Personally, I like the hotel very much as a paying guest.

For the past several years, I stayed at that Hilton for a week ever October and it has been on one of the better Hiltons that I have stayed at for the past several years.

Being a Diamond member, last year I was upgraded to a huge suite which overlooked the Gulf and it was perfect.

They do not have an execcutive level on the hotel,

The cold breakfast which was complimentary to Diamond/Gold members was excellent and for several additional dollars you can upgrade to the hot.

The only thing that I did not like was that the pool was not big enough for me.

The Marriott which is only a 5 minute walk down the beach recently renovated their pool area and both my wife and I visited it several times each day.

Good luck.