What a view, what a location. This is a perfect spot for a family of 5-6. We had a baby in a pack and play in one of the bathroom and two toddlers sharing the other suite. We stayed for a week and it was the right amount of time.
Pros
The rooms and bathrooms are both good in size. Beds are comfortable.
Location to elevator from the third floor - very close to the pools, beach and you can park right out next to the elevator in the garage. It was nice to not have to lug stuff very far.
In the closet there are some nice items you can use - cooler, 4 chairs, umbrella, snorkel gear x2, some spots equipment for the grass areas, 3x boogie boards and 2 circular tubes.
It’s nice to be next to dukes as you can order poolside drinks and food. They play live music in the evenings so it’s nice to be poolside during the sunset/evening so you can enjoy it.
Easy walking distance to time market, pizza spot and food trucks. We were able to carry all grocery’s back and it was only .4 miles or so.
It has a great kid/family friendly set up with pools and hot tubs. There is A LOT of really great shade in and out of the water. Probably more than I’ve seen at any other hotel or resort.
The balcony is really great size and the open glass doors fold back and you really do have a dual inside out feel.
The kitchen and laundry are a good set up. Lots of cloth towels for the kitchen which allows you to reduce paper towels etc. really appreciated this. The dishwater and cookware is all in good condition.
We had some initial challenges with the condo and host quickly responded back and offered to come assist.
Cons
The sun hits the balcony by about 10 am and it gets really really hot. It would be nice to have some shade or umbrellas out there as you can’t sit out very long and then the sun beats against the glass and it get hot inside so we did use the air conditioner. There are ceiling fans in the main and bed rooms which was nice though!
Check in wasn’t great, the staff wasn’t very helpful (maybe bc we are private visitors vs resort guests) and we got there about an hour before we “technically” could check in but they wouldn’t give us our bands - they also told us we couldn’t use the facilities which really surprised me bc the kids could have spent that hour in the pool and that is a common practice for other resorts.
The beach view is of course beautiful, the sand beach is good for play too but the water has a lot of coral rocks and then drop off.we saw a lot of adults in the water cut their feet or fall on the rocks so Not really a swim spot that kids / families would opt for - but there are other good beaches close by, you just have to shlep your stuff.
Don’t eat at the little spot within your tower - very overpriced and food is not good. Go to the tower next to you (it’s a market and has much better food items).
All in all this was quite expensive for us but worth it to have the space kids and parents need to enjoy vacation.