Just my two cents -- I was at the bar yesterday for a few hours yesterday since I ended up having to jump on the 10:30 a.m. flight from VG to St. Thomas as Air Sunshine cancelled my 12:30 p.m. (thank God we called to check on the flight two days prior....) - my flight from STT to Tampa wasn't leaving until close to 5 so I headed on over to just relax and have lunch since it seemed a much better alternative to hanging out at Hibiscus for 4 hours <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/Laugh.gif" alt="" />

The place was packed with cruise ship passengers. Didn't really bother me since I was just chilling and having something to eat....but if I was paying that kind of money for a room and couldn't get a chair on the beach because all the cruise passengers were parked in them? It might bug me a bit. They are not allowed at the pool but the hotel does not charge a "day pass" fee so it's basically a place the cruisers can taxi to and rent chairs on the beach and buy drinks at the bar, according to the bartender. There were three ships in town yesterday so it was busy! Had a good sandwich and found the bar staff to be very friendly and very efficient, as crazed as they were! We have stayed overnight there during its Best Western days and had a nice time - no real issues - but I think for that price and just needing an overnight spot, I'd look elsewhere. We've stayed at Island Beachcomber too - very, very simple and relatively inexpensive but somewhat along the lines of Rhymers with a bit higher pricetag and not nearly as good a view so just something to keep in mind when you're considering that option. GREAT beach bar there, though, and we had really good food.