Below are a few items that may help future travelers:
- 1. Try to arrive into Cancun on an early flight. The lines at immigration and customs were much shorter in the morning.
2. Bring about $50 per day in 5 dollar bills. The staff at Pearl work very hard for you to enjoy your trip and they are very appreciative of a small gratuity.
3. Get out to see Victor early in the morning to reserve loungers on the active side of the pool (I was out every day at 6:30am!) Otherwise you may be relegated to the quiet side.
4. Participate in the pool activities (great way to meet people). Our favorites were Tequila Volleyball and the Foam Party ;-)
5. If you arrive before 4pm, pack your flip flops and swimwear in your personal bag. After checking in go to the Spa and change in their locker room. No need to wait until the room is ready to party.
Our days consisted of the following:
Breakfast at 10am (ask for Christian) then we would head to our loungers. At about 1:30 we would have fresh grilled fish tacos or a salad then head back to our loungers waiting for Tequila Volleyball at 3pm. Once the volleyball game ended we would head to the Hot Tub. On this trip we saw a few PDA around the hot tub area, but nothing crazy. At around 5:30 we would head to our room (#31). Our room was on ground level and in the middle of the resort. The room included a patio with a separate area that we called an "ocean view dance floor" . We brought a portable bluetooth speaker on the trip and danced the afternoon away (apologies to our neighbors if the music was too loud). At about 8pm we headed to dinner then back to our room for the Mrs. to change into her theme wear, the ladies really put on a great show for these nightly events. We entered the disco at about 10:30 and danced after the nightly shows-- that were ALL AMAZING !! (Much better than 2 years ago). The DJ played some of the exact same songs from two years ago, enough with BLURRED LINES, but on one night they played some late 70's disco songs and the place went crazy. LOVED The Tramps- Disco Inferno. Hey Desire, know your market !!! There were a few nights we headed back to the hot tub, but at around 1:30 -2am we were shot!
My wife had a deep tissue massage from Oscar, we passed on the couples erotic massage since we performed this task on one another on our patio in the afternoon on 2 occasions------ much to the delight of our neighbors and passersby !!.
The entertainment staff at Pearl is amazing-- Kayla, Mia, Edu plus the others all made our trip memorable. The restaurants seemed to have stepped up their game a bit with different offerings and the addition of the Gastro Pub above Aphrodite now round out multiple choices for everyone. Even though the Pearl restaurant is billed as their "best" eatery, we found the Gastro Pub and Aphrodite to have better offerings and amazing views of the ocean.
Being empty nesters, it is a pleasure to get away and just act like we are 20 somethings at Spring Break. We are not in the Lifestyle, but had some adult fun with other guests. We left the resort full of happiness and love for the wonderful 4 days we had just spent together. We made some great friends that we hope to see again and even saw a few guests we remembered from 2 years ago. We hope to return next February to continue the party ......... T & S