Live from VB-update on holding pool chairs

[Starr W.]

VB I think is now my favorite DVC.
Okay this is how the chair holding works, if you put personal items on the chair they basically won't touch it. The 1hr rule not really enforced as I can see it. There are a couple of large groups that have a system worked out, they set up about a dozen plus chairs with shirts on and send someone out to chat up the cm every hour until about 10.

We talked to a CM and that's basically how they work it, We were the first VB owners she has met!

The boys love the beach, my eldest was even out jumping waves the other day.

I'll see ya all later, it's not so windy today so I'm not going to waste time on the computer.

[DisDaydreamer]

VB I think is now my favorite DVC.
Okay this is how the chair holding works, if you put personal items on the chair they basically won't touch it. The 1hr rule not really enforced as I can see it. There are a couple of large groups that have a system worked out, they set up about a dozen plus chairs with shirts on and send someone out to chat up the cm every hour until about 10.

We talked to a CM and that's basically how they work it, We were the first VB owners she has met!

The boys love the beach, my eldest was even out jumping waves the other day.

I'll see ya all later, it's not so windy today so I'm not going to waste time on the computer.

:thumbsup2 :thumbsup2 :thumbsup2

Have a great rest of your vacation.

Chair holding :mad: makes me have unpleasant thoughts....

[schwenksvillemouse]

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[princessesrule4]

We're here too! So glad it was sunny today- after the windy/cold weather yesterday!
The chair holding is getting on my nerves a bit but we come every Easter break so know what to expect. I got down to the pool at 8:30 and got one of the last chairs directly surrounding the pool!
We are having a great time - hope you are too Starr W.! Off to the campfire!:)

[princessesrule4]

Forgot to say that we are VB owners too - love it here!:)

[Starr W.]

We're here too! So glad it was sunny today- after the windy/cold weather yesterday!
The chair holding is getting on my nerves a bit but we come every Easter break so know what to expect. I got down to the pool at 8:30 and got one of the last chairs directly surrounding the pool!
We are having a great time - hope you are too Starr W.! Off to the campfire!:)

DH was down by 8:30am every morning to grab a table and lounge right behind the lifeguard. Must make some matching T-shirts to use to hold chairs(I am sure you know the group I am refering to:laughing: ).

We absolutely loved VB, we'll be staying for a full week next Easter. The wind kind of reminded us of home!:rotfl2: Monday we went up to Melbourne and saw the Tigers/Nationals game.

The boys loved the tv channel selection and so did I as they get SPEED! Caught the F1 replay.

[nzdisneymom]

Hope you all have warmer weather and loads of sunshine for the rest of your stay. We so enjoyed VB in early January.

[DisDaydreamer]

The boys loved the tv channel selection and so did I as they get SPEED! Caught the F1 replay.

Excellent... not a F1 fan so much, but yes to Sprint Cup. :thumbsup2

DW calls me a redneck.... but I'm not.

[lisareniff]

Guess I'm not a redneck. Had to google F1 and Speed :lmao:

...but believe me, I do come from redneck, out in the sticks roots. Just don't pay attention to those silly cars that go around in circles.

Now the big decision... to chair hold ...or play it cool and grab what's available when we want. Last time we never chair held, but did go down early one day and started our day at the pool with table in the shade.

[DisDaydreamer]

Guess I'm not a redneck. Had to google F1 and Speed :lmao:

...but believe me, I do come from redneck, out in the sticks roots. Just don't pay attention to those silly cars that go around in circles.

Now the big decision... to chair hold ...or play it cool and grab what's available when we want. Last time we never chair held, but did go down early one day and started our day at the pool with table in the shade.

I don't usually have a problem with chair holding at VB because most of my time is spent on the beach, but at HHI they only have about 5 tables with umbrellas and if your'e not there by 7am you don't get one.

One morning I was cycling over to the pool and I could see this kid ahead of me with an arm full of towels heading for the pool too. I picked up my pace and blew by him and got the only table not yet "reserved." He ended up placing his reservations on lounges.

[Starr W.]

Excellent... not a F1 fan so much, but yes to Sprint Cup. :thumbsup2

DW calls me a redneck.... but I'm not.

Did you say Sprint Cup? I'm a NASCAR geek myself, thank goodness the boys took Easter weekend off or I'd have been in the lobby with my computer with Trackpass on listening to Carl Edwards' scanner :rotfl2: :rotfl2: Or been dragged out to the pool with DH's radio.

I don't fit the profile either, got some strange looks at MIS last summer when we pulled in my Audi. Left the other more well known German import at home.

