Stoney01
newbie
Just back from a week at the OC in Aruba. Weather was good. A little rainy, but that was mostly in the morning and had no effect on the day. Thanks to all Tuggers that have posted recently about their Aruba trips. We used a lot of advise on our trip and things went very smooth. Next trip we will definitely rent a vehicle earlier in the week. We waited until Friday and used if for the day and then to go to the airport on Sat. Would have liked to have had it for longer, but it did make for a lazy day milling about downtown before heading to the airport.
This was actually our second trip to Aruba and we made a return trip to El Gaucho and couldn't have been happier. That is one great steak! Other suggestions from Tuggers lead us to Madame Jeanettes and "WOW"! Excellent! Swiss Chalet was good but not as good as the two above. So many good places to go, so little time.
I realize that SC is newer than OC, but OC looks really dated. Rooms are nice but the hallways are awful. SC was really crowded, and although we were not using the pool area, I did wonder over to check it out during the day. OC was much less crowded during the day and that we enjoyed. The boom, boom, boom from Mamba(sp) beach club was annoying late into the night. Not sure if a problem at SC, but since it is closer, I would have to think so.
Jolly Pirate's crew did a great job on our snorkeling trip. Entertaining the kids was not a problem on that trip and I recommend it highly. Antilla Shipwreck is really amazing. Pretty darn good lunch too if you like ribs and chicken.
All in all a good trip and looking forward to exchanging in again in the future. We used our one bedroom lock-off from Harbor Lake and the exchange went through much quicker than I anticipated.
Thanks again to all Tuggers for tips and will be happy to answer any questions.
This was actually our second trip to Aruba and we made a return trip to El Gaucho and couldn't have been happier. That is one great steak! Other suggestions from Tuggers lead us to Madame Jeanettes and "WOW"! Excellent! Swiss Chalet was good but not as good as the two above. So many good places to go, so little time.
I realize that SC is newer than OC, but OC looks really dated. Rooms are nice but the hallways are awful. SC was really crowded, and although we were not using the pool area, I did wonder over to check it out during the day. OC was much less crowded during the day and that we enjoyed. The boom, boom, boom from Mamba(sp) beach club was annoying late into the night. Not sure if a problem at SC, but since it is closer, I would have to think so.
Jolly Pirate's crew did a great job on our snorkeling trip. Entertaining the kids was not a problem on that trip and I recommend it highly. Antilla Shipwreck is really amazing. Pretty darn good lunch too if you like ribs and chicken.
All in all a good trip and looking forward to exchanging in again in the future. We used our one bedroom lock-off from Harbor Lake and the exchange went through much quicker than I anticipated.
Thanks again to all Tuggers for tips and will be happy to answer any questions.