We enjoyed the apartment! The bathrooms and kitchen were specially nice. The balcony with the grill added a nice touch and made the living room seem bigger and more enjoyable. Even tough it was not hot during our time there, having central AC makes for much more comfortable nights when it was so humid!
Having dedicated parking in Mission Bay is a must in my opinion! There was plenty of space for our Suburban. The street is narrow, but if you know how to maneuver your big car, you will be fine. The four bikes are rusty but they are usable. We enjoyed leisure riding them on the boardwalk path. I did have a bike pump with me and that proved helpful since the tires were a bit flat.
I also brought my own road bike for long early morning rides through MB, PB and La Jolla, which I was worried about where to store it since it is expensive. But the master bedroom has plenty of space and a large closet area where there’s also a crib (which we did not use for our children are all older).
The commercial planes overhead are quite loud. They start fairly early in the morning and never stop. Closing all the windows will not keep the noise out. If you go to the north end a mission bay it will be much less loud. But we prefer the south end because it has a lot less traffic both of cars as well as people. Don’t take me wrong Mission bay is very crowded during the summer, but I find it much nicer than the areas closer to all the shops and the daily local traffic of people coming to the beach. I have one boy that got bothered by the noise and did not sleep well the first two nights, the other kids did fine.If you are sensitive to noise, bring earplugs.
The apartment is close to Mission Boulevard on the bay side of the strip. You don’t see much of the beach there. But we liked the location and it’s very easy to walk to the beach even if you want ocean side, which was what we preferred. We had no problem letting our kids, as young as 10 years old, walk to the beach by himself.