[BWV Dreamin]

Did you say Sprint Cup? I'm a NASCAR geek myself, thank goodness the boys took Easter weekend off or I'd have been in the lobby with my computer with Trackpass on listening to Carl Edwards' scanner :rotfl2: :rotfl2: Or been dragged out to the pool with DH's radio.

I don't fit the profile either, got some strange looks at MIS last summer when we pulled in my Audi. Left the other more well known German import at home.

Yeah, another Carl Edwards fan here!! Gotta love that back flip! :goodvibes

[tor]

Does anyone use these reserved chairs or is it just the comfort of knowing if you wanted or needed a chair you have one blocked?

[Starr W.]

Yeah, another Carl Edwards fan here!! Gotta love that back flip! :goodvibes



I am counting the weekends till Bob Osborne suspension is over. Bob and Carl are way too funny on the scanner.

[DisDaydreamer]

Does anyone use these reserved chairs or is it just the comfort of knowing if you wanted or needed a chair you have one blocked?

Typically, these people send their young ones down between 7 & 8 am to make reservations then they don't arrive until 10 am when the life guards go on duty. I've seen people block (I like that word) a table and not show up until after noon.

[DisDaydreamer]

Did you say Sprint Cup? I'm a NASCAR geek myself, thank goodness the boys took Easter weekend off or I'd have been in the lobby with my computer with Trackpass on listening to Carl Edwards' scanner :rotfl2: :rotfl2: Or been dragged out to the pool with DH's radio.

I don't fit the profile either, got some strange looks at MIS last summer when we pulled in my Audi. Left the other more well known German import at home.

People frown at me, but I'm a HMS fan. Not real sure how I feel about DJ being on the team yet. The way things are going he may be their best bet this year.

DW thinks it is a bunch of silly cars going around in circles too. "What's the challenge in that?" I don't even try to explain any more. :sad2:

Oh Lisa... HMS = Hendrick Motor Sports & DJ = Dale Jr.

[Starr W.]

People frown at me, but I'm a HMS fan. Not real sure how I feel about DJ being on the team yet. The way things are going he may be their best bet this year.

DW thinks it is a bunch of silly cars going around in circles too. "What's the challenge in that?" I don't even try to explain any more. :sad2:

Oh Lisa... HMS = Hendrick Motor Sports & DJ = Dale Jr.

Save Lisa from googleing HMS! :thumbsup2

[lisareniff]

Thank you Rob ;)

[WALTSAGOD]

I generally just toss the offending items on the ground next to the table or chair that I want and take a seat.

[Melrosgirl]

I generally just toss the offending items on the ground next to the table or chair that I want and take a seat.


Although I'm not that bold, LOL, I'll do the same thing. If after an hour, no one has used that chair, I don't care if your picnic basket is on it with your car keys and hat, I'm using your chair.:laughing:

[Starr W.]

Typically, these people send their young ones down between 7 & 8 am to make reservations then they don't arrive until 10 am when the life guards go on duty. I've seen people block (I like that word) a table and not show up until after noon.

According to DH, it's usually the dad who has that duty or grandpa who's up getting his mug of coffee.

[Starr W.]

Although I'm not that bold, LOL, I'll do the same thing. If after an hour, no one has used that chair, I don't care if your picnic basket is on it with your car keys and hat, I'm using your chair.:laughing:


The problem I saw and mentioned to a CM this week at VB was you have those huge "family gatherings". The groups that send people down at pool rope drop or earlier and reserve with "personalized" t-shirts 20+ chairs, basically one whole area. If you saw any of this group, I think you might think a second before you moved their stuff. But when they did show up at about 10 they never left until the sun went down.

[starbox]

Here's a photo I took at about 10-10:30 AM second week of June last year:
http://amylovesbooks.typepad.com/photos/spring_break/img_0463.jpg

But it seems like the pool-chair-hogging issue surfaces every Spring Break. I wonder if it's the same couple of families - it certainly sounds like they have a "system" worked out.

[Starr W.]

Here's a photo I took at about 10-10:30 AM second week of June last year:
http://amylovesbooks.typepad.com/photos/spring_break/img_0463.jpg

But it seems like the pool-chair-hogging issue surfaces every Spring Break. I wonder if it's the same couple of families - it certainly sounds like they have a "system" worked out.

That's the exact area Starbox that "the gang" reserved every morning. :rotfl2: They went from that front row all the way back to the community center.

[DisDaydreamer]

According to DH, it's usually the dad who has that duty or grandpa who's up getting his mug of coffee.

Probably whoever is up and dressed gets the task.

[PamOKW]

A sidebar question...

Is there any sign of construction on the condos that were planned for next to VB? The end heading toward Vero (not toward the public beach)?

