC, and probably had not been sent to the Don Rickles School of Hospitality yet.
I had a nice round of golf, lunch included, arranged through the activties director, who was surly, put out because we had arrived late Sunday so hadn't been to her activities meeting. It started raining on the back nine and didn't stop the rest of the week.
The area has the normal chain restaurants and national stores, like Lowe's, Wal Mart, etc. We like Shells wherever we go in FL, and the Daytona Beach one is one of them. There is another, good, popular seafood restaurant at one of the bridges coming over to the beaches a little further south, south Daytona or New Smyrna. I can't remember the name but I remember I had grilled rock shrimp.
Why do you think memory is like that?
It was the last of our stays in NE FL, none of them being overly-friendly or fun. But, like I said, that was a few years back and it may be much nicer now.
You can see manatees at Blue Spring State Park in Deltona, not far toward Orlando on I-4. You can day-trip to St. Augustine to look at really old stuff and to Cape Canaveral.
Tropic Sun Towers is a nice place since the remodel. I stayed there last year in a one bed room and they are all ocean front.The walls, cabinets, furniture etc were all new. Some of the 2 bed rooms are ocean front, some are ocean view so ask which you are getting. There are only 2 complaints I had about the resort. The one bed room units were somewhat small, and there was not a TV in the bed room.
The view was wonderful, the pool and hot tub were great, the resort had Bicycles to rent(cheap), boogie boards, shuffleboard, and plenty of underground parking. The location was near to Daytona Beach and the attractions, but far enough away to relax away from the huge crowds on the beach and by the pool. You can get a pool chair here easily on the sun deck or by the pool. The staff was friendly to me from check-in to check out, and I would have no problem staying there again.
That being said, my favorite place in the Daytona Beach area is Tropic Shores. The staff is fantastic, the resort is great, the rooms are larger, there is mid week full maid service, daily tidying up service, and the beach and pool are never crowded. Tropic Shores is a gold crown resort and it deserves that ranking.
The view was wonderful, the pool and hot tub were great, the resort had Bicycles to rent(cheap), boogie boards, shuffleboard, and plenty of underground parking. The location was near to Daytona Beach and the attractions, but far enough away to relax away from the huge crowds on the beach and by the pool. You can get a pool chair here easily on the sun deck or by the pool. The staff was friendly to me from check-in to check out, and I would have no problem staying there again.
That being said, my favorite place in the Daytona Beach area is Tropic Shores. The staff is fantastic, the resort is great, the rooms are larger, there is mid week full maid service, daily tidying up service, and the beach and pool are never crowded. Tropic Shores is a gold crown resort and it deserves that ranking.