I have been coming to Florida for winter get-aways every year since retiring from university business school administration in Minnesota in 2014! I look for a place that has close and easy access to the beach, but is also as close as possible to the Orlando attractions for day trips for my children and grand children who visit while I"m in Florida., and has a swimming pool for when the kids are not at the beach! This vacation home has it all: there are no street crossings to get to the beach in a couple of minutes; the oversized, heated pool is in a very private yard; it is the closest beach to the Orlando attractions - one of my families took their three children to open and close Universal Studios in a little over an hour each direction on the same day; there are a multitude of great, nearby restaurants in every direction and several within walking distance including the iconic Cocoa Beach Pier; the accommodations had everything we could possibly need for all nine of us at our peak with room to spare! As bonuses we got to see many cruise ships coming and going including the largest cruise ship in the world, the Wonder of the Seas, up close and personal, and a rocket launch from the beach next to the house. There was also easy access to a wonderful, tropically oriented zoo, the Brevard Zoo, just a few miles south in Melbourne; and, the Kennedy Space Center is a must for every visitor, especially school aged kids! All in all my family is very willing to settle for PERFECT!