We normally stay at the Holiday Inn on the main drag. Coastal HWY? My Mom is retired (skool teacher from Md) and lives at the beach in Corolla Nc (volunteer firefighter now). So during the "beach season" we go down and see dear ol'e ma. When we go to OC we just "get in and go".
OC would be pretty cool in the winter. make a weekend of it. I don't know, just a thought. (not to discourage the rest but...)I/we (ball-N-Chain and the Crumb Snatchers) would be in to it