Staff kudos, first time, early May 2017

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Staff kudos, first time, early May 2017

Postby SeaSandPool » Sat Jul 22, 2017 6:16 pm

Someone at Pearl told me all trip reports about it are the same, so I'll try my best to make this interesting and at least parts of it different.

Staff:
First off, I have to give kudos to the awesome entertainment staff. Lots of reviews say that but few say *why* they're awesome. Individually, they have great abilities at yoga (Mia, Kia, Kayla), trapeze and Latin dancing (Kia), and Burlesque dancing - Kayla, I'll take your wink and smile over Las Vegas any day.

Staff made an effort to make a personal connection with the vacationers- a special gift given that we're there for a week or so then disappear. After going to a few of their events for a few days, such as c/o yoga on the pier, or being contests in a game, they got to know us and would make some effort at connection when they saw us walking down the walkway, such as "ooh la la, now you're ready" when we were naked on the way to the pool. They were genuinely interesting to talk to, and freely shared their life stories.

Foam party, sexy aquarobics:
Everyone talks about how fun the "foam party" is, but I gotta say that the most fun pool event for us was the "Wet and sexy water aerobics." It's so fun if you love wet naked bouncing boobs, and who doesn't? Charlie really designed this "class" well to make the most of the pool and boobs. He led us in a bunch of calisthenics - marital arts arm moves like punching forward, waving side to side, overhead, all while we're slightly more than waist deep in water, boobs in the air. But that's just for starters. After we had a decent workout, he had us form a moderately close circle holding hands, then we did a sort of follow-the-leader snake through the chain of people, followed by some Busby Berkeley worthy water ballet moves showing off the ladies to good effect.

Restaurants:
The best restaurant for us was Unik, the gastropub. They have an amazing spicy with the spices the Mayan's traditionally used in chocolate. You must try the chicken bacon thing as an entree. Make dinner reservations when go to the hostess stand at breakfast - first come first reserved.

Drinks:
Try the "mini beers", which are Liquor 43 with heavy cream, kind of like drinking a Dreamsicle.
Great for body shots. There is also something close called "monkey sperm" with banana and chocolate. The Bohemian darker beer was good, and they have Dos Exis on tap.

About us:
We were first timers to Pearl. I'm not really into labels, but you could say we're monogamous, life-style friendly, borderline exhibitionists. What I mean is we don't swap. We have been around a few lifestyle folks and it's been fine. I (he) doesn't care much who sees us being frisky, and loves being uninhibited to be sexual whenever we feel like it. Wife (she) has some body insecurities (like most women) and had some reluctance about going for our first time. We had been about 5 times to the topless pools in Vegas, such as Moorea; and also to the old Grand Lido in Jamaica and a few naked wilderness hot springs. We're not a big fan of the nudist attitude of "hey we're naked but we're pretending it's no big deal." Let's be honest about being coed naked in the sun and water and talking and playing games: it's FUN!

She was pleasantly surprised by how classy the place was, including grounds and staff. All the things we worried about ahead of time faded away once we were there. Some stuff we thought we wouldn't do seemed natural, such as the photo shoot and erotic massage.

Open sex:
There is plenty of space and different settings at Pearl, so it's easy to avoid if you don't want to be around others and their sexual activity.

A few folks have written on this forum about the lady being more worried about going ahead of time, then getting more into the flow of things than the guy. Just to confirm, yes that can happen, and to repeat their advice, be sure you both are communicating often and honestly; and being together 24/7 and naked half the time makes that easy :) She had some fears about going to Pearl, and especially going to the hot tub area. Talking it through, we gave both a try. Her personality is such that she is more likely to get swept up in moment, and our first night in the hot tub she had too much to drink and started to do stuff she would regret later if she remembered, but it was pretty easy to get out of that situation.

Overall, though, there was not much of a free for all, even in the hot tub.
A couple had sex on the ocean daybed next to us, and it was less freaky and porn-like than expected. After all, they were doing it for their own benefit, not ours.

