Frommer's Review
This family-conscious resort is on a 15-acre island that rises above Hilton Head's widest estuary, Broad Creek. When it opened in 1996, it was the only U.S.-based Disney resort outside Florida and California. About 20 woodsy-looking buildings are arranged into a compound. Expect lots of pine trees and fallen pine needles, garlands of Spanish moss, plenty of families with children, and an ambience that's several notches less intense than that of hotels in Disney theme parks. Part of the fun, if you like this sort of thing in concentrated doses, are the many summer-camp-style activities. Public areas have outdoorsy colors (forest green and cranberry), stuffed game fish, and varnished pine. References are made to Shadow the Dog (a fictitious golden retriever that is the resort's mascot) and Mathilda (a maternal figure who conducts cooking lessons for children as part of the resort's planned activities). All accommodations contain minikitchens, suitable for feeding sandwiches and macaroni to the kids, but hardly the kind of thing that a gourmet chef would enjoy, as well as wooden furniture consistent with the resort's vacation-home-in-the-forest theme. For elaborate restaurants and bars, look elsewhere. Tide Me Over is a walk-up window serving Carolina cookery for breakfast and lunch. Those who don't cook their meals in-house can trek a short distance to the dozen or so eateries and bars in the nearby marina complex at Shelter Cove Harbour.
Facilities:
3 restaurants; bar; 3 outdoor pools; fitness center; health spa; babysitting; laundry service
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