The weather here in Cocoa Beach has been just beautiful. Sunny days, always a nice breeze......... Monday morning I was up bright and early, heading to the beach at about 6:15 AM....to catch the sunrise. A bit cloudy.....but a beautiful morning and a decent surise.
Need to share all that this Resort has to offer. The location is perfect. There are five buildings that have everything from 1-2 bedroom waterfront, 1-2 bedroom off water rooms, and then just plain hotel rooms. The grounds are well maintained...........and there is always something to do or enjoy. Below are pictures of the two waterfront buildings (Caribbean and Dream Buildings), the Terrace Pool, which is a lap pool......the Main Pool and the little building at the pool where you can buy breakfast, lunch, drinks, ice cream.......one of the two tennis courts, the kitchen/cooking area where you can prepare meals, and which is adjacent to the picnic/grilling area. Perfect for cookouts..... large or small groups.
The pictures below were all taken in "The Center"..... where you can enjoy the gym, sauna, game room, bar, Party Room, Spa and Massage. The lobby is where you check in.............and there are a couple of large rooms, for meetings or gatherings. Tennis racquets, bicycles are available, and a small store for drinks, sandwiches, microwavable items and goodies are available.
Gregory's Restaurant is also on site. The main dining area is downstairs.... the prices are pretty steep.....but the food is absolutely excellent. Upstairs is the Comedy Club - where you can also eat (bar menu) and drink to your heart's content. This, however is not a place we will return to..... It just is not the kind of "comedy" we consider funny or entertaining...so is not something that we enjoy at all.
Skipped the morning sunrise on Tuesday and Wednesday morning...... but had a fun day at the pool on Tuesday. Corn Hole tournament at the shuffle board area late morning on Tuesday... and early afternoon water aerobics at the Terrace Pool. Most of the afternoon we spent at the pool....drinking way too many white Russians, doing Sudoku puzzles, reading and enjoying conversations with other guests..........Actually.....there were a couple of guys that Rich was talking to in the pool that were very interesting in buying our Timeshare...........
On Wednesday we were invited to a free lunch (Pizza, cookies, coffee, soda etc.) in The Center.....well we needed to listen to "a way to better our timeshare ownership"... and a new program they have. We didn't know exactly what it was about.....but by "listening" to the presentation, you got lunch... AND either a free room upgrade, OR your choice of THREE gift cards. And so we enjoyed lunch and got $75 dollars in Restaurant Gift cards. One for Brano's which is a great Italian Restaurant and two for Gregory's.....(Even with $50.... we'll still be paying some out of pocket.....)
In the afternoon there was music at the Main pool with DJ Mike. Lots of peopledancing.....*but we missed the limbo and hula hoop contests! The music was great - lots of favorites.... and lots of oldies for us older folk!
It was pretty much coffee and water as our beverage of choice today....
We used our first gift certificate Wednesday evening at Brano's. We'd been here a couple of times in the past - so we knew we'd be more than satisfied. Salads and bread with seasoned olive oil for dipping.... Rich selected the pasta (fettuccine) with meat sauce, with a (huge) side of sausage. I had the baked Ravioli, with marinara sauce. The display of wine bottles is mind boggling.... but we refrained for drinking.
Did the walk on the beach again Wednesday evening......this time heading North.
And we enjoyed all the sand art along the way! The mermaid, the turtle, the castle and moat....the one man (kid) pool. and of course - what has to be the turtle eggs!
And tonight we graduated from "toes in the sand" to "toes in the ocean"!
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