Sun Skipper Ocean Front Top Floor Pink Coral Buidling in Carolina Beach

Re: beach shower

CarolinaBeachBoo (Carolina Beach, NC USA)
Review submitted: September 4, 2011   Date of arrival: September 1, 2011

Just to explain, I actually live in this fantastic building, and sorry, but we used to have an outdoor shower but it was used and abused by surfers every day year round and the association can't afford the water bill for people using it that don't live/stay here, there was a sign telling them not to use it, but alas, u know how that goes... anyway thus no outdoor shower, sorry! :-)

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The sun didn't skip this vacation!

Kris77 (Thomasville, NC, USA)
Review submitted: August 4, 2011   Date of arrival: July 31, 2011

My Mother, Sister, and I were looking for specific criteria in a rental. It had to be oceanfront with a pool, at least 2 bedrooms, family oriented, clean, affordable and accept partial week stays. Believe it or not, this is a tall order when it comes to vacation rentals!

The owners at Sun Skipper came through happily for us! Bill was wonderful to work with, very sweet and dedicated to making our stay memorable.

The condo is absolutely gorgeous. It looks professionally decorated and is so comfortable and roomy! The living room is twice the size of a normal condo, and the master bedroom is huge with a walk-in closet. There isn't a picture up here of the 2nd bedroom, but it is nicely sized with a wooden bunkbed featuring a full bed on bottom and twin on top. There are cubbies and storage galore and TV/DVDs in every room. The view from the balcony is beautiful. The North Pier is about 2 football fields to the left and you can literally see all the way down to Kure Beach Pier on the right. We saw dolphins on the horizon two mornings in a row and the roar of the ocean lured us to sleep each night. We were thoroughly impressed with just about everything this condo had to offer!

I don't want to be ungracious about our stay because we LOVED the condo, but there are 2 things to beware of before renting.

One... the stairs. This is a walk-up 3rd floor condo. This normally would not be an issue but we arrived with a baby and a car load of baby stuff in tow. It was cumbersome and tiring to make so many trips up those stairs, but this was completely our fault as we brought everything but the kitchen sink! Just a forewarning for those with small children, lots of luggage, or health issues.

Two... no shower or hose on the building. You do have to cross the road to the adjacent condo and use the hose at the pool when returning from the beach. My son seemed to catch 10 lbs of crushed shells in his swimsuit the first day, so it was a little uncomfortable for him to walk even that far. I've since remembered that it's a good idea to cut the netting out of swimsuits before playing in the ocean.

These very small grievances did not stop us from loving the condo and we would definitely recommend Sun Skipper to anyone looking for an unbelievable Carolina Beach vacation. We are so thankful to Bill and Sandi for sharing their lovely home with us. We could not have had a better time in a more perfect setting!

Recommended for: families with teenagers, girls getaway, sight seeing, romantic getaway

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Perfect Vacation Spot

bluecat1 (Campbellsburg, KY)
Review submitted: June 28, 2011   Date of arrival: June 18, 2011

I searched tirelessly for hours for the perfect rental and I don't think I could have found anything better. This place is clean, bright, cheerful and beautifully decorated. I think they found every possible beach-themed trinket they could find and it works beautifully. This is probably the most room we've had in a 2 bedroom oceanfront condo. It was perfect. You cannot get any closer to the ocean. The walk across the street to the pool is no big deal at all. I've walked further to pools that were on the property. The tv's in every room with dvd players were life savers for the kids when we were not at the ocean. The owners were wonderful and very helpful. Our favorite restaurant was Big Daddy's and we loved the fudge boat at the boardwalk. I cannot say enough good things about this place. The only thing I didn't like was that there is not a water hose or shower to wash the sand off before you come upstairs to your room. It looks like that would have been easy enough to have added when they built the building, but you can walk over to the pool shower to wash off or just hit the shower when you get to the room, which is what we did. Trust me, you will love this place enough that you won't care about the sand. I'm hoping we can return sometime. It was not crowded at all, which is what we were hoping for.

Recommended for: age 55+, families with young children, families with teenagers, girls getaway

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