Well, even though I am a little hesitant on posting this, I said I would post here once we returned on how we liked our stay at Vero so here goes.
March 15, 1:00 pm we check out of the Yacht Club resort and head on down to meet Vero Beach club members which are friends of ours down there. They had signed my daughter up for the camp there in the am however she was only put on a waiting list due to the camp only having room for 20 children which needed to be ages 3-12 (My daughter is 12 and so is their daughter.) We arrive at Vero at 3:00 pm so it took 2 hours for us to get there. We were all very excited however when ever we pulled up to the resort our hearts almost stopped.
We were not at all impressed with the structure nor the location of this resort. We said to our selves that we would make the best at what they had to offer since many good things were listed here on the boards. So we checked in. Mind you I paid close to 400.00 for a Ocean view Inn room. We go to our room and all excited to see the ocean and the first thing that hit us was an AWFUL MILDEW SMELL!!!! As I hold my breath along with my family walking to the balcony to see the ocean we open the doors and BAM!!!! All we see is Palm trees!!!
I was sooo mad. We needed to lean over the rail of our balcony to see the ocean. We immediate held our breath again while walking through the room and took all our luggage and headed to the front desk. I told them I was not paying that price for a room the Smelled of MILDEW SOOOO BAD and to look at Palm trees. They then gave me a full ocean view room however it was a handicap room. So we headed to the room. Whenever we opened up that door it was like being hit with CHEMICAL WARFARE!!!! OOOHHH MY GOSH!!! We went in and opened the balcony door in hopes that them smell would go away and it just would not go away at all. As I am sitting there looking over the schedule of things to do which I might add is not very much at all I begin to have a asthma attach. The mildew in the room was soo bad that it triggered my asthma and made everyone in my family nausea. We immediately left the room with all our bags I am sitting on the floor in the hallway trying to get my breath with my Maxair in hand inhaling every 5 min. Finally we all were feeling a little better and walked around the property to give it yet another chance because many people here have talked soooo highly of this resort.
Well Im sorry to say that we were not at all impressed. I was actually very very surprised that Disney has their name on this property. I would of paid the 400 a night to stay at the ALL STARS resorts rather than this resort any day. The activities were very few and age limited and it seemed that it was a much much older crowd. Even the pool at the ALL STARS resort is 10 times better than this pool.
We at this time decided to call our friends that were waiting for us there and tell them that we were going to call Disney to cancel this due to us not being happy with the resort and me not being able to sleep inside the room due to the smell and that we wanted to go back to Disney world resorts. Once I did call her she met up with us in the main entrance and told us that she also had to change rooms 4 times due to the Mildew smell and other problems with the rooms. She as well was very disappointed however her husband goes golfing down there every year and since they are DVC members, they use there points toward this resort.
We then called 1-407-wdisney and told them of our problem and that we wanted to go back to Disney for the 3 days we had left. The man on the line with husband was sooo nice and stated that we were the 3rd family that requested to be moved from Vero and back to Disney that day. He stated that he would need to check what was available on Disney property before saying yes to a change. When he came back he could not give us an Epcot resort as we wanted however did offer the Animal Kingdom lodge Savannah Room which was the only room they stated they had left due to everything being book since it was spring break. We said anything other than Vero please and took it right away. They then proceed to contact the front desk while we were on the line with them as well as at the front desk at Vero and took care of all the transfers ect. Mind you I am still having tons of trouble breathing and am using my Maxair like it is going out of style.
Once everything was all set we headed back to Disney. We were sooo happy once again even though it would take us 2 hours to get back there. Once we arrive at the Animal Kingdom Lodge we were so amazed and very very Happy!!! This resort is an absolute beautiful resort and I would definitely book this resort over and over again. The savannah view was amazing with the animals right in front of our balcony the pool awesome as well as simbas clubhouse. The restraunts to die for BOMA and JIKO and the people once again friendly cheery, and most of all the MILDEW SMELL was gone.
So I must say that our very short stay at Vero Beach was a disaster and one that will never ever happen again. My family did not find it appealing at all to us.
I must add that we are from Massachusetts and stay at many many hotel and Inns in Newport and Cape Cod on the Ocean and not one of them ever had such a Mildew smell as Vero Beach did. I think it is due to poor up keeping.
