The 2011 Vero Beach Adoration and INFO thread

[Dasha]

We have been going each summer for 12 years and will be back in 2 weeks.

 

[DVCconvert]

I believe the character breakfast hours are 7-11am.
HTH

 

[Leanne1977]

Hello

We might just bump into you at VB in Oct.

Oh really! When are you there? xx

 

[D15NEY]

Oh really! When are you there? xx

We are there 25th/26th Oct.


I 'rented' some points from Vron.


So excited about getting on the beach, really hope the weather is good for us all.

 

[starbox]

We arrived in Vero Friday and it's wonderful!! We are staying right next to Disney's Vero Beach resort, so if you walk away from the lifeguard station and down the private beach area, you'll likely see us. We see lots of Disney folks with hair braids

The ocean is very warm this year but it has not rained at all and everyone says they really, really need rain. We're hoping we start to get the typical June afternoon showers soon so that the plants and flowers are happy.

We've seen lots of turtles at the beach, and went fishing along Jungle Trail at our dock Sunday night and saw a manatee, a family pod of dolphins with a baby, and a bald eagle! I think that's the most we've ever seen in one evening.


We went to Bathtub Reef yesterday and it was just as amazing as we remembered!


We even saw the unusual sight of a Leatherback hatchling that had not made it out of the nest. I think he may have tried to emerge early, since the rest of the nest appeared intact.

 

[hpygrll]

Just had to post that we'll be there Saturday and we can't wait!!

We're actually going to the BCV on Friday just to swim and hang out and then we'll be at Vero for 1 week - looking forward to laying by the pool!!!

Jenny

 

[PoohNFriends]

DBF are going to WDW the end of the October this year and will be getting AP's, and last night decided we will probably go Sept or Oct next year to use the AP's again before they expire. Today I had the grand idea that we should do a 1/2 week in WDW and 1/2 week at VB. So I found this thread and read all 45 pages this afternoon (it is in the upper 90's here so a lazy day inside was in order). Decided I might as well start learning now so I don't have to try to catch up with more pages later.

Hi neighbor! Did you see me just wave? We're on the far SE side of Naperville (87th & Naper Blvd).

small world. we're at 87th and rte 59.

Hi neighbors! We're to the west, (on the other side of the tracks, in Aurora ) in between Normantown and Eola, just south of Keating (which is 87th on your end).

 

[MrShiny]

Well, we live in the city, but I work in Lisle on Warrenville near Naperville Rd (within driving distance!)

 

[bobbiwoz]

Just had to post that we'll be there Saturday and we can't wait!!

We're actually going to the BCV on Friday just to swim and hang out and then we'll be at Vero for 1 week - looking forward to laying by the pool!!!

Jenny

We're doing the reverse. We'll be at Vero for the weekend and at BCV next week!

 

[bobbiwoz]

We have an ADR for 8:55 that same day! It's a small world, after all...

I do not know what time they stop, either. Sorry that I couldn't be more helpful.

We'll be 3 adults with our 3 DGC....I'll try to remember to wear my bobbiwoz Disboard button so we can say, HI!

 

[dort]

We arrived in Vero Friday and it's wonderful!! We are staying right next to Disney's Vero Beach resort, so if you walk away from the lifeguard station and down the private beach area, you'll likely see us. We see lots of Disney folks with hair braids

The ocean is very warm this year but it has not rained at all and everyone says they really, really need rain. We're hoping we start to get the typical June afternoon showers soon so that the plants and flowers are happy.

We've seen lots of turtles at the beach, and went fishing along Jungle Trail at our dock Sunday night and saw a manatee, a family pod of dolphins with a baby, and a bald eagle! I think that's the most we've ever seen in one evening.


We went to Bathtub Reef yesterday and it was just as amazing as we remembered!


We even saw the unusual sight of a Leatherback hatchling that had not made it out of the nest. I think he may have tried to emerge early, since the rest of the nest appeared intact.

Hey Starbox!! Enjoy your stay!! My DH is so jealous you saw turtles, he walked the beach at all hours hoping to see a turtle, lots of crawls but no turtles, we did see them out in the water.
We were just down the road a bit last month!!

 

[floridafam]

Speaking of turtles...

We were at Vero years sgo and were looking out in the eater and kept seeing a huge dark shadow and it kept getting closer and closer. We finally realized it was a turtle in distress. It either came or was pulled ashore and had some kind of trash in or around its mouth. It was as big as the hood of a car. A bunch of cast members came running out and there happened to be someone from Disney wildlife or something similar there. They transported the turtle to Orlando. All the guests were watching and it was very emotional. I never found out what happened to that turtle.

 

[DJHPMouse]

We are going to VB in August. What should we do about Dining reservations? We would like to be flexible, but I didn't know how important it is to have reservations. Thanks for any help.

 

[CruznLexi]

We have the character breakfast in Oct at 730am is it buffett? Or off the menu? We need to be on the road at 830am. Is that dooable?

 

[DVCconvert]

We have the character breakfast in Oct at 730am is it buffett? Or off the menu? We need to be on the road at 830am. Is that dooable?

It's served like in a skillet family style. An hour is doable, but I guess if it were me I'd make sure to be at the podium by 7:15 to try and get seated just as soon as possible.....also I'd tell your server you're on a timetable.

HTH

 

[DisDaydreamer]

We went to Bathtub Reef yesterday and it was just as amazing as we remembered!.

Of all the years we have been going to VB I had not even heard of Bathtub Reef or Beach until a couple years ago here on the DIS. Can't seem to get back to VB to go see it... Maybe next year. Glad to see you all are having a good time. Hope the weather is being kind.

 

[CruznLexi]

Does anyone know if you can order a special cake? We are celebrating our 10th aniv and would love to do this if this can happen. If not I guess it will be publix.

 

[Leanne1977]

Does anyone know if you can order a special cake? We are celebrating our 10th aniv and would love to do this if this can happen. If not I guess it will be publix.

I'm sure you can. The chef there made my wedding cake so I'm sure it wouldn't be a problem.

 

[floridafam]

We've ordered special cakes before. Just call the same number you would call to make an ADR at the resort and they shpuld be able to help you.

Their pastry chef needs to kick it up a notch. The dessert offerings at Sonya's a few weeks ago and at Shutter's last night don't seem very creative.

 

[starbox]

Of all the years we have been going to VB I had not even heard of Bathtub Reef or Beach until a couple years ago here on the DIS. Can't seem to get back to VB to go see it... Maybe next year. Glad to see you all are having a good time. Hope the weather is being kind.

Thanks Rob - weather has been great for us but bad for Florida - not a drop of rain so far, and none forecast in the near future. The reef is really neat - you'd love it. One of these days, our paths at VB are bound to intersect......