My husband and I stayed here with our four children and had a great experience. The garage unit with wagons, chairs, umbrellas and beach toys is so nice. We flew allegiant (reads very little luggage room) so to have those items available is a huge bonus. The lazy river is super fun and the location of the resort is perfect. We used our Walmart grocery delivery service to have groceries delivered and cooked our meals in the condo. Most seasonings were provided. There is a Tom Thumb directly next door if you need any last minute items as well. For the beach, I suggest you utilize the bridge to cross over to the ocean side, but do not enter the beach behind the Destin West location. Unfortunately, there are lots of chairs and umbrellas that are attached to the oceanfront resorts so there is very minimal room directly in front of Destin West. If you are not pulling a wagon, feel free to enter behind the oceanside Destin West and then walk down the shoreline until you find a spot with more space. If you are pulling a wagon, however I suggest you walk down to the Seaspray resort and enter there and utilize the public beach access behind that resort. This will make the majority of your wagon pulling on the road and not the sand. We were able to walk to several restaurants from here and to the Gulfarium as well. Would definitely stay again.