March 15, 1:00 pm we check out of the Yacht Club resort and head on down to meet Vero Beach club members which are friends of ours down there. They had signed my daughter up for the camp there in the am however she was only put on a waiting list due to the camp only having room for 20 children which needed to be ages 3-12 (My daughter is 12 and so is their daughter.) We arrive at Vero at 3:00 pm so it took 2 hours for us to get there. We were all very excited however when ever we pulled up to the resort our hearts almost stopped.
We were not at all impressed with the structure nor the location of this resort. We said to our selves that we would make the best at what they had to offer since many good things were listed here on the boards. So we checked in. Mind you I paid close to 400.00 for a Ocean view Inn room. We go to our room and all excited to see the ocean and the first thing that hit us was an AWFUL MILDEW SMELL!!!! As I hold my breath along with my family walking to the balcony to see the ocean we open the doors and BAM!!!! All we see is Palm trees!!!
I was sooo mad. We needed to lean over the rail of our balcony to see the ocean. We immediate held our breath again while walking through the room and took all our luggage and headed to the front desk. I told them I was not paying that price for a room the Smelled of MILDEW SOOOO BAD and to look at Palm trees. They then gave me a full ocean view room however it was a handicap room. So we headed to the room. Whenever we opened up that door it was like being hit with CHEMICAL WARFARE!!!! OOOHHH MY GOSH!!! We went in and opened the balcony door in hopes that them smell would go away and it just would not go away at all. As I am sitting there looking over the schedule of things to do which I might add is not very much at all I begin to have a asthma attach. The mildew in the room was soo bad that it triggered my asthma and made everyone in my family nausea. We immediately left the room with all our bags I am sitting on the floor in the hallway trying to get my breath with my Maxair in hand inhaling every 5 min. Finally we all were feeling a little better and walked around the property to give it yet another chance because many people here have talked soooo highly of this resort. Well Im sorry to say that we were not at all impressed. I was actually very very surprised that Disney has their name on this property. I would of paid the 400 a night to stay at the ALL STARS resorts rather than this resort any day. The activities were very few and age limited and it seemed that it was a much much older crowd. Even the pool at the ALL STARS resort is 10 times better than this pool.
We at this time decided to call our friends that were waiting for us there and tell them that we were going to call Disney to cancel this due to us not being happy with the resort and me not being able to sleep inside the room due to the smell and that we wanted to go back to Disney world resorts. Once I did call her she met up with us in the main entrance and told us that she also had to change rooms 4 times due to the Mildew smell and other problems with the rooms. She as well was very disappointed however her husband goes golfing down there every year and since they are DVC members, they use there points toward this resort.
We then called 1-407-wdisney and told them of our problem and that we wanted to go back to Disney for the 3 days we had left. The man on the line with husband was sooo nice and stated that we were the 3rd family that requested to be moved from Vero and back to Disney that day. He stated that he would need to check what was available on Disney property before saying yes to a change. When he came back he could not give us an Epcot resort as we wanted however did offer the Animal Kingdom lodge Savannah Room which was the only room they stated they had left due to everything being book since it was spring break. We said anything other than Vero please and took it right away. They then proceed to contact the front desk while we were on the line with them as well as at the front desk at Vero and took care of all the transfers ect. Mind you I am still having tons of trouble breathing and am using my Maxair like it is going out of style.
Once everything was all set we headed back to Disney. We were sooo happy once again even though it would take us 2 hours to get back there. Once we arrive at the Animal Kingdom Lodge we were so amazed and very very Happy!!! This resort is an absolute beautiful resort and I would definitely book this resort over and over again. The savannah view was amazing with the animals right in front of our balcony the pool awesome as well as simbas clubhouse. The restraunts to die for BOMA and JIKO and the people once again friendly cheery, and most of all the MILDEW SMELL was gone.
So I must say that our very short stay at Vero Beach was a disaster and one that will never ever happen again. My family did not find it appealing at all to us.
I must add that we are from Massachusetts and stay at many many hotel and Inns in Newport and Cape Cod on the Ocean and not one of them ever had such a Mildew smell as Vero Beach did. I think it is due to poor up keeping.
I can understand being upset about mildew smell, and lack of an ocean view, but being soooo disappointed with the structure truly puzzles me... 
