awesome vacation sirenis punta cana arrival flight long detailed review, arrived sunday august 3rd stayed sunday august 10th 2008. booked apple vacations able great deal 8 day/7 night stay detroit, deal worth 3.5 hour drive detroit, flew usa3000 charter airlines, left time maybe arrived early, visa information plane allowed bypass madness pay 10 zip immigration, booking apple includes special perks no really know unless stayed maids apple rep resort knows, resort does not, perks included free use in-room safe free room service sure order apple menu modified bit free drinks disco yes pay drinks bars shut time 3 la carte reservations guy guest relations said possibly 4th attended came got bottles beer fridge room said got quiequeya presidente coffee maker trimmings including tea iron ironning board, rooms resort 2 resorts 1 thing going, cocotal traditional hotel rooms tropical junior suites, stayed room k102, 2nd floor story building 3 story, vaulted ceiling ceiling fan oceanview, close proximity beach snack bar/mexican steakhouse al carte restaurants pool, main reception area kind lengthy walk away liked closer beach, room double beds quite hard long day sun beach drinks dancing disco n't tell difference, restaurants visited 3 al cartes opting buffet nights not strict schedule, steakhouse mexico nuevo, pool snack bar day crepes world, turned 6pm, split half, half steakhouse mexican, thing learned quickly beef resort tough flavor amazing risked breaking jawbone eat, brought appetizer plate chicken wings yum, spicy peppers sort n't spicy sausages snack food seen, kind lines blackened hush puppies, entree ordered sirloin steak medium, little better medium did n't mind n't like raw meat, little tough scrumdiddiliumptious, 2nd al carte visited mediteranean seafood, little difficult did n't know items menu did n't eat ones recognized, orders got messed received did n't order, cousin horrified does n't eat seafood fear illness given wrong entree, supposed, deserts ordered did n't come inquired served cold, 3rd la carte jade japanese restaurant menus said china, hibatchi styled restaurant kind like beni hana, cook personable did n't beni hana guy cooked japanese restaurant barcelo punta cana year, food wonderful, complaints course tough beef yummy yummy flavor fact given menus trying decide order particular restaurant menu guide things served dinner evening, appetizers served buffet style, given sushi no ordered, best friend seasoned sushi eater cautioned not eat said not fresh, dinner offered sake mamajuana, ate meals buffet restaurant cocotal, picky eater ca n't say food buffet 4 stars not 3 did n't starve, able eat, times work went presentation buffet flavor food, n't expecting real fruit juice wo n't, experience barcelo punta cana year, serve fruit juice substitute called frutal, orange juice tastes like tang orange drink, use make drinks drinks funny taste, service buffet excellent, drinks rarely long, night server greeted looked vino blanco y sprite, correct, laughed got dinner, looked best friend sprite, cousin sprite no ice, laughed hard told right, left told cousin best friend type thing makes want home, bars did n't frequent main bars lobby area, got drink passing, visited beach bar quite bit guys knew order heart bar inside snack bar bars theatre bar inside discotecque, service included smiles conversation, tried speak english tried hard speak spanish, middle communication took place, n't like strong drinks beware pool bars especially tropical, lady drinks strong, trying party quickly definitely place, unfortunately water pool near bar warm shallow waters nearby heated sun shudder think obvious drunken people lazy pool, pretty uncomfortable, beach pools beach nice say seen better worse dr. sand golden color white sands seen beaches, gets extremely hot holds heat, long walks sand water shoes flip flops appropriate, resort like 60 capacity, possible lounge chair beach pool, palapas little harder come, n't getting butt-crack dawn reserve seat, like preschool, vacation able sleep, day beach nice shaded area lower palm trees, like nice quiet beach time opt lounging closer watersports center tropical, animacion team runs activities pool areas beach, includes loud music high energy activities loud talking laughing, does n't bother provided entertainment, n't quiet set, grounds grounds beautiful not flawless, reviewers commented things beautiful far away needing repair looked close took submitted pictures, think folks resort inspectors occupations need remember vacation, let, grassy areas little dry not green seen pictures heard dr middle drought no rain rainy season saw rain evening 8 days, flowers resort absolutely beautiful, grounds buildings spotless saw trash laying, complaint people smoke beach lazy properly dispose cigarette butts, cup, resort staff member comes regularly pick cups trash things, just sheer laziness apathy hotel guests, activities entertainment did n't really participate beach pool activities animacion team merengue dance lessons beach pool aerobicss olympic games friend competed miss bikini 2008 robbed, caution parents young children entertainment bit advanced sexually small children, learned certain level sexual freedom dominican culture not u.s.a. things taboo openly displayed discussed i.e, sexually suggestive dancing sexual jokes, caught tail end evening shows outdoor theatre booked dinner la carte 8:00pm likely miss theatre, shows silly point amazing dancing talent performers scene, silly