SunshineJK's Grand Sunset Princess Trip Report - Page 3

BigErn · 03-06-2008

Thanks for posting ! We're headed to the GRP April 30th. It's nice to hear a nice report, they've been pretty brutal lately on TA.

Mike

sitter · 03-06-2008

Ok...we are finally off to GOOD reports of this resort!!

We are all going there in October for son's wedding. About 20 of us want to have a great time...but more important, we need a nice resort!!

tmpoissant · 03-06-2008

Does anyone know which side to check-in at for the Laguna Villas? or where the Platinum check-in is? I've heard there's been some confusion...

faykoko · 03-07-2008

"One nice thing, is Friday, La Hacienda (Mexican Restaurant) will no longer require reservations and Saturday, Mama Mia will not need reservations as well. So that really helps, as reservations seemed really hard to get. I am thinking that maybe their staffing is improving, so they are able to do this???

Not sure...We had to stand in line for almost an hour to make the one reservation, but we met a really nice couple in front of us and chatted with them, so it made the time go really fast."

Are the other ala cartes still reservations required. ( I'm actually hoping so as I booked platinum and would like at least one perk to remain that they offered with it.)

I'm also interested in more information regarding the dive shop.

konaman · 03-07-2008

It is great to see such a fine report of this resort. I was starting to really worry after all the negitive I read on TA. This has now reassured me in a good way. Arriving April 2, and really tired of a long winter in this part of canada and need warmth and sun.

tarlin · 03-07-2008

has anyone seen the ice cream parlor at the grand revieria princess or is it one of things that is not running yet

brandn · 03-08-2008

Where are you Sunshine?!?!? I want to hear about the rest of your trip...some pictures would be nice also!! Please

Catalyst · 03-09-2008

Quote:

Originally Posted by sunshinejk

Well, today isn't over yet, it is only about 4:15, but we just got back from our F1 tour and need a break, so I am typing more of the trip report. Not only for you, but for ME, because I have a terrible memory and need to do this as it goes. LOL.

Where can I find info on the F1 Tour?

Nice report. I'm still reading

sunshinejk · 03-10-2008

Quote:

Originally Posted by Catalyst

Where can I find info on the F1 Tour?

Nice report. I'm still reading

The F1 report, I booked right on this site. Go to the home page, and then Tours by Anna and James. It is called the Formula One Offshore. It is awesome.

I am going to try to post a few photos now. SOrry it took so long. Been back and been busy (and sick

)

So, I will try to get the pics in first, and then continue with the last couple days.

sunshinejk · 03-10-2008

Try as I might, I can't get my pictures to save when I copy the IMG code from photobucket into my posts. Anyone know what the heck I am doing wrong?
I can copy the code, but when I hit save, it just thinks and thinks and thinks. It has been thinking for 4 hours....HELP.

jslowrider · 03-10-2008

not so worried about the pictures....i have seen lots....we have changed our reservations from the barcelo palace to the princess.....due to costs.....tell me it was a wonderful time...we arrive june 29th....anyone else going this time?...lets meet up it would be fun

Janice

KC Arrowhead · 03-10-2008

She's back

We will get the pics whenever. Looking forward to the rest of the trip report

One h*ll of a cliff hanger!!

KC

sunshinejk · 03-10-2008

Since I can't get the dang pictures to load right now, I will try and finish my trip report.

Saturday, here we go. We got up bright and early and headed down for an early breakfast before our FatCat tour was to start. We were supposed to meet in our lobby at 8:15 for our pick-up. We waited, and waited and waited, thinking maybe we got the pick-up wrong. Nope, checked the paperwork, right where we were supposed to be. Hubby goes to the front desk to see if he can call the FatCat office, gets redirected to the concierge line which was REALLY long. He waited in line, I waited in the lobby for the bus (just in case). 9:30, Korey comes back. OOPS, the driver went to the wrong hotel...so we didn't get to do the
FatCat.

We were bummed, but Playa.Info was GREAT about refunding our deposit to us. Now we will just have to do that when we go there next time.

