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Family vacations can quickly become a financially burdensome endeavor – but don’t worry – Ocean Creek is here to help! Check out our money saving tips.

Home to a variety of golf courses, quaint shops, exquisite local dining, and family friendly attractions, the south end offers a welcome change of pace compared to the bustling immediate Myrtle Beach scene.

Ripley’s Aquarium in Myrtle Beach is one of the top attractions in the area. It is home to a variety of sea creatures and also serves as a learning hub for a variety of aquarium programs and special activities.

Whether you are staying for a few days or for an entire week, Myrtle Beach offers plenty of dining opportunities for you to spoil your Dad with a great, home-cooked meal. Check out some Myrtle Beach area restaurants that Dad is sure to love.

Planning a Myrtle Beach vacation can quickly become a costly endeavor but Ocean Creek is here to help! Check out our tips on how to save money on your Myrtle Beach vacation.

Barefoot Landing is North Myrtle Beach’s premier one stop shop for dining, shopping, and entertainment. Situated on the scenic Intracoastal Waterway, this unique venue was designed to give visitors the feeling of a quaint old fishing village. Great for families and groups, this destination offers something for everyone.

Myrtle Beach is known for being one of the best destinations for families on the east coast. Learn about all of the family friendly attractions in the area and start planning your trip today!

Summer is quickly approaching and it’s time to start planning your Myrtle Beach vacation! Take a look at our current summer specials.

Aside from the vast amenities and plush accommodations that Ocean Creek has to offer, you also get the benefit of owning a Vacation Member Benefits Card. Learn more about these awesome benefits and how much money you can save!

Ocean Creek Resort is raising money for the March of Dimes this spring.

Join us for a wonderful weekend at Ocean Creek Resort this Easter! On Easter Sunday we will be celebrating with an Easter Sunday Buffet at our Four Seasons Restaurant.

Come spend Valentine’s Day with Ocean Creek Resort at the Four Seasons Restaurant for a romantic dinner.

By staying at Ocean Creek Resort for your vacation you can save money by getting great rates and free tickets to some of Myrtle Beach’s hottest shows and attractions!

This holiday season Ocean Creek Resort is teaming together with Toys for Tots to collect new, unwrapped toys for children in need.

We welcome you to stay with us Thanksgiving weekend and enjoy your holiday with us! On November 22, we will be hosting a Thanksgiving Day buffet meal at our Four Seasons Restaurant from noon until 4 p.m.

Ocean Creek Resort and VMB are excited to announce their partnership with the American Cancer Society to raise funds for breast cancer awareness, research and treatment.

Ocean Creek Tennis Center is the perfect place to keep up on your tennis game while on vacation.

Labor Day comes along every year in the beginning of September to bring an end to the wonderful summer season. However, just because summer is almost over doesn’t mean you still can’t enjoy a great Myrtle Beach vacation before the snowfall begins.

Sometimes, we get caught up with work, the kids, or other distractions in life and before you know it, the summer is over. With August fast approaching, why not plan something different for the end of summer this year?

The Carl Michael Grand Illusion and Magic show will be open to the public and guests. Tickets will be $20 for adults and $10 for kids. Guests at any of the Vacation Myrtle Beach resorts will get $5 off each ticket with their Vacation Members Benefits Card, said Klugman.

Members of the VacationMyrtleBeach.com resort family, Mr. and Mrs. John Wendell and Wendy Smith, recently lost their three year old daughter Jessica following a lifelong struggle with Alpers Disease, a rare degenerative mitochondrial disease.  Unfortunately the Smith family learned early on that knowledge about Alpers Disease is sparse because of…

Friday April 6, 2012 • Easter Egg Decorating @ Beach Club: 1-2pm (Ages 4-12) Saturday. April 7 , 2012 • Easter "Eggstravaganza" Egg Hunt: Promptly @ 1pm (Ages 4-12)   (Parents no early arrivals please!)   Meet at top of walkway between Towers.   BYOB (bring your own basket)   Weather permitting. • Special…

The innovative, educational and fascinating new exhibit at Ripley’s Aquarium is definitely a Dino-mite Exhibit. Featuring life-size fully animatronic animals, several hands-on activities and nuggets of information about these great creatures, the exhibit will both entertain and educate visitors about the era when these amazing, massive creatures walked the Earth. …

