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“Did Not Disappoint”

While we have travelled to several other vacation destinations, this was our first to Mexico and let me say we were delighted with our entire experience and, have already booked to return to Sian Ka’an in the fall. We booked our trip on the recommendation of family, and it did not disappoint! Abou… more

While we have travelled to several other vacation destinations, this was our first to Mexico and let me say we were delighted with our entire experience and, have already booked to return to Sian Ka’an in the fall. We booked our trip on the recommendation of family, and it did not disappoint! About The Resort: Sian Ka’an is a small resort (around 325 units) by comparison to the surrounding BP sister resorts. As a guest at Sian Ka’an, you have full access to the other sister resort facilities. Visitors to the sister resorts do not have visiting privileges to Sian Ka’an. We found our stay very relaxing quite likely to the demographic. I’d guess the average age was around 55+ so the atmosphere was pretty low key outside of the daily poolside activities at the “Activity” Pool. While we saw some reviews complaining it wasn’t a lively resort, the other sister BP resorts offer lots of venues for a more active evening. We surprised ourselves by participating in the foam party (which only lasted around a half-hour) and was a blast. (Insert Grandparents gone wild. LOL). The rooms were very clean and kept daily. Turndown service (available upon request) was a very nice touch. Room service was excellent, from delivering morning coffee to delivering meals, both were very quick (within 15 minutes) and was hot. While ice machines are not readily available ice was delivered within 5 mins. Food ranged from very good to excellent from our experience. Lots of fresh options for most tastes at the buffet as well as a variety of A’ La Cartes. We ate at the Maiko, Katok and the Brazilian restaurants. We look forward to trying some of the others when we return in the fall. Special Mentions: From the Bellhops through to meeting our concierge, our arrival and check-in was a breeze. The team at the check-in desk were outstanding in placing us in exactly what we were looking for in a room. Our Concierge (Isabel) was very welcoming and helpful in booking our A la Cartes and coordinating our reservations with our travel partners. She went above and above throughout our stay in assisting us in making sure our stay was a great experience. Our favorite A la Carte was the Steak House (Katok) was fantastic from receiving us with their specialty drink (Cowboy – very tasty) throughout the entire meal. Special mention to our waiter (Erik) (who was quite the Comedian) kept the meal from start to finish a pleasant experience. The food was top notch. Another special mention needs to go out to the entertainment team in particular Abigale and David (AKA “Snoop Perro”. They were both everywhere throughout the day into the latter evening. They both did an outstanding job engaging the visitors whether poolside or at the entertainment stage with friendly smiles and lots of laughs. All in all, we had an excellent vacation. We started talking about booking for the fall before we even left and a week later, we’re booked for end October. Only 177 days to go!!!!!!!

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