[Starr W.]

A sidebar question...

Is there any sign of construction on the condos that were planned for next to VB? The end heading toward Vero (not toward the public beach)?

No sign of construction whatsoever, just a sign about the condos.

[BWV Dreamin]

No sign of construction whatsoever, just a sign about the condos.

Whats the news about the new condos?

[Starr W.]

Whats the news about the new condos?

I haven't seen or heard anything.

[ClarabelleCow]

what i dont get is why the CM's dont police this nonesense at all the resorts. Sure its an unpleasant job, but its so rude! I don't care if within 20 mintues the family shows up and uses the chairs, but when they sit all day, and all the little kids are in the pool all day long, and they still hog the chairs, its annoying!

[Starr W.]

what i dont get is why the CM's dont police this nonesense at all the resorts. Sure its an unpleasant job, but its so rude! I don't care if within 20 mintues the family shows up and uses the chairs, but when they sit all day, and all the little kids are in the pool all day long, and they still hog the chairs, its annoying!

I can understand why the CM's give people a wide berth, we had some guy(who was much shorter than my DH) about start a fight with DH on our NWA flight down to FL. We were about to get bumped because of weight restrictions, getting all excited about 4 $300 dollar vouchers, when they decided too many kids, less weight, we can put you on the flight. They bumped one lady in 1st class(DH took that seat) and the kids and I were in a row of three. The guy was mad that myself and the 2 boys sat there and his family was split up 2 and 2. The NWA FA's went out and got a large male gate person who basically told him to sit down he was holding up the flight. We were about 15 minutes late leaving the gate.

[MMcCarthy]

I was really kind of ticked off with the "Soprano" family this week. They took over 20 chairs and very rarely were there 7 people there. On the first day, I took a chair near the pirate ship and soon realized that the spray from the ship drifts over the chairs and it was quite cold. We ended up getting tables in the very back for DMIL & DFIL.

when we were down on the beach, I wanted to get MIL a chair and there was one empty. I knew someone had already rented it and left so we set up there. This dude in front of us told me three times the chair had to be rented and we would be "penalized" if we did not rent it. I eventually went and paid the rental on it but was surprised at this man's actions.

I was very surprised by the number of jelly fish on the beach. the wind was extremely bad and the jellyfish were being blown into the beach.

On Thursday, my husband & I walked the beach and found a "nest" of crabs that a raccoon or something had gotten into. There had to be 150 to 200 crabs on the shore dead.

I really loved this vacation. We did a lot of the different activities down there and really slowed down. We own at Vero but this has only bee our second trip there. Our first trip was before the hurricans hit in 2004. Things have really changed.

I would like our next trip to be a little later in the year so that the weather might cooperate more but spring break is spring break.

If you are travelling back from FL to do take I95 north through SC. The construction traffice delayed us 4 hours and there was no way to get off.

Missy

[Starr W.]

I was really kind of ticked off with the "Soprano" family this week. They took over 20 chairs and very rarely were there 7 people there. On the first day, I took a chair near the pirate ship and soon realized that the spray from the ship drifts over the chairs and it was quite cold. We ended up getting tables in the very back for DMIL & DFIL.

when we were down on the beach, I wanted to get MIL a chair and there was one empty. I knew someone had already rented it and left so we set up there. This dude in front of us told me three times the chair had to be rented and we would be "penalized" if we did not rent it. I eventually went and paid the rental on it but was surprised at this man's actions.

I was very surprised by the number of jelly fish on the beach. the wind was extremely bad and the jellyfish were being blown into the beach.

On Thursday, my husband & I walked the beach and found a "nest" of crabs that a raccoon or something had gotten into. There had to be 150 to 200 crabs on the shore dead.

I really loved this vacation. We did a lot of the different activities down there and really slowed down. We own at Vero but this has only bee our second trip there. Our first trip was before the hurricans hit in 2004. Things have really changed.

I would like our next trip to be a little later in the year so that the weather might cooperate more but spring break is spring break.

If you are travelling back from FL to do take I95 north through SC. The construction traffice delayed us 4 hours and there was no way to get off.

Missy


Did you see some of the Soprano's, no wonder the CM's weren't going to say anything to them.:rotfl2:

The weather was okay for me, it sure beat Ohio, but am looking forward to next year when we'll be heading down 4/4. We've been at WDW in November and had long underwear on, and the next year in the pool every day.

We had a CM chase off some people who took our chairs and umbrella because I was a little late getting the boys down to the beach. Oliver, the CM was pretty diligent about remembering who had what chairs and would have the non-renters move. Wednesday we went down late and sat down and soon Oliver's helper came trotting over with his rental paperwork.

