The 2011 Vero Beach Adoration and INFO thread

[ASROBERTS]

I just called the restaurant and the next pirate dinner is October 31:

 

[chepic]

Just got my wait list for the Friday of our stay....yeah...now it doesn't cost me anything!!!!!
I am assuming that the chair and umbrella rentals are for the beach and not the pool...correct. I haven't been there in over 10 years so I don't remember much about the beach vs the pool...but I do remember that we never paid extra for that.

Thanks

Cheryl

 

[DVCconvert]

I am assuming that the chair and umbrella rentals are for the beach and not the pool...correct.

Cheryl -

There is no charge for chairs/umbrella tables at the pool...only on the beach ...and YAY!!! on your waitlist coming thur!!!

HTH

 

[mic_KY_mouses]

I just called the restaurant and the next pirate dinner is October 31:

Thanks for checking but.......bummer. I was hoping they had one early October.

 

[scottmel]

Hi new to the vero beach thread. Stayed there back in the 90's on opening week and have the official beach towel still! We go to WDW every summer and this year I thought of a 2 night stay at VB in June and 5 nights at WDW Yacht Club. We love being on the go hence WDW being great for us. I have vacationed many summers on the east coast beaches and all of us, Dh me and DD12 are not week long beach people. I am a little worried VB will be slow for us - hence a 2 night stay...Is it a lot of driving from MCO and back for 2 nights of enjoymenet? Too slow? Thanks!

 

[bobbiwoz]

Hi new to the vero beach thread. Stayed there back in the 90's on opening week and have the official beach towel still! We go to WDW every summer and this year I thought of a 2 night stay at VB in June and 5 nights at WDW Yacht Club. We love being on the go hence WDW being great for us. I have vacationed many summers on the east coast beaches and all of us, Dh me and DD12 are not week long beach people. I am a little worried VB will be slow for us - hence a 2 night stay...Is it a lot of driving from MCO and back for 2 nights of enjoymenet? Too slow? Thanks!

Usually we go for a longer time, but last summer and next summer all we have are 2 nights. The family doesn't want to miss the VB fix, even the short ones are fun! Our DGC are younger, this year they are 6, 7 and 8. They enjoy the arts and crafts projects.

 

[irish dancer]

Hi new to the vero beach thread. Stayed there back in the 90's on opening week and have the official beach towel still! We go to WDW every summer and this year I thought of a 2 night stay at VB in June and 5 nights at WDW Yacht Club. We love being on the go hence WDW being great for us. I have vacationed many summers on the east coast beaches and all of us, Dh me and DD12 are not week long beach people. I am a little worried VB will be slow for us - hence a 2 night stay...Is it a lot of driving from MCO and back for 2 nights of enjoymenet? Too slow? Thanks!

I don't think it's too long of a drive for 2nts. We did 4nts in June and to be honest it was one night too long for us. We too like to be on the go at the parks so the down time at Vero was great for a while but 3nts would be enough for us. It is a great resort and fun to get some beach time too so I'd say give it a go.

 

[scottmel]

Thanks for the advice. Our last two summer trips involved 3 park days and 4 resort days at Yacht Club as I really like down time on vacation too. I am worried that Vero plus this schedule is too much downtime....I am glad 2 nights seem appropriate. Maybe I can do Universal for 1 night, VB 2 nights and then check into YC for 5 nights....What are the must do's for a 2 night stay? I was planning on staying at the Inn and staying put the entire time....So would we collect shells, walk on the beach, etc. DD12 woudln't be to into craft hour etc....thanks!

 

[LittleBoPeep]

We will be there in two days... Dh was hoping there will be mickey ears ice cream bars. Any help with an answer is much appreciated! ;-)

 

[bobbiwoz]

We will be there in two days... Dh was hoping there will be mickey ears ice cream bars. Any help with an answer is much appreciated! ;-)

They sell the Mickey Bars at the little store!

 

[chepic]

Cheryl -

There is no charge for chairs/umbrella tables at the pool...only on the beach ...and YAY!!! on your waitlist coming thur!!!

HTH

Thanks for the info....Can't wait to get there.

cheryl

 

[LittleBoPeep]

They sell the Mickey Bars at the little store!

Great! Thanks! He will be VERY happy. ;-)

 

[Muushka]

We are going to Vero after our RCI cruise on 10/30. We will be there for Halloween. Anything special going on for Halloween?

 

[cemeb4dk]

This is our last night here. Our first stay which was 3 nights after 6 nights at kidani. We have a 1 bedroom in bldg 14 overlooking pool and mini golf.

This is a very nice relaxing place to stay. If pool and ocean are your thing, this is the place. No real Disney like feel. But all staff very friendly, staff seems to be more of an older local staff, different than the college staff at wdw. Only 1 restaurant to really eat in if your not here during a weekend, good food but limited menu. Yesterday we hit a local restaurant in Sebastian called squid lips over the water. It's a local beach style restaurant that we really enjoyed. Beach access is very easy.

We would definitley stay here again, its perfect to wind down after a wdw trip but honestly I miss the hustle and go go at wdw.

We did have 1 small issue, really small aunts all over kitchen, they got into our food. They came and sprayed and reimbursed us food loss so no real complaint here. He said it was common as seasons change, and that it was his 3rd call for ants that day

 

[bobbiwoz]

We are going to Vero after our RCI cruise on 10/30. We will be there for Halloween. Anything special going on for Halloween?

Disney's HHI had trick or treating at that resort for Halloween, so I'm guess VB does that as well. Why don't you call and know for sure!

I have a 6 night VB stay in January with a DGF, and I'm so looking forward to being there. I imagine January will be perfect weather for riding bikes.

 

[floridafam]

cemeb4dk,

We've had those ants in every room we've ever stayed in. Thry are a big problem in Florida at certain times of the year. We usully spray them with Windex if we see them in our house.

It may be time for them to try a new pest management strategy.

 

[caseyem67]

We will be at VB for Easter this coming Spring. Does anyone know if they do anything special there for Easter?

 

[Muushka]

Disney's HHI had trick or treating at that resort for Halloween, so I'm guess VB does that as well. Why don't you call and know for sure!

I have a 6 night VB stay in January with a DGF, and I'm so looking forward to being there. I imagine January will be perfect weather for riding bikes.

I think I will just arrive and be surprised! Thanks Bobbi

 

[treehugnmama]

any pointers on what time of day to go to go snorkelling (7 yr old)? We are leaving monday to head to wdw then vb. any info on it is appreciated

 

[bobbiwoz]

any pointers on what time of day to go to go snorkelling (7 yr old)? We are leaving monday to head to wdw then vb. any info on it is appreciated

This site says to go during high tide. We didn't have a plan, we just left VB one morning, and went snorkeling. Have a great time.
http://www.beachhunter.net/florida-snorkeling-beaches/snorkeling-bathtub-reef-stuart-florida.htm