Bluegreen Vacations the Breakers, an Ascend Resort

The bed is very comfortable, praised for its size and quality. Convenient beach location near Sundae School and Wee Packet. Reception staff offers excellent, prompt assistance and high service quality.

After reading a few negative reviews regarding the renovations at this resort, I really want to add my and my sister's experience week here. Let me start with the front staff. They were professional, friendly, and fun! The work being done is going upgrade the resort in such a positive way. Yes, some things are a bit outdated, hence the renovation. But, it can't get done magically. They did their best to make the guests comfortable. If we needed anything, someone knocked on our door within 5 minutes! I have NEVER experienced such quick responses before. There were plenty of great restaurants within a 15 minute drive; this was in December. Being beachfront was glorious! We will be back! Thank you for the wonderful get away.

The Unit: one bedroom, sleeps 4 with privacy for 2. The unit is pretty and was clean. The room faces the ocean and looks down on the pool. The bed is a king and comfortable. However, the partial kitchen has only a coffee maker, microwave, toaster and refrigerator. There are no stove top burners. We could have asked for a single burner and pan but after putting down two cups to fill with coffee, there was no counter space left. There is no dishwasher. There’s no place to hang the wet dishcloth or dish towel. So, with the exception of the toaster, the kitchen was no more than that offered at a Hampton Inn. Clearly, you’re not expected to cook. The bathroom has a full tub and pedestal sink. There is one 2 foot towel bar which wouldn’t hold both of our facecloths and hand towels. The bath towels had to be draped over the dining room chairs to dry. The towel bar was a new installation and the holes in the wall from the old bar hadn’t been completely repaired. There was no handle on the window mechanism to crank it open. The dresser is an old analog tv cabinet which smelled of either spilt perfume or freshener. We didn’t use it. There is a small hot tub in the front so you can sit in the hot tub, look at the pool and the ocean. Because it takes up nearly half of what would be called the “dining room,” the dining table was a small, round table that would seat only two people for a meal...and the legs were lose so it wobbled. Other than the coffee table, it was the only place to do computer work. Some of the blinds didn’t work and I needed to climb into the hot tub to close one of them. The wifi is 10 mbps or 15 mbps if you want to pay an extra charge. Our experience: When we arrived, we were told that The Breakers was under renovation and that we would need to park at The Soundings. We were not told of the renovations beforehand so we could make our own choice of whether to come to stay. The entire outside of The Breakers, including the roof, was being worked on....shingles removed, roofing removed, with heavy equipment and active workers. We were told to go to The Breakers and find the blue door and look for room 104 to get into the building. There was no one on site at The Breakers. All the doors are blue so that left us moving through the construction site looking for room 104, only to find out that our entrance was between room 106 and 107. Not a good start. We were not given a drawing or schematic of the room plan and amenities at The Breakers despite there being no staff at the site so we had to scout things out on our own. Although we did receive information about restaurants and shopping in the area, we weren’t told of the municipal paths near the buildings which we might have used. Despite the inconvenience of the construction at the site which I will explain shortly, we weren’t offered the use of any of the facilities at The Soundings other than the parking lot. I asked why we weren’t offered any empty rooms at The So