Guess we'll see you next year Missy! Our boys loved VB, surprisingly they were not afraid of the ocean, the eldest wants to get a boogie board next year.

[Par8hed]

I've seen the "Soprano" family here twice. It seems they show up around Easter annually. They actually had T-shirts that said "The Sopranos" (gun pic and all) and yes ....15-20 seats daily right in front of the pool. And yes....they were from New Jersey.

[Starr W.]

I've seen the "Soprano" family here twice. It seems they show up around Easter annually. They actually had T-shirts that said "The Sopranos" (gun pic and all) and yes ....15-20 seats daily right in front of the pool. And yes....they were from New Jersey.

So I may get another chance to see them again next year!

I think those t-shirts were just for chair reserving. :rotfl2:

[garnet1240]

How do you rent the chairs on the beach? Is it just chairs and umbrellas? No cabanas, right? Is there a CM on the beach? Or do you rent before you head out...

thanks..

[debaudrn]

We've been there several times in August and chair saving is bad then too.

[Cruelladeville]

When I was at Vero, I took a special delight in removing all personal items from the chairs and tables and piling them up on the ground over by the ship!:lmao: If the owners weren't there, the stuff was gone! I often heard grumbling about the person who moved the stuff at the pool; it made me feel like James Bond:rotfl2:

[bobbiwoz]

I don't have much patience with hoarders of pool chairs and I would be inclined to take move the stuff too. However, it's never come to that for us.
I'm not fussy about location and we find something, and I hope that luck lasts.

As far as what you can rent on the beach, if I remember there's a tent that can be rented, but I don't think it's large like a cabana. My DSis rents one for the shade it provides.

Our "all family" trip to VB is coming up in June, and I was thrilled to learn that the night turtle walks through the Caribbean Conservacy are offered on Monday nights and I signed 6 of the group for one of the walks!!! DH and I will stay behind to babysit and play card with another couple:goodvibes I'm not as agile on the sand in the day, it wouldn't work for me at night.

Bobbi:goodvibes

[Starr W.]

How do you rent the chairs on the beach? Is it just chairs and umbrellas? No cabanas, right? Is there a CM on the beach? Or do you rent before you head out...

thanks..

There is a building on the walkway to the beach(it has a name but I can't remember it). You can rent lounges, beach chairs, umbrellas and what Disney refers to as a cabana. The ones at VB are somewhat tent like, you they go all the way to the ground in the back.

[princessesrule4]

The problem I saw and mentioned to a CM this week at VB was you have those huge "family gatherings". The groups that send people down at pool rope drop or earlier and reserve with "personalized" t-shirts 20+ chairs, basically one whole area. If you saw any of this group, I think you might think a second before you moved their stuff. But when they did show up at about 10 they never left until the sun went down.

Hi - we got back from VB on Saturday. We had a great time, but I was over the chair saving by the end of the week! There are 4 of us, but we get 2 lounge chairs, because the kids go back and forth from the different activities all day and we feel its unfair to take 3 or 4 chairs. Unfortunately, alot of people could care less how many they take for their family, which is the whole problem! I was told that people were coming down at 7:30 am and forming a line. I got down there at 8:05 am our last day and barely got 2 chairs around the pool! We had a great time anyway!:)

[schwenksvillemouse]

Here's a photo I took at about 10-10:30 AM second week of June last year:
http://amylovesbooks.typepad.com/photos/spring_break/img_0463.jpg

But it seems like the pool-chair-hogging issue surfaces every Spring Break. I wonder if it's the same couple of families - it certainly sounds like they have a "system" worked out.


I hope this is what it looks like this June when we will be there.

[thebigman79]

I have never posted here although I have read alot.

Here is how we do the chair thing when we go..I get up and wait until it opens..take phone down with paper and coffee.Get table with umbrella. Sit there and read. DW brings more coffee when I run out. DS gets up and they come down..

I sit under umbrella all day and swim once in a while. If I'm sitting there and someone asks..am I saving? I tell them no...I'm using the table. They usually get upset and move on.

I figure as long as I am sitting there....I have the right to be there. If you are just sitting your towel there and leaving...it's fair game

[eva]

Although I'm not that bold, LOL, I'll do the same thing. If after an hour, no one has used that chair, I don't care if your picnic basket is on it with your car keys and hat, I'm using your chair.:laughing:

I agree. I usually give it about 45-60 minutes. If you don't show up by then the chair is mine. I usually try to find a side table or pile the stuff up on one chair. I don't mind people taking a quick dip, going to the restroom, or getting a quick bite to bring back to the table. But if you go to the beach, are going for a sit-down meal, or just saving the chair for a later time, I think it is rude and I will have no problem moving your things. I don't care if you are a Soprano and have a gun on your t-shirt.

