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We went here on our honeymoon. The location is phe...

We went here on our honeymoon. The location is phenomenal. We had rooms a floor overlooking the pool and ocean. The sound of the waves was incredibly relaxing. I've been trying to find a similar sound on the internet to sleep to, but it's hard to recreate. So wonderful.

The pool was great and had a large hot tub. They played reggae/dub when we were there and we enjoyed the atmosphere. We enjoyed lounging and getting in the tub. The ocean is down the stairs from that if you want to get in. There were a lot of kids there. I think for a birthday party or something, but they were taking over the hot tub and the pool and they woke us up in the morning. If you're paying $500+/night for a room with your new wife, that's not what you hope to wake up to.

The rooms were solid. They weren't incredibly spacious, but the bed was super comfortable. There were robes to wear and ear plugs if the ocean was too loud, though I would have needed them more for the screaming children in the mornings. The blinds could have also been better at keeping out the light. Sleep masks would have been nice to have, but we forgot to pick some up, so it would have been great to have these provided. The carpets were dingy and felt kind of sticky on my bare feet, so it would have been nice to have some slippers provided to wear around. The stairwells were also a bit gross and could use some renovation. There was also a smell of cologne from I assume the previous resident in our room when we checked in, which was kind of gross.

There was a mini-bar but we didn't really want to use it except for the fridge. It would have been nice if there was a microwave. I overheard someone say they could bring an empty fridge and microwave in as I was checking out, so maybe that's a possibility, but we didn't know about it.

They had a DVD player in the room but no way to hook it up so I'm not sure why it was there. I discovered there was a Chromecast. Once I figured out how to use the Chromecast, it was nice to be able to stream movies. There wasn't a guide for using this or any indication it was there except for a channel called Chromecast in the guide, which didn't work (I had to switch the input to HDMI 3), so it could have been better, but it worked okay. There was no cell phone service in my room (T-Mobile), I think due to the location of the room, but there was fast Wi-Fi and I could place and receive Wi-Fi calls.

The house-keeping service was great and checked on us a couple of times a day, bringing bottled water and chocolate, which we enjoyed. There was one time that a maid opened the door without knocking while we were changing. I tried to explain that we were changing and she should come back later, but she just handed me a bottle of water and a bunch of chocolates. I don't think she spoke great English.

The price seemed reasonable at first but there were a lot of additional charges. While booking, there was a $200 fee, then there was a daily fee for the Valet, plus a daily resort fee/tax, so it ended up being more than I expected. It was nice to not worry about parking and the valet service was excellent, but I like to know how much things will cost up front when booking. We also weren't able to do a late check-out so that's also a little frustrating when you think you might have to use the bathroom soon and want to take a little extra time to get your things together, but they're kicking you out. They did offer to let us hang around the resort longer instead, but we decided to move on.

Overall, I enjoyed the stay despite the inconveniences of children screaming in the morning and the quality of the rooms, but I had hoped for more given the price.

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