Holiday Inn Express & Suites Jacksonville - Blount Island, an IHG Hotel

"Hello-- We stayed at the Holiday Inn Express, Blount Island (Great Stay!!). We stay there on Jan 30th before we set sail on our cruise and again on Feb 5th after our cruise returned. The stay there was really a wonderful experience! I got into two different situation (not hotel related) and both times the manager and staff help me out at/on both individual times-- (in my head, my situations where really crises) Thank you again Holiday Inn Express Manager & Staff for your time and your services. We enjoyed our stay with you and I recommend this hotel to all that travels and cruise out of this area-- PdB - Alabama"

"Stayed here the night before my cruise and everything was perfect. Rooms and common areas were clean, staff was very friendly and helpful, and the breakfast was perfect. Bonus, it was only 5 minutes from the port."

"Stayed for a Carnival Cruise. Location and service was outstanding. Got to give a shout out to the morning cook. Mrs Eileen. 11-13-23. I'm on a special diet and she went over and beyond to make sure I could eat. Corporate needs to know what an exceptional employee you have. Thank you for the pleasant experience. Barry A."

"The hotel was very nice, along with the rooms. Everything was extremely clean. It's a great place if you're going on a cruise, as it's just a few miles from the Port and parking. If you plan on eating, you will need to get something before arriving because the only restaurant around is Wendy's, which is next door, but they have terrible reviews, and we returned our food. It's easy access to I-95. The only downside was at around 1:15 a.m. the person working the desk walked into our room, stating, "that she was sorry, but she didn't show anyone as checked in." The door was locked, so she had to override the lock. I'm still waiting on a call from the manager because being walked in on is unacceptable. The hotel itself and the rest of the staff were all very nice. I would definitely recommend and stay again."

"Overall good hotel. Still feels kind of new. Great location to cruise ship port and easy access to highway to get anywhere in a reasonable time. The staff didn’t have uniforms. I don’t recall seeing a name tag. So a couple of times I didn’t know who was working the front desk because they were standing in the lobby looking like a customer. I rooms were clean but the air wasn’t on when we entered to felt stuffy. The breakfast was ok but 30 minutes before it was supposed to end everything was out/low and didn’t see anyone trying to restock. So went to next door to Wendy’s. At breakfast they had the usual: biscuits & gravy, eggs, cinnamon rolls, cereal, oatmeal, muffins, yogurt. They had a business center area for those who need to print cruise boarding pass and attach it. I would stay here again."