The Windstar Hotel at Carolina Beach

My family stayed for 2 nights in a double queen room. The hotel was very clean and we saw the staff cleaning the lobby area multiple times a day! Our room, through not huge, was great. I appreciated the many hooks (for towels, etc), open shelving in closet area and around the window. The staff were friendly, I was able to swap out dirty towels for clean ones at the desk. They have snacks and drinks you can purchase 24/7 (cash only) at the front desk. My kids really enjoyed the pancake machine and in addition there was fruit, muffins, cereal, oatmeal, grits, frozen biscuits (sausage, egg & cheese), milk & milk alternatives, juice, and coffee. The coffee was pretty decent! We enjoyed the nice pool, lots of seating. There were also some picnic tables outside and an outdoor shower to rinse off all the sand from the beach. We were in the ground floor and didn’t have any noise issues. There are several restaurants close by, and while I wouldn’t recommend walking to the boardwalk/beach during the hot day (especially if you have kids), it was a reasonable 15 min walk we did one night which saved us the high parking fees!