We were extremely disappointed with our stay at Gulf Side. It seems as though IRB is more of a retirement community than some of the other beaches. Our condo seemed to be owned or rented by older couples. These couples were very unfriendly. There were 3 incidents involving my children and these unfriendly owners. One man told my son and nephew ( as they first stepped foot on the beach to throw a football), "If you hit me with that, I'm going to be pissed at you." Another older gentleman came up to our condo ( while I had run to Target) and told my son and nephew ( because they ran through the condo 3/4 times at 6:30 at night....NOT MIDNIGHT.) " Where are your parents? We can hear you. We have to live here, too." Ridiculous. It was literally 5-10 minutes of slightly louder noise at 6:30 at night. Ridiculous. Another incident on the elevator. The elevator is located on the first floor, right by the luggage carts and in a narrower hallway. One couple walked off the elevator and told my son ( who was tried to side as close to the wall as he could because the space was tight and the lady was heavier) "He needed to let her walk off first." And also, "Don't you know to let women walk off first?"
Lastly ( and extremely creepy)...the man staying in the room beside us was recording a younger couple in the pool from the balcony of his condo. I observed this from the pool and immediately let the kids know. They stated they did not know him. Will not stay again.