Desire Trip Report - December 2010

[mac_r_a]

Desire Trip Report - December 2010
I am going to start with the positive and continue with the negatives. Feel free to post or message me with any questions/comments you have.

The food was awesome, some of the best for any place I have travelled. You can order something from the kitchen if nothing appeals to you. The place was very clean and well kept. The pool lounge chairs were nice and very comfortable, the best I have ever layed my sweet ass in. The pool is nice, the hot tub is big. They provide you with robes that are very comfy. The "play room"/"f**k room"/"sin room" is very very nice, but it is off the back of the disco and I didn't even know it was there until the second last day.

The best thing of all is the staff - they are amazing and so attentive. I spilled a drink on my chair and I jumped up and they were right there cleaning it up and replacing everything for me. They have a waitress come around (sylivia). The other awesome thing is the towel system. You can simply go get a towel and do not have to sign it out. They just go around and pick them up after the pool closes at 6 pm. Hedo should start this system. Cards or signing out towels is stupid!!!!!

Now onto the negatives. I will try not to be too nasty. I would not recommend this resort and I will not be back. I have only been to H3 and this makes me even sadder they closed it, but spring of 2012 I will be trying H2!!!!!

The pool closes at 6:00 pm. The rooms are tiny, especially for the price you pay (almost $500 per couple for the lowest grade room). It is very difficult to get a pool chair since the premier clients (time share) can reserve the night before. If you want a remote chance of getting a chair you have to go by 8:00 am and if not, you loose out. The people are nice enough, but during the day it is a regular resort, except for the fact you can be naked. There is not social atmosphere at all. You find yourself waiting for late afternoon so you can go to the hot tub and socailize. It is VERY prudish during the day. I even tried to get things going with a few young couples who were throwing a ball around one day (by throwing balls, not sexual) but eveyone just looked at us like we had 5 heads. Heaven forbit anyone have any fun!!! This may not be a negative for all, but for us it was - ganja is VERY hard to come by. For anyone who goes that wants it, you can go to the taxi drivers just off the resort and they will get you to meet them back in an hour. Take a walk looking for the crocodiles in the lakes (awesome!!!!!!!!!!). It is very expensive. The entertainment stuff was great, I adored them, BUT the only time anything was ever happening was when they were doing their thing. Other then that there was nothing to do except sit or swim. There were no prizes for the volunteers except for the 1st place winners. And that was usually a hat or t-shirt. I got a shot glass one day and I contributed to just about everything!!! There were no floaties so I finally bought one at the gift shop on my 3rd last day and they blew it up for me. Once again I was looked at like I had 5 heads. I prefer to float and tan at the same time.

Now for the 2 most negatives things of all:

1. Hot tub - although is it bigger then H3 (as I said I have not been to H2 YET) it is not as fun or clean. I personally saw them drain and clean and refill the hot tubs at H3 every morning. I never once knew of them doing them at Desire. Mind you it would be a lot of work and water, but come on!!!! I saw them wiping the edges of it every day and they put lots of chemicals in it, but that's just not enough. We went there once in the late afternoon and after a bit took our sunglasses of and set them on the side and after people started getting in the water overflowed some and our glasses were covered with a slimy scum and it was sooooooo gross. (yet I went back day after day as it was the ONLY possible chance to see the very little action that happened there). I have only had one bladder infection in my life and within 2 days of getting home I got a nasty bladder infection. It was from the hot tub, I have no doubt in my mind. Also, it was COLD the first few days, the tempature was never right, either too hot or too cold.

2. Although the pizza bar made great pizza we had a very bad experience there. We went there early after the disco on our last night to get a pizza to take back to our room. I asked for a meat pizza to be made and she said only pepporni. I said ok. She took it out of the "warming oven" and put it on a plate, even though I had asked for one to be made. I didn't bother saying anything and took it. When we got back to our room it was cold. I was not happy and did not want a cold pizza on our last night so we dicided to take it back. I put the half eaten piece back on top of the pizza and we headed back down. When we go there she was gone to the kitchen so we decided to wait. I feed some of the piece of pizza to the cats that roam around and then threw the piece back ontop of the pizza on the plate. (they also have a family of racoons there) Once she finally got back we told her our pizza was cold and wanted a new one. She went to put it back in the oven and I said no, we wanted a fresh one (it would be like cardboard if she reheated it). So then she takes the half eaten piece of pizza off the top and puts the pizza back into the warming oven for others to eat. We were sooooooo grossed out!!!!! We waited for her to make our fresh pizza and put it in the oven and then went to see the manager. He said he was sorry but did not even offer anything to us. He offered to get us some beer, thanks!!! on a all inclusice resort!!! I ate most of the pizza, but Ricky still couldn't touch it.

