So the wife and I decided to go to DRM in late April after many months of discussion. I was at DRM many years ago, and I finally convinced here that it was a very cool place to go. We are not in The Lifestyle, but are not shy about being nude or having sex in public, and love the sexual atmosphere. We stayed five nights, but planned our trip to get there early on the first day, and leave as late as we could on the last day. I highly recommend this if you can pull it off.
I'm going to do this a little different than other reports and not do a play by play of each day. Instead, I will cover some random thoughts, in no particular order, that came to me over the course of several days...
> April weather was fantastic. We were lucky enough to miss a couple days of rain that happened before we arrived, but the temp and sun were great.
> As been said many times on this forum, the people were awesome. Friendly, fun, and non judgemental. Nobody cares what you look like or how much money you make. We tend to be a little reserved, but we easily met several couples both in and out of The Lifestyle, whom we enjoyed meeting and hanging with very much.
> As for The Lifestyle folks, while we had some subtle offers for hookups, there was no pressure and when people realized we weren't into that (at least at this point), we weren't treated any differently. We met some really cool and fun people and we can only hope that we meet them again next time we go. You know who you are
> Tried the Sin Room. Loved it although it was either completly dead or completely full.
> Even better were the beds at the hot tub. Saw some cool things there and showed off a few cool things there. Loved it.
> Hot tub was always packed around the 6pm timeframe, but the evenings were hot or miss, and mostly miss. Maybe it got going after 2am, but people seemed to be doing other things instead of that for the most part.
> Disco was similar. Crowded and fun for a little it, but the music was inconsistent and the crowd thinned out quickly
> Loved the theme nights. We should have done a better job panning for those, but we improvised enough to look like part of the crowd.
> Loved the body painting. Wife went as a French Maid and was walking around during entertainment hour completely naked. Was very difficult to tell that she had nothing on.
>As far as beaches go, the one at DRM is ok. I have been to much nicer ones a few miles down the coast,but I really wasn't there for the beach. We were at the beach beds one day, but preferred the pool area more. We screwed up by not taking advantage of the relaxed beach bed sex policy though...
> As much as I liked the entertainment crew, I found the events a bit lackluster. I expected the games to be a little more sexy and fun. For the most part, they were borderline vanilla. When I was back at DRM way back in the day, the games were much more erotic and fun. They can improve in this area.
> We stayed in a Superior Garden room. Nice space and good room. We had one small plumbing problem but it was fixed quickly.
> If I have one complaint for the entire trip, it was the sales pitch. It was very aggressive and since we were a new couple to Desire, they gave us two days to check out the resort and then pushed us again to sit down and here their offer. I understand that they get money if we sit down, but for a place that mandates "no means no" I felt that they needed to be be a little more respectful of when I said no. If this place wasn't so unique, this would be something that would push us to other resorts. I think that they can do this a different way and still get the results they want.
> Food was very good. Portions were not huge US portion, which was fine with me. It was a little confusing sometimes as to know where and when to reserve a dinner reservation, as the location seemed to depend on the restaurant and they always seemed to be booked up, but that's probably mostly my fault for not fully researching the rules.
> We did the photo shoot and it was fantastic. We had some poses in mind and they did their best to accommodate them. I did realize though that some of the porn shots that look very sexy are hard as hell if not near impossible to recreate. However, we did get some great pictures and I highly reccomend doing it. If they can make us look good they can make anyone look god. As the wife says, " when I'm 80 and my ass is hanging to the ground , I can look back and say that I looked good. I have changed my avatar pic to show one of those pics for those who are interested.
> I highly recommend an afternoon nap if you can pull it off. I'm too old to only get a few hours of sleep on a consistent basis and I really wasn't able to sleep in due to my programming.
> Was very surprised on how many people were wearing clothing. To each their own, but I was just surprised. Maybe it was mostly the Temptations crowd that had no where to go since it is temporarily closed, but I just was a little surprised the number was so high given the nature of the resort.
> I highly recommend joining a kik and/or Yahoo group before you go. Got to pre meet several couples which made things more easier when you get there.
That's about it for now. I know that I am missing a few things but if they are major. I will add them later.
"Marco and Roxanne"
> Since we stayed five nights, we had the shuttle special from Desire where we got a free shuttle from Tourex. They were excellent and although I have heard great things about USA Transfers, I highly recommend Tourex and would use them again.