Breakthrough wrote:First off, let me say thanks to everyone who has been responding and answering questions over the last week for us. We're both so excited, but being Newbs we have all those questions that only Newbs have... Sorry for hijacking your forum, but your help and responses have been amazing. We'll buy you all a drink at DP...? Or something... Hah! So, questions:
• We kind of settled on DP because from what we read it was nicer and had better food. Is that a pretty accurate assessment? Which property do you prefer and why? I also noticed a lot of folks on this forum go to BOTH properties, is there a different vibe from each one?
• No matter whether we go to DP or change our minds based on your helpful info and go to RM, the wife is a bit concerned... But not for the standard reasons you're probably used to hearing. We've had a pretty stressful go of it over the last 6 months here in "real life". She is totally interested in a Desire vacation, but is concerned that it will be crazy fun, energetically social, and exhausting (all in a good way). What she really feels she needs is a "vanilla" beach vacation that's just quiet, calm and relaxing so she can recharge. That all makes perfect sense to me. What are your thoughts? Can a Desire vacation meet that need? Or are we better off doing something different and heading to desire next time?
Thanks again for ALL your awesome responses and help! Great community, this.
In our experience, RM is more of a party atmosphere, while Pearl can be more laid back (which may be why you folks going to both, as the experience is a little different). It's really up to you how wild it gets — it can be very low-key, sit on the beach and chill, or as wild as you want and anything in between. Last time at Pearl, we had a lot of chill time, just hanging in the pool, looking at the ocean, enjoying an adult drink. But yes, we did find time to have some fun, too.