This was our first visit to The Monarch but now our kids say they want to come back again! We met other families vacationing and some have been coming for 20+ years and return often. When we walked in our room, we were floored with the beautiful, clean rooms, the spacious rooms, the nice furniture, and the stocked laundry rooms with vacuums, extra paper towels, and laundry detergent. We had plenty of towels for the week and didn’t need room service all week. When we were low on supplies, I let the FD know and they arrived within an hour with a follow up phone call as well! Lauren was very pleasant and attentive at the FD. Both my husband and I used the FC- mostly weights. We had to sign up on the hr and it was cleaned in between. There were industrial wipes to clean after yourself too and water fountains off. It was nice to see how every employee wore masks whether they passed you inside or out. The pools were clean from debris and you could smell chlorine, which felt clean to use. I was able to swim laps at 10 am with very little company if at all! My girls enjoyed splash pad and both pools. We were not informed of the construction when we booked. The shuffle boards, chess game, and “spa area” are closed and gated off. We loved the loveseat wood swing near the little lagoon. We also loved the beach access! Beware on the beach. We had to get out of ocean 2x for sharks. LOTS of stingrays in surf. You can see them all around! My husband got stung once by a stingray. My daughter got cut on her heel by something and all of us got stung by jellies several times each. My other daughter was shuffling her feet in the water (as lifeguards tell you to do to not startle stingrays) and She got a 2 inch fishhook in the top of her foot w/ a 2oz weight attached! It was unreal. We took a break from the beach after that to enjoy the pools. Kitchen: really loved the Tupperware in cabinets to store extra leftovers. Awesome fridge and large freezer! Suggestion-Add keurigs in kitchens. Also would be nice if tinfoil was provided. Also, we had VERY little water pressure on the fifth floor and it took about ten minutes for the master shower to warm up. Flutterby’s is a great little market to get some basics such as snacks, beer, wine. TVs and channel options excellent in each room. And I slept amazingly. Our beds were so, so comfy! We normally sleep on a tempurpedic but both my husband and I slept well on the pillow top mattresses. Parking was close to our building and well kit parking lot. We didn’t rent bikes while we were there but there were plenty styles to rent! The Monarch is a well run, clean, friendly, enjoyable and relaxing place to call home away from home!!

The resort is nice - nice location right on the beach. Unit could have been a little cleaner but I cleaned it before we got settled so no big deal. I went to talk to the guy renting bikes to inqure how we would go about it and he told me I should rent a bike right away for our evening ride I was planning. I told him I need to come back with my son to make sure we get the right size and he told me he's been doing this for 10 years, he can ensure he gives me the right size. I gave him my son's info and he gave us bikes. This evening when we went to ride, low and behold the bike is way too big for my son and he can't ride it. So, I guess we're out the money and don't get to do our evening bike ride. Very disappointing.

Great location on the beach, 2 pools, nice grounds, bike rentals on site, close to Harbour Town and more. 2nd bedroom twin beds a bit small for older kids. Unit itself though was great, and the staff was super friendly.