Vero Beach 2014 Information & Adoration Thread

[tommyvr]

Anyone have any chairs to pass on? Let me know, we are here till Saturday? Thanks in advance!!!

 

[Pumbas]

Looking forward to my first stay at VB. We will be checking in on Nov. 16 & out on the 19th. I reserved 2 studio inn rooms (2 queen beds). If I understand correctly, the best of these rooms are corner rooms? Are they only on the 2nd floor?

 

[bbn1122]

At VB right now. We have been here since Sunday. The weather has been great we are in a 2 bedroom lock off in Building 15,1536 and 1537. We have a view of the ocean looking south and over the end cottages.

We ate lunch the first day on the deck of the Green Cabin Room. It was delicious.....Mahi Mahiy BLTs.....hot pretzel appetizers....Pulled Pork Sandwiches....great!

We went to the Publix the first night. We eat breakfast and lunch in our villa, very relaxing.

We went to Squid Lips tonight for dinner. Loved It....great service....food was fantastic....Coconut Shrimp and Bacon wrapped scallops for starters.....Crab and Lobster cakes, Stuffed Shrimp, Spiced rub sirloin steak and Jerk Chicken all were very good. Loved the setting.....nice breeze....water views!

We rented chairs and umbrella for Mon-Wed. We love having the shade and comfy loungers.

DH and DSs participated in Slide Races at Pool last night.

The resort is very beautiful. The area is really high end, some very exclusive looking resorts and communities.

Thanks to everyone for all your advise and ideas in this thread. We will definitely be back.

Shout out to Tino at the beach rentals ......he does a great job!:

 

[ali in wonderland]

At VB right now. We have been here since Sunday. The weather has been great we are in a 2 bedroom lock off in Building 15,1536 and 1537. We have a view of the ocean looking south and over the end cottages. We ate lunch the first day on the deck of the Green Cabin Room. It was delicious.....Mahi Mahiy BLTs.....hot pretzel appetizers....Pulled Pork Sandwiches....great! We went to the Publix the first night. We eat breakfast and lunch in our villa, very relaxing. We went to Squid Lips tonight for dinner. Loved It....great service....food was fantastic....Coconut Shrimp and Bacon wrapped scallops for starters.....Crab and Lobster cakes, Stuffed Shrimp, Spiced rub sirloin steak and Jerk Chicken all were very good. Loved the setting.....nice breeze....water views! We rented chairs and umbrella for Mon-Wed. We love having the shade and comfy loungers. DH and DSs participated in Slide Races at Pool last night. The resort is very beautiful. The area is really high end, some very exclusive looking resorts and communities. Thanks to everyone for all your advise and ideas in this thread. We will definitely be back. Shout out to Tino at the beach rentals ......he does a great job!:

Thanks for the post. So looking forward to our first stay in October. Enjoy the rest of your trip.

 

[bobbiwoz]

Instead of HHI, we find ourselves going to VB in 3 weeks. I have to read about the seafood buffet...we arrive on a Thursday, is that when it is?

 

[RLRDA]

We arrived on Monday (first time here!) and leave for OKW on Friday. We are enjoying the resort and will most definitely return! We did an airboat ride thru Gator Bait which was a blast...trying Squid Lips tonight (got the groupon that some were mentioning). Love the beach...never crowded. DS15 tried the stand up paddle board that you can rent at the beach. Might try the jet ski tomorrow.

If anyone wants to use them, we have 3 sand chairs & 3 boogie boards that we inherited from guests checking out. We are using them until tomorrow (Thurs) afternoon.

 

[tommyvr]

Instead of HHI, we find ourselves going to VB in 3 weeks. I have to read about the seafood buffet...we arrive on a Thursday, is that when it is?

Unfortunately, the Thursday Night Buffet has been discontinued. The front desk said it was due to too much waste.

I must say, the Sunday Brunch is very good and has some of the same items that the Thursday Buffet had. (Ex: Shrimp and Crab Legs)

Enjoy your visit. We are here now and absolutely love it. This is our 7th trip here and we are looking to book again.

 

[keliblue]

Instead of HHI, we find ourselves going to VB in 3 weeks. I have to read about the seafood buffet...we arrive on a Thursday, is that when it is?

We will be ther too for the weekend

 

[Murron]

Three more weeks until we arrive in Vero. It can't come soon enough!

 

[keliblue]

Three more weeks until we arrive in Vero. It can't come soon enough!

Will have my green Mickey poolside. See ya there.

 

[missycj96]

We arrived on Monday (first time here!) and leave for OKW on Friday. We are enjoying the resort and will most definitely return! We did an airboat ride thru Gator Bait which was a blast...trying Squid Lips tonight (got the groupon that some were mentioning). Love the beach...never crowded. DS15 tried the stand up paddle board that you can rent at the beach. Might try the jet ski tomorrow.

