Like many of you out there we came to this website to seek information about the Occidental Allegro. We read the few negative comments and were a little nervous but since the positive out-weighed the negative we went ahead with our vacation plans. It may make a difference to some but we booked our vacation thru RCI as we traded our points for this vacation. We arrived as scheduled at the hotel about 1 PM and check-in was at 3 PM. We were met cheerfully at the front by hotel personnel. Since we were timeshare members we were wisked away by golfcart to a special building where we were greated by a fabulous staff. Drinks were provided by the bar right there in the "First Club" and we had everything about the hotel and our stay explained to us. Since this is an all-inclusive resort we paid our fees for the week. We were then shown our room and to our surprise...a one-bedroom consisted of basically 2 units. One side was the bedroom the other side was a livingroom. We had 2 full bathrooms, 2 TV's, and more. We were getting more and more excited. Minutes later our luggage was brought to us by a cheerful employee. We had a beautiful swan made out of towels on our bed with hibiscus flowers welcoming us to our room.

We are divers so the diving features were very important. Well, the resort has a dive shop on their grounds and it was maybe 50 yards from our room. I won't go into alot of detail but this dive shop and all their employees were the BEST we have every encountered. Professional beyond words!! We dove absoultely EVERYDAY!! Cozumel is absolutely wonderful and the reefs are just fantastic. We were never bored. We only brought our mask, fins, and snorkels and rented the rest. BC and regulator only cost us $12 per day each. Weights, weight belt, and tanks were included. The dive shop offered 1 tank and 2 tank dives and shallow and/or shallow dives. I counted over 6 dive boats so there was never a chance you couldn't get on a boat. The Divemasters were the best we have ever had! Sergio, Gustavo, and Alberto were the Divemasters we always had and they were GREAT. We never felt pressured to tip but it was our pleasure to tip them for the fantastic job they did. In the same shop we were able to rent Kayaks and Hobie Cats at no charge. We were hooked on the Hobie Cats. The water there was always flat-calm.

The resort has an all-inclusive policy so all food and alcohol and non-alcohol drinks are included. To put it bluntly we loved everything. I read where some people said the food was plain or boring. We will tell you...NO WAY! Everyday was a little something different and there was always something different at every meal. The food to us was fantastic. The service at every meal was fantastic. Wine was served at every evening meal. WE LOVED IT ALL. There were 2 restaurants you could make reservations to and have a meal ordering off a menu. We NEVER made a reservation as we just loved the buffet style.

OK...now about the rooms. If you are not a timeshare owner and have the basic room it appeared to be a little small but do you plan to stay in your room? I doubt it! There were comments on this website about the "thin walls". Well, we would agree there. We anticipated this so we brought a little machine that simulated a waterfall and we slept like babies. Other than that the service in our room was the best we had ever had. We tipped our housekeeper a couple dollars everyday (again not because we had to but because we wanted to) and she had fresh bottles of water for us everyday, an immaculate room, and a new towel artwork for us on our bed each day when we came back to our room from diving. THANKS BEATRICE!!

There are tons of attractions to go on and things to do but we only did one thing and that is go to the marine park just down the road from the hotel and experienced the Dolphin Encounter. We swam and played with dolphins and it was just WONDERFUL. If you go get the "Royal" encounter. It cost us $139 each but was well worth it. Something you will never forget.

OK...I have written a book here. What my wife and I had decided before leaving is that we will come back to this resort every year for the rest of our lives. I am not sure how we could give it a better rating than to say that. If we cannot trade our timeshare points to get there than we will pay for it ourselves! This is a place we feel we will never get tired of and we feel like this is our home away from home. We wish everyone the best who goes to the Occidental Allegro Cozumel.

We stayed at the Allegro from April 28-May 2. This was our 4th time staying at the Allegro and as always we weren't disappointed. The renovations done since the hurricane are beautiful. The staff is always so friendly and make your stay a lot of fun!! They have a great selection of food at the buffet style restaurant and the Mexican restaurant was delicious. The evening shows are very entertaining and the staff are very talented. If you have kids, their
kids club is great! I wouldn't go anywhere else in Cozumel. We're planning another trip back later this year.

My husband and I and our 18-month old son stayed at the Allegro for a week. We had an excellent and relaxing vacation, and it was definitely a good deal. Here are a few points for people trying to choose a resort:

1. The grounds: beautiful with lovely beach, large gardens, children's playground, birds, iguanas, flowers, fountains

2. The beach: sandy, obsessively clean, clear, calm, warm water, saw lots of fish while snorkeling from the hotel.

3. Snorkeling: The snorkeling from the hotel beach is good but not spectacular, with the best spots at the far end of the swimming area (~50 yrds from shore). Lots of fish to see in close to shore. Took a fabulous snorkeling tour from the on-site dive shop to see some of the big reefs. Rented a car and drove to the Corona reef and saw incredible marine life only a few feet from shore.

4. The staff: very friendly, accomodating of our baby, we got everything we requested immediately. Got a cute towel animal from the maid every day. The bartenders and waiters all knew us and remembered what we liked to drink.

5. The rooms: like a standard hotel room, pretty clean, cool, had a private balcony with hammock, crib for the baby. Had a safe in the room. Walls were very thin.

6. The food: ranged from greasy take-out quality (which isn't bad after a day at the beach) to good. Always a lot of choices, and none of us got sick. The breakfast was the best.

7. Care rental: We rented a car from the car rental place across the street and drive around the island. Check out the alligators at Punta Sur and the snorkeling at Corona Beach. It was very easy to drive around the island, since there's only one road.

In general this was a beautiful, low-key resort, with lots of people there for diving and relaxation. Our toddler did well, and all the staff and other guests were extremely friendly. I highly recommend it to people who want to stay at an all-inclusive resort. We would definitely stay there again if we go back to Cozumel.

This was our Second trip to Cozumel and we had such a good time at the Allegro 10 years ago we decided to go back. We enjoyed the resort as much the second time around. The food was varied and excellent. The big surprise was a dry red wine was served with meals and available at the bars. It was not the best red wine but still enjoyable. It was a Merlot from a Mexican
winery.

We went to the Chankanaub Park to snorkel and was very diasappointed. The coral seemed to be dead and colorless and the colorful fish were gone. There was a big change in 10 years.

We would go back to the Allegro again. It is worth it to pay a little extra and get a room near the beach and bars. We also had our own refridgerator. We enjoy the quiet of this resort and the people are friendly and helpful. we will be back!

Say hello to Carlos!!!