What's in a name change? Resort? Resort? We think not. Better to resort to staying off the island if all the other hotel rooms are taken. Despite room renovations last year, and fantastic ocean or sunset views, the Sunspree continues to be on our list of biggest tourist rip-offs on WB. The Blockade Runner (aptly named after criminals) comes in a close second, but as long as there is sand to hold up the north end of the beach, the Holiday Inn Resort is king of the the faux luxery hotels. When it is tourists season you can expect to spend $300 to $400 a night for a room and the use of a pool. We guess that word "resort" has most to do with the audacity of charging that much for a room that does not face the ocean, as in, they are resorting to extortion.
The rooms, even the "suites," are cramped and tiny. There's barely enough room for one person and two "guests" from Cape Fear Entertainers. The bar is set up nice and is a great meeting place, but it is dead by about 10 PM. The food in the restaurant is good, but we were very perturbed to see they they go rid of the Sunday breakfast and brunch buffet. Cost cutting, are we? That was good food.
You have got to be an idiot, a trust fund baby, a business traveller that can write it off, or all three, to stay at the Holiday Inn (Sunspree) Resort and Casino. They might as well add in the word "casino" as recklessly as they added in the word "resort." What the hey! Got your nose, stupid tourist.Update, July 18th: The word "Sunspree" has been dropped from the title of the hotel this week. Maybe they dropped the wrong word by mistake. Maybe not. What was a sunspree anyway? We're not sure, but it sounded like lots of sexy fun in the sun.
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