THE PROS:
This was our 5th time staying at this hotel, the 1st after hurricane Wilma. They rebuilt the property beautifully. The staff was freindly as always and after a 3yr absence they actually remembered us. The food in the Buenaventura Terrace Restaurant was good and alot cheaper than in town. The drinks at the bar were $6.50 usd, a little exspensive for what you get. Always do happy hour (2 for 1) so it doesn't seem too exspensive. The rooms were clean and comfortable. We stayed on the 5th flr and had tons of water pressure and hot water. The workers never seem to stop cleaning the grounds, always spotless. The dive shop (PEPE SCUBA ) was better than I remember. We dove Columbia, Palancar, Punta Sur every day. In the past they would never take you that far. They would take you deep and fast so you would run out of air and they could be done. Not this time, a very enjoyable week of diving. Taxi rides to town were $4 usd or $40 pesos.
THE CONS:
We booked with Apple Vacations and when we were told we had a jungle view we were upgraded after some talking. One person in our group booked with Expedia and had the same issue but was told the upgrade would only happen after they paid $168 usd. The rooms have coffee makers but no coffee. You can buy it for $2 usd a bag at the desk. The on-site car rental was $100 usd a day, way too much. They won't give you change for dollars only in pesos even though they have tons of cash in the drawer. If you need change ask a bellman or waiter. They have USD due to tips. The merchants in town were VERY bothersome. I may go all-inclusive at at different resort next time just so we don't have to go to town to eat. The hotel food was good but not every night.

Stayed at Coral Princess for 10 days in September 2007.
Our experience was fantastic!

Excellent location, right on the reef.
Excellent service.
Excellent, friendly and attentive personel.
Excellent ocean view.
Sparkling clean, spotless room with quite large bathroom.
Excellent restaurant food and waiters.
Good prices.
Rather small but sufficient pool with swim-up bar.
Excellent massage on premises.
Etc, etc ... Fantastic resort!

We are definitelly coming back - we are hooked on this place!

This hotel was average. Early in the mornings you could here employees working in the hallway, which was very annoying. The breakfast was pretty good. Lunches weren't good. We went into town for dinner in the evenings. Some of the front desk employees weren't friendly. The pools were alright. Snorkeling and diving was great! This hotel had a great view! We had a leak in one of the closets in our room. They were good about fixing it for us. Also, our water pressure in our shower was terrible! The maintenance guys told us that it was as good as it gets. When we went to check out on our last day, the front desk told us that we used our room phone to call someone in delaware, and the charges were $86, I argued w/them and said I didn't use the phone @ all the whole wk, they said they'd check into it. It had to be an employee. We did eat at some really good restaurants:

Espesias is good, LaCocay has great food! LaVeronda is excellent. Casa Mission is wonderful also. Just tell your taxi driver the names of the restaurants, and they'll drive you there.

My girlfriend and I took a last minute vacation to Cozumel a couple weeks ago before I started a new job. Deciding on a hotel was tough. I sort of wanted to be in town, but my girlfriend wanted a hotel with a treadmill so she could continue her marathon training (now that's dedication). So after doing a search for hotels with a treadmill, only a few came up and the Coral Princess was our choice. We were very impressed and each day we were there said "I'm so happy we chose this place". Just to give my review some relevance, I've traveled a fair amount (Europe, Africa, Brazil, Mexico) and have stayed in $5/night hotels in Africa and $1000/night hotels in Hawaii. So here I go:

There were so many great things about this hotel, but these are what we thought to be the best:

+ We thought the snorkeling was great...much better than we expected. It's roughly 10 feet deep where you get into the water and immediately you start seeing all sorts of fish. The water is so clear! I was worried the hotel would charge $15 for 2 hours for renting snorkel equipment, but we sure were surprised when when we found out it was only $7 for 24 hours. There is a catch though...we had to try several masks before finding one that fit and didn't leak. My advise would be to purchase a mask and snorkel before going on the trip. The flipper rental is $5 for 24 hours. The fish were beautiful! Among the common fish you might see snorkeling, we also saw a stingray, eel, and barracuda.

+ We upgraded to the ocean view and HIGHLY recommend it. As you can see from one of my pictures, the view of the ocean was unbelievable. I would recommend trying to get a high floor (we had room 710).

+ We really liked the location! It was nice and quiet since it was away from downtown, but only a $3 cab ride into town (not including tip). The taxis were usually there waiting so we didn't have to wait at all.

+ We booked the hotel through Orbitz and it came with breakfast coupons. We could have the continental breakfast for free (toast or danish -and- juice or fruit). It was usually enough to fill us up. We also had the americana breakfast a couple times for $2 more. It included eggs, bacon/sausage, toast or danish, and fruit or juice. Not sure why you couldn't get both fruit or juice...but I would get one and my girlfriend would get the other.

+ The hotel is very clean!

+ There's wireless in the lobby. You can also rent a laptop for $6/hour.

+ There's a sandy pool area which really makes you feel like you're on a beach. We actually preferred the rocky coastline versus a sandy beach.

+ You can purchase 1.5 liters of bottled water for $1 usd. We thought that was super cheap, but I suppose they don't want guests to be using the tap water and getter sick...not good for business.

+ Since you face west, you get a really nice view of the sunsets.

+ The staff was very friendly except for one person at the front desk. It wasn't that she was mean...just not that nice.

+ We were not bothered at all by the time share people.

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Of course this wouldn't be a review if I didn't list some negatives, so here's what we came up with:

- We had two double beds instead of a king and couldn't switch rooms because the hotel was full.

- Lunch was just ok. We only ate lunch there on the last day and probably could have done without.

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RESTAURANTS:

We really enjoyed every restaurant we ate at for dinner and wanted to share them.

CASA MISSION: (Mexican) Maybe 10 blocks away from the ocean. One entree is plenty for 2 with all the fresh chips, salsa, guac, bread, and soup they bring out beforehand.

SORISSI: (Italian) Only 1 block from the ocean. Nice design/layout. It was fun watching the chef make pizzas in the brick oven stove. The pizzas were excellent!

PRIMA: (Italian/seafood) Open air restaurant on the 2nd floor. The blackened red snapper was delicious!