Guestbook Comment
Review Submitted: January 1, 2009
Date of Stay: January 2009
We went to FL in Nov 2008 to see the launch of our cousin, Eric Boe, pilot of the space shuttle The Endeavor. Due to the date change of the launch, it became our advantage that we were unable to reschedule the reservations we had with our hotel for the night of the lift-off. Shortly after, we came across this condo on-line and were able to book it a week before we were to leave. The hotels we had prior reservations with were comparable to the cost of this condo but we now had 2 bedrooms, 2 baths, a living area/kitchen, 3 flat-screen TVs, wireless access AND laundry facilities right there! The hotel we had booked was 1 room with 2 double beds, 1 bath and a cot. The condo was much more comfortable/spacious for our family of 5 for the same price or less than the cost of the hotel. And, the condo looked EXACTLY as it is pictured!
The owner, Michele, was awesome! She was very friendly and businesslike, so we felt comfortable/safe that we could trust her in paying ahead of time. She assured us that if anything was missing, broken or just not right–she would take care of it. She also told us about all of the best restaurants/fun things to do in the area. She was genuinely concerned that we enjoy her property and have a great vacation. The condo was also very clean and nicely decorated.
The condo and its location were almost as magical as Disney, our only regret is that we were so busy going to Disney and NASA that we didn’t have more time to spend on the property. The pier was really cool and the ocean was AMAZING (complete with a bird man that we could see on the beach from our condo every morning feeding the birds–they were even sitting on his head/feet!). We could see the ocean from just sitting on the couch and there was also a great view of it from the main bedroom. We fell asleep to the sound of it every night, and woke up to it in the morning. Below our balcony was a gorgeous pool, although we never saw anyone use it as the beach/ocean was just beyond the pool gate. The condo is walking distance to Ron Jon’s, 15 min. from NASA, and 45 min. to Disney…all with its own “fantasy island” in the back yard.
We are from WI, so our snowboarding kids (ages 16-20) just had to try skim-boarding! They also enjoyed catching lizards and crabs that they took home for pets. We all enjoyed watching the surfers and wanted to try fishing from the pier, but ran out of time.
In writing this, I'm probably squalshing my chances for my dream for retirement, to spend a month a year here, as by the time we are able to retire so many others will have found this “slice of paradise” that it won’t be available anymore. But in the meantime, I would hate to cheat a deserving condo owner of the success that she deserves and all of the hard workers out there that are truly deserving a great vacation. I guarantee you will have the “vacation of a lifetime” if you stay here!
Thanks for EVERYTHING, Michele!
The Wolf Family
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