If anyone wants to use them, we have 3 sand chairs & 3 boogie boards that we inherited from guests checking out. We are using them until tomorrow (Thurs) afternoon.

Sent you a message - i'd love the chairs

 

[bobbiwoz]

Unfortunately, the Thursday Night Buffet has been discontinued. The front desk said it was due to too much waste.

I must say, the Sunday Brunch is very good and has some of the same items that the Thursday Buffet had. (Ex: Shrimp and Crab Legs)

Enjoy your visit. We are here now and absolutely love it. This is our 7th trip here and we are looking to book again.

Thanks for the information. We will most likely stay around WDW longer on Thursday.

 

[Cmbar]

We just got back on Saturday and wanted to just give a few pointers for those heading there.

First it is a pretty resort although the rooms are a bit dated. We had a two bedroom dedicated in Bldg 15 on the first floor so no views of anything but it was nice and quiet. Air conditioning works almost too good! Can get very cold so we had to keep adjusting.

On the day we checked in around 2pm our room was not ready. We checked back at about 4:30 since we hadn't gotten a text and it still wasn't ready. They apologized and gave us a free meal for our whole party at the Green Cabin Room. Thought that was nice.

BRING BUG SPRAY, BRING BUG SPRAY, BRING BUG SPRAY.

This was my most disappointing thing about the trip. The No-See-Ums were bad. Most of us got bitten quite badly just sitting on the back porch and when we went to play tennis across the street. At Dusk we got bitten a lot at the pool. We were here in October two years ago and didn't get bitten so it may just be the time of the year.

We cooked in our Villa two nights (stopped at the Shops of Sebastian Publix at intersection of SR512 and SR510 (90th ave). Nice Publix and right on way to the resort from 95.

The Pizza at Orchid Island Pizza was VERY good. We all liked it and agreed we would definitely get again. Pizzas were large and a Very easy walk across the street to pick up. No need to get it delivered unless it is raining.

We took advantage of the Tennis courts and Basketball courts while there and thought it was a nice option to have there. They have basketballs and Tennis racquets there to check out for free.

All in all it is a nice resort. The pool was crowded but it is Summer so that is to be expected. They did close the pool each of the afternoons for storms but they passed quickly. The Beach had plenty of rooms. We drove down so we had our own chairs and umbrella and there was plenty of room to set up. Water was perfect temperature.

We were only there for four nights and then went to VGF. I suggest going to VB before VGF! Those new Villas are absolutely breathtaking!

 

[denjules]

Hi, We coming to VB in November on our next trip from the UK after a few weeks at SSR and are so looking forward to the beach. But I am concerned about these no-see-ums - how bad are they this time of year? what do people reckon is the best prevention? Do they come in the room if you leave your balcony doors open?

 

[Cmbar]

Hi, We coming to VB in November on our next trip from the UK after a few weeks at SSR and are so looking forward to the beach. But I am concerned about these no-see-ums - how bad are they this time of year? what do people reckon is the best prevention? Do they come in the room if you leave your balcony doors open?

I don't remember them when we went in October. It may have been that we were here in the summer or it may be that my family is prone to those little buggers liking us! If you are diligent to put on spray or even wipe you legs and arms with baby wipes it might be good. We only got them on our arms and legs so they don't go through bathing suits or stuff. I wouldn't not come back but maybe do some research on the best thing to bring to keep them from you.

The resort is lovely so I hope you have wonderful weather. We usually have great weather at the end of Oct beginning of November!

 

[Murron]

Will have my green Mickey poolside. See ya there.

I'll look for you there!!!

 

[CruznLexi]

We are heading back to VB for 2 nights prior to the double dip cruise on the Dream. Just got back from DHHIR. We had 2 nights at 2 different resorts at AKV and KV and just did not sound appealing. So we opted to go back to VB. Can't wait! Any recent menus available

 

[kaulds]

Do not ever send your kids on the teen night, my kids and their friend went on teen night, which they did last year and it was free!!!!! This trip it cost 20 dollars per kid, so we sent 4 kids, from our family, tonight there was a total of 7 kids. My kids were so disappointed and they played trivia, which we do at the pool for free, they did archery for 15 minutes and then ate pizza, they said hey couldn't do a camp fire because it would cost money. This is a complete waste of money my kids were so bored and were glad it was over, last year they had a blast with almost the same amount of kids there.....

 

[magicmommy]

We are heading back to VB for 2 nights prior to the double dip cruise on the Dream. Just got back from DHHIR. We had 2 nights at 2 different resorts at AKV and KV and just did not sound appealing. So we opted to go back to VB. Can't wait! Any recent menus available

We just decided to go to VB for a few night before the double dip too.

 

[Flossbolna]

I started to check out this thread as we are considering staying at VB before a cruise. And now I see that this appears to be a popular combination!

How is the drive up to Port Canaveral? How long does it take?