We would like to recognize some staff member who made our holiday enjoyable. The entertainers were LA Baby, Donkey, Manny, Happy Man and our lady who cleaned our room. Our room was located at 4301, from Feb10 to the 22.

Had to check in at a A.I-hotel although this is defenitely not my glass of rum. Huge hotel with 90% canadian guests walking around stuck to their big jugs. A little bit like camping to me. Read some reveiws concerning bad stomachs due to ditto food, but must say this is bull...it. Icecold drinks are probably the reason why some feel the "Montesuumas Rev.".
The resort needs some refurbishing and is far too big to my taste. Chaos in the restaurant due to all guests running loose searching for what to eat and what to eat with. Boring evenings despite two bars (two are closed) and something they called "show". Disco? Forget it. Outside the resort it's dead, dead.

We spent the entire week last year trying to avoid time-share salespeople. On the beach, on our way lunch/dinner, by the pool, everywhere, we were followed, harrassed by time share salespeople, presumably with the hotel. We politely we weren't interested day after day after day. We pretended we spoke another language, ignored them etc. Nothing worked. I like to go on a holiday where I can do what I want to do and not simply be someone to sell something to. Would never return.

We went to Grand Paradise from Feb 15 to Feb 22.

Before going on the trip I saw a lot of negative reviews and I was really worried about the quality of the trip. Needless to say the resort was great and I have no complaints at all!

Rooms: We got room 1640 which is on the fourth floor. I went on this vacation with my friend. We each got our own room, a kitchenette. The beds were comfortable, I had great sleep every night. Our room was located in building 14 so it was facing the ocean. When going to bed we could hear the waves. The maids did a great job cleaning the rooms, always fresh new towels and drinks were always restocked. My friend and I left little gifts and tips. You get one room key per room, and you need it to activate air conditioning. Don't be concerned about the room getting too hot because the AC works extremely well and cools down the rooms in no time.

Food: A lot of the reviews said that food was bad, that is very untrue. I am a rather picky eater and I was never hungry! There was always food which was delicious.
For breakfast there is an omelette bar every day, it is delicious! One can always find fresh fruit, scrambled eggs, sausages, potatoes, cereals and much more. What other breakfast food do you need! There are also different kinds of juices, milks and hot drinks.
For lunch there was variety as well. Salads, hot and cold meat, potatoes, rice, vegetables and fruit. There were also a lot of desserts, different stuff every day.
For dinner there was the most variety, with salads that are different from lunch and hot food as well. I strongly advise you to check out the grill every night which is on the right side as soon as you walk in. Every night they have a special there and I was always happy with it. It ranges from steak, chicken, kebabs, stir fry, tacos and many more. All of which were delicious. There is also all kinds of pasta available for those who like it.
Also make reservations at the other two restaurants, we liked Eden better because of the kind of food offered there. During the day at the Eden restaurant there is a snack bar, it is also open starting at midnight.
Sometimes there is a little line up in front of the buffet, but the wait was never longer than 5 minutes. They were very quick to seat people so long waits were never an issue and we went during reading week so it was busy!
*Side note: none of us got sick from the food and we ate a variety of everything.

Service: The service was so friendly! All of the workers starting with gardeners, cleaning ladies and all of waiters and waitresses always smiled and said hello. While eating the waiters are very quick to fill up drinks and provide drinks from the bar as well.
Entertainment staff was amazing! Especially Happy Man, Manny and Donkey. The shows which they put on were hilarious and they always recruited people from the crowd which was entertaining. They always walked up and talked to everyone around the resort and were extremely friendly. Keep up the great work!

Overall it was a great experience, I wish I never listened to the negative reviews because the trip was very good. Would definitely go back again!