It was a gorgeous sunny day in the Gold Coast, and we were able to check right into our room at noon when we arrived at 11am. The hotel gave us a corner suite since we are Hilton Gold members, and the room had a balcony overlooking the beach facing south toward Coolangatta.
We took a walk across the street to the beach and saw that the women''s triathlon competition of the Goodwill Games was about to start. We watched a portion of the running and rowing part, and then we decided to walk into Surfer''s Paradise. It was about a 5K walk, and we were lucky enough to arrive at our destination just ahead of a rain shower.
We had the buffet breakfast at Food Fantasy included in our room rate, so we tried it on Sunday. There was a 20 minute wait to get in, and they took away all of the breakfast items by 10:30. To be honest, all of the food we tried was awful, so it wasn''t worth the wait. Others were paying about $20 each to get in, and they seemed quite disappointed with the value.