Trip help: Myrtle Beach

[OLS]

I also like Scott's idea about staying a bit further south, IF you are going to the BEACH.
If you want to go into the madness that IS fifty kinds of minigolf, and whatever else there
is now, use it as an event, a reward for good behavior, something you can turn off when
you are ready. If you stay in it, you will BE in it. If you stay down the strand, you still
get a great beach, and if you get bored, you can drive into MB and let the kids tire them-
selves out for a half a day and then get back to normalcy down the beach. Not as much
choice down there, but the choices you do have are better. You'd be surprised how kids
can settle into beach life without the distractions and expense of go-karts. A mask and
snorkel, a bucket and sunglasses....done deal. All day fun.

[YankeeMan]

Really cool cigar bar at Broadway. I think it's called the Blarney Stone. It has a cigar and martini bar upstairs and usually has live music downstairs which you can hear in the cigar bar.

[hammondc]

Originally Posted by YankeeMan

Really cool cigar bar at Broadway. I think it's called the Blarney Stone. It has a cigar and martini bar upstairs and usually has live music downstairs which you can hear in the cigar bar.

Yep. One of the better spots on the whole Grand Strand.

[big a]

Originally Posted by shilala

Andrew, if you head down south a bit to Litchfield/Pawley's Island, it's missing the zoo atmosphere and is downright enjoyable. The beach population is thin enough to where it's perfect. Tons of room for everyone.
There's easy access to run up to Murrell's Inlet, which is downright cool. You can always run up the coast and thrust yourself into the human zoo any time you want, it's not a big drive.
The prices of food and lodging are much better, and you can find a really nice room on the beach for under a hundred bucks a day. It's quiet, you can dig the wildlife and grass flats, and avoid the brain-numbing bustle of Myrtle Beach proper.

It depends what you like, I suppose. Myself, I wouldn't do it any other way. My buddy takes the kids up north and they seem to like that, but he's not tried it down south yet. I've seen his beach pics and I'd be a nervous wreck, afraid to lose the kids.
The two places aren't far apart, but they really are two whole different worlds.

Thanks Scott I will have to look this up when I get home. How is the environment there for 25 year olds without kids? We do enjoy relaxing on the beach but would also like somewhat of a bar/ night life scene. I should have stated that we do not have any kids so that might change some opinions. We went to Myrtle Beach for our honeymoon a couple of Mays ago and really enjoyed it. We stayed off the beach at my uncles time share at the Sheraton resort. During the end of our stay was biker week so i have seen that place get crazy. We plan to go around the end of August so it will be toward the end of the season and not quite as busy(we hope).

We are not huge beach fans, we like to go and watch and get in for a couple minutes at a time. We found that there were plenty of public beach locations between north myrtle and the main part. This is part of the reason we only want to stay on the beach a night or two. The wife really liked Broadway on the beach as we could go to one spot and do lots of different activities. We like the idea of being able to walk over to see a movie, putt-putt, eat dinner and have a couple drinks than walk back to the room.

Originally Posted by the jiggler

Also, I would say go to Charleston for a day. Do one of the buggy tours. Go to Market Street Sweets and get a Praline. They are to die for. It's about an hour drive south.

Thanks for the tip, I will have to research this a little more and see if we might make the trip.

[shark]

Maybe you'd like this, maybe not:


http://www.brookgreen.org/


I found it interesting, in any case.

[OLS]

Hell if you have no kids and are not a fan of the beach, get your a55 down to New Orleans.
THAT'S the place to be. There is so much to see and do down there that has nothing to do
with drinking. Perfect weather here in a bit, not going to be warm per se until maybe the end of April,
but it sounds like you might be trying to force fit a vacation period into a vacation spot.
OK, sure, February is going to be a tough month for lodging cost with the Super Bowl and
Mardi Gras rubbing right against one another with rough familiarity, but think about it.

[shilala]

Originally Posted by big a

Thanks Scott I will have to look this up when I get home. How is the environment there for 25 year olds without kids? We do enjoy relaxing on the beach but would also like somewhat of a bar/ night life scene. I should have stated that we do not have any kids so that might change some opinions. We went to Myrtle Beach for our honeymoon a couple of Mays ago and really enjoyed it. We stayed off the beach at my uncles time share at the Sheraton resort. During the end of our stay was biker week so i have seen that place get crazy. We plan to go around the end of August so it will be toward the end of the season and not quite as busy(we hope).

We are not huge beach fans, we like to go and watch and get in for a couple minutes at a time. We found that there were plenty of public beach locations between north myrtle and the main part. This is part of the reason we only want to stay on the beach a night or two. The wife really liked Broadway on the beach as we could go to one spot and do lots of different activities. We like the idea of being able to walk over to see a movie, putt-putt, eat dinner and have a couple drinks than walk back to the room.



Thanks for the tip, I will have to research this a little more and see if we might make the trip.

With no kids, not into the beach so much, and at your age, I'd drop you two right smack dab in the middle of Myrtle Beach and let you have at it. You'd have so much debauchery within walking distance that you wouldn't ever have to drive, which is a major bonus if you're partying.
My wife and I went in August last year or the year before and it was 110* in the shade. Just plain staggering heat, but it was out of the ordinary from what the locals said.

I'm not sure Myrtle Beach would be my choice for a party venue, which sounds like you guys are shooting for. I'd hit Key West. You guys would be in heaven. It's a blast.
Lodging would be a bit more costly, but it's worth it.

[big a]

Originally Posted by OLS

Hell if you have no kids and are not a fan of the beach, get your a55 down to New Orleans.
THAT'S the place to be. There is so much to see and do down there that has nothing to do
with drinking. Perfect weather here in a bit, not going to be warm per se until maybe the end of April,
but it sounds like you might be trying to force fit a vacation period into a vacation spot.
OK, sure, February is going to be a tough month for lodging cost with the Super Bowl and
Mardi Gras rubbing right against one another with rough familiarity, but think about it.

I would love to go to NO at some time. I would like to try and save that for a trip that we could go to a saints game while we are there. And the wife is kinda set on Myrtle since we went there for our honeymoon.

Originally Posted by shilala

With no kids, not into the beach so much, and at your age, I'd drop you two right smack dab in the middle of Myrtle Beach and let you have at it. You'd have so much debauchery within walking distance that you wouldn't ever have to drive, which is a major bonus if you're partying.
My wife and I went in August last year or the year before and it was 110* in the shade. Just plain staggering heat, but it was out of the ordinary from what the locals said.

I'm not sure Myrtle Beach would be my choice for a party venue, which sounds like you guys are shooting for. I'd hit Key West. You guys would be in heaven. It's a blast.
Lodging would be a bit more costly, but it's worth it.

I think we are going to do a couple days smack in the middle on the beach, than do a couple nights at broadway on the beach too. Myrtle seems to give us a good mix between relaxing either at the beach or the pool by day than has some decent activities to do at night too.

Key West is also a good idea but not sure I would want to drive that far for a week vacation.