The room has a smell that is not one you can put your finger on but it is gross. We complained and it took about 1/2 an hour for someone to come with spray. We went out for 3 hours and when we came back it still stunk.

When we entered the room upon arrival we called the front desk and they didn't answer so we tried the manager on duty, it was answered by the front desk lady! We told her of the smell and she didn't ask any questions, just said she would send someone with spray.

When we tried to make an outside call we couldn't and no one at the front desk answered again! I called the MOD office again and the same lady, Jewel, answered. She told me to hold on a second - she did something and told me to try the call again, it didn't work so I used my cell phone.

We walked the grounds, it is a big place - 3 buildings, 3 pools, a kiddie pool, 2 hot tubs, sand volleyball, etc. It could be really nice if they kept it up. We see why they lost the Holiday Inn name.

We would not recommend this place to anyone. We would not be staying if there were another openning elsewhere and we didn't live 10 hours away. We looked at another room here but it was the same - stinky and run down.

Too bad Honda Hoot is in town or we would have been outta here!

Although the pools were nice and the breakfast bar was nice that's about it. The Floors were absolutely FILTHY!!! After crawling around our room for 10 min. our baby's knees and feet were literally black. And when you walked on the floor with wet feet in the bathroom it left black marks. This is not only disgusting it's absolutely insanitary!!! Ironically enough 2 days after we got home our baby has come down with hand foot and mouth syndrome. They need to replace all of the carpeting and clean them regularly. We've stayed at a lot of hotels and never the Ritz either and I have NEVER seen carpets so dirty. Unfortunatly because of this we will never stay here again. And by the way, the "restaurant" is only open for breakfast and we never did see the pizza place open.

On the whole, this was a nice hotel. It was clean and the staff was very friendly. It's an older hotel and it looks it in some spots, but the room was clean. The only complaint about the room was that it was warmer than we prefered. We had it set on 60, but it never got below 73 (I have a themometer on my clock). It got to 73 after we pushed the curtain away from the vent. We were only there 2 days, so it was no big deal.
We went for a swim in one of the indoor pools and it was quite nice. The temperature was perfect and it didn't have an overpowering smell of chlorine. The jacuzzi was really warm and felt nice.
We didn't walk down to the main drag, as it was 1/2 mile. We found a non-paying parking spot on a street behind the main drag. Since it wasn't on the main street, it was quiet.

The free breakfast was decent. The grits were a little under cooked, but there was a nice selection and plenty of food....it wasn't a continental breakfast which was great!

We're not planning to go back...too touristy for us, but it was nice enough to recommend to friends.

After reading the bad reviews, I was very uneasy about staying at this hotel. I brought the Lysol just in case! However, I was pleasantly surprised upon arrival. The room was not smelly and for the most part clean. There was dust and the carpet was stained some, but no big deal. I knew I wasn't staying at the Ritz.. Our room had a view of the creek and my son and I even went down to skip rocks one evening. The inside and outside pools where clean. Nothing to complain about. The breakfast each morning was delicious also. The trek up and down the hill to the strip was tiring at times, but we considered it good exercise. I would recommend this place to anyone.