relaxing vacation nice place wife stayed secrets excellence punta cana april 23 30 2006. food snob insane maybe n't place, want stay waldorf-astoria hotel manhattan stay not all-inclusive not caribbean, chose place all-inclusive adults dr non-stop flight st. louis, celebrating 16th anniversary left kids grandma.getting highly recommend apple vacation friendly efficient professional entire journey, people stationed hotel questions provide orientation gives good information went drink hand, nonstop flight usa 3000 no problems famous hour long bus ride similar experienced jamaica, yes poverty stricken world country.lobby beautiful, obsessively swept mopped polished day long, center shallow pool turtles sunning themselves.the club decided extra money recommend, people especially reuben juan exceedingly friendly, went breakfast mornings not just continental breakfast say hot items, went evening dinner cocktail appetizer, check club nice, complaint supposed leave pool towels room ask pool towels.the room junior suite ocean view, yes pool ocean n't ocean going, bed pretty comfortable maybe little hard no problem, jacuzzi good use club provides bottle champaign use imagination, cleaned day midday minibar restocked daily, turndown service occured evening dinner, tv service english did n't really watch anything.food drink wild difference opinoin reviewers, went world cafe breakfast did n't club good wife nut fresh omelets, went world cafe day lunch provided freshly pasta pizza good good buffet selection, think fish day form lunch, service little spotty mainly self service just bring drinks, availed red white wines imported chile good, wine list want pay did n't entire week, ate restaurant asian dominican, ate bordeaux twice got ta white chocolate cake dessert, little bit language barrier waiters country remember, say food compares favorably caribbean all-inclusives, like eat good food rated food good good, no steakhouse not like going mortons mortons not beach caribbean, said, flexible eat no reservations long wait drink, drinks varied quite bit weak drinking day n't want really strong, order pina colada specify want rum strange, drank lot rum, local rums good, presidente beer not bad did n't thirst quenching reason drinking it.pools fabulous, n't ignore cascade pool.beach better expected reviews, liked waves, got boogie board tried hang fun, spent quite bit time beach palapias provide shade nice breeze, waitress service nice came frequently, wife got bug bites dd n't, chased beach bugs day no problem.entertainment probably typical resort cheesy fun, went night late dinner, american jazz/rb singer chris blizzard probably best, sound blew halfway michael jackson pretty good, piano player lobby entertaining, casino not bad funky rules blackjack, won night lost, went disco 70 80 party night blast, entertainment staff energetic friendly.activities did not want excursions good none appealing, played tennis times provide rackets balls, actually spent lot time sports area saw daniel quite bit nice, played pool ping pong, bar board games chess checkers, daniel led bike tour really just 45 minute bike ride time left resort grounds walking beach, equipment sports area old needs replaced.summary world children money means nothing just enjoy, try rum, try speak spanish possible say hola, push wife raft pool, bike ride sweat, nap afternoon, men wear long pants dinner shave night dinner wife appreciate, stage karaoke night, good place forget outside world fun,