Cocoa Beach Vacation Rental condo

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

chateau by the sea was fabulos the condo was very nice and made me feel totally like the perfect summer home from the sea theme pictures &surf board runner rugs,to the soft beds and reclining sofa,with a veiw that can only be described as breathtaking from the balcony i felt like i was at the ocean without even leaving my condo. with the fishing pier at eyes end with a clear veiw lit up at night and the night ocean breeze taking a night walk on the beach is a deffinite must as the ocean gently crashes to the shore and live music from the pier's area it was very hard to go to sleep it is so peaceful and tranquill you'll think of all the vacations you could have spent at this coco beach condo.im crossing my fingers and planning way ahead to get back here next year...thanks Michelle&dave my family's coco beach vacation was untopable....DAVIS FAMILY.

Michele,
Thank you so much for the use of your lovely condo. We arrived after a very long drive and what we found was worth the wait. The beds were VERY comfortable and having tv's in both bedrooms was a wonderful extra. When the sun rose the next morning we were pleased to have a superb view of the beach and the pier.

We utilized the kitchen alot and never wanted for anything. Everything that we used at home was available to us in the condo.

We would wait for the sand to cool down in the evening and then go play a family game of beach vollyball. When we were finished we had to walk over for ice cream since we were so close. :)

You were absolutely precious to work with and meeting you was another bonus as far as I'm concerned. It was a great trip and we hope to come back soon.

Thanks for everything.

Lisa
May 2008