Our travel agent told us this was a 3 star hotel but my husband and I disagree. It sorely needs updating, the rooms look out of date, service is slow, things are broken such as patio furniture, no working waterfall, one hotub was broken our entire stay, lots of cigarette butts on beach and in pool area. No live entertainment as advertised. Dirty hallways. The day we left the hotel stunk really bad because they were using a very toxic chemical to clean the driveway. A worker even came to our door wanting to come in an spray for bugs while we were in there!The water pressure is lousy,when taking a shower the water would go from normal to scalding hot without warning. This hotel is definetly not worth the money. The only thing its got going right is the view.

We booked are hotel directly with the hotel and disclosed we were bringing our seven year old child. The reservation clerk assured us that the hotel had children activities, as advertised on their website. When we arrived, the hotel manager and staff told us that we should not stay at the hotel. They told us that they canceled most of the kids activities due to spring break, so the hotel could cater to older high school kids.

Then, the hotel manager personally showed us the pool, emphasizing that they could not control older kids from swearing, creating a nussiance, possibly pushing our kid over when she was in the pool.

After driving 1100 miles from Michigan, we hesistantly accepted a refund. Now, I am reviewing my credit card bill noting that they gave us refund for our deposit, and then charged us another night we never stayed there.

I am surprised that a national chain like Holiday Inn allows their name to be used with a terrible operator like Paradise Hotels. I will never stay at a Holiday inn again.

As far as I am concerned, the State Attorney General's Office should close this hotel down for mispresentation and fraud.

Avoid the Holiday Inn, specifically Panama Beach Sunspree.

I am a frequent business traveler, and have been a Holiday Inn Priority Club Gold level member for 15+ years. I have visited Panama City Beach for over 30 years for leisure and have stayed at many different hotels and condo developments. The ONLY positive I can say about Sunspree Resort is the view from a westardly facing room. Problems are numerous:
1. The rooms are far overpriced. There are several property management companies in PCB where a 2 br/2bt condo (worth $500,000 +) can be rented for the same price as a standard hotel room.
2. Due to my Priority Club status, I generally stay on a "conceirge" floor (14th and 15th floors...accessable only with a special elevator key). Even at this height, the music form poolside is UNBEARABLE! I have been a nightclub D.J. for over 20 years. Therefore, I KNOW when music is too loud. Also, the screeching of toddlers is irritating.
3. The rooms need remodeling NOW!...outdated, bland, threadbear, etc.
4. Not only the rooms, but food, drinks, etc. are some of the worst deals on the beach. Go elsewhere!

If you are over 30, or want peace and quiet, or simply want more "bang for your buck", rent a condo at one of the maaannnnyyy (hundreds!) of condo locations and enjoy your time at the immeasurebly more.

My husband and our 2 children went in October and we had a great time. The staff were great and activities for the kids were awsome my kids had a great time. The family kareoke was fun cause the kid s could join in. Rooms were clean food was pretty good and kids eat for free. pool was a nice temperature and the beach and ocean very clean. My kids dont like the ocesn very much but on this holiday they loved it. The evening torch ceromony was fun for the kids they all got hawaiian lays.
we cant wait to go back.