Just back from Viva Wyndham Maya - Questions?

[mike in canada]

Couple of FAQs.
1. Beach is improving daily. Large sandbags are being erected to protect and expand the beach. When I left yesterday they had around 8 rows of chairs on one half of the beach and were working on the second half.

2. Weather. Hot n sunny all but 2 days of our 13 day trip. Much windier than I remember last year and years past. Ocean not calm but fun for boogie boarding etc etc.

3. Adjacent resorts are not protecting their beaches and therefore losing some more palms etc etc. However, the resorts are set back further and therefore they had more beach to start with.

4. Playa del Carmen is getting bigger and bigger. Starting to become too much like Cancun South for my taste as 5th Avenue keeps growing and growing.

Any questions welcome.
Mike

[Babaloo]

Originally Posted by mike in canada

4. Playa del Carmen is getting bigger and bigger. Starting to become too much like Cancun South for my taste as 5th Avenue keeps growing and growing.

Any questions welcome.
Mike

interesting you say that
I'm curious as to why you feel that way.
Certainly not the nightlife.
Certainly not the highrise after highrise
Certainly not the spring breakers

I do know traffic and parking are larger issues now.

[medusa_01tx]

hi mike glad to hear about the beach improvement. hubby and i will be at viva maya in june and can't wait. we haven't been to playa since '99 and really looking forward to seeing how the place has changed. we also stayed at viva maya then and know we will enjoy ourselves no matter what. do you have any pics of the beach to post? thanks, darla

[mike in canada]

Greetings
I will post some beach renovation pics as soon as I've downloaded them from the camera.
Hi Babaloo... I know there are no hi rises but Walmart, Sam's Club...... and 5th Ave north of 10 look more like a mexican rodeo drive than the "old" PDC we first saw 8/9 years ago. I know that development etc is good but its not what I like and we will probably head further south next time. Frankly, I find PDC quite expensive these and while I accept that there are good and less expensive restaurants off the main strip, we used to eat out in PDC for roughly half what we pay in Canada. Now its about the same. No complaints... just an observation.
Regards
Mike

[RonH]

Hey Mike, how was it to get chairs? Did ya have to be down at 6am to get loungers and shade?

[beachmom]

Hi Mike,
I have a question...........did you get the name of that song for my kiddies?????? Or did ya forget about me ?????????? Lol, they are still bugging me for it!!!!!!!

Karen

[mike in canada]

Hi Mom.
Didnt forget about you. Asked my son to get a copy. He wasn't able to. Said the DJ was being a jerk! Still hopeful that I can find the original we have at home somewhere. Have your email. Will keep looking!
Mike

[mike in canada]

Originally Posted by RonH

Hey Mike, how was it to get chairs? Did ya have to be down at 6am to get loungers and shade?

I am a towel game pro... Best trick is to move chairs that are in the spot under the shade you want so there is just enough room to slide in the extras you want but not enough room for the guys to fill the gap overnight. Then you come down at breakfast, grab a couple of chairs and slide them into the vacant spot you left the night before.
Best spot is adjacent to the towel station by the pool. There are palms there and they never put chairs there because its on the pool deck not the beach. Circle the wagons and be prepared to fend off all attackers....
Mike

[mike in canada]

OK. I've loaded pics into photobucket. Now what do I do!
Mike