soniela |
Feb 16th, 2004 07:00 PM |
We stayed there in July 2001 (that's where my husband proposed to me!!!). We got a really good all inclusive deal, and we were young and on a budget, so we took it. It was definately not the best in the world, but it was "good enough". It depends what you like. If you're the type of person that lays on the beach and relaxes in your hotel room quite a bit, you might get annoyed that this hotel is a little run down. We are very adventurous people. We're NEVER in our room. We leave at 5:30 in the morning, and return at 11 pm. Pretty much the only thing we do in the hotel is sleep. So it didn't bother us that much that the hotel was a little older.
We scheduled tons of tours (which is A MUST while in Cancun), so we needed a wake up call very early every morning. But...our phone didn't work. We told the front desk, and they told us they would move us. It was a huge hassle because they forgot about us, we had to keep reminding them to come move us, and finally they told us we would have to wait until the following day. Granted this was just an accident, but we were terribly annoyed.
The food was NOT good. We ate as much of it as we could because we didn't want to waste money always eating out (since the food was free with our all-inclusive deal). And we were very annoyed with the the lack of "all-inclusive" activities. It's not a true "all-inclusive." I'm being quite critical, but trust me that the hotel did not ruin my trip in any way. Cancun was AMAZING!!! We had the time of our lives! It's just hard not to compare the Continental Plaza with surrounding hotels and with other all-inclusives that I've been to such as the Sandals Resorts in Jamaica (which are definate all-inclusives!)
You'll love Cancun. Make sure to book trips. We booked them all at the hotel once we got there. Xcaret was THE BEST!!! Also, there are many snorkeling tours...make sure to do one! The snorkeling was MUCH, MUCH better than any snorkeling I've done in other places such as Jamaica or Hawaii. The "Snorkeling Adventure" was such a fun tour group! They made the whole day a blast!
Enjoy your trip!
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