performer spaghetti, little kids love flock, provide comic relief shows, animacion team did rendition popular movie dirty dancing, pretty good dance sequences latin flavor coreography amazing, theatre shows sirenis band perform live merengue bachata theatre, members animacion team grab people audience invite dance, evening karaoke opporunity sing unbreak heart toni braxton, pretty good selection songs saw folks singing songs english spanish, going talent night left animacion team members trying participate, hated leave n't, discotecque resort does not open 11:00pm, closes 2:30am, hard stay awake long waiting disco open actually fell asleep night 24 hours, groove closes, disco sure buffet cocotal, food available guy serving gets pretty lonely, begged cousin stay talk said sees people, tours did main excursions, bavaro runners, awesome, awesome, awesome, tourguide mimi knowledgeable dominican people culture, learned, picked resort open air bus taken ranch horseback riding, rode 15 minutes not experienced riders sit correctly, easy ride n't sore afterward, left drove countryside typical domincan home functions ranch picking grinding coffee beans cacao beans, sampled caribbean fruits coffee mamajuana, mamajuana marinating 3 years tastier smoother serve resorts, visited elementary school, got 4th/5th grade split class, took pictures kids left school supplies brought teacher, mimi cautioned not leave kids school bavaro runners sponsors schools tourist, school day week not disrupt learning process, told majority things children countryside, went country kids run bus asking things stop snacks candy school supplies brought, stopped ranch lunch, food dominican cuisine excellent, best meals week, left went macao beach, beautiful beach seen, none resorts stayed beachfront like, vendors begging children beach beware, children n't want candy school supplies, want money, money, little boy tried sell cousin fruit, said no offered stick gum got attitude snatched fruit walked away gum, vacation, laughed, 2nd excursion did saona island excursion, mention sirenis remote far north place 40 minute 1 hour 15 minute ride, essentially ride bus hour 15 minutes marina laromana right sunscape casa del mar resort, arrived took hour catamaran island, drinking dancing catamaran views amazing, arrived island smell lunch cooking told ready 20 minutes, need water shoes, beach island absolutely beautiful not, entry water rocky lots sharp piece coral step, water does n't better large pieces rock coral stumble seaweed, water shoes solved problems wore 2nd time water, lunch served offered beach volleyball dancing massages price roaming vendors, took 45 minute speed boat ride marina, time sit painfully bumpy high speeds, not sure excursion booked imagine discotecque claudio manati park rep. imagine disco used tropicana disco year, new management new theme, actually real live cave makes amazing experience, paid 50 person, included taxi disco cab ride way normally 60 way cover charge 3 free drink chips drinks valued 8 moment able return times nights want stay punta cana, went nights, time tuesday night, nice 3 dance floors open, went friday night packed people, dance floors open, guy named georgie did spit, amazing, just word caution homophobic imagine not place, staff members locals openly gay, makes uncomfortable want think seriously booking disco, blast, staff dancers charged engaging guests dance wonderful fun, went fast food restaurant resort day dancers recognized cousin night walked yelled giving huge hug, beware water disco, said earlier drinks 8 n't exaggerating, walked asked ice water, bar tender got glass ice opened bottle dasani poured left bottle filling glass, told 8, sudden spanish got really good clearly told n't paying 8 water, did n't liquor nor entire bottle water, handed unopened bottle dasani said 8, told not paying 8 water, called supervisors asked problem, spoke little english explained charged 8 bottle water, paying 1 2 bottle water understandable not 8, crazy, explained drinks disco 8, 8 water crazy owner crazy, gave water free charge, departure check meet transfer airport 7:30am, entire night partying hanging friends week did n't sleep checking, check went smoothly charges room local phone calls, not pay 20 departure tax way country, nor did pay year, thought snuck year missed transfer caught ride bus canadians, read canadias pay departure tax book thought maybe thought canadian expected paid, plane actually left early arrived detroit 45 minutes scheduled, conclusion definitely return sirenis punta cana, amazing friends locals tourists week, knew people knew, staff members did wonderful job greeting guests, exchanged contact info staff members tourists intentions keeping touch, average food worth overlooking service amazing, customer service room half way stay ask complaint 7 button phone did not work n't worth complaining just operator dial number needed, sent new phone, day tipped maid 3-4us school supplies snacks candy make-up toiletry items brought states cousin male friend year thought smell lever2000 soap world brough travel size bars away, wonderful vacation wonderful esort staffed wonderful people visited wonderful guests, hated board return flight, vacation make, attitude going paradise nothing going ruin leaving having wonder vacation experience, questions trip sirenis punta cana resort past trips barcelo punta cana aug 2007 riu naiboa feb 2005 excursions feel free email 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