Just for a little more clarity, as mentioned you can rent beach chairs and umbrellas through HHI's Shore Beach Services (see the link a few posts above). They will stop sometime in mid- to late-ish October, though I don't know of any particular date for this year. There may be other rental companies, but I'm unaware of them. This particular service is rather pricey, though it requires very little effort other than making the reservations and showing up at the beach. Very easy to do. The current rate is $40 for one day for an umbrella and 2 chairs. Each consecutive day after, the price drops accordingly. Still, it won't be inexpensive. Many folks opt to buy inexpensive gear at a local
Walmart or Kroger, etc., and if you can't take them with you, then you can pay it forward to another family and leave them at the resort or the Beach House even.
If anyone looks at the HHI link on the
DVC website, keep in mind the information isn't particularly up to date. For instance, there is no video arcade at the Beach House--it hasn't been there for several years. Instead, they do have a pool table, foosball, and pingpong, as well as a corn hole set up. There is no "big screen" TV in the Surfmen's Station, unless you consider 32" big. Moreover, the site still lists Signals quick service at the Beach House which is incorrect. While you can get a variety of foods at the Beach House, Signals is no longer, technically, where you place your order--you do that at Surfman's Sand Bar and they deliver to your chair or table. I do believe you can sit in the old Signals area and refill your mugs there, however. All this to say, know before you go not based on what the Disney website tells you.