So....with no excursion on Saturday, we head back to the room and get our beach stuff ready. We spent a lazy day on the beach, ate a late lunch, took a nap and we WERE going to meet Dan and Mickey at Bad Boyz, but we got a case of the tummy yucks. We were also going to meet our friends from WI there, but we decided to stay at the hotel.

We did end up going to MISO for dinner that night and had the Tepanyaki. It was an AWESOME show.

I couldn't choke down the sushi or the sushimi ), but the rest of it was really really really good (I am NOT a seafood eater when it was cooked, I had a really hard time with it being uncooked, nothing against the sushi, others that LIKE that kind of stuff said it was great).

Sushi

Sushimi

Our chef was "Bruce Lee" and he was funny and did a GREAT job.

Dessert: Korey's was really good. A deep fried banana and chocolate ice cream. Kind of looks like a penis.

I had deep fried ice cream, but I didn't take a picture. I ate it too fast. It was OK, I have had better.

We were lazy and really not feeling the greatest, so after a 2 hour dinner which started at 8 pm, we hit the hay shortly after 10 pm.

sunshinejk · 03-10-2008

Sunday was almost a repeat of Saturday. Only we didn't have an excursion planned. So...we slept in, got up around 9ish, and hit the beach. We found a nice palapa off to the south end of the beach. I gotta say, I REALLY liked the beach. We always found a chair and found a palapa when we wanted one. It is really sandy, and the animation crew is always keeping you busy if you WANT to be busy with horseshoes, sand volleyball, bocce ball, etc. We were bums, though, so didn't do any of that. Just drank, walked the beach, and sat on our duffs reading a book/magazine, or catching the sun.

We had dinner on Sunday night at Mama Mia, the Italian restaurant. It was REALLY good. We had an appetizer of bruschetta. One with mushrooms and one with tomatoes.

My salad, I can't remember the name of, but it was sliced cheese and tomatoes with a balsamic/pesto oil drizzled over it.

Korey had a beef raw, thinly sliced "salad" with thin sliced parmesan cheese and a pesto type oil drizzled on it.

I had no idea what I was ordering for dinner, though, as the menu was not very descriptive. Korey got something like Capannolli?????

and I got Risotto. I took a stab at it and couldn't have ordered more perfectly for myself. I LOVE mushrooms, and this was like a cheesy rice with the best mushrooms EVER on the top of it.

I was a tad bit dissappointed with the dessert, as I REALLY wanted Tirimasu that was listed on the menu. Well, it looked like we got 3 of the small dessert cakes that were from the buffet line. One was KIND of like Tiramasu, though. All in all, it was yummy.

We were going to actually catch one of the shows before leaving on Monday AM, but after dinner, we decided to go to our rooms and pack for the morning departure.

We feel old...we sure went to bed early most nights, and we are only in our 30's. What the heck is wrong with us!!!??? Maybe we need to come back for another week and make it a party week. LOL.

sunshinejk · 03-10-2008

Well, we had a 10:45 a.m. flight at the CUN airport, so it was up early for us on Monday. We had to catch our transfer in the lobby at 7:05. Since the buffets were not open yet, we went to the sports bar and had nachos and hot dogs for breakfast at 6:40 in the AM. LOL. They were tasty, though. I also had a killer mocha latte. It was DELISH!! I wish I would have made my way in there every morning... darn it anyway.

The transfer was right on time, so it was adios amigos, we were on our way home. Sad but excited to see our kiddos, too. At the airport, I got pulled aside and checked. My purse, my carry on, the wand EVERYWERE. Once they found I was "clean" I got to meet Korey on the plane.

We had an uneventful flight back to Minneapolis and left the warm caribbean weather to 15F. c.c.c.c.c.old back home. We are back safe and sound and ready to plan the next trip!!

Would I go back to the Grand Sunset Princess??? YOU BETCHA!! It was awesome!!

