The 2011 Vero Beach Adoration and INFO thread

[wigdoutdismom]

Just reporting that we'll be there June 20th-24th after our cruise on the Dream. We are planning on meeting up with some other DISers if they can get reservations at the 7 month point! Keeping our fingers crossed for them because we know they will love it there!!!

 

[floridafam]

We've had a couple of the banana spiders in our house recently and they are awful! One was in our son's room. DH went in, shut the door and all I heard were screams, moans and furniture falling for about ten minutes until he finally caught it. They are fast!

The wind is really blowing today. Anyone at the resort?

 

[tink1969]

I'm freaking out!!!!!
I'm reading all the posts about the spiders at VB and I'm really getting worried. I let out blood curdling screams if I see a spider. I am terrified of spiders. The way people are talking about the size of them makes it sound like they are the size of a small compact car!!!! I'm going to die if I see one

I have booked two deluxe inn rooms because we are taking another family with us and I didn't want anyone sleeping on pull-out sofas. PLEASE tell me I'm safe in an inn room!!!!!!

 

[lisareniff]

Anyone know how bad the beach and resort is getting hit with the storm?

I know it will not be hit directly but curious if there will be any beach erosion, etc as it passes by.

 

[bobbiwoz]

I'm freaking out!!!!!
I'm reading all the posts about the spiders at VB and I'm really getting worried. I let out blood curdling screams if I see a spider. I am terrified of spiders. The way people are talking about the size of them makes it sound like they are the size of a small compact car!!!! I'm going to die if I see one

I have booked two deluxe inn rooms because we are taking another family with us and I didn't want anyone sleeping on pull-out sofas. PLEASE tell me I'm safe in an inn room!!!!!!

I think that getting the inn room is a good move because of the beds. There's not any guarantees, but the resort will help you if you have a problem, which I hope you don't. I suppose you have to decide, best wishes!!!!

 

[kritter]

I still have bits all over from vb!! I also have a rash that is spreading from the room will see a doctor when I get home!!

 

[TiggerAllie]

I still have bits all over from vb!! I also have a rash that is spreading from the room will see a doctor when I get home!!

My DP still looks like she has had chicken pox with all the no-see-um bite spots on her legs.
My bites from CC are pretty much fading now. (I must just be less tasty and less sensitive.)
Rash is not good... is that from VB, DCL, or WDW??

 

[DisDaydreamer]

he finally caught it. They are fast!

Caught it?

 

[leelip1982]

So we are leaving this Tuesday to go to VB for the first time. We have never been and are very excited with everything I have been reading. I am a little freaked out after reading about the spiders and bug bites but it is Florida after all. LOL

 

[kritter]

My DP still looks like she has had chicken pox with all the no-see-um bite spots on her legs.
My bites from CC are pretty much fading now. (I must just be less tasty and less sensitive.)
Rash is not good... is that from VB, DCL, or WDW??

That is how my mother looks. My legs were a mess for the first two days of the cruise. The rash I think I got it at CC!!

 

[TiggerAllie]

That is how my mother looks. My legs were a mess for the first two days of the cruise. The rash I think I got it at CC!!

I did hear people had trouble with sea lice in the Pelican Plunge area--must have been on Day 1, because we didn't notice anything on Day 2 (though they were warning everyone who went in the water at the family beach area to come out right away if they felt itchy).

 

[kritter]

I did hear people had trouble with sea lice in the Pelican Plunge area--must have been on Day 1, because we didn't notice anything on Day 2 (though they were warning everyone who went in the water at the family beach area to come out right away if they felt itchy).

It was bad!! My girls were stung on Day 1 too!!

 

[wigdoutdismom]

My son always gets some horrible irritation down in his swimsuit area in saltwater... We were told to have him put a generous coating of Vasoline down there before going into the water. He had been miserable on both of our trips to CC (before we knew about the treatment) and it did seem to help at VB this past summer...
My husband and I haven't had any problems, knock on wood!!!

We were in a villa this summer and didn't see a single spider....

 

[mrebuck]

I did hear people had trouble with sea lice in the Pelican Plunge area--must have been on Day 1, because we didn't notice anything on Day 2 (though they were warning everyone who went in the water at the family beach area to come out right away if they felt itchy).

We weren't in the Pelican Plunge area - we spent nearly all of our time next door in the snorkeling cove. But we lathered ourselves with Safe Sea before we went in - no sea lice rashes for us. I don't know whether that stuff worked or whether we got lucky. Either way, I'll take it!

We did get plenty of no-see-um bites pre-cruise at Vero. My oldest DD's legs looked like she had the chicken pox too. Thankfully the bites are fading. Both of my girls are in a wedding in a couple of weeks and I'm hopeful the bites will be gone by then. We didn't see any spiders.

