We took a red eye flight from SFO which we hadn't done on previous trips to RM and it worked out pretty well. No lines at immigration! The combination of booze, tiredness and excitement meant we got kinda burned our first day, but we rolled with it.
Room was in the 1700 building which we liked. Had the deadly cement step down beside the bed, which we were certain one of us would fall from, but thankfully we did not! We liked being close to the lobby area.
Food....I always get pretty tired of the lunch buffet but otherwise food was very good this trip. Something new to us was they had a special food station every day at the pool. One day it was sushi, they had pasta and paella, etc. I thought it was a nice change. I only wish it was earlier as they don't start until about 1:30 and since we don't do breakfast, that is a little late to eat. We had good meals at Sahlo and the sushi restaurant. We also had some really good meals at the buffet....they had lobster at the grill one night, an Asian and Mexican night that were really good. Service was awesome everywhere as always.
Sunday after we arrived was Easter and they did an Easter egg hunt on the beach. I found it pretty funny to see a bunch of naked adults running on the beach trying to find plastic eggs
they had some great entertainment days on the beach and at the pool, some days were quieter than others.Disco was fun but I have a couple of complaints. You have heard this one already -they play the same songs every night! By the last night I was tired of dancing to the exact same play list. The other thing is we see the exact same shows there every night as well. The downside of going so often. We love the disco though and go mostly every night.
Jacuzzi was fun, more sexy stuff happening than usual. We did the massage class at the disco early in the week. It was nice to massage each other, but not something I would go back to. No real sexual activity at the end.
I think March is a popular time, but the week we were there was pretty quiet. It meant it was easier to get into restaurants, but also meant the pool was quite dead some days. There were also some days where some couples in bathing suits were there from Temptations. I guess we will see more of this as they start the Temptations reno. This is the first trip we have made outside a group in years, but had a great time chatting with so many people and from so many places. Everyone was super friendly and nice. Weather this time of year was perfect! Warm without the high summer humidity. Wish this weather was what we had every trip.
We talked to a lot of people about their experience with Pearl if they had been. Pretty much everyone told us it was bigger, nicer and quieter. This is what we keep hearing but haven't committed to going there over RM because we love it so much.
Next trip is November with the Swingset takeover....