03-06-2008	#33 (permalink)
tmpoissant sandflea Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Oregon Posts: 5	Laguna Villas Does anyone know which side to check-in at for the Laguna Villas? or where the Platinum check-in is? I've heard there's been some confusion...

03-10-2008	#41 (permalink)
jslowrider way into it Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Danville ca Posts: 102	tell me it was great!!! not so worried about the pictures....i have seen lots....we have changed our reservations from the barcelo palace to the princess.....due to costs.....tell me it was a wonderful time...we arrive june 29th....anyone else going this time?...lets meet up it would be fun Janice

03-10-2008	#43 (permalink)
sunshinejk beachaholic Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 263	Saturday Since I can't get the dang pictures to load right now, I will try and finish my trip report. Saturday, here we go. We got up bright and early and headed down for an early breakfast before our FatCat tour was to start. We were supposed to meet in our lobby at 8:15 for our pick-up. We waited, and waited and waited, thinking maybe we got the pick-up wrong. Nope, checked the paperwork, right where we were supposed to be. Hubby goes to the front desk to see if he can call the FatCat office, gets redirected to the concierge line which was REALLY long. He waited in line, I waited in the lobby for the bus (just in case). 9:30, Korey comes back. OOPS, the driver went to the wrong hotel...so we didn't get to do the FatCat. We were bummed, but Playa.Info was GREAT about refunding our deposit to us. Now we will just have to do that when we go there next time. So....with no excursion on Saturday, we head back to the room and get our beach stuff ready. We spent a lazy day on the beach, ate a late lunch, took a nap and we WERE going to meet Dan and Mickey at Bad Boyz, but we got a case of the tummy yucks. We were also going to meet our friends from WI there, but we decided to stay at the hotel. We did end up going to MISO for dinner that night and had the Tepanyaki. It was an AWESOME show. I couldn't choke down the sushi or the sushimi ), but the rest of it was really really really good (I am NOT a seafood eater when it was cooked, I had a really hard time with it being uncooked, nothing against the sushi, others that LIKE that kind of stuff said it was great). Sushi Sushimi Our chef was "Bruce Lee" and he was funny and did a GREAT job. Dessert: Korey's was really good. A deep fried banana and chocolate ice cream. Kind of looks like a penis. I had deep fried ice cream, but I didn't take a picture. I ate it too fast. It was OK, I have had better. We were lazy and really not feeling the greatest, so after a 2 hour dinner which started at 8 pm, we hit the hay shortly after 10 pm. __________________ until I am lying on the beach at Grand Sunset Princess!! 2008 Grand Sunset Princess Trip Report Last edited by sunshinejk : 03-11-2008 at 07:13 PM.

03-10-2008	#44 (permalink)
sunshinejk beachaholic Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 263	Sunday Sunday was almost a repeat of Saturday. Only we didn't have an excursion planned. So...we slept in, got up around 9ish, and hit the beach. We found a nice palapa off to the south end of the beach. I gotta say, I REALLY liked the beach. We always found a chair and found a palapa when we wanted one. It is really sandy, and the animation crew is always keeping you busy if you WANT to be busy with horseshoes, sand volleyball, bocce ball, etc. We were bums, though, so didn't do any of that. Just drank, walked the beach, and sat on our duffs reading a book/magazine, or catching the sun. We had dinner on Sunday night at Mama Mia, the Italian restaurant. It was REALLY good. We had an appetizer of bruschetta. One with mushrooms and one with tomatoes. My salad, I can't remember the name of, but it was sliced cheese and tomatoes with a balsamic/pesto oil drizzled over it. Korey had a beef raw, thinly sliced "salad" with thin sliced parmesan cheese and a pesto type oil drizzled on it. I had no idea what I was ordering for dinner, though, as the menu was not very descriptive. Korey got something like Capannolli????? and I got Risotto. I took a stab at it and couldn't have ordered more perfectly for myself. I LOVE mushrooms, and this was like a cheesy rice with the best mushrooms EVER on the top of it. I was a tad bit dissappointed with the dessert, as I REALLY wanted Tirimasu that was listed on the menu. Well, it looked like we got 3 of the small dessert cakes that were from the buffet line. One was KIND of like Tiramasu, though. All in all, it was yummy. We were going to actually catch one of the shows before leaving on Monday AM, but after dinner, we decided to go to our rooms and pack for the morning departure. We feel old...we sure went to bed early most nights, and we are only in our 30's. What the heck is wrong with us!!!??? Maybe we need to come back for another week and make it a party week. LOL. Last edited by sunshinejk : 03-11-2008 at 07:15 PM.

