The 2009 Vero Beach Adoration and INFO thread

[DisDaydreamer]

Hi....I'm following up on this question.

Thanks, Maria. We'll have to check it out on our way from Merritt Island to the resort.

 

[VLee]

I and two grandchildren, ages 9 and 6 will be there soon from June 12 to 15 (Friday to Monday). This will be our FIRST trip to VB. My grandson, who will turn 7 in September would love the Turtle Troop and Fishing Fundamentals, which both require age 7.

Is there a good chance they will let him participate since he will be 3 months short of being 7 years?

Also, is there a character breakfast on weekends and do we need reservations?

Thanks for any advice.

 

[Starr W.]

I and two grandchildren, ages 9 and 6 will be there soon from June 12 to 15 (Friday to Monday). This will be our FIRST trip to VB. My grandson, who will turn 7 in September would love the Turtle Troop and Fishing Fundamentals, which both require age 7.

Is there a good chance they will let him participate since he will be 3 months short of being 7 years?

Also, is there a character breakfast on weekends and do we need reservations?

Thanks for any advice.

I would make a reservation for the character breakfast(Sat. am) as it seems pretty popular with the locals, as I noticed the parking lot filling up last Sat. am.

 

[Starr W.]

I'm back in wet windy OH!

Maria, thanks so much for doing the chair swap. Nice choice and really easy to lug down to the beach.


I actually managed to remember to bring home the activity sheet!

So if anyone wants to see it drop me a PM and I'll send it your way.

 

[DisneyWill]

We will be at Vero from June 14 -17, 2009.

 

[MiaSRN62]

Welcome back Starr W. and I've got u added to our list DisneyWill

 

[LocustPoint]

I just made reservations for an OVIR at VB for 11/9-11/14. Can't wait to visit VB for the second time.

 

[DVCconvert]

It's Important to note for new thread readers -- that THIS....IS NOT VB....

 

[milesjacki]

Hi:

Just a few things to share from our wonderful week in VB 4/4 - 4/11.

Flew in to West Palm. A good 90 minutes ride for my hubby who has a
lead foot so plan accordingly.

Lemon Tree in downtown VB for breakfast on Sunday was delicious,
crowded after 10 am.

Went to Squid Lips on Sunday night. Had a 30 minute wait, they had a
Ragtime Band playing the whole time with dancing- it was fun.
We had big drinks and small appetizers which were delicious.
they have a kid menu. The lady from the band came around to all the
kids and gave them a little egg with a prize in it. Nice touch.

Thursday night- Mulligans in Downtown area is KIDS night. Waited about 30 minutes
@ 7pm. Kids night is 5-8 pm. Balloons, a clown (advertised which
was seated at the bar drinking the whole time!!!) there but most importantly
kids under 10 eat FREE with adult ordering an entree. I had Strip Steak
Special which was very good, my hubby the Blackened Tuna.

The Majestic movie was advertising specials for Thursday nights but
we were there on a Tuesday.

Highly recommend the VERO Childrens Book store - but it closes up tight
by 7 pm during the week.

Good Friday - Nino's Cafe in downtown VB. We had pasta dishes which were OK, but pizzas (which we already had from Orchid pizza that day)
looked really good. They had a large takeout business going for pizza
that night.

For those with kids, see Rita at the pool for craft activities. My kids really
enjoyed that and the Un-Birthday party (should sign up at Ebb & Flo's)
at 9 am. Also, the campfires with SMORES offered on Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday nights were a big hit with my kids.

We had Room 1417 right off the pool. It was the lockoff portion of
a room but was fine for us. Small flatscreen TV, intermittent internet
service.

Also visited the Brevard Zoo, about 40 minutes north. A nice day for the
kids, be sure to check out the petting zoo if you have little ones.

we did the character breakfast on Saturday- made reservations, very nice
Food served to table family style- eggs, mickey waffles, sausage, bacon
sweet rolls

Thanks to Maria, again for the chairs. They were great!!!!!!

ps. the CMs were not strict with the ages for kids activities. My DDs
who was five did many crafts for ages 6+ with assistance from either
my husband or myself.

the pool area was packed and there were no chairs by 10 am but we were
there for the busy Easter/Spring break holiday.

Enjoy everybody. this was a nice relaxing vacation .....

 

[kddlm]

Hi:

the pool area was packed and there were no chairs by 10 am but we were
there for the busy Easter/Spring break holiday.

