My brother, wife and 15 month old son joined us for this trip. We had a 2 bedroom booked, I had requested in this order 1. smoking, 2.high floor, and 3.partial ocean view. We recieved a NON-smoking 1st floor room. Upon entering the room I called the front desk who said they were sold out and to smoke on the balcony. I voiced my discomfort with this idea, we had never intended to smoke in the room because my brother is very much a non-smoker but we wanted to be able to smoke on the balcony without offending others. The front desk assured me they would call if they recieved any complaints from the units above us. I did go upstairs a few days later and the reason no one complained was the units above us were smoking units!
All in all a great trip. The room 1515 and 1514 were in good shape. Our food disposal was leaking one night and a call to maintaince had the whole thing replaced in 30 minutes. The gentleman who came to fix it, told us he would have to empty the sink to fix it. I replied in Ga that meant washing the dishes, we all laughed. All of us left to go play tennis upon returning we discovered he HAD WASHED THE DISHES!!! My DH who had stayed behind said he laughed while washing them.
I'm sad to say this trip my kids just weren't into the activities at all. We did do bingo one evening and it lasted a grand total of 30 minutes. Alot of the activities seemed geared more toward the 3-8 crowd.
The beach was were most of our time was spent, the first 3 days were beautiful. The water wasn't as clear as last June, I'm wandering is this how it is in August? One day we had overcast skies and light rain. The last 2 days we had 7 FOOT WAVES. The staff said they had never seen them that big before. It was great for boogie boarding.
The best part had to be seeing a manatee, dolphin, and shark not even 10 feet from the shore during high tide. This was on 2 seperate evenings. We saw another shark in the morning, we were the only ones on the beach up until the boardwalk area where we found 2 teens surfing we mentioned we had seen the shark about .5 a mile down the beach and they exited the water. We did mention these sightings to staff who said it was probably a tarpin, I don't think so. From the fin on the back to the dorsal fin there was a distance of at least 4-5 feet. We also got to see a baaby logger head sea turtle make its way down the beach into the ocean. VERY COOL!!!
Dining
We ate at the Patio twice, Capt Hiriams twice and then several fast food places during this trip. Everyone in our party agreed Capt. Hiriams was the best.
The only area that I saw that I felt needed ALOT of work is the putt-putt area. It looks VERY rough!!!
Sorry this was so long if you have any questions I'll be glad to answer. ANd if anyone knows why the ocean wasn't as clear as June I would love to know. I assumed it was Cristobal. We can't wait til next June when we return, my brother and wife are on board for the next trip. I love it when family enjoy DVC and start to understand why its so great.
All in all a great trip. The room 1515 and 1514 were in good shape. Our food disposal was leaking one night and a call to maintaince had the whole thing replaced in 30 minutes. The gentleman who came to fix it, told us he would have to empty the sink to fix it. I replied in Ga that meant washing the dishes, we all laughed. All of us left to go play tennis upon returning we discovered he HAD WASHED THE DISHES!!! My DH who had stayed behind said he laughed while washing them.
I'm sad to say this trip my kids just weren't into the activities at all. We did do bingo one evening and it lasted a grand total of 30 minutes. Alot of the activities seemed geared more toward the 3-8 crowd.
The beach was were most of our time was spent, the first 3 days were beautiful. The water wasn't as clear as last June, I'm wandering is this how it is in August? One day we had overcast skies and light rain. The last 2 days we had 7 FOOT WAVES. The staff said they had never seen them that big before. It was great for boogie boarding.
The best part had to be seeing a manatee, dolphin, and shark not even 10 feet from the shore during high tide. This was on 2 seperate evenings. We saw another shark in the morning, we were the only ones on the beach up until the boardwalk area where we found 2 teens surfing we mentioned we had seen the shark about .5 a mile down the beach and they exited the water. We did mention these sightings to staff who said it was probably a tarpin, I don't think so. From the fin on the back to the dorsal fin there was a distance of at least 4-5 feet. We also got to see a baaby logger head sea turtle make its way down the beach into the ocean. VERY COOL!!!
Dining
We ate at the Patio twice, Capt Hiriams twice and then several fast food places during this trip. Everyone in our party agreed Capt. Hiriams was the best.
The only area that I saw that I felt needed ALOT of work is the putt-putt area. It looks VERY rough!!!
Sorry this was so long if you have any questions I'll be glad to answer. ANd if anyone knows why the ocean wasn't as clear as June I would love to know. I assumed it was Cristobal. We can't wait til next June when we return, my brother and wife are on board for the next trip. I love it when family enjoy DVC and start to understand why its so great.