In the late-afternoon hot tub there were lots of arms around two people to either side, but rare to see much escalation. Sex and escalation did happen, but you need not worry about it happening to you if you don't want it. Hugs in Jacuzzi were common as social gestures, such as bisous or American shaking hands, rather than acts of particular sexual interest. Didn't go further normally. The late-night hot tub scene may have been different, we didn't go then.

Couple:
Guys, don't wander around the property being a creeper. But if you wake up early in the morning before your couple and want to go to the gym or get coffee or walk on the beach or something that is fine. Stay together as a couple as much as possible --- that's the reason you're going, right?

Who is there:
It is only about 1/2 people "in the lifestyle." If you are, then you don't need my advice. If you're not, don't be afraid to make some of them your friends. Also, 1/2 are not, so it was easy to find other fun uninhibited couples to hang with without going beyond our bounds.

Meet ahead of time:
We suggest you join the yahoo group and any Kik groups as well. It is a good way to meet others beforehand and get comfortable. If you really want privacy, a fake name is an option, but most shared their first names.

What did they look like:
We gotta say the guys looked quite average in terms of fitness level and such. The ladies were all attractive and mostly took good care of themselves, but a pretty average cross section of people otherwise. Age 40 was considered young.

There were a few cougars some but mostly age-matched couples. Fewer trophy wives compared to Vegas. As usual, some couples were on their second+ marriage, but we were surprised that there were more longer term relationships than in the population in general. We met several couples who had been together since high school, such as ourselves, or even middle school!

It was good to hear the women affirming of one another. There was quite a lot of girl on girl attention, probably 25% of the yahoo group was into that. We saw zero guy on guy, except a friend said after we left some guy tried to kiss him and his wife had to rescue him. For one couple we made friends with, only the guy was interested in swapping, and overall it worked out OK but not great for him. But if the female half of a couple were into that it would be an ideal place. Overall, at Pearl the women are in charge sexually.

One surprise for us was that about 95% of couples were shaved down there, both men and women. We're not really into that but might shave next time just to not stand out.

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Activities:
This is one of the great parts about Pearl. Lots of creative ways to make fun activities sexy. Sexy aquarobics was a highlight.

Yoga:
We had daily yoga on the pier, or, if it was too windy, in the disco or on the grass next to the pool. There were usually only about 5 of us, and it was OK to be naked or not, but most were not. I think this varies a lot from week to week.

Water polo:
This was great fun. To even things up the ladies were allowed to grab/hold the guys, but guys had to be hands-off.

Kinky darts:
The guy throws darts while their own partner tries to sexually distract him. Not as great as some others have written.

Disco:
We don't dance much at home, but this was great and we went every day. Strongly recommended to go to the evening shows and musical events. We stayed dancing a lot. Many others seemed to get tired.
Don't do drugs.

Tidd-bits:
The place is mostly powered by solar panels installed across the street. You can see some if you walk outside in front. There are some fish in the ponds, and iguanas on the wall and eating the grass. Some staff live next door in the yellow house. The open beach and fields immediately south of Pearl is a sea turtle nesting sanctuary.

Town:
The walk to town is nice, but there isn't much there to recommend.

Workout:
Living at elevation, it was fun to work out at sea level. It seemed like we ate and drank all day and didn't gain weight, probably because we were also swimming and playing games all day, too. If you really want to feel skinny, go weigh yourself on the Kg scale in the workout room :)

Weather/Time:
Early May was a perfect time of year. Perfect weather, 85 degrees day, 72 night. It rained a couple of times but usually short and it felt good to cool off.

"Sexy Time" at the pool:
The daily "sexy time" around noon is 15 minutes of a couples game or contest chosen by staff with prizes like a bag or hats.

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Clothes / luggage:
We brought way too many t shirts and shorts and underwear. One pair of shorts was good. We were either naked, or dressing up fancy for dinner and the disco and shows, so you don't really need much in between. For the theme nights, we suggest you interpret the themes broadly and don't force yourself to adhere to it too strictly. For example, for "Nauti Nautical" Pearl just shows sailor outfits, but she went as the little mermaid and another lady went as a jellyfish with something like cellophane for the top, and these got the biggest kudos. In general, just have fun with it. Confidence is sexy. Sometimes we just skipped the themes and just wore whatever we liked.