Enjoy everybody. this was a nice relaxing vacation .....

Yes, Pool Chairs were clearly a hard to come by item!!! Our inn room window overlooked the pool (balcony was a totally different story....GVIR now stands for "garbage view inn room" in our house! I'll post a pic later)....anyway....the CM's would drop their arms at 8:00 am and it was like letting horses out of gates with people running to put towels on chairs. By 8:30 a.m. it was slim pickens! I must say though that at 10:00 a.m the CMs would go around and ask if people were ever seen on some of the chairs with towels on them....if the answer was no, they put a card with a "10" on the chair and came back about a 1/2 hr. later and picked up the stuff that was left if there were still no people. Amanda at the pool was really good about this, but I did see some others putting cards down, but not coming back....more times than not though, other people looking for chairs would return the card to Eb and Flo's and take the chairs (rightfully so in my opinion). Thanks to my pool view window, we were lucky enough to get chairs each day! I'm sure this was due to it being spring break though and probably isn't typical.

 

[starbox]

Also visited the Brevard Zoo, about 40 minutes north. A nice day for the
kids, be sure to check out the petting zoo if you have little ones.

..

If you have a local zoo membership, be sure to check if Brevard Zoo is on your reciprocal membership list. I know Atlanta Zoo members have reciprocal priveledges at the Brevard Zoo.

 

[keliblue]

Yahoooooooooo !! just booked our 3rd trip to Vero will be there from Oct 16-19

Bummer I missed the Chair Swap this year o'well nothing like a little VB sand in my britches

 

[DisDaydreamer]

Hi:

Thanks for the report and some outside of the resort info. Glad you had a good time

 

[DisDaydreamer]

Yahoooooooooo !! just booked our 3rd trip to Vero will be there from Oct 16-19

Hey Keli...

 

[okwmember92]

Please add DH and I to VB 5/6-8/09 OVIR. We love it!

Kim & Dennis

 

[DisDaydreamer]

It's Important to note for new thread readers -- that THIS....IS NOT VB....

Must be nap time

 

[friskykitten]

My family will be there 5/30-6/1. Our first visit and in a BC. We can't wait!

 

[Starr W.]

Yes, Pool Chairs were clearly a hard to come by item!!! Our inn room window overlooked the pool (balcony was a totally different story....GVIR now stands for "garbage view inn room" in our house! I'll post a pic later)....anyway....the CM's would drop their arms at 8:00 am and it was like letting horses out of gates with people running to put towels on chairs. By 8:30 a.m. it was slim pickens! I must say though that at 10:00 a.m the CMs would go around and ask if people were ever seen on some of the chairs with towels on them....if the answer was no, they put a card with a "10" on the chair and came back about a 1/2 hr. later and picked up the stuff that was left if there were still no people. Amanda at the pool was really good about this, but I did see some others putting cards down, but not coming back....more times than not though, other people looking for chairs would return the card to Eb and Flo's and take the chairs (rightfully so in my opinion). Thanks to my pool view window, we were lucky enough to get chairs each day! I'm sure this was due to it being spring break though and probably isn't typical.

I was there 4/4-4/11 (our 2nd Easter trip) and they weren't quite as diligent about going around clearing chairs like they did last yr. I only saw the girl with the cards once all week. No phone messages this year about reserving chairs.

Plus I don't think it was quite as busy as last yr. Parking lot over by Villa 12 was not full, like last yr.

At any resort in FL during Spring Break season you have to play the pool chair game. If you plan on sleeping in, no chair for you.


My boys left the campfire when they sang the Too-De-Ta song. It was a preschool song for them back in the day and now they are 1st/6th graders it was deemed "lame".

 

[gamomof2]

Hi - we're about to visit VB for the first time 5/22-5/24. We own at SSR and AKV. We have a studio reserved for DH and myself only. Teenagers are staying at home.

We're actually booked into 3 reservations at all new places this year. We're at Villas at Wilderness Lodge in June and Boardwalk in September for the first time. Trying all new places this year. After that all we'll have left is HHI and California.

Actually made it through all 54 pages of the thread and had a question. Does anyone know a list of raw oyster places and also a decent happy hour price for oysters?

Looking forward to a nice relaxing getaway with hubby.

 

[ELKHUNTER]

Does anyone know if VB is at a high capacity around Dec, 19-20. Just curious we were wanting to stay there a night or two between our WDW cruise and our stay at WDW.

Appreciate any info. Thanks.