wish punta cana princess april 21-28we enjoyed glorious week punta cana princess, experience went way expectations read lot negative postings, actually considering returning, arrival sunquest states brochure hotel 20-minute drive airport, fail tell stop 3 hotels way makes drive just hour, arrival punta cana airport quick well-organized, arrived resort 10:30 p.m. check-in quick, bought vip package desk clerk gave vip bracelets asked minded coming 9:00-12:00 day pick package locked guest services did n't key, really did n't mind wanted make a-la-carte reservations day breakfast, tagged luggage room number followed 5 minutes let room, overall cleanliness layout word spotless, rooms lobby grounds cleaning, proximity service resort pretty close, opinion definitely advantages smaller resort, rooms room 5205. floor king size bed bath, requested bldg 5/3rd floor got, view beach pool bar, cleaned day morning towels beverages replaced/replenished 6:00 p.m. night, room big golf umbrella bathrobes use stay, safe requires program 4-digit code, no theft problems, guest services arrived guest services shortly 9:00 a.m. sunday morning, couple waiting make reservations couple finishing, total wait time 15 minutes no biggie, able make 4 reservations including la cava vip package, told reserve like later week 24-hours prior, informed opening restaurants varied day day, making reservations, example ask brazilian 8:30 monday reply closed monday brazilian wednesday tex mex monday, fyi menus rack guest services look time makes easier make choices, gave vip envelope included cards massages one-hour internet service motorized water sports la cava, restaurants just word advice like wine meal plan drinking wine list prices high, knew leaving bought 3 bottles duty-free did n't regret, example bottle yellow tail shiraz 15 paid 10 cdn duty-free, house red white available, red n't bad little chilled.dress code buffet insists wear t-shirt sort cover males females breakfast lunch refused entrance just wearing bikini pareo wet bare feet, dress code stipulate men wear collared shirt long pants, no restrictions footwear men, hubby wore leather sandals, men allowed dress shorts buffet dinner, breakfast buffet good, yes happen silverware n't table experienced staffer not setting table not coming requested missing piece, ca n't understand problem, understand vegetarian posters complained lack choice impression does n't matter islands pretty luck not meat fish eater, hand not vegetarian ca n't eat rethink travelling, hubby actually heard complain n't eat meat n potatoes kind guy meat potatoes menu buffet, yeesh, makes wonder eat home, hand love try new things, sunday reservation mediterranean restaurant, beach 24-hour beach bar open-air space, torrential downpour came 5:30 evening, retired balcony wait storm let rest evening, guest services called advise mediterranean restaurant closed moving tex mex offering mediterranean menu, great service, hubby steak lobster tails, yum, brought wine no problem whatsoever, monday night ate tex mex, filet mignon, reading lot reviews site overcooked beef decided order medium-rare like medium cooked perfectly medium, no problem having wine served, tuesday night buffet* terrific, lot choose like breakfast replenished accordingly, food fresh, supposed cold cold supposed hot hot, lucked night suckling pig roasting station, desserts good, wednesday night brazilian, restaurant beach tropical princess 4-minute walk, meat lover love place, small buffet open sides like salads veggies, waiter comes 5 different times courses meat skewers carves plate, order chorizo sausages chicken fish pork ribs turkey finally beef, needless say stuffed left, thursday night buffet just good tuesday, friday went la cava tropical princess really good, hubby beef carpaccio shrimp lobster cocktail, lobster tails huge, dessert good, no problem bringing wine, wine expensive impressive wine list, warned service bit slow, meal took 2 1/2 hours used did n't bother, just wish brought bottles wine, night reservation guest services ask present desk 1/2 hour reservation, print invitation staple card bring restaurant, arrange transportation opted walk, 4-minute walk, went dinner 8:30 p.m. night shortage food buffet, lobby bar highlights trip, deyonera, emilio best, friendly fun, try coco loco, amazing, deyonera makes best shaken margaritas, animation night lobby bar generally started 10:00 p.m. lot funny loud travellers posted lasts 10:45-11:00. gets quiet, want quiet beach bar open 24 hours weather permitting open air, close 2nd 3rd night rain, disco casino tropical went, pool did n't use pool, room overlooked swim-up bar took opportunity observe guests sat long periods time drinking heavily, draw conclusions, thanks no thanks, sure ocean water cleaner, pool attractive problem finding lounger, workers hose sidewalks day surround pool, beach beach pc princess congested saw walks, did n't matter time beach palapas loungers available, stopped setting alarm day, water warm quite waves week fun, tried vip beds ended palapas week, saw butler service twice week honest n't really paying attention read walked beach lot, animation disagree posters said cater 18-30 crowd, not, want participate, example animators invited play volleyball twice turning did not ask, blame, looked courteous not disturbing, far guests entertaining guests disagree, tried hard people participate lobby bar respected people n't interested, guests did participate having great time, animation shows important walk tropical starts 10:00 p.m. night disco and/or casino, plenty really want, spa spas pc princess beach formal shared princess tropical, given choice massages picked formal quiet, massages wonderful, usually hit miss islands really nice, booked 8:30 a.m. great way start day, tips tipped maid 1 us/day, tipped restaurants lobby bar staff add looked professional, did n't matter tipping 1 5 10 got friendly service, skyservice scheduled depart pc 8:45 p.m. past saturday apr, 28 land montreal 1:00. unfortunately 200 passengers did not happen, flight hour late taking landed trudeau international airport 2:00 a.m. pilot announced usual sorry delay followed reason delay, allegedly plane originated cancun, meant flew cancun montreal motnreal punta cana, end flight pilot announced strict noise regulations not clearance land montreal toronto re-routed hamilton ontario airport, treat, not, spoke flight attendants told attended flight past 4 saturdays previous 3 not late time able negotiate clearance montreal, exception, impression transport canada got fed late time, getting plane flight attendant told customs probably leave montreal 5:30 a.m.now think skyservice representative kept informed plane leave hamilton, no luck, nothing open airport, ended offering free tim horton coffee 6:00 a.m. finally got check in.ioho skyservice offered no service whatsoever far keeping informed, feel transport canada blame sense not offer landing schedules close curfew re-think re-opening mirabel international airport no noise restrictions, definitely writing agencies express disgust try pay extra day parking trudeau airport, vacation overalloverall ca n't wait not skyservice, questions fee free address forum,