We first discovered St. Martin in 2003 on a cruise ship. We immediately fell in love with Orient Beach! We actually got online and reasearched flights from St. Martin back to Florida and were consisering grabbing our luggage off the cruise ship and staying in Orient Beach a few more days. Unfortunately, since it was Christmas weekend, flights were crazy and we got back on the ship. After that, we returned in 2005, 2006, 2008, and 2010 for week - long vacations. We stayed at Club O twice, Palm Court once, and rented an apartment in Orient Village once. Then life got crazy, family vacations were geared more toward Disney or cruise ships, and we haven’t been back in almost 9 years (other than two day trips on cruise ships). I just booked our 25th wedding anniversary trip - four nights in Palm Court in July! I can’t wait!