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Posted: Tue Mar 28, 2006 8:45 am Post subject: |
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Welcome to the forum, MichaelLParks ,
I certainly understand your concern about this property, since you were on the island five months after Hurricane Ivan and saw all the damage. I was also on Cayman at that time and stayed along 7 Mile Beach in a condo for two weeks.
Slowly but surely, everything is getting back to normal, especially all the hotels and condos and restaurants. Buildings have been restored and often completely redone to be better than ever. I just came back three weeks ago from another two week vacation......the progress has been remarkable.
I can't speak directly to Treasure Island, but I can tell you that it would not be one of the six recommended condo properties that Joe has chosen for the Hotel Search page, if he had not been thoroughly impressed when he inspected it just a few months ago. He was really impressed with the size and the quality of the big oceanfront condos, and the fact that even though this is a condo property, it has some amenities that you would usually find at a resort.....large pool with swim up bar, restaurant, etc. He chose this as one of the select properties also because of its value....the quality of the condo in that particular price range. Believe me, his criteria were very stringent!
Since you are familiar with Treasure Island, you know that the hotel and the condos are separate. The hotel has not reopened and will not reopen to tourists. It has been turned into long term apartment rentals. I think the lobby bar is still there, but I don't believe that they have any music in the lobby anymore, like they used to. BUT, the condos are fully restored and fully operational.
Anyway, a few of our members, are on vacation this week and staying at Treasure Island. I'm sure that once they return, they will post trip reports and you will be able to ask them questions directly.
I was snorkeling near Treasure Island this year, and when I looked up from the water, I did notice that that beautiful Norfolk Pine is pretty much gone.....so sad!
Hope this helps to reassure you about the condos....
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Next Vacation : 16 Days ( Plantation Village ) Start : Feb/25/2012 End : Mar/10/2012
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