[schwenksvillemouse]

I agree with the last two posters. Leaving stuff on chair/table for up to one hour is okay. Beyond that it's just rude. If we plan to leave for more than that time we give up the chair.

Secondly, I too, like to go down early and read while holding some chairs or table. We typically like to get to the pool early before it gets too hot. If someone is sitting using a chair or two I don't see the issue with that.

[Starr W.]

I have never posted here although I have read alot.

Here is how we do the chair thing when we go..I get up and wait until it opens..take phone down with paper and coffee.Get table with umbrella. Sit there and read. DW brings more coffee when I run out. DS gets up and they come down..

I sit under umbrella all day and swim once in a while. If I'm sitting there and someone asks..am I saving? I tell them no...I'm using the table. They usually get upset and move on.

I figure as long as I am sitting there....I have the right to be there. If you are just sitting your towel there and leaving...it's fair game

:rotfl2: :rotfl2: I didn't know there was some sort of min. number of people required at a table/w umbrella. or a set amount of time you are allowed to occupy said table.

[VrBchJ]

Does anyone have a photo of the "Sopranos" on their chairs in their t-shirts?

[PamOKW]

Thanks for the update Starr...

[Vero4us]

This post has made me glad that we go in January :rotfl: I am normally a moderately patient person but chair saving can drive me CRAZY:headache: I don't have a problem with putting a towel/shirt on a chair if you are planning on being there within the hour but we have seen chairs 'reserved' for hours. Our other pet peeve is when people are done with the chairs but leave their dirty towels all over them. People looking for chairs don't know if they are available or not. Is it that hard to put your used towels in the bin? : :confused3

[brendmar]

We are at Vero this week and for the last two nights there was an automated message on phone stating that saving pool chairs will not be allowed and if CM finds chairs not being utilized after an hour the stuff will be brought to Lost and Found. Let's just hope they enforce it:thumbsup2

I did notice yesterday that there were chairs available by the pool. We go to the beach so the pool thing is not an issue with us.

[Starr W.]

We are at Vero this week and for the last two nights there was an automated message on phone stating that saving pool chairs will not be allowed and if CM finds chairs not being utilized after an hour the stuff will be brought to Lost and Found. Let's just hope they enforce it:thumbsup2

I did notice yesterday that there were chairs available by the pool. We go to the beach so the pool thing is not an issue with us.

We had those messages last week, and the Sopranos and others still held seats and I sure didn't see a CM move anything that was of a personal nature. White resort towels yep they were gone, but if you left a magazine, shirt etc they let them sit.

[BWV Dreamin]

We had those messages last week, and the Sopranos and others still held seats and I sure didn't see a CM move anything that was of a personal nature. White resort towels yep they were gone, but if you left a magazine, shirt etc they let them sit.

Sopranos!!:lmao: :rotfl: :rotfl: Yep, they would be my cousins!! LOL, to Rob if your reading!:goodvibes

[Starr W.]

Sopranos!!:lmao: :rotfl: :rotfl: Yep, they would be my cousins!! LOL, to Rob if your reading!:goodvibes

There was a big gang with Sopranos t-shirts that put them on the chairs to reserve them. Are you really related to them? :rotfl2: :rotfl2:

OT-How about Carl's first top 10 at Martinsville? :yay: He's driving the Aflac car this weekend. :woohoo:

[DisDaydreamer]

Sopranos!!:lmao: :rotfl: :rotfl: Yep, they would be my cousins!! LOL, to Rob if your reading!:goodvibes

Eyyy... Pizanne... Watza matta witchu tutchin my chair? :cool2:

[BWV Dreamin]

There was a big gang with Sopranos t-shirts that put them on the chairs to reserve them. Are you really related to them? :rotfl2: :rotfl2:

OT-How about Carl's first top 10 at Martinsville? :yay: He's driving the Aflac car this weekend. :woohoo:

Oh yeah, Carl is having a great year!! Will be watching next Sunday!!:thumbsup2

[BWV Dreamin]

There was a big gang with Sopranos t-shirts that put them on the chairs to reserve them. Are you really related to them? :rotfl2: :rotfl2:
OT-How about Carl's first top 10 at Martinsville? :yay: He's driving the Aflac car this weekend. :woohoo:

Ha! Ha! Well, we Italians, everbody is family!!:goodvibes :lmao: I'm sure there's some blood relation down the line!:lmao:

[BWV Dreamin]

Eyyy... Pizanne... Watza matta witchu tutchin my chair? :cool2:

Forgetta 'bout it!!:goodvibes