03-10-2008	#45 (permalink)
sunshinejk beachaholic Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 263	Monday and back to reality Well, we had a 10:45 a.m. flight at the CUN airport, so it was up early for us on Monday. We had to catch our transfer in the lobby at 7:05. Since the buffets were not open yet, we went to the sports bar and had nachos and hot dogs for breakfast at 6:40 in the AM. LOL. They were tasty, though. I also had a killer mocha latte. It was DELISH!! I wish I would have made my way in there every morning... darn it anyway. The transfer was right on time, so it was adios amigos, we were on our way home. Sad but excited to see our kiddos, too. At the airport, I got pulled aside and checked. My purse, my carry on, the wand EVERYWERE. Once they found I was "clean" I got to meet Korey on the plane. We had an uneventful flight back to Minneapolis and left the warm caribbean weather to 15F. c.c.c.c.c.old back home. We are back safe and sound and ready to plan the next trip!! Would I go back to the Grand Sunset Princess??? YOU BETCHA!! It was awesome!!

03-06-2008	#31 (permalink)
BigErn lost on fifth Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Bloomingdale Il. Posts: 21	Thanks for posting ! We're headed to the GRP April 30th. It's nice to hear a nice report, they've been pretty brutal lately on TA. Mike

03-06-2008	#32 (permalink)
sitter lost on fifth Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 12	Ok...we are finally off to GOOD reports of this resort!! We are all going there in October for son's wedding. About 20 of us want to have a great time...but more important, we need a nice resort!!

03-07-2008	#34 (permalink)
faykoko toe in water Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 41	"One nice thing, is Friday, La Hacienda (Mexican Restaurant) will no longer require reservations and Saturday, Mama Mia will not need reservations as well. So that really helps, as reservations seemed really hard to get. I am thinking that maybe their staffing is improving, so they are able to do this??? Not sure...We had to stand in line for almost an hour to make the one reservation, but we met a really nice couple in front of us and chatted with them, so it made the time go really fast." Are the other ala cartes still reservations required. ( I'm actually hoping so as I booked platinum and would like at least one perk to remain that they offered with it.) I'm also interested in more information regarding the dive shop.

03-07-2008	#35 (permalink)
konaman sandflea Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 9	It is great to see such a fine report of this resort. I was starting to really worry after all the negitive I read on TA. This has now reassured me in a good way. Arriving April 2, and really tired of a long winter in this part of canada and need warmth and sun.

03-07-2008	#36 (permalink)
tarlin lost on fifth Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 10	has anyone seen the ice cream parlor at the grand revieria princess or is it one of things that is not running yet

03-08-2008	#37 (permalink)
brandn into ruins Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Richlands, Va Posts: 65	Where are you Sunshine?!?!? I want to hear about the rest of your trip...some pictures would be nice also!! Please

03-10-2008	#40 (permalink)
sunshinejk beachaholic Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 263	Try as I might, I can't get my pictures to save when I copy the IMG code from photobucket into my posts. Anyone know what the heck I am doing wrong? I can copy the code, but when I hit save, it just thinks and thinks and thinks. It has been thinking for 4 hours....HELP.

03-10-2008	#42 (permalink)
KC Arrowhead beachaholic Join Date: May 2004 Location: 15 minutes east of Arrowhead stadium Posts: 314	She's back We will get the pics whenever. Looking forward to the rest of the trip report One h*ll of a cliff hanger!! KC

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