Grand Seas By Exploria Resorts

“Family Trip”

Room and facilities were clean and well maintained. New pool deck and access to the beach were very nice.

“Laid Back”

Good relaxing time needed as a break from a busy work schedule. It was good to see the improvements being made to the venue after weather related damage last year.

“good and bad”

The place is really nice all redone. With that being said i would not stay there again .no ballcanies the room 3050 has a queen bed that i allmost rolled off from it becuses it was to soft my wife had to sleep on the sofa and let me have the bed . and thd beach and pool close at dusk.so you can't g… more

The place is really nice all redone. With that being said i would not stay there again .no ballcanies the room 3050 has a queen bed that i allmost rolled off from it becuses it was to soft my wife had to sleep on the sofa and let me have the bed . and thd beach and pool close at dusk.so you can't go for a walk on the beach at night. but it was very clean. oh and parking is a nightmare good luck .and the resort is very long so lots of walking to get were your going. time share meeting took 4 hours. no we did not buy. Rodney

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“Beware of the spiral staircase!!!!”

Arrived a bit before check in and our room was ready. That was a nice surprise! I looked behind the hospitality specialist and saw about 10 piles or so of others who were to check in that same day with their parking pass, wristlets that allow you into the pool area and unlock your door, and small p… more

Arrived a bit before check in and our room was ready. That was a nice surprise! I looked behind the hospitality specialist and saw about 10 piles or so of others who were to check in that same day with their parking pass, wristlets that allow you into the pool area and unlock your door, and small pieces of paper that allow you to ‘charge’ to your room if you were to go to the tiki bar (don’t know the hours for the bar) or cafe that is open from like 7 - 3 (please check those hours). We did not go to either. I appreciated their organization. Once receiving our ‘packet’ we were told to go see the gentleman off to the side. He was a TIMESHARE salesmen. He offered us $100 gift card to listen to his sales pitch. No thanks. We have a timeshare already in the Bahamas which is a REAL resort and I don’t want another one. No more timeshares. They are a money pit. He was not pushy nor did we hear from them again trying to get us to buy in to Exploria. Came two weeks before check in date and was told we had an ocean front room. NOPE!!!! It was parking lot/ A1A view. Open the door and first thing I saw was a spiral staircase. Two floors really??? Should have immediately gone right back to say NO but we just are not those people. Room smelled immediately of pinesol. First floor had a pullout couch, chair, coffee table, dresser and a very small flat screen tv. Next comes the kitchen table with 4 chairs. Kitchen is small but it is a full kitchen with an apartment style fridge, meaning it is smaller than what you have at home. Off the kitchen was a full bathroom with standup shower. So we unloaded kitchen stuff, etc. from the first floor and NOT using the spiral staircase to carry all our belongings for sleeping, bathing, our clothes, etc. we had to locate which wasn’t an easy task, a luggage carrier to take onto the elevator and use the door upstairs to take everything in that way. The door on the inside says emergency door only. Well you cannot carry a heavy suitcase and all your other belongings for a week’s stay up those stairs!!!! Very lengthy process as well as not pleasant way to start off your vacation. Upstairs is a king sized bed, which was very comfortable, 4 standard sized pillows which I too found comfortable, the same small flat screen tv over a dresser, a closet where the safe door would not stay shut so it interfered with opening and closing the closet door, makeup counter, whirlpool bath tub, and sink and a full bathroom with sink, toilet and stand up shower. Everything appeared clean EXCEPT downstairs there was a wet glass ring on the dresser and coffee table. I used Lysol wipes everywhere and found no dirt except those two things. The bathrooms have two towel racks which I loved so you have places to dry your bath towels. They gave plenty of towels, wash clothes, and hand towels and six beach towels bc there is NOT a towel hut at the pool area. If there was a need for fresh towels, they would provide per request. If you want your room cleaned, there was a fee for that. Beware when taking a shower, don’t run any faucets or flush a toilet bc the water pressure goes to about a trickle. That can happen too if your neighbor is showering at the same time your are as well. There are coin washers/dryers on a couple of floors and ice machine(s) on other floors. Saw washers/dryers on 3rd floor and ice machine on 2nd floor. Did not go on any other floors. There is an indoor pool with a hot tub, arcade room, the south pool was nice with a fairly large pool, about 36 lounge chairs, 12 tables with umbrellas with chairs and 4 cabanas you can rent, $150 for 4 hours and $300 for 8 hours. The pool looked like it had been resurfaced recently, the pavers around the pool looked brand new, they look nice but sure are hot with hot FL sun shining on them all day, and the table and chairs all looked brand new too so that all was very nice. The north pool was just about getting finished as we were leaving and peaked in to check in out. It looks very nice. There is an entrance to the beach which is a ramp so no steps to try to navigate down. I found that a plus especially with small children, elderly individuals, trying to carry beach chairs, umbrellas, etc. down to the beach. There is a security guard around the pool area to make sure you have your wristband on. This is nice so people off the beach don’t enter and use the pool/facilities. There is also a guard watching the grounds. Being right on A1A, a large spread out elongated ‘resort’ where people can walk along and attempt to make themselves right at home at the resort, they are they to help escort them along if there were ever a need. I never felt they were intrusive, felt comfortable they were there and there was never anyone breaking the rules or coming on the property that did not belong while we were there. There is a shopping plaza right across the street with a grocery store, shops, restaurants, ice cream shop, etc. There is a traffic light right at the end of the ‘resort’ to cross the street if you chose to walk over there. The traffic light causes noise for those rooms close to A1A when they excelerate when the light changes to green. Also motorcycles and loud cars/trucks definitely can be heard while one is trying to go to sleep even with white noise machines going. It does get quieter later in the evening. So can this resort become a 4 star resort? In my opinion no. The location really keeps it from that, the look of the resort from the road, the vibe, etc. Being that close to such a busy road, looking like a motel that has been renovated to a timeshare, nothing that really screams 4 star resort like I have ever been to, etc. It just lacks that extra pazzazz that it needs to go from a 3.9 to a real 4 start resort. Are they trying?? Absolutely!!!! Cleanliness is top notch, friendly service like Katie and Kim provided, updated rooms, pools nice (but that was bc they were either destroyed and damaged by the hurricane so were given a facelift or all brand new), most of the landscape was well manicured, etc. Would I come back? For us it is not our cup of tea but if we had not been used to 4/5 star real resorts, I would find this resort quite nice. It truly a 3.9 star resort. (Side note: management found out from an owner how dissatisfied we were with the location of our room, noise level, NO view, being told ocean front room and get one of the worst rooms they have to offer, etc. and they were willing to allow us to move to an oceanfront room free of charge. We declined bc we were not staying for our original full week but if we had stayed for the full week, we would have taken them up on the offer.) The ocean front rooms have floor to ceiling windows that over look the ocean and some both ocean and pool. We were visiting friends that overlooked the pool/ocean and could not hear the kids in the pool inside the room. Of course from inside the room bc there are NO balconies. The first floor rooms have awning porches with two chairs and a table. With NO balconies it is quite hard to dry beach towels and bathing suits. It is a missed opportunity for enjoying the ocean breezes as well. Balconies can be a liability but they sure are NICE at the beach especially an ocean front room. I would use the rooms that are facing the parking lot for those guests that are not staying a week. Kudos for all those trying so hard to make this timeshare the best it can be. I can truly see the effort.

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