Heh, sorry, my emphasis gets a little out of control, sometimes.
I'm pretty confused. From everything you're saying, it sounds like it should work. The only things I can think of are ...
1. You haven't visited the village DMap with the continue flag active. With it set up like this, the player needs to pass through the village first on the way to the beach.
2. If you're using an "Entrance/Exit" warp from the village to the beach, and the two have different level numbers, it will automatically set a continue point on the beach map.
If those don't work, I'm sorry I can't be more helpful.