Overall we had a great time. We enjoyed the location on the north end of the island, next to a beautiful park...all part of the original Fort Screven Army post.
Staying at a newly remodeled historic location was fun and the accommodations and amenities were perfect for the family. If you have a cart, you can definitely walk to the lighthouse beach for a nice beach day. Our unit (#4) was just right for our family of five. The 3 beds (bunk bed with trundle) were great for the kids and the king bed was super comfortable. Kitchen was well stocked, including all new appliances (oven w/4 burner stove, fridge, dishwasher, toaster oven, coffee pot, and microwave). The kitchen counter with 4 stools along with a 4 chair breakfast table gave us plenty of room to eat and play games. Large screen TV with built in Netflix, Amazon Prime, etc. was great. Although only one bathroom, it was plenty roomy and also well stocked with plenty of soap, shampoo and linens, including beach towels! Outside the pool was great, outdoor showers super useful, plenty of parking and rocking chairs on the porch and the basement gameroom (with Nintendo, billiards, ping-pong, and foosball) was perfect after a long day at the beach. So facilities were top notch and huge value for the price.
We only had one hiccup and a couple recommendations.
The hiccup was check-in. Supposedly we received an email with check-in instructions but couldn't find those anywhere. So when we arrived we called, got voicemail...then sent a text, got an auto-reply, then called again a couple more times. Took over an hour but we finally reached someone in the office who told us what we needed to check in. So that was a little frustrating after a long drive.
Recommendations: there was no broom, vaccum, mop?...after 4 beach days the floor was getting pretty crusty. Also the TV with Netflix, etc. was nice but having only one cable channel was strange. Nothing huge, just stuff that would have guaranteed 5+ stars.
All in all you can't go wrong with The Barracks. We'll be staying there agin for sure!!