Carousel Resort Hotel and Condominiums

beautiful view, had a fan in the closet to use if you got too hot, spacious room, personal balcony, had a microwave, fridge with mini freezer, definitely recommend!

Upon check in I was charged $9.95 per night additional fee. $19.95 total I asked what this was for the clerk said it is a resort fee. A resort fee what is that? It is because we are a resort, I'm sorry what? They are a resort its in the name. they are a resort you have use of the pool and the ice rink. I am thinking I go to plenty of hotels that has amenities that you are not charged extra for. When we go to use the ice rink we are again charged to skate there is a fee for guest and a slightly higher fee for non-guest. I paid a resort fee for use of pool and ice rink now paying a fee to use the ice rink and a fee to rent skates. Again I ask why all the hidden fees. This time I am told the fee I paid at the front desk is to pay for the maintenance and upkeep of the ice rink the fee I am paying now is to use the ice rink. I felt so nickeled and dimed by them. The heat in my room was so loud it woke you up as it came on and off all night it sound like you left on the bathroom fan which is a sound I do not like the tub so slippery fell, children fell you pay extra for ocean front and the back of the hotel blocks more then 1/2 the view.

The room was an older room, it wasn’t completely clean when we arrived. Kids running around in halls, other than that it was ok.

Staff at restaurant wasn’t very friendly, the pool area was dirty, it was also very cold inside the pool area if you weren’t swimming, the food wasn’t the greatest, and our room was outside on the windiest day of the year and there were plenty of other vacant rooms inside the building. Wasn’t the greatest.

The Carousel is an OC institution that could use an update. It's conveniently located, pretty affordable in the off-season, has decently clean linens, and is overall very basic. Rooms that face the interior skating rink/carousel area are noisy until late in the pm, but even the much quieter parking lot-facing rooms have paper-thin walls that easily allow any conversation happening in the hallway to filter on in. Having a couch & easy chair in the room in addition to the beds was quite nice... except the mis-matched chair in our room had a weird crusty/sticky stain all over the seat that meant we avoided it. There's rust on some bathroom fixtures, and the carpet has really seen some traffic. Still, a safe property in a convenient location means if you're good without much frills, this is a decent choice.

Dont stay here if you want to sleep comfortably. The room was so hot and you are unable to adjust the temp. The room only had heat in the winter and air in the summer. The room was 78 and the hotels solution is ask for a fan. We had 2 box fans that did nothing. Also the bath tub was full of what looked like rust.

The Carousel was not as clean and sparkling as I would have liked to have seen, but it was passable!

We had a great stay with family between Christmas and the New Year. The kids loved ice-skating, swimming, and the little playground on the way to the beach. The restaurant was very accommodating of our group of 12 and the food was excellent. We will definitely be back!

The first night we got there the heater was broken in our room which resulted in us changing rooms at 11pm. Then on the way back to the room with security and maintenance, the elevator wouldn’t close. The security then said he’s not surprised because they do that all the time. Not a very good impression.