Thanks for that information..we will be vacationing at Oceana Palms the end of October,and first week of November
We got the same message. Are you checking in next week? Seems odd that they would change it to a period of time that overlaps Memorial Week and 4th of July. I suspect they figure they will have real low occupancy right now because of the restrictions, but squishing people in to a single pool area doesn't make sense right now. This will cut the total pool area capacity to only 10 people instead of 20 since they are also limiting that at the moment.
I believe you are correct.....management believes occupancy will be way down the next 2 months so it will inconvenience the least amount of people....so it makes sense from their point of view
We talked with Oceana Palms today. Only 10 villas occupied this week. they anticipate a few more for the holiday week next week.
Wow. I guess that makes sense though.
We booked for Memorial Week using an AC last month. I didn't even check the website for construction or refurbishment updates. But checking it now, it still mentions the fall dates. Also mentions that they would close one pool for 10 days and then the other for 10. This now sounds like nearly a two month process, not just 20 days. When we spoke with them this morning, we were told that they only learned of the change in plans yesterday. They will still be doing refurbishment of villas in the Sunrise tower in the fall. This certainly is the right time to do it, not many people are impacted when only a dozen or so villas are occupied. It will just impact us, but there are far more things to be concerned with in the world these days than the pool at Oceana Palms. There is always the beach.We will not be there until June 13th. I was glad last year when I found out I'd miss the resurfacing.
I'm curious if you'd be willing to report back and advise how things are with the restrictions as well as the resurfacing?
). When you say 10 people, is that at the pool or in the pool?
Do they have the complimentary loungers on the beach? Although the pool area is relatively small compared to Ocean Pointe, a lot more than 10 people should be able to sit at least 6 ft apart from others, and families are allowed to sit together at most places.
I do think employees are paking in the main garage which would account for more vehicles. I drove past the employee lot and there was only one car.I wonder if employees are parking in the garage because of the low occupancy? I know the sales people always park in the garage (because they're important
We went down to the pool today for a little over an hour. The weather in South Florida is looking to be the pits this week and it started today. There is definitely room for a lot more people at the pools. There looked to be three or four groups of people. Us along with a larger family of seven and a family of four. More than 10 at the one pool. People were avoiding the lap pool because it was cold. Lots of room and certainly room to spread out for a lot more than 10 people.
No word. It just isn't closed yet. Given the weather forecast for this week, I doubt they will start anything here this coming week, which will likely push the schedule back a couple weeks.
Everything right now is closed. No Marketplace, no restaurant or bar. They are doing owners updates though; over the phone! We will see what that is like later this week. They offered up 25K in Bonvoy points, so we signed up. Staff is very limited. I have only saw a handfull of staff on site. SOmeone at the front desk all the time and another maintenance person and a couple security people making the rounds.
Wow, very quiet I bet, which sounds relaxing. I wouldn't mind being there even with it being pretty well shut down. Over the phone has to be the best way to attend the owner update. I've never done one....my husband refuses to attend and they wont take little old me without my spouse...
Thanks for the update!
Just curious if they're indicating when they might be opening the restaurant/bar area. My thought is that they're not opening right now because there is no one to serve and it'll allow them to keep those staff members furloughed and on the UE rolls vs. sitting around not doing anything.
That's a bummer. Hopefully when it does rain, it will pass quickly so you can catch a little sunshine!The only downer is that even though it isn't crowded, the rain has come in and it will likely rain all week...