• Leave the lock alone. Don’t try to unlock and lock the door. It stays locked from the outside but still allows you to exit from the inside without changing anything. If you turn the lock there’s a good chance you’ll be locked out from the outside.
• Start the shower way before you need it. The water does get hot most of the time. It just takes awhile. This is pretty normal for beach front places that I’ve stayed in so I didn’t mind. However do not expect the tub to drain.
• Be careful with that stove top. One morning we went to turn the stove on and it popped very loudly and shot out some kind of flame before the burners no longer worked. I called them right away and they apologized and offered to have someone come look at it. However no one ever came, and I never heard back from them. The stove top did not work after that.
• Expect the AC to run. At all times! It doesn’t matter if you have it on 78 your entire stay, the thing never turns off! This was okay for me because I need noise to sleep but I know some people like sleeping in silence.
• Prepare to have your Netflix, Hulu, etc. passwords. They have a nice smart TV- all you need is your logins from home to enjoy your normal shows.
• I can’t really comment on the beach. The red tide was there when we went. If this is the case for you expect a terrible cough, itchy watery eyes, stuffy nose, etc. the smell of fish, and cloudy waters. We just went to Fort De Soto when we wanted to be on the beach and had a wonderful time. They did clean the beach at sea rocket daily and kept it looking very nice.
• If you’re flying in there are plenty of transportation options! We Ubered all the way to Clearwater Beach for $20 but the majority of our trips were much less than $10. There’s also very nice places within a mile to walk to and currently you can take the trolley for free
Overall we thought our stay in the sea rocket 7 was okay. This definitely wasn’t the ideal vacation thanks to the red tide, however it was nice to be able to drive to other nearby beaches and spend our time there. The location is great being close to Tampa, Clearwater, and St. Pete. We did ask for early check in over 48 hours in advance however we didn’t hear back until the day of. We still were not told if we would for sure be able to arrive early or not but they did call us as soon as our room was ready which was prior to 4pm (normal check in time). The beach and stove situations not ideal. Easy check in & out!