WOULD NEVER GO BACK HERE AGAIN
By A Yahoo! Contributor, 6/6/10
First, 5 years ago we stayed at Sandals Grande St.Lucian & got married, we were treated like a King & Queen, everything was perfect across the board, this is when we said SANDALS WILL ALWAYS BE OUR VACATION CHOICE!!!
5 Years later we picked Sandals to come and celebrate our WEDDING ANNIVERSARY, Only this time it was Sandals Whitehouse, but HEY ALL SANDALS ARE THE SAME RIGHT? NOT!!!
People, they tell you a 1-1/2 hr car ride from the airport, here in the States that does not mean alot, but look at a poor country on a bumpy road for this long, it becomes hard to look forward to any party & good time. THIS RIDE was the worst.
DO NOT THINK SOMEONE FROM SANDALS IS YOUR DRIVER as we got a reg. van and had to tip this driver ( or at least felt like we had to tip ) if it was a Sandals car / van it would of been part of the package. (same on the return to the airport)
ONE WOULD THINK THEY WOULD GIVE A FREE 15 MIN RUB DOWN ON ARRIVAL.
The resorts grounds are exceptional as well as the buildings, PLAN ON DOING A LOT OF WALKING, I DO MEAN A LOT OF WALKING!!!
The FOOD WAS AND IS NOTHING TO WRITE HOME ABOUT! not one night did we say, WOW, THIS WAS GREAT.
Everynight it was the same BASIC STUFF, NOTHING HIGH END AND NOTHING REALLY TASTY. FISH DINNERS WERE FISHY, AGAIN FOOD WAS REALLY BASIC AND HARDLY NO TATSE.
Actually ended up eating a lot of salad & pizza.
Now Breakfast, you have 2 choice, sit down or buffet. Sit down was the best, except if you order scrambled eggs, make sure you ask for the real eggs, otherwsie you get the powdered eggs like the buffet.
NOW THE BUFFET, TALK ABOUT A POOR LAYOUT. stand i line for eggs, go back and cut in line to get at the bacon, or other stuff, THIS WAS THE MOST STRESSFUL TIME EACH DAY, NOT TO MENTION BY THE TIME YOU SIT BACK DOWN, YOUR EGGS ARE COLD LIKE EVERYTHING ELSE.
POOL BARS: The bartenders @ the French side pool bars are the rudest, cannot make a drink to save your life and cannot make it the same everytime. Be happy they stopped talking to serve you, send your LADY, she'll get hit on and at least served.
Same issue at all other bars, drinks are not the same as they should be, Delroy was the best bartender in the resort, he was all the way away at the bar by the sea food resturant, NOW HE CAN MAKE DRINKS, THE SAME EACH AND EVERYTIME.
Housekeeping was good, EXCEPT 1/2 OUR TIME we did not receive our little towel animal.
Medical: The term,"Nurse" is something to question,To me it felt she just wanted to send you to the doctor for $150 plus costs,NOTHING NURSE like about her.
WEDDING ANNIVERSARY: THEY FORGOT AND DID NOT DO ANYTHING, UNTIL WE SAID SOMETHING 4 DAYS AFTER, WHICH WAS TO LATE.
Entertainment: VERY LOW END, I GUESS IN JAMAICA THEY SAY HOW LOW CAN YOU GO & HERE THEY TRY IT WITH THE MUSIC & BANDS.
MY BOTTOM LINE IS, I CAN WRITE A LOT MORE JUNK ABOUT THEM & THIS PLACE,AS WE JUST GOT BACK A FEW DAYS AGO AND ALL THIS WAS ON MY MIND STILL, SO I GOT UP AND NEEDED TO CLEAR MY HEAD.
WE ARE SOOO, SOOO SORRY WAS WASTED OUR 5 YEAR WEDDING ANNIVERSARY HERE AND WE NO LONGER FEEL SANDALS WILL BE A VACATION CHOICE EVER AGAIN, JUST NOT WORTH THE RISK OF SAVING FOR THE VACATION AND FEELING THE WAY WE DO NOW.