When will you be there? I'm planning to be there with two children begining July 18 (evening) and I've been told the pool is fine (that's important because it's a very nice pool), the cottages are fine, and the electricity has been on. It may be a problem getting to the beach across the street because I heard the beach access is gone. If we can't get to that beach, our plan is to go to some of the beach accesses that don't need walkovers such as Seaside, Grayton beach. It means we'll probably go to the beach once a day rather than twice a day. We'll also plan on going to the free outdoor concerts and movies at Seaside and Rosemary Beach in the evening.
Send me an email and let me know where you'll be staying and we can say hi to each other when we're there. We have two cottages there so are quite familiar with the area and, though we're very disappointed with the beaches, we know we can't control the ocean, it will be fine again, and we have plenty of other things to do -- I'm going to relax and enjoy our vacation thoroughly regardless of the hurricane. I'm going to be thankful our cottages held up (I think they did -- I haven't heard otherwise and someone would have told me). Also, I think it's going to be fascinating for the kids to see what a hurricane can do -- I was there after Ivan and wished the kids were with me (but be careful at the beach because if there's wood around, it may have nails in it). My hunch is that everything other than the beach will be the same as always, which is pretty paradise-like.