We had such a great time! It was everything that we hoped for. The pool was our favorite, but I will get to that in a minute. In the past, we have stayed at one of the high rise condos on the beach and had to wait patiently for elevators and make multiple trips with every one else. It was so great to have a house to unload the car with ease so we could go have lunch at Tacky Jacks which is one of our favorite places to eat in Orange beach and it's just right down the road. Our favorite part of the day was spending the afternoons by the pool. We would head out to the beach in the morning which was just a short ride from the house and when we'd come home we would all hang out by the pool - relaxing, swimming, laughing, listening to music. Just us so it was so nice! The house had "beachy" decor so it was bright and lively making it feel like a beach vacation. Drinking coffee on the back porch in the mornings was so peaceful. We rented a pontoon boat for the day and it was so great to be able to pull the boat up right behind the house in the boat slip to load up our coolers, chairs, tents and all 8 of us rather than having to load the car up and load and unload at the dock. It was a great day on the boat and anchoring at some of the small islands and having it all to ourselves. We love, love, loved having the Publix grocery store so close. It was nice not to have to go out on the main highway with all that traffic. A side note, some of the other reviews mentioned it not being clean. We thought it was just fine. It's an older house but that's what makes it have character! We had a great week and will definitley be back and hope to make it an annual beach vacation spot!