El Dorado Royale- 2011

[terzaghi]

Thought I would post a quick trip report of our trip to the El Dorado Royale in 2011. We went with some friends of ours who went in 2010 and loved it and wanted to go back. Mostly pictures, few comments.

Regarding the resort:

Clean rooms, beach is so-so, breakfast is awesome, lunch is usually good, and dinner is hit or miss. Great drinks if you ask for premium alcohol. Definitely had a good time and could possibly go back another day (but there are just so many other places to try!)

now on to the trip itself:

We had a 6:30 AM flight out of Tulsa OK, connect in Dallas, then on to Cancun. A huge hail storm came in and damaged tons of planes. We were taking tequila shots at 11:00p, getting ready to pass out before we had to catch out flight, when we received notification from the airline that our flight was canceled! We called back and were put on hold for an hour and a half! We finally get through to someone and there are NO flights out of tulsa for the next 24 hours. Yikes!

So we did what any anxious vacationers would do- we decided to drive to Dallas last minute and catch our connecting flight. We had them bump us from the 9:00 flight to the 11:00 flight so we had time to make the 5 hour drive. The girls take a quick nap. My buddy and I head out to my driveway at 3AM to change a tire on his truck which had serious damage from a few days back. Fortunately, he had a full size spare so we were in good shape. We head to the gas station for essentials like donuts and coffee. Wake the girls up at 4AM, and hit the road to Dallas. Arrive at airport by 9:30 AM. We can be seen crossing into Texas here:



We catch our plane and arrive in cancun only 2 hours after our originally planned time. Not bad! Still no sleep for me... Finally sleep after being up for nearly 2 days!

We arrive at the resort and immediately settle in. Some photos below:

[terzaghi]

Yikes, Sorry, looks like I copied some thumbnails off of my facebook on accident. Forgive the small photos,

Anyway- continuing on: We basically spent the entire 7 days at the resort just lounging out, drinking ,etc except one day trip.

Our trip out consisted of a fishing charter with Captain Rick's in Puerto Aventuras (we did this in 2009 as well and had a great time.)

The 4 of us went out for 2/3 day fishing and 1/3 day snorkeling. Snorkeling was decent, but the boat captain was ready to fish!

Fishing was pretty slow most of the day, except toward the end. We ended up catching a white marlin, sail fish, and mahi mahi

[terzaghi]

We took half of the mahi mahi and gave the other half to the captain (along with a nice tip) for the great time we had.

We stopped by a restaurant right next to the docks where they cooked up our 45 minute old catch. Best seafood of my life! MY wife doens't eat fish but she LOVED it. They cooked the fish for free and we simply paid for sides and drinks

[terzaghi]

One of the landscape guys helped us get into a coconut!





For our anniversary, they decorated our room free of charge

[terzaghi]

Sorry for the quick report, excuse photo size, gaps in timeline etc, as I just wanted to share a few of our photos and stories.

[lindalou61]

Thanks for sharing. Great pics of the fish. You guys had quite the start to your vacation!

[T&L]

Originally Posted by terzaghi

We took half of the mahi mahi and gave the other half to the captain (along with a nice tip) for the great time we had.

We stopped by a restaurant right next to the docks where they cooked up our 45 minute old catch. Best seafood of my life! MY wife doens't eat fish but she LOVED it. They cooked the fish for free and we simply paid for sides and drinks

That's BOMB!!!! .... I commercial fished here in the states out of the Boston Area, which is famous for seafood. I have gotten accustomed to eating fish/scallops/lobster right out of the water, the experience is completely different then eating something that has been bought in a supermarket or even something that is eaten even days old.

I love the fact that they are willing to cook your catch right there... Your wife doesn't like fish...She likes fresh fish!!!

Unfortunately when you do something for a living it kinda takes the fun away from it .... but maybe ill just go sit the landing site and eat off someone else's plate.

[terzaghi]

Originally Posted by T&L

.... but maybe ill just go sit the landing site and eat off someone else's plate.

Yeah, we gave away 2 large filets of mahi mahi to the people next to us because we couldn't eat it all! I'm sure you'd find someone happy to share their catch!

[Goodtobehere]

Thank you for taking the time to share your trip with us....love the pictures! The fish looks amazing...growing up in Nova Scotia I was used to eating fish just as fresh however, not so much anymore....