Caribe The Resort

I stayed here for 3 nights with my children, parents, niece and nephew. It was a great experience. The room was clean, spacious and had sufficient toiletry supplies to get you started.
The pool areas were well kept and I noticed security doing the rounds. There are no lifeguards but I did hear security telling children to stop dangerous activities. The kids all loved the slides and the indoor hot tubs. I loved the wet and dry saunas. The hotel is designed in such a way that all rooms have a great view.
You can walk or get a shuttle to the beach. I drove because its only 2 minutes and far more convenient with babies.
There is pretty much something for everyone from swimming, beaching, put put golf to tennis, saunas and lazy rivers. If the price is right I’ll be back.

Great family atmosphere and location. We will be back.

My family and I stayed here on our family vacation and it was great! We had a blast!
The hotel is gorgeous. Just gorgeous. It’s a trio of buildings with tons of pools, water slides, a lazy river and waterfalls everywhere, tiling on the walls. One of us compared it to the «Finding Nemo» themed rooms at Disney.
Our room was beautifully decorated too. It easily slept all six of us, and had TONS of room. Very spacious with a state of the art kitchen, ice freezer, wine cooler, over and microwave duo, and tons of appliances. The blender didn’t work which was sad, but we contacted customer service and they cheerfully got us a new one.
A negative was the costumer service. Our understanding was that our room came with Netflix, but we couldn’t find it. So we called the front desk and couldn’t get them. We called again, still no answer. Finally we walked to the first building (we were in the second one) and asked where we checked in. The front desk girls there were incredibly uninformed and airheaded. Their explanation went something like: «Netflix? Do we even have Netflix here??? I don’t even have a TV, I don’t know anything about Netflix…»
Needless to say they were no help. Finally we got ahold of the customer service only to learn they are in a separate hotel like five miles down the strip. However they explained to us it’s not Netflix, but a Redbox-​style service where you «rent» DVD’s with a complementary card, then return it. However you have to return one before you can rent another one.
Another negative is the bugs. They’re everywhere. There were roaches all over our patio (although none in the room). However I know bugs is a struggle at the Gulf in general so I can’t complain a lot, since they’re not in the room.
Cobalt, the restaurant on the premises, is fairly expensive for the things there. We didn’t end up eating there, but the cheapest things they had were burgers and pasta (and soup) but we can eat that at home.
The beach was great. The water was chrystal clear, the sand was sugar white, it was great. The negative is you have to drive there, whether by trolly (which we also couldn’t get ahold of) or in your own vehicle.
All in all it was a great experience!

We stayed here over the 4-​day Memorial Holiday weekend. It happened to be a time that we all needed to relax and found this to be a much better alternative to a hotel. Three of us chose the 3 bdrm/​3bath condo (1king, 2 queen) which was very spacious and gave us each plenty of privacy when we needed it, while also providing a great kitchen, living area, and large balcony area for gathering together. Nice décor but if your room is up front by the door you’ll hear everything in the hallway.
The place comes with cookware, dishes, bar & wine fridge, and washer/​dryer. There is a sample basket of one-​use laundry detergent, dishwasher packs, coffee and such, one roll of paper towels and one roll of TP per bathroom so a trip to the store is definite must if you plan on staying there a few days or the group wants to use the bathroom more than once!
These condos are for sale also, so there are a list of rules upon entering. You’ll notice the people who aren’t guests as their pets will have a special Caribe green leash or they really just seem so much more at home then you are, docking their boats right outside and all lol.
Don’t walk from the resort to the beach. It’s quite trek and you’ll be over it before you get there. Just drive down to where it’s closer like by Cotton’s. They also have fitness rooms, indoor pools, wet and dry sauna, and deli.

The resort is beautiful and has many amenities but it has its downfalls. The decks are amazing with plenty of room instead of the little sliver decks you get at some places. There are plenty of pools (which are salt water pools so no chlorine smell and you also don’t get that gritty salt feel like with ocean sea water) so that no one pool is ever too crowded and the lazy river is nice to. You can even take you drink to the pools as long as its not in glass. There are indoor pools in case it rains and many other amenities I never got around to using like the saunas.
However the beach is pretty far away and the shuttle service drops you off near this pier like bridge that you walk to get to the actual beach. It’s a long walk and that part of the beach is pretty rough. It’s better to take your car to one of the public beach accesses and go to the beach that way.
It may be a bit pricey but the condos (ours at least D1213) were really nice. With a full kitchen with nice finishes and appliances. Three bedrooms (all king size beds on ours) each with its own bath (and the master suite is amazing).
Ultimately I think it comes down to what’s more important to you for your trip. Do you want quick easy access to the beach but maybe share a single pool with everyone else at your hotel? Or do you prefer more to do on site at the resort and willing to sacrifice that quick and easy beach access? If the beach is what your here for and packing the car up or walking far to go doesn’t sound good then I’d say stay at one of the hotel/​resorts further down the strip that’s actually on the beach (this one isn’t on the beach). But if the amenities make up for the crappy beach access on your priority list than this place will be great. All depends on what you prefer though.

Very expensive for the poor service. Weight room no water or towels. Long walk to beach. Lazy river 1 ½ feet deep and waste of time. Would never stay again. They have rules that are not followed by their own staff. Reserved parking places that are misused. People use your spot and they do not haul vehicles like they advertise.

Very Very beautifful place. Staff freindly and helpful. My wife and I were shown three different rooms to choose from. Rooms, I mean three bedrooms four bath rooms. Two baths with whirpool tubs.