Disney's Vero Beach Resort
Grab your family and travel to the Atlantic Coast in Florida, where all of you can experience the magic of Disney without the chaos. Choose whether you wish to reside in a deluxe hotel room, a spacious vacation home or your own private cottage. You and your children will still meet Disney characters throughout your stay and enjoy singing classic songs around a campfire at night. Relax by the Mickey Mouse-shaped pool or take surfing or snorkeling lessons. The resort provides numerous activities for children, including, arts and crafts, video games and a miniature golf course. Disney World is only two hours away. The resort offers four restaurants, including a poolside grill, or you may use some of the resort's barbecues to prepare your food. As of 2009, reservations begin at $1,500 for a week's long stay for a one-bedroom hotel room for a family of four.
Disney's Vero Beach Resort
9250 Island Grove Terrace
Vero Beach, FL 32963-4048
(772) 234-2000
www.dvc.disney.go.com/dvc/guest/resorts/resortDetail?id=ProspectsVeroBeachResortLandingPage
Palmetto Dunes
Palmetto Dunes
When your family travels to this South Carolina resort, they will be immersed in sports and activities for the entire family. Palmetto Dunes boasts one of the best golf courses in the country, so arrange to take lessons and practice your strokes. Your children may also attend a junior golf academy, where they learn the basics of golf, and instructors make it fun by singing songs to teach retention. They may also choose to take tennis lessons or water skiing lessons, as well as go on boat tours to explore the area. If you want to relax after these vigorous activities, lie on the three-acre beach or lounge around the pool. The resort features five restaurants, ranging from burgers and salads to fine seafood. The resort offers both villas and vacation homes, and as of 2009, rates vary for a week's long stay from $1,200 to $1,800, depending on the season.
Palmetto Dunes
Hilton Head Island, SC
(866) 380-1778
www.palmettodunes.com
Club Med Sandpiper
Club Med Sandpiper
This all-inclusive resort, located in Florida, offers its own Mini Club Med and Teen Club Med for your children to stay entertained and you to relax on your vacation, too. They are divided into the age groups and may swim in the supervised children's pool, or take petite or junior tennis lesions from the Elite Tennis Academy. Teens have activities catered to them as well, including pizza parties, and disco dance parties in the evening. Take some time to work out or enjoy the resort's spa facilities for an extra fee. Your entire family may partake in golfing, surfing or just relaxing by the pool, sipping a cool drink. Enjoy dining at one of themed restaurants, or sip cocktails at the poolside bar, before retiring to your river-view room with your own private patio. As of 2009, rates run around $5,000 for an eight-night stay for a family of four.
Club Med Sandpiper
3500 SE Morningside Blvd.
Port St Lucie, FL 34952
(561) 398-5100
www.clubmed.us/cm/resorts-north-america-usa-sandpiper-home_p-115-l-US-v-SANC-pe-10H-r-0-ac-vh.html
