I own two condos at the Majestic Sun on the east end of Destin close to the outlet mall. I had someone in Destin check on the Majestic Sun and our condos yesterday. Word is that the MS suffered VERY minor damage and our condos are in perfect shape. The building was built to strict hurricane code back in 2001 and evidently they knew what they were doing! The
beach suffered some erosion which is to be expected and alot of debris, etc. but cleanup has already started. All utilities are back on and basically the place is ready to go. The pool should be back in service sometime this week.

Destin in general has a bit of cleanup to do but stores and
restaurants are reopening and it is back to business as usual. All
major highways and bridges are also open. The Silver Sands Mall had some roof damage and signs/lightpoles down but nothing too bad and the new Destin Commons Mall had a few of the stores that were in construction phase blown in. The Whale's Tail across the street from the Majestic Sun on the beach took a pretty bad hit as well as Pompano Joes. Otherwise, most of the businesses away from the beach are in good shape.

Destin is very adept at handling this type of emergency and you can rest assured that the city will be up and running in no time. Tourism is key to their economy and the primary focus is to make sure that guests continue with their vacation plans and visit Destin.