re: Gulf shore condos

Posted by windshieldman

Member since Nov 2012

12818 posts

Posted on 6/13/15 at 12:50 pm to FriscoTiger

Make sure to get away from the touristy areas and blend in with the locals. Some areas of Gulf Shores have bad crime and nobody speaks English. Those areas have the best restaurants. Don't wear touristy stuff and the drug cartels will leave you alone. Go exploring the woods in Alabama and you may see locals making tamales in their front yards. Don't just hang out at the condo, get out amongst the locals and have fun is the only way to do it. Amirite?

Posted by Bojangles

Baton Rouge

Member since Nov 2008

2092 posts

Posted on 6/13/15 at 1:01 pm to lsuguru

Phoenix West II was great.

Posted by LSUfan4444

Member since Mar 2004

57401 posts

Posted on 6/13/15 at 1:01 pm to FriscoTiger

The Beach Club.

If you want the beach, don't go stay at the Caribe.

Posted by Lester Earl

3rd Ward

Member since Nov 2003

291703 posts

Posted on 6/13/15 at 1:03 pm to High C

quote:
Rooms are nice, but not a big enough difference to justify the price.

i dont know if they are all the same, but our room was huge. 3 BD 3 baths, huge kitchen/dining/living area.

Posted by High C

viewing the fall....

Member since Nov 2012

62256 posts

Posted on 6/13/15 at 1:18 pm to Lester Earl

Yeah, sounds just like ours. Still overpriced, imo.

Posted by silstang23

Bossier City, LA

Member since Oct 2007

4961 posts

Posted on 6/13/15 at 1:40 pm to tiger91

quote:
Keep driving and go to Okaloose Island ... only about 10 minutes from Destin and not NEARLY as populated/crowded as Gulf Shores/Orange Beach

This. Stayed on Okaloosa Island in April and loved it. More family friendly and just a short drive to Destin for more dining options. Will stay there instead of anywhere else in the future.

Posted by artompkins

Orange Beach, Al

Member since May 2010

6387 posts

Posted on 6/13/15 at 2:10 pm to silstang23

I live in Orange Beach and if I was going to stay anywhere it would be Beach Club first and then Martinique in Fort Morgan. Kiva Dunes has beach front rentals that you can get very reasonably as well, if you are a golfer.

Posted by jorconalx

alexandria

Member since Aug 2011

11328 posts

Posted on 6/13/15 at 2:15 pm to GynoSandberg

quote:
Once you go Turquoise you'll never go back to anywhere else

This. We stayed last year after doing Phoenix West for the previous 3 years. We are returning to Turquoise in July

Posted by yellowfin

Coastal Bar

Member since May 2006

99047 posts

Posted on 6/13/15 at 2:24 pm to High C

I think there are two 3s and two 4s on each floor. All the same

Posted by chalupa

Member since Jan 2011

6977 posts

Posted on 6/13/15 at 3:21 pm to FriscoTiger

Check out Oceania. It's the same size as the turquoise, but not as nice. Good price for the size.

Posted by Giantkiller

the internet.

Member since Sep 2007

25869 posts

Posted on 6/13/15 at 4:36 pm to FriscoTiger

Every year, my folks rent a big 4br in Phoenix West for half a week and take all the kids and grandkids. It's awesome, but you kinda need ot baller status to pull it off. Me and the kids usually rent at one of the trashy phoenix 1-4's for a weekend as well just to be able to get an extra mini-vacation without being financially raped by Brent-Robinson. Only downside is every other redneck has Bama shite all over them.

Posted by 91TIGER

Lafayette

Member since Aug 2006

19645 posts

Posted on 6/13/15 at 4:38 pm to artompkins

quote:
I live in Orange Beach and if I was going to stay anywhere it would be Beach Club first and then Martinique in Fort Morgan. Kiva Dunes has beach front rentals that you can get very reasonably as well, if you are a golfer.

Beach Club is great too, I prefer Martinique b/c there are about 1/4 the people on the beach at Martinique. Take it from the guy that lives there he'd know before any of us 'tourists'.

Posted by saltybulldog

MS Gulf Coast

Member since Aug 2007

1160 posts

Posted on 6/13/15 at 5:22 pm to LSUfan4444

Will you guys shut up about the Beach club. It's nice because most people don't know it exists.

Posted by uptowntiger84

uptown

Member since Jul 2011

5631 posts

Posted on 6/13/15 at 7:42 pm to FriscoTiger

Silver beach

Posted by notiger1997

Metairie

Member since May 2009

61830 posts

Posted on 6/13/15 at 7:42 pm to FriscoTiger

I see several comments about the trashy folks and I just don't get it. We go either the week before or the week of Memorial Day and I've just never seen that much of a trashy crowd and never thought the beaches were all that crowded. And we've stayed and many areas from Gulf Shores down to Sandestin.

Once exception was a trip to Pensacola Beach in early June. Def. trashy.

Posted by pwejr88

Red Stick

Member since Apr 2007

37970 posts

Posted on 6/13/15 at 7:48 pm to FriscoTiger

The 324th Phoenix

Posted by alajones

Huntsvegas

Member since Oct 2005

35975 posts

Posted on 6/13/15 at 8:05 pm to FriscoTiger

We always stay at Summer House in Orange Beach. Very good location, indoor and outdoor pool, lots of LSU fans.

Posted by piratedude

baton rouge

Member since Oct 2009

2811 posts

Posted on 6/14/15 at 5:45 am to FriscoTiger

check relaxonthebeach.com for rental units. check out the morgantown community 7 miles in from the fort has multiple pools and nice boardwalks to through the dunes. check out "the grammont."