There is lots of shade, so we didn't need as much sunblock as we brought, maybe 3oz for 2 days.

Tipping:
There is tipping, but when and how much was confusing. If you ask (and tip) the chair guy you can get often get a daybed on the beach, or a round nest-bed next to the pool. Tip the barista, the bartender and waiters. Tip your housekeeper. Some tip at the end when they leave, or each day as they go along. We left about $20 for our favorite entertainment staff at the end.

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I can't believe it's been almost three months since we went to Pearl for our first time, and I'm just now tidying up my trip report for posting. I think it’s because after being away three months, we can't stop thinking about going back.
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Re: Staff kudos, first time, early May 2017

Postby westcpl » Mon Jul 24, 2017 7:23 am

Fantastic report, thanks so much. We are there in less than a month, so this really helped. Thanks again!!!
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Re: Staff kudos, first time, early May 2017

Postby SeaSandPool » Wed Sep 06, 2017 10:44 am

Oh my, I see this is the least viewed trip report of the last few months! I must have chosen a horrible title!

Any feedback on how this report could have been better? (Since I'll probably write another one the next time we go; can't be soon enough. Well maybe after the hurricanes are over.)

The PG Tripadvisor version of our review, titled "First time, early May; can't wait to go back" seemed to be more helpful to that audience...

P.S. We also did the photo shoot and one of the special massages and could give info on that if anyone asks.
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Re: Staff kudos, first time, early May 2017

Postby Takes2toTango » Wed Sep 06, 2017 11:52 am

Thanks for posting and bumping it. You are right must be title.
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Re: Staff kudos, first time, early May 2017

Postby Made4us96 » Wed Sep 06, 2017 1:21 pm

Thanks for such a thorough review. As soon to be first timers we hope to have a similiar adventure. My wife is also pretty shy and uncertain about her body and is also a complete amateur to being a model i wouldn't mind hearing more about how your photo session went. It is something that we desperately want to do as well.
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Re: Staff kudos, first time, early May 2017

Postby TomTom95 » Wed Sep 06, 2017 3:00 pm

Great report, and one I missed despite having read through 'all' of them in reverse order. I think you're probably right about the title.

As someone who has yet to book my trip, the need to think about personal grooming looms large. Nothing new for my wife, but I tend to just keep a business cut down there. Could be the rebel, but prefer to fit in. And a new frontier involving my bits? Sign me up!
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Re: Staff kudos, first time, early May 2017

Postby SeaSandPool » Thu Sep 07, 2017 3:31 am

Made4us96 wrote:Thanks for such a thorough review. As soon to be first timers we hope to have a similiar adventure. My wife is also pretty shy and uncertain about her body and is also a complete amateur to being a model i wouldn't mind hearing more about how your photo session went. It is something that we desperately want to do as well.


Hi Made4us96, I'll write up something more about our photo shoot for you this weekend. For now, just gotta say your line "pretty shy and uncertain about her body and is also a complete amateur to being a model" is hard to believe next to your avatar photo :) It was cool my wife never had to say one word about her "problem spots" to the photographer; she's a complete pro at understanding all that and putting everybody in their best light and knows lots of killer poses.

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Re: Staff kudos, first time, early May 2017

Postby SeaSandPool » Thu Sep 07, 2017 3:35 am

TomTom95 wrote:Great report, and one I missed despite having read through 'all' of them in reverse order. I think you're probably right about the title.

As someone who has yet to book my trip, the need to think about personal grooming looms large. Nothing new for my wife, but I tend to just keep a business cut down there. Could be the rebel, but prefer to fit in. And a new frontier involving my bits? Sign me up!


My favorite memory was the sasquatch guy who was super hairy everywhere *except* for a 4" radius around you know where :lol:
Neither of us has ever shaved it, but we're guessing doing some grooming a week or two beforehand is better than the day before, just like a regular haircut.
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Re: Staff kudos, first time, early May 2017

Postby SeaSandPool » Fri Sep 08, 2017 11:12 pm

All right Made4us96, just for you :)

We had a very fun time with the photoshoot. The whole experience made my wife feel special :D, and I love having the photos to look at now, especially since the rules are you can't take any pictures outside your own room yourself. Like most women there are a couple of things my wife doesn't like about her body (I love it all, of course) and a great thing is the photographer seemed to intuit it and she never had to say one word about what not to show or how to show what she has in the best possible way.

