Accomodations:The room was a B+ compared to Cancun’s. It’s an older property and we were placed right by the main path. In hindsight we just should have asked to be moved because they would have done it no prob, but we had already unpacked and didn’t spend much time in it anyway. Only annoying thing was when drunk people went back to their rooms, we could hear them snorting and laughing.
It was cleaned every day and the toiletries pack was actually awesome, but the hot tub in the room was “lopsided” so we could never keep water in it for long and it didn’t have the extra space that our Cancun room had-we had a sitting area in that one and the hot tub was angled better to see the TV. Otherwise it was nice. Upon our arrival we had a towel swan on the bed with rose petals. No bottle of champagne but they did bring it as soon as we mentioned we were honeymooners. The shower was awful! In Cancun the toilet and shower were in seperate rooms but in DR the toilet FACED the clear shower doors lol so we couldn’t be in there at the same time like in Cancun when he would shower while I peed etc. Also the shower doors were the cheap kind and leaked water so we ended up having to use some of our few towels to sop it up every night. Didn’t like that. Otherwise, room was ok. (PS stole the bathroom pics from Eliana since I didn’t take andy and she went to the same place, just to show how weird the bathroom setup was.)
Overall B+
Our first night.
*Side note You DO have to dress up a little for dinner. Lunch and breakfast are pretty relaxed and in the resort in Cancun they were not really enforcing the rule, but here they really did. Some people complained about having to wear khakis or a dress but DH and I felt it made it a little more special, and he is normally a wife beater and jeans kinda guy. They weren’t asking black tie or anything and its nice to see something besides bathing suits on people who should NOT be wearing them in the first place!
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LMAO ok that was mean…I take it back! But yes, bring some nicer clothes for evening.
Food: I know people always are afraid of all-inclusives because of the food but the food was FABULOUS! Cancun had good food but this blew it out pf the water completely. For one thing, they encouraged you to order as much as you wanted at the evening restaurants which were “al la carte” meaning you ordered from a menu but it was still all included. In both Mexico and Punta Cana we found the servings to be TINY but where in Mexico they made it seem you could only order one appetizer sized entrée, in Punta Cana they brought me the 4 things I was debating about one night without even asking me! Just brought it out and told me I didn’t have to choose! I thought that was fantastic service. You don’t have to tip at all, but we did every meal and we found they were just slightly more attentive. It also helped that I understood the language.
Breakfast and Lunch were buffets and dinner was al la carte themed restaurants; nine in all though not all of them were open every night.. They did have one al la carte lunch place but it was eh. The buffets were awesome. SOOO much fresh fruit and they had a smoothie area and so much seafood which Cancun lacked. We went to the Mediterranean restaurant, the Grill, the Lobster House and the Asian and French. All were fabulous. In Mexico we also did the Mexican one and that was also awesome.
AND I should mention that 24-hour room service is included and they have a GREAT menu. When poor DH was trying to cool his shedding burnt skin in the shower one night, I ordered at like 2am and they were quick and so polite despite the crazy hour.
DH and I gained 5 pounds apiece lol!
Overall: A++++++
Staff:We had no issues with the staff. They were all very attentive and helpful and they actually spoke excellent English which was a minor problem in Cancun. The entertainment staff also has a good time with the guests. We had daily water aerobics which I loved and we played games everyday at 3pm. I won a bottle of champagne and some STRONG Dominican rum lmao for winning the banana game; had to hold a banana with the tip cut off, between your legs and pass it to the person next to you-It was all girls (because they got the guys out quick so no sexual harassment going on) LOL but we had a BUNCH of men watching lmao and you can imagine why since we couldn’t use our hands!
This was another game-an egg carry game. My team was SLOW! ?
Excursions:Cannot really rate this since we didn’t do any paid excursions-we were lazy asses lol we admit it. we sat around, drank and burned. But we did go on the free horseback riding tour they offer-supposed to be a half hour long but it is really like a half hour out and a half hour back. I recommend doing it because it is free and really fun. We also heard from several couples that the catamaran/speedboat excursion was great.
Side note again: For anyone who knows a gay couple who wants to go to a beautiful resort and not be made to feel uncomfortable, the guy next to me said he and his partner were treated REALLY well despite the fact homosexuality isn’t looked upon really well generally in Latin cultures. They said outside of the resort they had the usual issues but inside they were treated no differently than any other honeymooning couples. We told my SIL and her partner about it and they plan on going.
Shops(on the resort):
Had to rate this because we needed to buy aloe vera and asprin because dh burned soooo bad-was like a first degree burn on top of another one. He was burned BENEATH his burn –shakes head- so we needed Tylenol for the fever and they charged us like 10 bucks for 2 little packages, I kid you not! A small pack of Q-tips was also another 7 bucks. And another female guest told me she was charges 10 dollars for 3 tampons… Moral of the story is BRING EVERYTHING you might need unless you want to pretend to be Richie Rich and his wife.
Overall we had a phenomenal time and would love to go back with our in-laws. No kids, just sun, fun and booze! LOl what more can you ask for!
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