Courtyard by Marriott Wilmington, NC = awful
We always slum it on the way to the beach every year so we can get to the Stick as early as possible Saturday morning. This year’s slum is the number 23,675 Courtyard by Marriott in Wilmington, NC....
View ArticlePlastic showers on the way to the beach: Wilmington, NC Hilton
A belated entry about our trip down to the beach. Just like last year we are slumming it. There just aren’t any boutiques on the i-95 beach bound corridor yet I guess. This year we hoofed it all the...
View ArticleHilton? Prolly not (Wilmington, NC)
More slumming on the way to the beach. This seems to be an annual event. The Wilmington Hilton has not improved. Purple light on the building? Nah. Flickering flourescent bulbs in the bathroom? Nah....
View ArticleLike, Hilton, still, like sucks in Wilmington, NC
The epitome of plastic showers can be found at the Hilton, which, like still sucks still. Like Paris would never, like, stay here. Eeeeew. Grody. (All it has done since last year is age a year.) Here’s...
View ArticleWilmington Hilton Bested by Okra
Well pickled okra anyway. In a martini. At circa 1922 which is a pretty good restaurant in Wilmington, NC, but nowhere near as good as they think they are. (The Dixie Grill is still the best thing in...
View ArticleCourtyard by Marriott a Giant Step Up in Wilmington, NC
Usually NPS has to slum it when we come through Wilmington, NC on the way to the beach. We have had a number of seriously awful experiences at the Hilton. Read for yourself here and here and here...
View ArticleCourtyard by Marriott Wilmington, NC: No Plastic Showers
We are still super pleased with the new, clean presence of the Courtyard by Marriott in downtown Wilmington. Normally we would not be caught dead in one of these properties, but compared to the zero...
View ArticleA Jaunt Through Wilmington: Courtyard by Marriott (not so much)
New shiny bits for the Stick A quick but essential trip down to Wilmington to upgrade the Stick internet to fiber. Hopefully NPS will be spending more time here in 2020. The Stick in November Atlantic...
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