Positives - easy walk across small parking lot to the beach, next door to amusement park, lots of nice shops in and near the condo complex including the Old Orchard Beach pier, excellent management at the facility, easy to work with owner of condo, 1 parking space on property (great to store all your beach stuff in that car for easy access when going to beach) plus one other parking space off site, spacious condo that slept out large family of 8 with ease, 30 min from Portland ME airport, easy drive to other Maine beaches (Wells, Ogunquit, York...30 to 45 min depending on beach)
Negatives - “negative” is too strong a word here as I expected these things given the location of the condo. But if you are expecting a quiet place, realize this condo is literally in the heart of the commercial district. With all the positives listed above come the negatives of a lot of people as well as the sounds of night life. Live music, active train, and night life sounds were particular prevalent Friday and Saturday. The ocean view is across a parking lot and over a restaurant.
Overall, we really enjoyed this unit. Our kids were always so tired from all the events of the day that the night sounds didn’t impact sleep at all. If you go in with the right expectations you will love this property and working with this owner / management team.