Scoootch
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Hey all!
Just back from a week at Vero and it was great!
We had 1bdrm villa #1443 with a living room ocean view on the 3rd floor in bldng.#14. It has to be by far the best location we've had at VB yet! The living room windows had a head on view of the ocean and our balcony faced the pool and mini-golf course. The walk to the pool was 2 mins. tops. The room was in decent shape. We did have maintenance come tighten up the shower head as it was very loose but every little thing we called maintance or housekeeping for was responded to almost in the immeadiate. (we after checking in ended up requesting little things like a high chair and nighlights and they came right away...I was so impressed!) The pull-out sofa beds could REALLY stand to be replaced with the kinds like they have replaced at OKW....the old ones were feeling the wear and tear and that awful bar but thankfully my 4yr old didn't notice much....and I thankfully was only laying on it to watch TV in the early morning before folding it up 
Other than that though everything was totally up to par 
Now, onto the resort itself....
... the CM's were great! So friendly and laid back. I have to say, the lifeguards were pretty impressive too. We saw them do some kind of emergency tests on the guards at least twice during the week where they throw in this weighted down towel in the shape of a small child into the pool to see how quickly the lifeguards would notice and respond to save the victim and both times they noticed and dove in within seconds...there was a CM who threw the "victim" in with a stopwatch to time them. It was nice to know they were definetly paying attention They had all kinds of great activities during the entire week we were there. For anyone with smaller kids (my ds is 4 and a half) it was particularly nice. My ds did the un-birthday party,face painting,pool games with a DJ on the weekends were fun,they had bubbles and sidewalk chalk which even my 19mos old dd joined in on. And I have to say the mini-golf was well worth the $5 per person for the length of stay package. We paid $10 for the week ...that gets you 2 clubs and balls and either me or dh could play with him or even a friend (ds met and made several 
). If my son wasn't in the pool or on the pirate ship water playground, he was playing mini-golf 
They had life jackets and baby boat floats at Eb & Flo's free of charge which was very nice and I was happy that they were constantly checking that the kids playing on the pirateship were within the height restriction. A few times some of the older kids would get on there and get a bit rambunctious kind of running over the little ones...there were lots of toddlers in there so keeping them able to enjoy without being run over was nice. I didn't mind the occassional older child who just enjoyed and played nice but when the 12yr olds tossing a football and running over the 2yr olds got in on the action I was happy the CM's brought them over to the measurement stick and basically said "sorry boys" IYKWIM 
The lighthouse waterslide btw was much fun for the adults 
and the view from up top is just spectacular!! I went up an took video of the view because it was just so awesome! Pool bar was nice in the afternoons too as well as the famous Green cabin room!
Had a massage while there I highly recommend it...worth every penny! 
Felt like Jello by the time it was over.
Weather was nice
with the exception of Wed. and Thurs.
but since we had the entire week, it wasn't that big a deal. The day we left this past Sat. was spectacular of course and made it very hard to leave. Fortuneatly for us we got to spend the majority of the day there since we live only 3 hrs away...yay! 
Ate at Captain Hirams...to this day my Very favorite resturant ever. I had the stuffed shrimp (shrimp stuffed with crab meat)...terrific as always!
and we also ate at the Ocean Grill one night...very nice. And did chineese takeout from Bamboo court over by publix on U.S.-1...pretty good as takeout goes We also did the brunch at Sonya's on Sunday morning which was very nice and Shutters for breakfast one day and then the character breakfast...very good as always 
So all in all a great trip once again!
Any questions, just ask away!
Just back from a week at Vero and it was great!
We had 1bdrm villa #1443 with a living room ocean view on the 3rd floor in bldng.#14. It has to be by far the best location we've had at VB yet! The living room windows had a head on view of the ocean and our balcony faced the pool and mini-golf course. The walk to the pool was 2 mins. tops. The room was in decent shape. We did have maintenance come tighten up the shower head as it was very loose but every little thing we called maintance or housekeeping for was responded to almost in the immeadiate. (we after checking in ended up requesting little things like a high chair and nighlights and they came right away...I was so impressed!) The pull-out sofa beds could REALLY stand to be replaced with the kinds like they have replaced at OKW....the old ones were feeling the wear and tear and that awful bar but thankfully my 4yr old didn't notice much....and I thankfully was only laying on it to watch TV in the early morning before folding it up Other than that though everything was totally up to par Now, onto the resort itself....
... the CM's were great! So friendly and laid back. I have to say, the lifeguards were pretty impressive too. We saw them do some kind of emergency tests on the guards at least twice during the week where they throw in this weighted down towel in the shape of a small child into the pool to see how quickly the lifeguards would notice and respond to save the victim and both times they noticed and dove in within seconds...there was a CM who threw the "victim" in with a stopwatch to time them. It was nice to know they were definetly paying attention
They had all kinds of great activities during the entire week we were there. For anyone with smaller kids (my ds is 4 and a half) it was particularly nice. My ds did the un-birthday party,face painting,pool games with a DJ on the weekends were fun,they had bubbles and sidewalk chalk which even my 19mos old dd joined in on. And I have to say the mini-golf was well worth the $5 per person for the length of stay package. We paid $10 for the week ...that gets you 2 clubs and balls and either me or dh could play with him or even a friend (ds met and made several ). If my son wasn't in the pool or on the pirate ship water playground, he was playing mini-golf They had life jackets and baby boat floats at Eb & Flo's free of charge which was very nice and I was happy that they were constantly checking that the kids playing on the pirateship were within the height restriction. A few times some of the older kids would get on there and get a bit rambunctious kind of running over the little ones...there were lots of toddlers in there so keeping them able to enjoy without being run over was nice. I didn't mind the occassional older child who just enjoyed and played nice but when the 12yr olds tossing a football and running over the 2yr olds got in on the action I was happy the CM's brought them over to the measurement stick and basically said "sorry boys" IYKWIM The lighthouse waterslide btw was much fun for the adults and the view from up top is just spectacular!! I went up an took video of the view because it was just so awesome! Pool bar was nice in the afternoons too as well as the famous Green cabin room! Had a massage while there
I highly recommend it...worth every penny! Felt like Jello by the time it was over.Weather was nice
with the exception of Wed. and Thurs. but since we had the entire week, it wasn't that big a deal. The day we left this past Sat. was spectacular of course and made it very hard to leave. Fortuneatly for us we got to spend the majority of the day there since we live only 3 hrs away...yay! Ate at Captain Hirams...to this day my Very favorite resturant ever. I had the stuffed shrimp (shrimp stuffed with crab meat)...terrific as always!
and we also ate at the Ocean Grill one night...very nice. And did chineese takeout from Bamboo court over by publix on U.S.-1...pretty good as takeout goes We also did the brunch at Sonya's on Sunday morning which was very nice and Shutters for breakfast one day and then the character breakfast...very good as always So all in all a great trip once again!
Any questions, just ask away!
It may be every night though. I do know that the seafood buffet is Thurs. nights though and the brunch is on Sundays from 10am to 2pm.
but that's me and I like to go in the ocean when it gets REALLY warm like May/June through Oct. Perhaps someone who's been at that time of year could tell you how enjoyable it is. I'd say great for the parks but maybe not for Vero unless you don't mind being chilly at the beach. But again, that's just me.
They also have a ballroom at the resort "the seagrape room". So they have the facilities for a reception. Here is the resorts direct phone #(772)234-2000 Maybe you could call them direct for info. I'd also suggest going over to the weddings and honeymoons board here on the dis and asking around...maybe someone there will have first hand info. for you.
