NJ Boardwalks

[luvdiznee]

Where is the Aztec you are interested in located? Granted there could be more than one Aztec but if it's the Aztec that's located in Seaside Heights, I would have to recommend not staying there. At least not with young kids. It's very popular with the young, somewhat wild crowd.

This "Aztec Resort Motel" is on E Lavender Rd, in Wildwood Crest, it says. Not the same?

If you're set on Wildwood, then you might want to try staying at The Starlux Boutique Hotel. In-season, it's not cheap, but not expensive either (about $150-230 mid-week) for a room. It looks like something out of the 50's (think Doo-Wop and neon) and you can actually stay in renovated Airstream trailers. You're not right on the beach, but about a block or so away. Just Google 'Starlux' and you should be able to get to the Website. It's a place that everyone, especially your mother, would probably get a kick out of.

Will definitely look into the Starlux. Thank you for that.

[NJGIRL]

This "Aztec Resort Motel" is on E Lavender Rd, in Wildwood Crest, it says. Not the same?

I'm not positive but I don't think that the boardwalk extends into Wildwood Crest. Just my option, but I would get a hotel near one of the three piers that has the amusments. If you're not close to the boardwalk you will have to take your car and drive and that means paying for parking which is expensive.

[DisneyDog]

I know you said you don't want to do a lot of driving, but I would highly recommend staying in Cape May and going to the beach there. There is a very nice, quaint shopping area and the town is lovely and safe. They have an arcade and mini golf and lots to do. They have a nice shopping area and lots of restaurants. Then, you could take an evening and walk the boards in Wildwood, which really isn't all that far of a drive.

[phlo8810]

I go to all the shore points quite often. For a family friendly experience ocean city is your best bet. As far as hotels go the port o call is the only real one but prices in the summer are ridiculous.
For rides wildwood is by far tops on the list. But as people have said lots of rowdiness there. As far as 4 star hotels Atlantic city is your best bet. Great restaurants and if you stay along the boards you'll be fine. AC has come along way in the past decade and is actually pretty nice now. The outlet district is very nice. Angelos poor house is a great restaurant near the bay and docks oyster bar has the best seafood anywhere. They both have websites you can google. As far as beaches go I heard alot of them were really wiped out this winter due to all the nor'easters so wildwood would be your best bet. Be prepares to walk though they literally have a mile of sand before you get to the ocean. All points south of AC are nice and pretty modern. Most of the beaches north of AC are very old school and lots of new yorkers go to these. The southern points are the Philly beaches and in my opinion nicer. Also the closest one to where your coming from is AC which is only an hour from Philly. Wildwood is about 45mins further south and ocean city is in between them. Also do not no matter what attempt to leave on a Sunday to head home. Traffic is an absolute nightmare and many time it is bumper to bumper from the beach right into Philly. It can take 5 hours to drive a usually 2 hour drive. Hope this helps.

[phlo8810]

Also cape may is the southern most point and about a half hour below wildwood. Very nice but not much to do there besides shopping. Unless you like to eat or fish then your in a great spot.

[barnaby]

I lived in Wildwood Crest year round for 8 years. Let me know what hotels you are looking at. I may not have stayed there, but I can let you know where its at, etc.

Wildwood has great rides and a big boardwalk. It has a bad rep, but in the time I lived there, we had season passes and visited the boardwalk with our kids, I never had any problems.

[wdwnutz]

We were just at Wildwood yesterday for the Mummers weekend (just went for the day). Friends of ours stayed at a motel at 16th and Surf Ave. (N. Wildwood), just the typical shore motel....very old, fairly clean, nice pool, very small, just 24 rooms. You can hear all your neighbors, very noisy. But after being to Disney, we are spoiled, just not the type of place we'd enjoy staying. You can park about 2 blocks off the boardwalk and the parking is free, no meters. And the beach was not very crowded at this part, it's actually where the boardwalk starts. Boardwalk was very crowded at night.

[madhatterrules]

The Wildwood Beaches are nice as is Cape May.

I live in Lancaster, PA (about 45 min from Hershey) and it takes me about 3 hours to get to any of the Jersey Beaches.

My daughter loves riding the tram on the boardwalk. There's a really cool hotel called The Star Lux

[Bethanymouse]

We go to Wildwood every year and always enjoy our trip. We usually stay at the Nassau Inn or the Fleur de Lis. We have been pleased with both. They are very clean, and have pools. Both are ocean front and have beautiful decks to overlook the ocean. It is far enough away from the boardwalk that you would need to have a ride to get there- but there is also a trolley that runs to the boardwalk- you would just have to see what time it stops.

If you are looking for a good place to eat- we always enjoy the Ravioli House! Used to love 3 mile landing but it closed!

[Bethanymouse]

This "Aztec Resort Motel" is on E Lavender Rd, in Wildwood Crest, it says. Not the same?



Will definitely look into the Starlux. Thank you for that.

The Aztec is a motel in wildwood but I believe it is a bit older. The Starlux is really nice, recently renovated. We have never stayed but we pass it a few times every trip!

[DebK]

We go just about every year to Ocean City and stay at the Flanders. It is a very nice hotel right on the boardwalk.

[luvdiznee]

Well, we were going to skip this part of our road trip...but now may have to do more checking. Thanks