Beachfront Tidewater 1801 - Pools, Private Beach, Hot Tub, West End - Free Golf

The condo was great. The elevator situation is ridiculous. Good location

Room was as described and nice but I will never stay at the Tidewater again. The elevators are awful, we waited almost and hour for an elevator several times during our week long stay and several of the elevators were out of service.

I had to buy pans in order to even fix scrambled eggs and biscuits for breakfast. Plenty of plates, but nothing to cook with. And spent half of my time on vacation waiting for elevators.

Overall the property was clean in the sense of housekeeping. You could tell the floors were just replaced in the unit, which were great, however, the baseboards and trim were heavily scraped and unfinished. The refrigerator had multiple broken shelves in both the fridge and freezer. When we arrived to the unit the freezer had been left open which caused to wait almost 12-14 hours for it to reach freezing temperatures again. The kitchen was also poorly equipped in regardless to cooking pans. We ended up having to buy a couple pans that would be needed to make meals for 10 people that the unit advertises as the max. Overall the condo is in a great location, and this won't be another review complaining about the elevators. When you consider the size of the building and how busy the summer months are we were not too shocked. The problem with the elevators we found were people would hit the button to go up/down on multiple floors and then leave. This left the elevators making multiple unneeded stops which caused them to be slower. Ultimately we enjoyed our time here, I just wouldn't say it was worth the price we incurred for the unit.

The space was perfect- but the furniture needs to be updated. The brackets holding the kitchen counter were taped over. Lots of scratches and scuffs throughout. Our bunch didn’t mind much because there was ample space for our group of 9. The ladies at the check in counter were awesome. The rest of the resort was a bit of a let down. Starbucks was not your usual Starbucks, the bar and grill closed at 9, and the food was kind of gross (although our bartender was great). Never did figure out the “free amenities,” offered by Panhandle Getaways. I was given a phone number to call but they don’t open until 9am - so that was a disappointment.

The condo was in worn down condition. The refrigerator was really bad with broken shelves and a broken icemaker. When we got there the couch bed would not fold into the couch, and I had to call the management company because we would not have had a comfortable place to sit. There were nicks in most of the baseboards, and it looks like they had not done any work to the place in a while. The beds were comfortable. The linens and towels were nice. I’m sure if you read any reviews of Tidewater you will see that the elevators are a source of contention as people have waited up to an hour for an elevator. The pools were boring and the outside hot tub was disgusting as it looks like the little kids were in there and used it as a toilet. The beach access was convenient and the beach was nice. In my opinion, we over paid for this property and could have stayed at a nicer place. it was very inconvenient that there was road construction taking place because we like to walk to different places rather than having to move our vehicle and pier park is within walking distance. obviously not the condo owners responsibility or fault.

The condo was totally awesome and really large. Perfect for lots of people. Everything worked great. Plenty of towels and channels on the TV to stream. We loved it. Definitely want to stay again in the future.

The stay was amazing. We love Tidewater Resort. The only complaint I have is 10 days before our stay Panhandle Getaways contacted me stating our original condo that we booked had to have some tile work done so they needed to switch us condos. We confirmed that was ok and didn’t hear anything back from them and also never received our confirmation email with all the codes needed. I had to contact them and was told that we didn’t confirm our stay. Eventually after speaking with 4 different people they finally got things in order and sent us the info we needed. The condo itself isn’t bad but the lack of communication between renters and Panhandle employees could be better along with communication between employees. Had I not got back in touch with them myself we would have showed up and possibly had nowhere to stay and would have been out all our money. Other than that our stay was great!

We had an extended stay from Christmas Day through January 28th. The Tidewater complex is very large. Unlike other reviewers we did not have issues with elevator waits. I can see how it would be an issue during busy seasons. Complex has lots of security presence and access is tightly controlled. #1801 has a great layout. End unit has side views as well as full ocean views from the wrap around balcony. Worked well for us. Unit is definitely ready for an update. No major issues that were not resolved quickly by Panhandle Gettaways Mgt co. Just needs some work. i.e. some floor tile was loose and cracked (covered with a carpet.) Couches were tired- we covered with sheets and they were fine. I would go back for sure, but hopefully after a little work is done on the place. Pretty much what you would expect for a place directly on the beach in a spring break destination. Panhandle Gettaways was EXCELLENT! We deal with a lot of mgt companies. They were very responsive and quick to resolve any issues we had. Things come up during a 5 week stay and they nailed it!

The condo was beautiful, clean and had an excellent view with wrap around balcony. My only suggestion would be to add more drinking glasses and silverware, which weren't enough for 10 people to stay. We only had 7 stay, and there were only 4-5 spoons and 4-5 forks. Also, only 8 glasses total (all sizes included). I would highly recommend adding more basic kitchen items. Aside from these needs, the stay was excellent.