Overall it was a beautiful resort, but we will not be back. It may be a great place and people may love it, but it is not for us. If you are a hedo person and love hedo, stick with it and don't waste your money "trying" Desire.

Hedo would be better with the towel system Desire has, but the atmosphere at Hedo is what it is all about!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[mfay]

You thought the hot tub wasn't clean at Desire ? Wow- one of the many positive comments most hedo vets have about at Desire is how clean the hot tub is compared to hedo. Generally that is probably Hedo II though- lol. It certainly was in our past experiences.
After you have been to Hedo II there is a chance you may want to give Desire another try. If you do, it seems very likely from your comments about the atmosphere at the resort that you should go when one of the larger groups is at Desire. After 18 trips I can tell you that Desire can be very laid back one week and a great party the next all according to who is there- but there is a much better chance for what you are looking for during a group week.
By the way- I assume you booked your trip fairly late. The rate for a garden view room for Dec would have been $344 per couple per night with the early booking discount (except between Christmas and New Years when of course they do charge a premium)

[miranda]

Thanks for the informative trip report. We, too, would have been completely unsatisfied with the whole pizza situation. I am quite surprised by your experience, though. I would never expect that kind of treatment at Desire.

We have been twice to Desire Cancun and we experienced the same thing you did at the jacuzzi - especially in the afternoon. We have yet to see all the 'fun' stuff people talk about (body shots on the bar, line-up of men on the edge getting blow jobs, etc). Most people just went up there because it was the thing to do and their fren's went there - to talk and drink.

On our past trip we could get a bed at the jacuzzi lounge at night no problem - I think people 'partied' all day by the pool and then up to the jacuzzi in the afternoon (and it's all about drinking and talking) that they couldn't stay up for any night-time activities. So I understand what you are talking about there.

You are right about the pool in the day time. And we did find it "difficult" to mix and mingle with others at the pool (most people already had their cliques formed) and were not all that welcoming to newcomers. We did get acknowledged but that was about it.

As for the location of the playroom - well, all you had to do was ask someone where it was. Too bad you didn't find it til later in the week.

Ganja? You are in Mexico. Do you really want to take the chance of spending time at an all-inclusive Mexican jail?

Thank you for the heads up regarding the pool lounger system. This system has tried and failed many times (and not just at this resort). I'm not sure why they think there is a 'new' system in place with the 'First In, First Served'. Sounds like a step backwards, IMHO.

I agree that Premiere Members and those who pay more for Passion / Jacuzzi Suites should maybe have a reserved lounger / bed but there should be some restrictions in place so that all the patrons who have paid an all-inclusive price get a lounger.

We all pay a lot of money to visit this resort so we really should have our expectations met (good drinks, food, service,entertainment, facilities and loungers). Desire, so far, has met our expectations and we love it there.

The vacationers change daily and from week to week so maybe you just hit a week that was a bit quieter than it could have been if there was a group?

Sorry you didn't have a great time but happy you have an alternative. Enjoy Hedo.

[TnG]

How would one know if the hot tub was not drained and refilled? It is closed till early afternoon, and certainly is not visible unless a specific trip up to the tub is made.
Temperature control has been our only (minor) complaint, not cleanliness.
But chocolate syrup and 43 sometimes escaped off of the various body parts, regardless of how energetic some were in pursuit of same .

[desire242]

We call Hedo's hot tub

CUM SOUP cause it is so nasty.....

[shore128]

We've been to Hedo 3 twice and enjoyed it. We didn't find it much different than Desire during the day. We found Desire just as much fun during the day. We liked the nightlife at both resorts. Honestly can't agree with the review regarding the hottubs at each place. The primary thing that happens to the water in a resort hottub that gets alot of use is that the suntan lotion people apply comes off in the water. This is what creates foam, scuzz, etc. We've seen it at both places. The water in Desire's hottub early afternoon is crystal clear. In terms of overall cleanliness and maintenance of Hedo 3 (when it still existed) and Hedo 2 vs. Desire, we found Desire in our 4 trips to be much cleaner and well - maintained. In fact, simply no comparison.