Ocean Creek Resort has taken an initiative this spring to support Help4Kids and their Backpack Buddies program, a Myrtle Beach and Horry County based program that aims to assist children in need. Each week the Backpack Buddies program provides a package of food for over 2,000 area children to take…

The Spring and Summer season are fast approaching here at Ocean Creek Resort!  We are getting ready for all our wonderful homeowners and guests.  We have alot on the agenda for this year.  The children's activities will be back for the summer.  Captain Tiki and Sneaky will be returning to…

This spring we're offering some exciting added value to your stay so that you can get more bang for your hard earned buck in 2012! Guests of Ocean Creek Resort can now book your vacation and tickets to one of Myrtle Beach's most popular live shows - Alabama Theatre -…

Ocean Creek Resort is excited to announce that we have kicked off a fundraiser and toy drive for Toys for Tots during the Christmas season. Guests of Ocean Creek Resort will be offered the ability to contribute $1 or more to Toys for Tots at the time of booking a…

New Year's Eve Party at Celebrity Square at Broadway at the Beach Ring in the New Year at Celebrity Square at Broadway at the Beach with entry into some of Myrtle Beach's Hottest Clubs: Crocodile Rocks, Malibu Surf Bar, Club Boca, Froggy Bottomz and Revolutions. Buy tickets with your reservation…

Black Friday has become an annual tradition in Myrtle Beach as families head our way to enjoy the Thanksgiving holiday and get a jump on their Christmas shopping with some amazing deals. Die hard shoppers love the once a year chance to take to the streets in the middle of…

Ocean Creek Resort Thursday, November 24th from 12:00pm - 4:00pm at The Four Seasons Restaurant Thanksgiving is just around the corner and we are getting ready preparing for our famous traditional Thanksgiving day feast, which is the perfect way to kick off a great weekend of shopping and other fun…

Labor Day Weekend is right around the corner which means Ocean Creek is gearing up and planning for a fun-filled weekend. Below is what you can expect to find at the resort over the holiday! Friday, September 2nd A DJ will be poolside @ the Beach Club from 1-4pm! Saturday,…

Are you getting tired of the same old day-to-day routine?  Is work getting a little tiresome?  Are you in dire need of a vacation away from the craziness but minutes away from outstanding entertainment, delicious food and oodles of shopping?  Then Ocean Creek Resort is the place to Relax, Refresh,…

In June 2011 Dixie Stampede Myrtle Beach Transforms into Pirates Voyage! The new adventure attraction will feature a buccaneer battle with a pirate feast and will receive over $11 million in production upgrades. Guests will experience the spirit and swashbuckling excitement of the pirates who called the Carolina Coast home.…

Mermaids will be at Ripley's Aquarium May 27-Sept. 5 at Broadway at the Beach in Myrtle Beach. Three underwater shows will be presented daily all summer long. Guests will have the opportunity to take pictures and interact with real mermaids after each show, and visit Ripley's Mermaid Boutique for makeovers…

Memorial Day Weekend is the unofficial start of summer.  It is time for summer dresses, tans, picnics, barbeques, and fun in the sun.  I long for this day. Winter, no matter where you live, no matter if it is short or long, is winter.  This is the weekend that changes…

Activities Easter Week Friday - April 22, 2011 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm Easter Egg Decorating Beach Club (Ages 4-12) Saturday - April 23, 2011 1:00 pm - Easter "Eggstravaganza" Egg Hunt (Ages 4-12) Parents, no early arrivals please! Meet between Lodge 1 and Lodge 2 BYOB (bring your own…

Myrtle Beach has long been a favorite for vacationers from all over the United States, Canada and beyond and over that time Myrtle Beach has grown every year to become the most popular vacation destination on the east coast. 2010 introduced the heralded Myrtle Beach Boardwalk and 2011 appears to…

SANTA PHOTOS • Photos with Santa at Coastal Grand Mall Nov. 13 - Dec. 24 (Excluding Thanksgiving Day) • Pet Photo Nights with "Santa Paws" at Coastal Grand Mall Every Tuesday Night in November ~ 7:00pm - 9:00pm • Photos with Santa Claus at Inlet Square Mall Nov. 20 -…

Fall is one of the most beautiful times to visit Myrtle Beach, with delightful weather, seasonal traditions and, maybe best of all, fall festivals. Myrtle Beach comes alive on the weekends (and sometimes during the week) with celebrations of food, culture, crafts, and more. So while your leaves are falling…

