Ok... first of all, we have already booked (will be there Jan 7-14), so the bad reviews did not scare us off. Nevertheless, as first times to the resort (not the lifestyle), we decided to read many of the travel reports (not on this site).
To say the vary from "shoot me in the head" to "I have been born again", would be an understatement.
We are cetainly not going there because of the room quality (when we want to be 5 star pampered we go to the Encore in Vegas), not do we expect 3 Star Michelin rated restaurants, no we decided to go there for over all experiece of Sun, Fun, and meeting like minded people.
What surprised us on some of the reviews (and we ignored the reviews of those people who just did not get the spirit of the place), were some of the comments on the staff, security, and locals.
To sume it up: There were many comments about staff and security "trying to get into my partners pants", "hitting on my wife", "rude cat calls". Yes there were tons of super positive comments too, "filled every wish", "extremely friendly", "professional".
My first question: Did some of the reviews just get a friendly compliment as a come on, or do staffers really try to get in on the action?
Some of the negative reviews also commented about the use of drugs. (We are from Europe and make regular trip to Amsterdam... for the food...:-). It was said that almost EVERYONE trys to sell you drugs (even staff). Please remember, we could careless, but on the other hand we do not want to have to constantly dodge the question (bad enough in Vegas people trying to sell you prostitutes by clicking those stupid cards).
Once again, we are bright eyed and bushy tailed (we actually are shaved...;-) and looking forward to experiencing HedII, but if someone could answer the questions above and why there is such a huge variation between "We hated it"... and "Erase the place".
47 days to go !!!
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