beautiful island just not resort best thing say place beach amazing, beautiful water sandy beach, not crowded, pools nice, start good bad felt compelled write review reviews helpful deciding hotels stay away planning upcoming honeymoon, goes good fiancee went large group annual fop convention july 2006 5 days, mentioned excursions definitely worth scuba doo excellent, short timewise enjoyed minute, set right beach, did atv tour horseback riding, fun worth money, manager not remember nicest person encountered resort, helpful attentive concerns tried best accomodating, bad oh god begin, room horrible, walls sweating literally, bad left room came clothes moist, asked different room obliged spoke english help, people did not speak english desk personnel, trying maid service washcloths hassle spoke spanish, went buffet morning understand places serve pork products servers understanding n't eat pork, ordering order omelet observed cook using spoon retrieve various toppings including ham, turn gave spoon asked omelet peppers onions using spoon, called not sure correct spelling know means female dog english, livid, requested manager accomodating listened concerns repeat incident, walked away returned platter turkey meat party nice, needless say did n't order omelets rest week, casino worse, playing blackjack course rules different used nj, no problem asked dealer question responded spanish, speak english asked player knew said, told said need learn spanish, tell remind vacation not moving punta cana, spanish speaking people n't speak bit english accomodated no problem, just n't understand attitudes encountering, pool activities daily nice interactive did n't speak spanish n't know going, evening entertainment okay pass time try hard, effort.lastly worse got sick, sick 2 days 1 week got home, diarrhea upset stomachs problems, n't know monotonous food buffet water horrible, conclusion no way picky hard, fun vacation good time punta cana despite horrible service lack thereof resort, prefered not expected learn language week stay cursed simple request based dietary needs, way resort sealed deal not returning punta cana,