It's about 45 minutes away from the LIR airport. I...

It's about 45 minutes away from the LIR airport. It can take 3-5 hours to drive from the SJO airport...do not do it. Sansa Airlines has 30 minute flights to LIR between $75-$99. The drive will cost you around $200 if you find a local company and near $300 of you use the resort. (Not worth it when the plane is available.) Sorry, that was my PSA, on to the review.

The resort is gated and huge. They offer shuttles everywhere you need to go. You'll run into the same drivers and they will have recommendations on where to eat and activities to do. They also all speak great English. Special thanks to the driver, Eddie.

They check you in at the lobby and deliver your bags to your rooms. Each of your concierges will remember you name and room number-such a nice touch. We had 2 different Jeffrey's and Bergen as our concierges- They were great. If they were available, they will always offer to take you where you need to go and seem genuinely interested to do it. They also know a lot about the wildlife.

All the restaurants are legit. I don't think they like Faisanella (the Italian restaurant) they'll sugar coat it like "I just think there are better options than pasta". I went and it's good, but the timing for the food is off. We had apps coming out with the main courses, but it all tasted good and fresh. The Brazilian steakhouse was the favorite I think. The buffet, Mitra, was also so so so good. We took a pescatarian to the steakhouse and they made fish just for him.

Free activities included bike riding, bingo, yoga, Tai chi and more.

They turn off the AC in the event spaces when not in use, which gives it a musky smell. On the second day, it smelled super great but that scent conditioning should have been done day 1.

The beach is incredible, but it is technically a public beach.

I think that's everything. They offer certain items for purchase in the restaurants, but you don't feel like you need to purchase it to get a full experience.

Oh, the bad: I got locked INSIDE of my room. I set the deadbolt at night and when I went to disengage it in the morning, the door did not open. I woke up my roomie to make sure I wasn't insane... I wasn't. No problem, I'll just call the help line, it took about 2 minutes and Jeffrie was at the door to check on the situation. I had somewhere to be so by 8, so O climbed out the balcony. I appreciated that he met me on the side of the building in the bushes, despite trying to talk me out of doing it in the first place. It was fixed that same morning, but really, it is ghetto rigged, that lock needs to be replaced. The handyman came in (through the balcony) removed a pin in the door, put it back, then opened the door. Turned to my roomie and said, "you have to turn the lock twice." I'm no genius, but I can unlock a door. When I was taken to my meeting, he said the funniest thing, that he thought we had too much to drink last night causing the door problems. I nearly fell out of the golf cart laughing. We always had to use our key 3-4 times before the door would open. So, here's the thing, at the end of the day Jeffrie took us back to our building and asked if he could come in to check the lock. This would be the first time the lock was checked since we left in the morning. He comes in, engages the lock, and fidgets with it for 10-20 seconds. At this point, I'm just sipping my tea. He then says, we need to hold the knob when we turn the deadbolt. Easy fix, but that's a bandaid. In the end, this didn't ruin any part of my trip, but they need to fix that door in Tower 1.

Kevin helped us with our event and he did ALOT for us. We very much appreciated it.

There's a gift shop in the resort too. I came in for 1 or two bags of coffee and left with 13 bags of coffee and chocolates between my friend and I, thanks Alberto.

Oh, and it is perfect for kids. They have special places by the pool and in some restaurants if you are in the family section of the resort.

And you'll see a lot of iguanas.