Tropic Island Resort

My daughter was turning 15 and she asked if we could go to Port Aransas. So I booked 3 days and 2 nights at the 'hotel' part of Tropic Island Resort. They were friendly during the communications before our trip. When we arrived they were very friendly and helpful. Our room (#127) was very clean, so roomy and comfortable. We enjoyed time in the pool, the hot tub and playing cornhole. There was a golf cart rental business right on property with great rates and availability. When it was time to check out, there were 3 staff members in the office who helped me with driving directions due to flooding. The seemed truly concerned with making sure we had safe travels. We had such a wonderful stay we will DEFINATELY be returning!!!

Our room was disgusting. Toilet and shower were not clean. Pee and hair everywhere. The entire place was just gross because it needed a deep clean. Dust and hair and dead bugs in all the corners. Kitchen had dirty dishes and spills that looked like they had been there awhile. Pool was nice but that was it. Had family who stayed in other rooms and every room had issues. Would not stay again.

We stayed at the Tropic Island RV “Resort”. The RV pads were tight, especially with the back-in sites. In order for us to back in with our 27ft trailer, we had to come within inches of the RV in the pull-through site on the other side of the street because the access road was less than 10 ft wide. We couldn’t open up our awning because of how tight the spot was. We also had very little room on the pad to park our truck. The “resort” had permanent residents. One next to us had a trailer that must have been 20 years years old. That trailer’s site was unkempt and basically trashy. I can keep the going on about how bad it was, but I won’t.

Good location, an easy walk to the community park and Roberts Point Park for dolphin watching and the seasonal decorations. The room itself had a comfortable mattress, bedding, and nice pillows. Big closet, lots of space (bring extra hangers). Nice body wash, lotion, and shampoo & conditioner in the bathroom. Unclear on how to get refreshed towels daily, so we ended up using the beach towels we had brought with us. Floors were dirty/gritty, but that's pretty much to be expected at a beach destination. Free wifi/Internet/TV was a little bit spotty especially it seems when there were many people 'at home' but worked fine when fewer people were using it. Dog park was hard to find, not well lit, small, not inviting. Luckily the Port A. community park has a nice dog park we enjoyed. Hot tub looked cloudy, but the pool was very nice, heated and salt water. Walls are very thin, we had a large family staying next door, even heard snoring at night--which we did not see a need to complain about to the front desk, as these things do happen. Unfortunately, the front desk called us the first afternoon after we had checked in late the previous evening and told us that there had been complaints that our dogs barked & kept neighbors up 'all night' (I guess that's why they were snoring so loudly?) and that we had left the dogs in the room while we 'went out'. We had arrived at around 8pm, unloaded our luggage, and walked our dogs for about an hour, got back to our room around 10 and went to bed. If the dogs had barked, they would have disturbed us FIRST before they disturbed the neighbors. Front desk person acted like I was lying when I told them this and spoke to me in a scolding tone. I suspect the neighbors made up a lie to tell the front desk after they saw us arriving with dogs as a way to try and get a free or discounted stay. Nevertheless, it was offensive and hurtful to be treated that way over a lie. This is the truth: We never left the dogs alone in the room. They were with us the entire time, we were out of the room most of the day every day of our visit, and went to bed early each night. They would occasionally bark once or twice and be quickly shushed by us when the large family next door would periodically slam doors and yell. The place itself is fine, with the exception of the thin walls and unkind front desk person. It is not the resort's fault that there was a huge group of loud people in a room next to a quiet couple whose dogs are not used to children and people yelling and slamming doors. I do wish the business had been proactive and offered another room to either us or the giant family to resolve the issue. Under different circumstances, the resort itself could be a very pleasant, affordable place to stay in the off-season. But if you get bad neighbors, you will be out of luck.

The best I can say about this park is the Employees are friendly. The property is very old. Open cable wires hanging from the poles. Several long term looking sites that were very messy. Wifi is a mess. Shower and bathrooms are discussing. We had planned on staying a week but cut our trip short because of the shower conditions that we planned on using.

Tammy and the rest of the staff were super friendly and the facilities were clean. Very at home vibe. We really enjoyed the location, and the pool, and that it was pet friendly. We will definitely be back. Would have stayed longer if we could have

Exceptional customer service from the staff, the General Manager went above and beyond to ensure that we were accommodated accordingly. I strongly recommend this resort!! Definitely coming back!!!!!!

After staying here for just 1 night out of the 4 I purchased, the reviews are very deceiving. First off, don't expect to see water except for the small pool on the property, even though it says beachfront. Also, the room we had was extra small and looked like a cheap outdated motel, they had chairs outside but you couldn't sit in them because EVERYBODY on that row SMOKED!!! We couldn't even sleep because the guy next door to us coughed and choked all night through those thin walls (smokers cough). I ended up actually paying for another hotel which it twice the expense because this place wouldn't refund my unused days, but it was worth just to get outta there!!!!!

The location is ideal - walking distance to the waterfront where you can see dolphins all the time, and to numerous restaurants. Good facilities - the events center is particularly helpful if you are part of a large group. Friendly staff. We stayed in one of the two-bedroom units - very nice. On the other hand, we were in unit 135; the people above us on our last night were apparently practicing for a hippopotamus stage show all night long.