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Oceana Palms Question

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My wife and I will be staying at Oceana Palms the week of 15 May and we received an email asking our preferences. We reserved oceanfront and the only time I was there was for a 2 hr presentation a few years ago. The choice is North or South and high and low floor. (I think we would prefer high floor unless there are some drawbacks) Any tuggers have a preference between North or South? Any advantage to either?
Thanks,
 
Floor won't really matter since all of the villa floors are above the parking. There are no blocked views. For Ocean Front, there are actually three options, North, Center and South.

Here is a thread started by dougp26364 describing the differences between the two. I think they only indicate in the preference email north and south because that is where most of the units face. There are only 13 of those center OF units. I suspect they likely go to owners on their ownership stay.
 
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We've stayed there twice, just returning from our most recent trip last week. I also just did a review of Oceana Palms if you want to check that section of TUG.

This time we were on a south view on the 9th floor, which is considered low. I requested South High (1st) and South Low (2nd). Have never stayed in the north exposure, but think I prefer the south because you can get views of the bigger ships going out through the inlet (cruise ship, trawler, etc). I think you can also see the intercostal from any north or south view, the way they are setup, unless you get the dead center oceanfront units. I also prefer the south because I think you get much better sun exposure to the unit and balcony. The only bummer with the south view is the huge empty lot next door which is an eyesore. It's something we could overlook, but it can't be totally ignored, unfortunately.

We stayed in the center oceanfront in our first stay there last year. That was way better than our south view this time. But, as others say, it seems hard to get. We were on an Encore package and extended with Ocean View DP reservation, so I'm not surprised we didn't get that middle oceanfront this time.
 
North = shade, south = sun. There will eventually be heavy construction on the lot on the south side. Last March there wasn't anything going on as far as construction.

I was a little miffed they didn't offer center or provide a place for comments. My take was it doesn't matter what you put in for preference. You'll get what they have available. May isn't high season so you might stand a better chance of getting closer to your preference
 
On high vs low do you want to see the sand and what is below you or do you want to see as far as the eye can see? There are positives to both. The lowest floor is the same as the highest floor at Ocean Pointe so there is definitely nothing wrong with the view on the lowest floor possible (until they build the condo and block the ocean side south units).
 
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corners are much better

In my humble opinion center is the least desirable of the three positions. The wrap around corner is a great feature as you get all what center provides, plus the sides and intercostal/back. Additionally the center balconies are actually recessed some distance back from the adjacent walls of the corner bedrooms.
Only every 4th center balcony projects a small distance past the others which allows some view to the sides. Typically the center ones only allow you to look straight out while being enclosed by the side walls.
I'd take a corner any day over center. Frankly I'd even take an ocean vie (first tower) over the center ocean front.
 
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mjkkb2 said:
In my humble opinion center is the least desirable of the three positions. The wrap around corner is a great feature as you get all what center provides, plus the sides and intercostal/back. Additionally the center balconies are actually recessed some distance back from the adjacent walls of the corner bedrooms.
Only every 4th center balcony projects a small distance past the others which allows some view to the sides. Typically the center ones only allow you to look straight out while being enclosed by the side walls.
I'd take a corner any day over center. Frankly I'd even take an ocean vie (first tower) over the center ocean front.
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This is what's great about opinions. We'll let you have your corner and we'll take the larger center balcony. :p

The corners do offer greater views from inside the unit. I just prefer being out on the larger balcony.

FWIW, my personal belief is that the corner suites are the most requested. It's just a gut feeling because I always hear people talking about getting a corner suite.
 
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