WolfpackFan
Retired and loving every minute of it!!
- Joined
- Jul 24, 2000
We spent last week at VB and absolutely loved the resort. We are owners at HHI and go at least once every year. This year we got messed up though. I had our usual June ressie but had to cancel for various reasons. Then when I went to rebook I couldn't get a date at 7 months so thought why not give VB a try this year. I'm glad we did.
We had a Garden View Inn Room but we still had a great view of the ocean. We were on the third floor on the north end. Our room was in perfect condition and we had no problems at all during our stay. It was so nice being able to walk out of the Inn and be right on the beach. You can not do this at HHI, as I'm sure everyone knows. I've been one of those who always said it doesn't matter that the HHI resort isn't on the ocean, but I have to say having the ocean right there was a biggie to us last week. Another difference with HHI is the on-site restaurants. We ate at the Green Cabin Room once and Shutters three times. I thought the food and service was great. I know at HHI you have the restaurants right across the bridge and many others just down the road. But it sure was nice to just go downstairs from our room and walk into Shutters to eat. It was especially nice the day TS Andrea came through. Another big plus for VB is it's abundance of Inn rooms. As everyone knows HHI has very few Studios and if you don't book at 11 months, more often than not you will not get a Studio. VB has a lot of Inn rooms and I had no problems at all getting a ressie even at three months. On the other hand HHI has a lot more 2BR's than VB does.
Now one thing I didn't like about VB was it's remoteness. I do like to ride out in the morning and get my morning Starbucks at HHI and there is nothing like that anywhere close to VB. In fact, you can ride along A1A for miles and see absolutely nothing but high-scale gated beach communities. I missed being able to leave DW on the beach and go and explore Sea Pines, etc. Also, as much as I liked walking out on the beach at VB, I also enjoy walking over the bridge at HHI every morning and checking out the marina.
In summary, we still love HHI resort and will return there next year for our annual visit, but as I told DW, I would give anything if the VB resort was sitting on the beach at HHI.
Now on another subject. After leaving VB we headed to WDW for three days to use our PAP's. I now remember why we stopped going to WDW in June. It was very hot and very crowded. We were actually glad to leave WDW after three days. It just wore us out. We have another WDW trip booked for Oct. for F&W. I think after that we're going to take a year off. We're pretty much "Disneyed" out. I think next year, we'll just use our points and go twice to HHI or possibly one trip to HHI and one to VB. Or I may use some points for a DCL cruise
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We had a Garden View Inn Room but we still had a great view of the ocean. We were on the third floor on the north end. Our room was in perfect condition and we had no problems at all during our stay. It was so nice being able to walk out of the Inn and be right on the beach. You can not do this at HHI, as I'm sure everyone knows. I've been one of those who always said it doesn't matter that the HHI resort isn't on the ocean, but I have to say having the ocean right there was a biggie to us last week. Another difference with HHI is the on-site restaurants. We ate at the Green Cabin Room once and Shutters three times. I thought the food and service was great. I know at HHI you have the restaurants right across the bridge and many others just down the road. But it sure was nice to just go downstairs from our room and walk into Shutters to eat. It was especially nice the day TS Andrea came through. Another big plus for VB is it's abundance of Inn rooms. As everyone knows HHI has very few Studios and if you don't book at 11 months, more often than not you will not get a Studio. VB has a lot of Inn rooms and I had no problems at all getting a ressie even at three months. On the other hand HHI has a lot more 2BR's than VB does.
Now one thing I didn't like about VB was it's remoteness. I do like to ride out in the morning and get my morning Starbucks at HHI and there is nothing like that anywhere close to VB. In fact, you can ride along A1A for miles and see absolutely nothing but high-scale gated beach communities. I missed being able to leave DW on the beach and go and explore Sea Pines, etc. Also, as much as I liked walking out on the beach at VB, I also enjoy walking over the bridge at HHI every morning and checking out the marina.
In summary, we still love HHI resort and will return there next year for our annual visit, but as I told DW, I would give anything if the VB resort was sitting on the beach at HHI.
Now on another subject. After leaving VB we headed to WDW for three days to use our PAP's. I now remember why we stopped going to WDW in June. It was very hot and very crowded. We were actually glad to leave WDW after three days. It just wore us out. We have another WDW trip booked for Oct. for F&W. I think after that we're going to take a year off. We're pretty much "Disneyed" out. I think next year, we'll just use our points and go twice to HHI or possibly one trip to HHI and one to VB. Or I may use some points for a DCL cruise
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