try to book the Pub Crawl, that's a lot of fun

WAHOOOOO!!! Congratulations....good things happen to good people ;-)

There's not much in the way of night time entertainment- like thevinnie said- the resort gets pretty quiet from 10 pm on! Returning guest dinner is on Tuesday nights. It's held in the Bayside restaurant and is usually very crowded- no way is it intimate. We've been there 16 times now and I've never seen it small and intimate!!! The menu changes all the time for the dinner- we were there in October and they served some steak and potato dinner- nothing fancy at all. We usually stay 2 weeks and only do the returning guest dinner just one of those weeks and sometimes we've skipped it altogether!! I hear the snorkeling is alot of fun- we're divers, so can't really help you there!!

@thevinnie - Thanks for the link, I'll look it over. We are not nightowls, we rarely ever even make it to 10 pm. On our last trip to Antigua we went to bed one night at 8:30 pm Antigua time, which was 6:30 pm Chicago time. LOL

@stormy - pub crawl huh, I'll have to look that one up

@Frodo - Thank you! I'm pretty excited about it! Especially since the contest was judged and not just the luck of the draw!

@bruzbabe - 16 times!!! That's awesome! Diving must be good here, or you wouldn't return year after year. Hopefully snorkeling will be good too. We've been to 3 return dinners, all at bigger resorts and all 3 have been in big banquet type halls. Just like a wedding. :) So when I said intimate, I guess I really just meant smaller than what we're used to.

We actually return year after year because of the staff there in Negril- some of the best!! Diving and the dive crew is the second reason!!!

Remember that you will also have the option at dining/drinking, etc. at Beaches Negril, which is about 5 minutes away. I believe there may be a free shuttle that will take you to BN, but even if not, it's gonna be a very quick cab ride. During the day it's a great walk down the beach to BN, but I would not do it at night. We love SN!

We did an excursion to Mayfield Falls, which we absolutely loved! Have also gone to the Negril Whitehouse and Rick's Cafe - you gotta go at least once in your life to experience Rick's with the cliff divers, awesome steel band, and amazing sunsets!

I booked our trip! We ended up in the middle concierge level room! WOOHOO!

I've read/heard great things about the Negril staff.

I looked up Mayfield Falls and that does look like it would be something we would like. YS Falls looks nice too, but I think it's farther away? Definitely want to do Ricks, like you say "at least once in your life". We've been to Jamaica twice and both times never left the resort. We are there for 11 days this time, so I am definitely getting out and about.

I'm excited about walking down the beach to BN too (I don't know how excited my husband will be LOL)

@bruzbabe and Winnekini I just realized that I've talked to you both on Cheryl's site too.

Here is my TA review from last month at SN (it is on Cheryl's also)

http://tinyurl.com/d2bw3o8

Many of the trips off the property involve fairly long bus rides, so ask how far away they are.

Activities at the piano bar were usually hopping until about 1AM

Glad to hear that you've booked! Hopefully you'll love it as much as we do! I almost forgot to ask- what contest did you sign up for to win such a sweet prize??? And yes, we have talked before on Chris and Cheryl's site- love reading everything there!!

Mayfield Falls is really nice as is YS- yes, YS is much further!! We usually hire a private driver ( either Talk of the Town or Joe Cool to take us someplace) Another really great place is the Pelican bar and if you do decide to do Rick's, think about going there and then going to Ivan's ( just a short walk) for a private romantic dinner at sunset. One of the best off property meals we've ever had!!!