For those going to Vero - I wouldn't let the bugs change your plans. Vero is such a wonderful place - you definitely should go. (We're already planning next year's trip in spite of the bug bites.) Just make sure you get bug spray with as high a concentration of deet at possible and put it on every time you go outside. We got most of our bites the first night (before I realized the need for bug spray - I thought we'd only need it at dawn/dusk, but we really needed it all the time). After that, we religiously applied the bug spray we bought at the local Wal Mart. We each may have gotten a couple of bites when we started applying bug spray, but it was nothing bad at all.

By the way, we've been to Vero several times in the past and this trip (8/11-16) was the worst we've ever seen the no-see-ums. Maybe we just got lucky other years, but they sure were bad this year!

 

[aggiemullins]

The bugs are just an inherit Florida thing, not a VB thing. If you've ever noticed all the houses where the backyards are completely incased in mosquito shelters, now you know why! I think you never notice it at Disney World because they do an excellent job at bug control across their vast amount of land, but it's impossible for them to do the same at VB because they can't control their nextdoor neighbors and coastline.

 

[backyardponder]

Updated roll-call (after being off line for a couple of weeks!)

7/1 – 7/4 vbarry
7/10 - ??? AKV707
7/13 – 7/15 MrShiny
7/15 – 7/22 FormrCastMbr
7/20 – 7/22 SabresFan
7/30 – 8/5 LoverofDisney
7/31 – 8/3 Lindabelle
8/1 – 8/5 sadiespicks
8/3 – 8-6 Tink-n-Peter
8/4 – 8/8 IrenicMom
8/5 – 8-7 gabriellyn
8/5 – 8/12 aggiemullins
8/6 – 8/13 Mahusky
8/12 – 8/15 kritter
8/13 – 8/16 TiggerAllie
8/29 – 9/1 smacky1
8/13 – 8/16 TiggerAllie
8/14 – 8/19 ellynsoh
9/5 – 9/9 Tennesotans
9/6 – 9/10 Fonzy13
9/6 – 9/12 Peddler
9/7 – 9/14 delaneyc52
9/9 – 9/11 amblackmon
9/15 – 9/19 keliblue
9/18 – 9/22 goofy4mykids
9/22 – 9/24 EeyoreJMH
9/23 – 9/27 Joyciemc
9/28 - ??? alldiz
10/3 – 10/6 cemeb4dk
10/4 – 10/9 kimkreis
10/5 – 10/9 LittleBoPeep
10/14 – 10/16 ChrisMouse
10/16 – 10/22 treehugnmama
10/19 – 10/22 CruznLexi
10/21 – 10/27 hopefully
10/25 – 10-31 Leanne1977
10/27 – 10/29 gortman65
10/30 – 11/2 Muushka
11/3 – 11/6 wyodan
12/23 – 12/28 conciergekelly
12/24 – 12/30 Pattiwig
12/29 – 1-3 pit303

2012
1/15 – 1/21 bobbiwoz
2/12 – 2/15 auntsue
2/16 – 2/19 backyardponder
2/17 – 2/25 robhawk
3/9 – 3/16 tink1969
3/12 – 3/17 2gr8DisneyKids
3/18 – 3/20 TiszBear
3/18 – 3/23 BernW
4/1 – 4/5 job09
4/10 – 4/19 iloveokw
6/15 – 6/17 bobbiwoz
6/20 – 6/24 wigdoutdismom

 

[diding]

Always been interested in going to VB, if you are flying in, which is the best bet for airport? Miami?

 

[DisDaydreamer]

Always been interested in going to VB, if you are flying in, which is the best bet for airport? Miami?

I think most people use Orlando and next most use Melbourne.

 

[kritter]

We weren't in the Pelican Plunge area - we spent nearly all of our time next door in the snorkeling cove. But we lathered ourselves with Safe Sea before we went in - no sea lice rashes for us. I don't know whether that stuff worked or whether we got lucky. Either way, I'll take it!

We did get plenty of no-see-um bites pre-cruise at Vero. My oldest DD's legs looked like she had the chicken pox too. Thankfully the bites are fading. Both of my girls are in a wedding in a couple of weeks and I'm hopeful the bites will be gone by then. We didn't see any spiders.

For those going to Vero - I wouldn't let the bugs change your plans. Vero is such a wonderful place - you definitely should go. (We're already planning next year's trip in spite of the bug bites.) Just make sure you get bug spray with as high a concentration of deet at possible and put it on every time you go outside. We got most of our bites the first night (before I realized the need for bug spray - I thought we'd only need it at dawn/dusk, but we really needed it all the time). After that, we religiously applied the bug spray we bought at the local Wal Mart. We each may have gotten a couple of bites when we started applying bug spray, but it was nothing bad at all.

By the way, we've been to Vero several times in the past and this trip (8/11-16) was the worst we've ever seen the no-see-ums. Maybe we just got lucky other years, but they sure were bad this year!

I was worried after our first afternoon that my daughter was getting the chicken pox!!LOL!!

 

[MrShiny]

We used the clip on OFF fans and they seemed to work great!