The Reef Resort

To the poster from Minnesota, I'm sorry to here that your vacation suffered from the unusual weather that we had during your stay. I repeat unusual, as for the first time ever we actually had to bring in a backhoe to remove copious amounts of seaweed that swept ashore in our largest swim area due to unusual spring tide currents combined with some late season winds. I would assure other visitors that it is exceptionally unusual for us to get such seaweed washed ashore, and that The Reef Resort is in fact very popular with families with small children, as we do have several areas which are ideal (with sandy bottom) for kids to swim in, not to mention a huge (1600 foot long) beach for them to explore to their hearts content ! I would encourage you to try us again... and I tell you what, if you email me your information and come again at the same time of year, if you have the same sort of weather I will refund you the cost of your stay, I am that sure that the "seaweed laden" experience you had was a freakish ocurrence ! :)

A TripAdvisor member today brought my attention to this review. My apologies to him and other viewers for not responding to this review before this, but back in Feb 2005 we were pretty busy making sure our resort was in the best possible shape after re-opening on Jan 29th, 2005 after the massive damage caused by Hurricane Ivan, Sep 11th, 2004. Anyway, as regards timeshare, yes we do offer membership opportunities for timeshares, quarter shares and full ownership in condos. However, we are the epitome of "soft sell", we absolutely do not pressure any guests into any such purchases. Re the review on Feb 13, 2005, all of our guests receive the same high level of service at all times, anything else is totally unacceptable to us and would results in disciplinary measures being taken against the offending staff member. Now, did the guest in question here the magic word 'timeshare" and set his mind against everything in the resort ? Quite possible :)