best beach

[aladams2]

My DH just mentioned today that maybe we should take our 10 year anniversary trip to Disney this year!!! I'm so excited! We also want to take our two girls too. We thought about going to the beach for a day to take a break from the parks. The girls have been talking about the ocean for a long time and living in Wisconsin we don't get there often!!! Anyway, which beach do you recommend that would be close and fun to visit?

 

[pixidust princess]

We went to Cocoa beach during our October trip. We went to Alan Shepard park and enjoyed our day very much. It was nice and clean, good shower facilities, and an easy 1 hour drive from Disney.

 

[KibbyCat]

Well, Siesta Key is the best beach in Florida, hands-down. It has won several beach awards and was even featured on a Travel Channel special. Only downside is that it is 3 hours from Disney. It is on the Gulf Coast. Gulf beaches are so much prettier than Ocean beaches. Powdered sugar-white sand with no shells, free parking, and reasonably close to a great shopping district. If you can swing a side trip, I'd say plan to spend a night in the Tampa area and check out Siesta beach.

 

[LMC]

I agree with Siesta Beach. If you need a place to stay look at tropicalshores.com we stayed there and it was nice. very close walk to the beach. I want to go in March but with WDW scheduled in May and me needing 3 weeks off work in the summer for a school thing, I guess I better work over Spring break!

 

[art010606]

siesta is nice, but out of the 2 locations your used to, you have 2 choices. either clearwater/st.pete, or melbourn/cocoa. now, i havent been to cocoa since high school (about 6 yrs ago, used to live in st.cloud, its 30 min away from here), and i know that all growing up, it was rocky, like there were rocks in the water. its also crowded.

living in the tampa bay area now i like the beaches over here better. they are quieter and very nice quality sand and the water is clearer on the gulf than on the atlantic.

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