The Island Resort At Fort Walton Beach

“Great times”

Becca slays she is so awesome! Great service and drinks and times. So grateful for her and her hospitality. Good times and tan lines. Will be returning for sure! Happy fall break rush the order LFG. ):/&);&:!3&;8;&/$/73;$,!,&!(&//$7-$:$;$,;

“Amazing memory. Great staff.”

We spent 4 nights on the beach tower 4th floor. Beach: - I saw people with fold up chairs in the water. Looked so relaxing. We had blow up chairs and we sat in the water/sand but we still moved around. - Saw two kids collecting baseball sized jelly fish and putting them in a bucket. Geez- local k… more

We spent 4 nights on the beach tower 4th floor. Beach: - I saw people with fold up chairs in the water. Looked so relaxing. We had blow up chairs and we sat in the water/sand but we still moved around. - Saw two kids collecting baseball sized jelly fish and putting them in a bucket. Geez- local kids. I guess the little clear ones don't sting. I saw 2 large brown ones. - Beach chairs are pricey. 9to5pm. $45/day. Half day=$35 1to5pm. I think they cost more during the summer high season. - They had a sand volleyball court that always seemed used. - Saw someone flying a kite. Well, the kite flew itself. - I bought snorkeling gear and to our surprise we saw gray fish. - Take a flashlight in case you want to walk at night. Small cup for a seashell or two. Hotel: - They provide a write band for entry into room and to open doors. I had a wide hair band that covered it and it looked cool. Still worked. - Yes, they have a resort fee $25? and a parking fee of $15. You get a yellow sheet you have to put on your windshield. - There is extra parking in a garage on the west side. - You get a wristband to get in the doors. You cannot charge drinks on it. - I did not hear live music. We faced the gulf. - We played Singing Bingo in the indoor bar area. Fun to play while drinking and eating during happy hour. I think we we showed up at 4:30 and stumbled upon it. That was a fun memory. Happy hour I think is from 4? to 6pm. Happy hour food cannot be taken to the room. - They offered yoga at 9am. I walked by at 8:59am and did not see anyone. Just some mats. I did not want to be the only one. It's on the west side near beach. - Elevators in beach tower gave us a bit of a problem. The one on the right (facing it). We would get in, the door would close, and nothing. No matter how many buttons we pushed. Other people had the same problem. Eventually we figured out. IF the right elevator opens in bottom floor just let it close and count to 30. The other elevator will open and work. This only happened in first floor. - The is an old, old property. There will always be remodeling going on. While we were there they were re-doing balconies (not ours) but did not start till 8:30am. - If you need to fill an ice chest go to the maintenance building located on the west side by the beach. Room: - Close the light blue curtain during your stay at least once. Beautiful in a sunny day. - Small room. Funny how small rooms in the 70's. - Sand got everywhere. The housekeeping was nice and cleaned this up. - The room had an adjoining door. For one night I could hear everything next door. I stuffed a towel under the door and it worked. - Floors are not carpeted. My white socks stayed white. Super clean room! - I turned the AC off for a while to open the door and hear the gulf waves. Surprisingly even though the wall unit said off, the AC kicked on about every 20 minutes until I finally closed the door and turned AC back on. Dehumidifier? - Coffee maker is a keurig. Sometimes it only made 1/2 a cup. I would just run it twice. - Shower spilled water on the floor. No way to avoid it. Use extra towels. - No conditioner. Just shampoo and body wash attached to the wall. - Microwave would shut off after 30 seconds. Turns out everything was attached by one single power strip. We just did without the mic. Yes, we reported this. - Three small garbage cans seemed plenty. Take extra bags for longer stays. - TV had chromecast built in. I loved this. No wires to attach. Easier to use from my small laptop. Also used from my phone to watch youtube videos. - I wish shower had a small place to set my foot on to shave my legs. Also no place to place my own conditioner, etc. - Lots and lots of wall plug in spots. Nice. Pools: - The grotto bar was open. This is late September. Water in the grotto pool was chilly but I did it. People were laying out relaxing, reading books, drinking. The other pool seemed to be heated and was full of kids. - The hotel provides pool towels. Food/drinks: - Food is pricey, just like any resort. We had breakfast a few mornings and split the item. About $18 for a plate = delicious skillets. The breakfast buffet was $24 or so. We did not try it. - Drinks are good but expensive. $14 for a small cup and $25 for a bucket. - I think the restaurant offered pizza for $25? I saw a pizza hut delivery guy by the west side of building delivering pizza. Probably cheaper. Safety: We felt super safe. All doors on beach tower required wristband entry. If you face the parking lot never open doors at night. No matter how hard they bang on them. The hotel can call your room. Hospitality: Every single staff member's goal was to make sure you have a good time. Housekeeping was professional and courteous. The staff made all the difference.

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“Island Resort”

The beach & the gulf were absolutely beautiful & I loved the tiki bar on the beach. I did not like paying $45 (plus tax) to rent a beach umbrella & two chairs for four hours in the morning. When our 4 hours were up, the chairs were filled immediately which means another couple paid $45 to rent the … more

The beach & the gulf were absolutely beautiful & I loved the tiki bar on the beach. I did not like paying $45 (plus tax) to rent a beach umbrella & two chairs for four hours in the morning. When our 4 hours were up, the chairs were filled immediately which means another couple paid $45 to rent the chairs in the afternoon). Also, we were OVERCHARGED $23 for using our credit card for the resort fee’s & parking fee’s. They call it non-cash fees and it’s 2.5% of your total bill. After calling, the $23 was returned to the credit card but review your statement before checking out!

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“Typical Tourist Trap”

Overall, I wouldn't return to this resort. It's funny that it's called a resort as, you pay for any little additional amenity like you would at a normal hotel. We had to pay a whopping $55 for two beach chairs and an umbrella (per day), which the property listing implied was included with resort am… more

Overall, I wouldn't return to this resort. It's funny that it's called a resort as, you pay for any little additional amenity like you would at a normal hotel. We had to pay a whopping $55 for two beach chairs and an umbrella (per day), which the property listing implied was included with resort amenities. Breakfast and parking also required additional fees. The A/C unit in our room was not adjustable and was SO loud every time it cut on. Staff was moderately friendly, but not overly helpful. The pool and swim-up bar were excellent, though, as was the beach bar. Everything was generally clean and the location was good. The beach was GORGEOUS, with clear water and pristine beach sand. It's a shame that we could only afford to do the one day on the beach due to the cost of the beach chairs (we flew so we didn't bring our own beach chairs/umbrellas). It probably is a great resort if you have kids and/or drive so you can bring your own beach setup, but it was not the best experience for us.

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