Photographer & Poses:
She takes great photos both technically and compositionally, and is very easy and comfortable to talk to and work with. She knows where all the idyllic photo spots are at Pearl. You've probably seen some of her go-to shots on the forum here as user profiles. Some winners are lady lying on her back on bed with her legs up, hands on boobs. Shots of the couple from the side next to the room curtains with soft light coming through. Pier, dancing, sitting, lounging, guy lifting up the girl. Shot from above, woman standing and leaning back on the side of the pier; that makes a really awesome topless shot. We got a great version of that with me kissing her neck and sort of holding down her arms against the pier. Woman laying on top of the bar in the disco, perfectly reflected on the countertop.

Subject Matter:
You can go from G to PG to R to X rated. We did a mix. The photographer will start romantic and guide you through it all, and will ask questions and adapt to what makes you feel good and sexy and avoid anything you don't want to do. Wear what you like. My wife isn't into lingerie, but loves her silver bustier and silver booty shorts and the photographer found lots to do with that. We have some great photos of her pulling off her shorts while eyeing the camera. My wife surprised herself by letting the photographer take some shots of her giving me a blowjob in the disco :bj. That was a fun conversation piece with the other guests. I've seen examples and heard snippets of stories of couples a lot wilder than what we did, sex on the beach and the like. Some friends of ours had some G-rated long shots taken of them dancing on the pier, and had them blown up and pieced together to make an awesome 6 foot picture hanging in their living room at home. Actually, talking to all the other guests and comparing notes on photos was a lot of fun, and its worth you doing the shoot early in your stay just for that.

Price:
Variable. No fee for the shoot per se, you only pay for the photos and prints you want. You can just buy one picture or none at all. You can pay per photo, approx $40, or there are package deals with volume discounts. We had a "free small book" coupon from the presentation, and got a package deal of 35 photos for about $400; 33 are in the "small book". Some pages of the book have multiple photos, and you don't have much control over which ones will get a whole page to themselves, so you might want to pick fewer for the book if you want to highlight your favorites. Or just get them printed by themselves if you want. Selecting the ones we wanted was easy and the photographer was helpful and not pushy-sales in any way.

What you get:
Photos are awesome color quality and detail, 5000 x 3333 pixels. The company did some digital finishing because the final look is very nice; you'll love how you look. I'd post one here if it was possible. You get a digital copy of every photo you buy on a thumb drive. You get complete rights to all the photos in writing. They will keep your photos for a couple of months on their computer as a backup for you that you can download if you somehow lose your copy. After that they delete them.

Timing:
Do the photoshoot at least three days before leaving. Photoshoot day 1, review and select the ones you want day 2, review the print book day 3 to make sure it turned out right. Also gives you time to talk to the other couples about it before you leave. Their office is in the little library room next to the spa/exercise room/massage rooms.

Funny experience:
Before we started our photo review, the prior couple's photos were still displayed on the screen and wouldn't close; the photographer's computer was being slow, you know the spinning disk you get on macs, for about three minutes. (The photographer was apologetic and this slip-up was unusual for her.) The next day we are in the Jacuzzi and my wife recognized the couple and we went over and said "hi". We're of course all naked in the Jacuzzi, and just going from the photos I assumed they were full-throttle exhibitionists. She asked me which pictures I saw, and I said "there was something about a blow job on the pier" and they got totally embarrassed :oops: and she blushed and dropped her eyes and he started making disclaimers like "I'm not a porn star." Well they could have fooled us, and whoever reads this should be confident they'll look great, too. The only thing I could think to say was that they could look at our photos if they wanted to make it even; probably that just made it worse, :lol:. Moral: if you want to be double-sure nobody else sees your photos, don't leave the office until the photographer closes your file folder :shock:

Cheers, highly recommended experience. Hope it works out for you, too.
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