Agenh83

We were just there in mid-October, and we didn't have a problem with any construction noise, but I don't know how much they were doing at that point. We saw some equipment down aways, but it didn't look like people were working. Maybe it's gotten worse? Noise was definitely not our complaint; the horrible service for the high price was what made it so disappointing for us.

I believe so, yes. I know someone upthread said number 11 was very near the bathroom, which we definitely had to walk to. This was number 17, and there were only a few that were further than ours I think.

The beach in front was open to anyone. There were lots of chairs down there that anyone could use. It wasn't too crowded down by us, perhaps because our cabana was a bit of a walk, and unless you had a cabana you probably wouldn't walk down that far. The beach area closer to the recreation and food areas was very crowded though. I've attached a picture of the cabana for you to check it out.

The almost $600 was NOT worth the money. My husband and I got one since this trip was our honeymoon, and I thought it would be nice. Our cabana person who was supposed to take our drink orders never brought our drinks and disappeared for the rest of the day. We had to go get our drinks from the bar where we had to stand on line for 45 minutes and be yelled at by a rude bartender. Our food busser started hounding us every 5 minutes around 2:15. "Can i take those cheeses in the fridge?" "Are you done with the fruit? Can I take?" We weren't done and still had 2 hours and I told him so, but EVERY 5 MINUTES he'd return. I finally barked, "Just take all of it! We weren't finished and I've told you that 3 times, but TAKE IT." At 3:30 some cleaning people were standing around staring at us like we needed to leave. It was so infuriating.

There are plenty of loungers, a free buffet, and if your server disappears you'll be waiting at the bar for drinks. I may as well have lit that $600 on fire. Most of the cruise was a massive disappointment, but the private cabana was the biggest. Maybe with a large group of people you'll have fun and not notice, but we wanted to hang away from people, relax, read, swim in the ocean at our leisure and not have to deal with the crowds for a day. We didn't get that.

The almost $600 was NOT worth the money. My husband and I got one since this trip was our honeymoon, and I thought it would be nice. Our cabana person who was supposed to take our drink orders never brought our drinks and disappeared for the rest of the day. We had to go get our drinks from the bar where we had to stand on line for 45 minutes and be yelled at by a rude bartender. Our food busser started hounding us every 5 minutes around 2:15. "Can i take those cheeses in the fridge?" "Are you done with the fruit? Can I take?" We weren't done and still had 2 hours and I told him so, but EVERY 5 MINUTES he'd return. I finally barked, "Just take all of it! We weren't finished and I've told you that 3 times, but TAKE IT."

There are plenty of loungers, a free buffet, and if your server disappears you'll be waiting at the bar for drinks. I may as well have lit that $600 on fire. Most of the cruise was a massive disappointment, but the private cabana was the biggest.