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 What A Old Hotel It Was !! I sure do miss seeing it : ( 11/8/2007
Reviewer: C.D. Quidley Jr. from cdquidley@embarqmail.com from Manteo N.C.
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The Carolinian Hotel was a place that brings back a lot of memoryies for me. My dad use to be a mainteance man there for about 15 years.( Charlie Dorian Quidley ) I was born in 1958 and the pool at the Carolinian is where i first learned to swim. Remember the orange styrofoam bubbles you use to strap to your back to keep you afloat ? Well i remember it just like yesterday. I went to work with my dad all the time, unless i was in school. But mainly during summer school breaks. I knew that old Hotel from head to toe. It was back in the time when Julian Oneato had the Hotel . It did have a lot of charm that place did. I can remember they use to cut water mellon for the guest every day out on the beach. Fireworks every 4th of july out behind the Hotel. Those were the days, and i would love to relive those days again. I sure hate not seeing the Carolinian Hotel every time i drive by where it use to be. But it sure does make me go back in time when i drive by that section of beach and see all of those beach cottages standing there where the Carolinian Hotel use to stand. Its too bad that piece of history could not have been perserved . It really broke my heart to see all my child hood memoryies being hauled off in a dump truck. But i guess that is what they call progress !! But i sure did love that place .
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Great old hotel - many fond childhood memories there 9/10/2007
Reviewer: Bonnie Thomas from Chesapeake, VA
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I spent every summer at the Carolinian as a child in the 1970's. My father's cousin, Aubrey Cartwright, was the manager for a number of years in the 1970's. I live aprx. 1 hour from OBX and stay in OBX several times a year. You will not find another hotel in OBX like this one. There was lots of room, things for kids to do and several dining areas, both casual and just a little more formal.
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memories of the past 8/17/2007
Reviewer: Mrs_Penny1208@yahoo.com from Theodore, AL
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As a teenager in 1964 I babysat guest's children there. My mother was the secretary for owner Julian Oneato.We have been up three times since 2003 and yet to get information of the demolition of such a wonderful part of my life. Daddy was stationed at Kill Devil USCG Lighthouse.
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 Charming 1/26/2005
Reviewer: Tammy from Wise, Virginia
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I loved the place. It was old and in need of quite a bit of work but the place had character. It was like stepping into the past. I stayed there for part of my honeymoon and will never forget the place.
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The Carolinian Hotel 11/9/2004
Reviewer: obxgrlinva from Stafford, VA
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Was torn down - Long gone and was in poor shape
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Reminder: The reviews are the opinion of the poster, and are not necessarily shared by the ownership of OBX Connection. The poster is solely responsible for the content of their review.
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