We stayed here in April, 2004 for a week. It was just before Easter and the place was full. We enjoyed our stay very much. The room was very good - quite large and we faced directly out over the beach - great view. Having said that the rooms that faced over the intercoastal waterway had a better view in the evening because they got the sunset and then the lights of FL, so maybe that would have been better. We were on the 10th floor and not disturbed by any noise from below. The hotel is built above a small mall and indoor parking complex, just across the road from the beach. This gives it all the problems it has. The leisure facilities are all contained on the lobby floor - there is only 1 pool and 2 whirlpools and they get very crowded when it is full. The pool really isnt big enough for this resort. It also looks like it needs a clean or its discoloured by sand not sure why. They ought to expand these facilities but there isn't any room to do so. There is a major construction going on next door but that didn't bother us - there wasn't any noise and we didn't find the view impeded us at all. The Marketplace is excellent - very large - and great Starbucks coffee and Pizza Hut pizzas. The man who runs that place is great - one of the friendliest and most helpful people I've met. He also makes great frozen cocktails. Some of his fellow workers were a lot less knowledgeable and it suffered when he wasn't there - they couldn't make an iced mocha for instance and didn't know how to make a frozen cocktail in the pool bar!!! The car parking is awful. You have to drive up to level 4 of the multi storey car park, take a ticket etc etc which gets you out free when you leave but its a hassle. The car park is very crowded and the lanes are narrow. Its quite hairraising getting up and down to the Marriott parking floor because of all the traffic moving up and down these narrow ramps. We were glad to leave because of it. The shopping mall had a lot of restaurants and bars in it - open air - and they were very popular - the live dance music went on till 4 am. I can't honestly say it disturbed us at all but I think it would do if you were on a low floor at the front. Would we come back? No. We liked the Marriott Ocean Pointe just up the coast at WPB so very much more - it was much more of a holiday resort than this. This actually felt like an urban hotel, even though it was on the beach. If you don't mind all that though, I cannot fault the facilities. The kids club was good and they seemed to be having a great time - really excellent for younger children. The gym was good. Maybe it would be better at a quieter time of the year.

I've just returned from spending ten days at BeachPlace Towers. After reading the reviews here I was a bit worried about what to expect.
Firstly, the noise - this is a big problem IF you're on the front of the hotel looking over the ocean. On our first night we were woken at midnight and the music (noise) continued until 3am. We went down to complain and the staff understood the problem, they arranged to move us the next day to a room overlooking the intercostal waterway at the back of the hotel. Personally I thought the view was better and there was NO noise.The noise on the first day was the only problem we had at the resort, everything else was first class and the staff were extremely friendly.So don't let other reviews about the noise put you off going to BeachPlace Towers - but you must insist on a room at the back of the hotel!