Best Things Nearby:
The coastal beaches of Cape Cod.
The resort is well located and easy to get to. The South Cape Beach is 3.3 miles down the road, a shopping area and two grocery stores are about a mile in the other direction. Being close to route 28 and relatively close to route 6 gives you access to anywhere on the Cape. The furthest trip, of course is to Provincetown where we took a great whale watch trip. We saw three types of whales and also saw dolphins and harbor porpoises. Our final stop had whales and dolphins passing right by the boat.
A large premium outlet center with 152 stores is located about 1 1/2 hours away in Wrentham. We spent a rainy day there and did plenty of damage! Almost any store you could ask for was there. Since the beach was still too cold, we spent the other days wandering through the shops of Chatham and Hyannis and spent some time on various hiking trails. The digital camera came in handy at one trail as I took a picture of the posted trail and we could reference it as we came to forks or dead ends in the path.
Best Things About the Resort:
The units are spacious individual homes, so you don't have to worry about noises through the walls or above the ceiling. Hot tub in the master bath, but none at the pool.
The recreation area has an indoor pool that looked well maintained although rather small. There is an outdoor tennis court that also looked well maintained, a small playscape and horseshoe pits. Across the street was a basketball court. Equipment and board games could be signed out at the front desk and videos could be rented. In the corner of the lobby was what appeared to be a lending library of used books.
A few umbrella tables with chairs and three lounge chairs were outside the pool areas for community use. There is also is what appeared to be an activity room with tables and a Ping-Pong table. This was enclosed, but glass sided, looking like a large freestanding screen room. Too bad they don't have any organized activities.
Resort Experience:
I just got back from spending a week on the Cape with a friend. My first full week vacation without my family. I have to admit I missed them!
I was a little disappointed with my first Gold Crown resort; I expected more. They have no planned activities, not even a meet-and-greet info session. We own at Southcape and find them to be just as nice.
We had a carpenter ant problem. There were various ant traps, but they were not working. We killed at least six a day and that was only being there primarily for breakfast and dinner. Otherwise, the units seemed to be in good condition.
The woman behind the counter at check-in was rather abrupt. She called the maintenance man over to inform us about a broken handle on the accordion doors to the master bath. They close, but a handle was missing on one side. We had a few other exchanges with her during our stay and her demeanor didn't change.
There was another woman who worked in the office areas that was very nice, but the main customer service person needs lessons in customer service. The only pleasant encounter was when we left. She didn't bother charge us the 25 cents for an 800 number call we made for whale-watch reservations.
You enter the unit into a large sitting area with a TV room to your right and the master bed/bath straight ahead. The guestroom is on the opposite corner of the sitting area and the kitchen is to the left. There is a small deck both in front and back. The back deck had a table with four chairs and a lounge chair. There is a charcoal Weber grill, but the inside was rusted so we couldn't barbeque.
The kitchen is a large eat-in kitchen with all appliances (no blender). The kitchen provided:
Small dish soap container
Salt and pepper
6 packets of dishwasher detergent
a few napkins
multipurpose glass cleaner (no paper towels)
Bars of soap
Extra trash bags.
The bathroom also had extra soap, no lotions or shampoos or hair dryer, towels for six, no extras. Towel exchange is on Wednesday. There are three washers and dryers at $1.00 per load (dryers only go 1/2 hour so really takes $2.00).
Our last day we were finally able to enjoy the sun and spent the day on the deck and on the lounge chairs by the tennis court. Came home sun burned like any good Cape visit.
- Unit Type: 2 Bedroom
- Activities: Not Available
- Amenities: Good
- Unit Satisfaction: Very Good
- Family Friendliness: Fair
- Service: Fair