Ferry Beach Retreat & Conference Center — Attraction in Saco

Easter brunch was unfortunately such a disappointment for us. The people working there were very friendly and the property is amazing and beautiful. I don't like leaving bad reviews, but we paid $90 for this brunch and had to drive 2 hours for it.

Upon arriving to the cafeteria and finding our seats at a table with other people we didn't know, which was unexpected and a bit awkward, we tried to figure out how to get in the line for the food. It was pretty chaotic, and packed in. Once people were seated, there was not enough room to move around, you have to go through a bit of a maze to get anywhere. Also, the drinks were clear across the room from the food, and the quiche was all alone by itself over in the wine area, so you got to tour the entire place before you sat down. It was a very small buffet. I attached the menu that was on Facebook, but honestly can't say it was all there. I don't remember seeing turkey pie, cookies and brownies, blueberry cobbler, pineapple upside down cake, or carrot cake. On the right, there was breakfast - bacon and sausage (bacon was the 2nd best think they had and the sausage was cold), scrambled eggs, blueberry pancakes (also cold), very dried up baked beans, biscuits and gravy, stuffed mushrooms and another couple unusual things (see menu). The biscuits were hard as a rock and the sausage gravy was unusual to me, having sliced sausage in it. On the left, I was looking for the Easter dinner stuff. The only thing I found that brought me back to Easter was the pre-sliced ham. There was no ham or roast beef being sliced fresh, and we were really hoping for mashed potatoes and corn, which are practically requirements with ham on Easter. However, the ham was very good. They had a toaster on the counter, but no bread. They did have an omelet station, which the people at our table were waiting quite a bit for, so my son asked that guy if they had toast. He said I can make you some. So my son sat down and got his little eggs all set up with ketchup on them and waited patiently. Do you think he ever got toast? He eventually gave up and ate his eggs, meanwhile the guy saw him and said "I'm working on that" but it still never came. We ended up going through the line one time and had 2 small cups of...

Wonderful place, very beautiful.

We visit this place occasionally, opting to camp on a raised platform. There is water and power nearby.

The toilets are reasonably well kept on the camp grounds, with better ones to use in the dining hall.

Being here gives you access to the beach, and you can often partake in parts of conferences taking place.

There is a gun range nearby, so expect to hear "popping" during the day if on the camp site.

The food options here are expensive, and can change immediately(we paid over $20 power person for what we expected would be a French food night, which turned out to be make your own tacos...). Since dinner starts at 6, you could be hard pressed to find elsewhere to...

The walk to the beach is beautiful. The water when we went was disgusting! We went up to our waist and could not see our feet, it was like cloudy cement. We kept feeling things hit our legs., but couldn't see the ocean floor. After 3 min we came out of water. Yuk never experienced that in maine ocean. Another beware is that you can hear gunshots from the beach! Yes gun shots! After talking to the ranger, he said there is a shooting range near- by. Great way to spoil a nice day. I will not go back...