I was there last November, did the same - stayed at Es right when it opened and spent most days at Club O. During the first half of November, there were roughly 300 on Club O's beach, but interestingly, it cut back around T-giving. Point is, there were lots of people there. As far as I was concerned, Orient was essentially the same as always. Restaurants in the village were open, shopping was fine, parking was hard to find, etc, etc. Now, Bikini was the only beach bar open then, so yes, usually Club O had far more people than the rest of the beach, but from what I've heard from friends recently, the rest of the beach is becoming very busy quickly. Not packed like sardines as has been seen before, but nicely busy. I think you'll be very happy finding what you're looking for.