Update from Oceana Palms

[jmhpsu93]

Hello, all. We checked in here on the 25th and have enjoyed a relatively painless experience here. Though the main adult pool was closed...

...the other pool was pretty quiet as the resort was still pretty low on occupancy, and the beach was open...

You could easily social distance on the beach and at the pool. As of the 25th Palm Beach County instituted a mandatory mask rule for inside and outside spaces where you can't social distance. Adherance has been all over the place (we wear them when we're outside our villa moving around the property, but take them off to swim or whatever). Some are wearing them pretty religiously, some are basically not wearing them at all. The first day MVC staff was enforcing the rules but now not at all.

Services were limited at restaurant / snack bar / adult beverages but everything seemed to be going well. Until yesterday, when Palm Beach County (along with most SE Florida counties) decided to close the beach for the 4th of July weekend. So we got this notice today...

This is going to be a hot mess here. For those of you who have been here, the resort amenities footprint is very small relative to the number of units (I think like 168 2BRs or so if my math is right), and the resort has filled up noticably in the last two days. I can see people camping out for pool spots like concert tickets back in the 80s.

We leave tomorrow so we're not impacted. All in all we've had a great week here. The staff is doing great considering the circumstances. Perfect weather (though hot as *##%!!) with NO RAIN. We had some hazy skies from the Sahara Dust Cloud earlier but that's it. Low to mid 90s and humid. We haven't ventured out locally other than supplies when we got here, minature golf in Jupiter (only people there) and lunch at Ocean 3800 at the Marriott up the street and some ice cream at the shop next to Two Drunken Goats at the shopping center. It's more crowded at the grocery store than the airports, and our flight was about 60% full and I held my breath for two and a half hours

Kinda of glad to be exiting South Florida with all the spikes down here. I'm defintely not a alarmist relative to COVID (obviously, as we got on a plane...), but seeing the news footage locally of bar activity and everyone ignoring mandates isn't very reassuring.

Hope everyone is safe and healthy.

 

[buzglyd]

I'll be there in a month and hopefully we are moving toward re-opening rather than closing up.

 

[normab]

Glad you are leaving, but feel bad for those checking in. This is a tough year. We booked a couple of weeks this summer in various Florida resorts, including a week at Oceana in August. We are crossing our fingers things settle down....

 

[gln60]

Will be at Oceana Palms in November...thanks for the update

 

[Luvtoride]

Wow, those reservation restrictions will make lining up for Palapas at Marriott Aruba Surf Club seem like a walk in the park!? Is the 8am time slot gonna really Be in demand?
What a mess is right! Is Ocean Pointe Available for use as it has a bigger footprint and capacity for use of pools?


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[ilene13]

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[pedro47]

Hello, all. We checked in here on the 25th and have enjoyed a relatively painless experience here. Though the main adult pool was closed...

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...the other pool was pretty quiet as the resort was still pretty low on occupancy, and the beach was open...

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You could easily social distance on the beach and at the pool. As of the 25th Palm Beach County instituted a mandatory mask rule for inside and outside spaces where you can't social distance. Adherance has been all over the place (we wear them when we're outside our villa moving around the property, but take them off to swim or whatever). Some are wearing them pretty religiously, some are basically not wearing them at all. The first day MVC staff was enforcing the rules but now not at all.

Services were limited at restaurant / snack bar / adult beverages but everything seemed to be going well. Until yesterday, when Palm Beach County (along with most SE Florida counties) decided to close the beach for the 4th of July weekend. So we got this notice today...

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This is going to be a hot mess here. For those of you who have been here, the resort amenities footprint is very small relative to the number of units (I think like 168 2BRs or so if my math is right), and the resort has filled up noticably in the last two days. I can see people camping out for pool spots like concert tickets back in the 80s.

We leave tomorrow so we're not impacted. All in all we've had a great week here. The staff is doing great considering the circumstances. Perfect weather (though hot as *##%!!) with NO RAIN. We had some hazy skies from the Sahara Dust Cloud earlier but that's it. Low to mid 90s and humid. We haven't ventured out locally other than supplies when we got here, minature golf in Jupiter (only people there) and lunch at Ocean 3800 at the Marriott up the street and some ice cream at the shop next to Two Drunken Goats at the shopping center. It's more crowded at the grocery store than the airports, and our flight was about 60% full and I held my breath for two and a half hours

Kinda of glad to be exiting South Florida with all the spikes down here. I'm defintely not a alarmist relative to COVID (obviously, as we got on a plane...), but seeing the news footage locally of bar activity and everyone ignoring mandates isn't very reassuring.

Hope everyone is safe and healthy.

How many check in point do they have in place now and how many check-in point, will be needed to handle new arrival to the resort, in the future?

 

[jmhpsu93]

How many check in point do they have in place now and how many check-in point, will be needed to handle new arrival to the resort, in the future?

Best as I could tell there are four check-in stations, usually 2 or 3 of them had staff. Never saw another person checking in besides us. With only like 150 or so units there I don't think that'll be an issue. There were also markings on the floor for social distancing purposes, one family on an elevator at a time and we never had to wait for one more than one cycle, so maybe a minute at most wait in the Sunset building. There was never a wait at the Marketplace and maybe one or two people at Reflections. I never felt there wasn't enough staff to handle the guests.