Quote Originally Posted by DNS View Post
We love Clearwater beach. Very large and clean. It's about 1 to 1-1/2 hours from Disney.
Agreed. We literally just took the trip over to Clearwater Beach for the first time a few days ago. We went there after a spring training baseball game, and we were very impressed - I'm sure we'll go back in the future. The area around Pier 60 is really nice - plenty of public parking (for a slight fee), beautiful white sand beaches, shops, restaurants, and evening entertainment by the pier. It was probably the most spectacular sunset we've ever seen, looking west over the Gulf - amazing. I really like the fact that the beach area is set up for use by the public and not just available for hotels and their guests (like some other beaches).