Eric, it was great! The 4th elevator came online about midweek, pretty much eliminating all problems.
The people at Marriott's BeachPlace were all friendly and helpful. As I drove off a lady from the front desk even called me to tell me I had left my sunglasses. I turned around and went back.
Bedding, furniture, kitchen, draperies, sliding doors, showers, etc.. - everything was comfortable, looked great and worked perfectly.
Fort Lauderdale is celebrating its 100th birthday this year. Fourth of July celebration was nothing short of spectacular! Our 19th floor (actually 26th) room view topped it all off.
As Brian warned, we ate and walked and ate and walked. Las Olas was very nice. We shopped and had a wonderful outdoor dinner there at the Cheesecake Factory.
The streets around Beachplace were more crowded than what I expected Thursday-Saturday evenings. Many times too crowded to get by the 'happening' venues without walking into the street (A1A). Some rift raft did venture into Beachplace making us more cautious for our kids in the evenings.
Live music everywhere!! This place is a people watching heaven. We tried several of the restaurants on the strip, but my favorite was Coconuts off the strip with their one man band. Best crab claws appetizer I ever had.
We went to Miami for a boat tour of Star Island and then off to watch a baseball game - Astros vs Marlins. The president of the Dominican Republic and his entourage sat right in front of us for about 3 innings.
The good thing is that out teenagers slept in every morning giving DW & I several hours to go out on our own.
I saw a manatee swimming right at he shoreline one morning while drinking my coffee and scoping out down below. DW saw it as well. That was cool.
DD won $70 for catching the biggest fish on our off-shore excursion. :whoopie:
I'll post some pics as soon as I can.
The people at Marriott's BeachPlace were all friendly and helpful. As I drove off a lady from the front desk even called me to tell me I had left my sunglasses. I turned around and went back.
Bedding, furniture, kitchen, draperies, sliding doors, showers, etc.. - everything was comfortable, looked great and worked perfectly.
Fort Lauderdale is celebrating its 100th birthday this year. Fourth of July celebration was nothing short of spectacular! Our 19th floor (actually 26th) room view topped it all off.
As Brian warned, we ate and walked and ate and walked. Las Olas was very nice. We shopped and had a wonderful outdoor dinner there at the Cheesecake Factory.
The streets around Beachplace were more crowded than what I expected Thursday-Saturday evenings. Many times too crowded to get by the 'happening' venues without walking into the street (A1A). Some rift raft did venture into Beachplace making us more cautious for our kids in the evenings.
Live music everywhere!! This place is a people watching heaven. We tried several of the restaurants on the strip, but my favorite was Coconuts off the strip with their one man band. Best crab claws appetizer I ever had.
We went to Miami for a boat tour of Star Island and then off to watch a baseball game - Astros vs Marlins. The president of the Dominican Republic and his entourage sat right in front of us for about 3 innings.
The good thing is that out teenagers slept in every morning giving DW & I several hours to go out on our own.
I saw a manatee swimming right at he shoreline one morning while drinking my coffee and scoping out down below. DW saw it as well. That was cool.
DD won $70 for catching the biggest fish on our off-shore excursion. :whoopie:
I'll post some pics as soon as I can.