Well, we were pleasantly surprised by this place. It was all we could get at the last minute to accomodate our family.......2 BR, 2 BA with full kitchen.

We were on the 21st (top) floor, and had an awesome view of the ocean. The rooms were clean, and even though it's an older hotel, they have updated it with modern decor, furniture and appliances.
The King bed in the master bedrrom wasn't as comfortable as I would have hoped, but it was very big.....must've been a California King.
Housekeeping did an adequate job.....not really anything to rave or complain about.

The hotel does have it's own 7(?) level parking garage, but it is EXTREMELY tight, and when you pass another vehicle in it, it can be kind of hairy, as there's not much room.

The hotel has 2 "adult" pools, 2 kiddie pools and a very short Lazy River. The covered kiddie pool's water has a strange smell to it. My kids literally stunk after swimming in it. But, nothing that a quick shower and soap wouldn't fix......they loved the pool.
Although, I would prefer staying more towards North Myrtle or Cherry Grove, I was pleasantly surprised by the Grand Atlantic, and wouldn't mind staying there again.

We stayed at the Grand Atlantic the week of 8/9/08-8/16/08. There were 10 of us in our 3 bedroom condo. We had an awesome stay. The condo was clean, the pools were clean, the beach wasn't too croweded. It was just great. I would highly recommend this resort. We have already decided that we will be staying there again next summer. Can't wait:)

Culpeper VA

We had a very nice stay at the Grand Atlantic(August 7th and 8th). The curb appeal of the hotel is excellent with all the glass and how they light it up at night . Our only problem at this hotel was that we did not get the room we booked online. Our room had been switched upon arrival because the room we had paid the first night for was a double queen oceanview studio. We had been switched to a king oceanview studio. The view from this was amazing because it was on the 15th floor but the four of us can not fit into a king bed. So we went down to the front desk and the girl was very understanding and gave us a double queen oceanview studio. Again, the room was new and updated and most importantly clean but we had a problem with this room it did not appear oceanview. We looked at the wall of the hotel next door. We did get switched in the morning to an oceanfront Queen suite. The guy at the desk like the girl was helpful and nice. The view from this suite was awesome and the full kitchen was very useful. We really enjoyed the pools and lazy river. The mushrooms were nice for kids. All the pools were spotless and warm. My only disappointment of this hotel was that our room was switched and even was completely paid for. We tried to keep the oceanfront Queen suite for two more nights, but the entire hotel was booked. We had to move to another hotel. We had a wonderful time, but my advice is to not move guests to other rooms (i.e. double beds to one king bed) when they had completely paid for their first night stay. .

We just returned from a weeks stay at the Grand Atlantic. We booked our unit directly through the property owner. We had a 3 bedroom 3 bath unit. We had a beautiful ocean front view. The kitchen was large and stocked fairly well. We could've used some additional cookware pieces but we made it work. Upon arrival we found the unit to be clean and ready. The owner doesn't use the maid service which was ok with our family. Although we didn't have enough washcloths in the unit, we had a washer/dryer in the unit so it was not a problem to keep towels and washcloths clean. The living room furniture was not comfortable nor was the beds and pillows but it appears this may be the package offered by the resort. I'm not sure if the property owner has a say in the furniture. Although we didn't have any major issues during our stay, the staff at the resort were not very friendly. Check-out time is at 10:00 a.m. but it's impossible to actually leave by then. We waited for 35 mins to get on the elevator because everybody was trying to get out. This is the first condo I've stayed in that didn't have sound proof walls. Our neighbors, who were apparantly hard of hearing, slept all day and stayed up and watched tv all night. I asked the front desk one night to ask them to turn their tv down but I think they saw that as an opportunity to just turn it even louder. We can't say we got too much sleep during the week. The parking deck is tight so I wouldn't suggest driving a very large vehicle. We had a wonderful week and would consider staying at Grand Atlantic again but from all the reviews I've read on here I would definately book it directly through the property owner.