The May issue of Golf Digest has been released and Myrtle Beach has once again showed why so many call our area "The Golf Capital of the World" by having seven courses named to "America's Top 100 Greatest Public Golf Courses".  Golf Digest produces this list every two years and…

  With Valentine's Day falling on a Saturday this year, there's no doubt that romance will be in the air in Myrtle Beach and Ocean Creek Resort, rated one of the three "places for romance" in Myrtle Beach by TripAdvisor.com has just the recipe for your weekend.  To cap off…

It's always hard to believe that it's that time of year when the Christmas circulars start showing up in our Sunday newspaper and decorations start appearing in malls and shops, but here we are again with the "Most Wonderful Time of the Year" knocking on our door.  Myrtle Beach has…

The Myrtle Beach Pelicans will be welcoming future Hall of Famer and 300 game winner Tom Glavine to the pitcher's mound tonight as he makes a rehab start as he returns from injury and prepares to rejoin the Pelicans' big league parent club, the Atlanta Braves. Glavine will mark the…

With all of the great malls, outlets and specialty stops in Myrtle Beach, we thought that our area already was a shopper's paradise.  Well this weekend Myrtle Beach takes shopping to another level as South Carolina will be holding its annual Tax Free Days beginning on Friday morning, August 1…

Looking for the finer side of Myrtle Beach?  Well you don't have to look too far.  The Long Bay Symphony has announced a 2008-2009 season that "brings you The Power and Brilliance of the Orchestra with some of the symphonic world's most exciting repertoire by Tchaicovsky, Brahms, Debussy, Verdi, and…

It looks like our "secret" seems to be getting out, though at this point it really isn't much of a secret anymore:  Myrtle Beach is one of the greatest places to take a vacation! The world's foremost print and online newspaper, the New York Times, released their "Top 31 Places…

ESPN commentator and prostate cancer survivor Mitch Laurance offers a special message about the "Know Your Score" campaign that us members of the Myrtle Beach golf community want to spread to all of our visitors.  The campaign to fight prostate cancer seeks volunteers for its closest to the pin fundraisers…

For many years, getting to Myrtle Beach for a lot of people meant loading up the car for the trip to the beach and driving for an entire day, or maybe even two depending on how rowdy the kids were in the back seat of the car or mini van. …

Myrtle Beach was abuzz again last Monday night after a third sand sculpture appeared that had a striking resemblance to a South Carolina native and host of a popular TV show on Comedy Central, Stephen Colbert.  

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The Democratic Party takes to the Palace Theatre tonight as the Congressional Black Caucus Institute host Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama and John Edwards in the second of two presidential debates that have been dubbed as the most important events in the history of Myrtle Beach, SC. This debate plays a…

In what has been called by some as the first of the two most important national events in Myrtle Beach history, the Republican Presidential Debate broadcast Myrtle Beach to the United States and to the world last night as six Republican Presidential hopefuls took the stage at the Palace Theatre…

We want to wish you a safe and Happy New Year from all of us at the Ocean Creek Resort! With 366 days in 2008, we hope that it is your best year yet and that you are able to keep all of your New Year's resolutions....which should include a…

The accolades keep on rolling in for the Golf Capital of the World in what has been a memorable year for Myrtle Beach, SC. The newly opened Leopard's Chase Golf Club was recently honored by both GOLF Magazine and Golf Digest for being one of the best new courses in…

The Myrtle Beach International Jetport (MYR) flew in its 800,000th passenger earlier this week, making 2007 a record year for air traffic in Myrtle Beach, SC. With the 2007 addition of local carrier Myrtle Beach Direct Air, adding to the offerings of Myrtle Beach Jetport mainstays Spirit Air and US…

Or shall we say that the world WILL be watching Myrtle Beach, SC this January when both the Republican and Democratic Parties descend upon the Grand Strand for their respective national presidential debates. The Ocean Creek Resort is excited to be a Host Accommodations provider for these debates.

The "Granddaddy" of Myrtle Beach golf courses, Pine Lakes Country Club, is currently undergoing a major redevelopment project with the intention of maintaining many of the historical golf corridors while creating others to improve the golf experience.

A brand new shopping and dining district in Myrtle Beach, the Market Commons, is set to open in late spring of 2008. Located on the site of the former Air Force Base of Myrtle Beach, the Market Commons will feature such nationally known retail outlets such as the Pottery Barn,…