Located on the sixty mile stretch of beach in the Myrtle Beach area, Sea Mist Oceanfront Resort is a fifteen acre resort offering a wide variety of amenities and activities. Built in 1954 and owned by the same family since, the resort is aimed at providing family orientated vacations. The resort offers family vacation packages including admission to their attractions, meal plans and variety of other extras. They won the Myrtle Beach "Best of the Beach'' award for family vacations from 2005 to 2008.
With access to the ocean, two indoor pools, nine outdoor pools and a water park the resort provides many family water entertainment options. The resort includes the Family Kingdom amusement park, complete with roller coasters, carnival games and other attractions. The Sea Mist resort has a 90 seat movie theatre with free admission for guests. An arcade with 120 video games, multi-level playground and miniature golf course rounds out the family entertainment options.
The resorts 862 rooms were last updated in 1999, and come in a wide variety of sizes, accommodations and price ranges. There are nineteen buildings on the resort, offering a variety of locations and scenery. Ocean front buildings are located directly on the ocean. Ocean view hotel buildings are located on the same side of the resort as the ocean and offer ocean vistas. Oceanside rooms are located near the ocean but have no view. Finally, water park side buildings are located across the resort from the ocean.
Rooms are offered as standard hotel rooms, studios, suites, penthouses, condos and rental houses. Standard rooms come equipped with two double beds, patio, microwave and refrigerator. Studios offer a king size bed, pull down wall bed and kitchenette. Suites are comprised of a two bed bedroom, living room with wall bed, private balcony or patio and kitchenette. The penthouses have five rooms; three bedrooms and two baths. It comes with a spacious balcony, full kitchen, dishwasher, washer and dryer. Condos are more spacious than similarly equipped hotel rooms. They are located in the Tides and Driftwood buildings and offer only ocean front or ocean view rooms. Sea Mists also offers rental houses which they refer to as bungalows, cottages and guest villas. They have nine in all offering a variety of amenities and options.
The ocean front resort offers a variety of dining options as well. Eight different eateries combine with two bars to offer food and drinks throughout the resort. A convenience store carries food as well plus any travel essentials you may have forgotten. If you're looking to accommodate a large meeting or conference, the Sea Mist has its own conference center with catering available. While the resort aims to offer a family setting which you won't want to leave, they can assist you in arranging off resort trips for golf, shopping or dining.
Guests have expressed a wide variety of opinions on the resort. Some find it outdated, dirty and staffed with unfriendly people. Others find it affordable and a good fit for their vacation needs. With the variety of rooms and accommodations some people report that they had a bad experience based on their location on the resort. Some rooms are located over two city blocks from the ocean, making constant trips with small children a hassle.
