hotelHotel Impossible · Season 5, Episode 9 · Aired December 16, 2014
Ocean Crest Resort
Moclips, Washington
Still open. It kept its doors open after the show.
What happened after
Pet-friendly oceanfront resort with indoor pool, hot tub, sauna; actively listed with 2026 pricing across booking platforms.
What happened on the show
Perched above the Pacific on the remote Washington coast at Moclips, the Ocean Crest was a pet-friendly oceanfront resort with an indoor pool, hot tub and sauna, selling a rugged, misty Northwest beach escape. The episode, Clearing the Heir, pointed at a succession or ownership question hanging over the property's future. A destination resort on an isolated coast depends on being worth the drive, with an operation and amenities that reward travelers who make the trip. Melchiorri surveyed the property and the people running it, then pushed the owners to resolve the future-of-the-business questions and to sell the wild-coast setting and the resort's amenities properly. The message was the one the show delivered nearly everywhere for a remote destination property: clarity at the top and a dependable, well-amenitized stay are what turn a hard-to-reach location into a place travelers seek out.
After the cameras left
The Ocean Crest is still drawing travelers to the Washington coast. As of our 2026 verification the pet-friendly oceanfront resort is open, with an indoor pool, hot tub and sauna, actively listed with current pricing across booking platforms, and it ranks among the small handful of hotels in remote Moclips with a review profile running past four hundred entries. Whatever succession question the episode raised, the resort has kept its doors open on the coast. Confirmed operating as of 2026.
Sources
Confidence: high. Last checked 2026-07-19.