1st timer trip report and will hit the highlights:
Cesar at dive shop. Got open water certified. Cesar was awesome. Great teacher. Very patient. Knows his stuff. Impressed. Price much better than local for me. Dives were cool too.
Food was much better than expected. Didn't get a chance for Pearl but Jade and Aphrodite very good. Flavorful and bigger portions than expected. Did not go hungry . Room service very good also.
Cleanliness is very important to us. Very impressed here. Room, facility, pool and beach. Didn't get the ickees at all. Important.
Classy was a term we used a lot. Could easily have been trashy or have that feel. A big worry for us. Well surprised here.
Jacuzzi. Took a while to build up courage. Pretty cool. Still thought about the bodily fluids thing though. By end of stay, not scared of it.
Victor was awesome at pool. Great job. And just nice.
Did the sales pitch. Decent deal by the end but don't like being locked in going forward. No high pressure to us. Guys doing their job.
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Disco was loud. Fun for a while until repeated songs. People watching there was fun.
Shows pretty good. A little short but good. Not cheesy. Fun.
Butler Rudy went above and beyond taking care of us. Gerry was good also but Rudy solved a problem. Thank you so much.
Pool entertainment team tried hard. We hung out on that side and OK.
Room quality was better than expected. Clean, updated and cleaned well each day . Had a penthouse suite. Deck awesome view. Day and night.
Weather was nice . Rain only twice and short lived. A little cool one night with wind.
The check-out was smooth. Survey at end. Very professional.
We kept to ourselves a lot but all interaction with other people were cool. Not there to make friends just relax but people were nice. Vibe of place definitely a function of crowd. Got a little wilder as week went on. But not an issue to us. Wasn't trashy.
Very impressed with general feel and quality of resort. Much better than expected. We have been to Punta Cana and Jamaica and Bette experience here than at quality resorts at both locations.
We stayed June 26 to July 1. Really hope to go back. We are a vanilla couple looking to relax and reconnect. Mission accomplished well!