This was our first stay with Beach Palace…and will NOT be our last. We’ve been coming to Cancun now for about 8 years. Each year staying at a nicer hotel, but this time was the BEST!
At check in you receive a white carnation, and a welcome cocktail. The front desk was professional, yet accommodating, it only took about 15 minutes for us to check in, and be in our room. Only a few moments later our luggage arrived.
The room was spotless. Beautiful floor to ceiling glass sliding door. Big balcony with a super-comfy lounger for two, two chairs, a small table and an absolutely GORGEOUS view of the Caribbean waters. WOW! I could have easily slept out on the lounger!
There is a mini fridge full of any soda, fruit juices or beer you could ever desire…not to mention the abundance of chilled bottled water. Next to it was a slide out of full sized bottle of alcohols with dispensers. Each day these were filled back up to the brim.
The room was good sized, even for three ladies and all our luggage, and we all loved the full size Biosilk shampoos, conditioners, lotions etc.
Slippers and a robe for each of us made the room complete.
FREE, easy-to-use safe to keep all of your belongings…Hurray! Free, UNLIMITED calls to the US and Canada and local…Hurray!!!
If we only had a couple little complaints about the room. The lighting was all controlled by one switch, so in the middle of the night if you had to get up to use the bathroom…you had to do it in the dark, or you would have to turn the one switch on that lit up the ENTIRE room. Don’t keep those sliders to the balcony open too long…the humidity hits the cool tile and turns the place into a slippery mess. Our first night, two of us fell. Yikes!
We used the rooftop gym each day. Not a lot of equipment but 45mins on the elliptical and 15 mins on the treadmill each day, and I didn’t feel as guilty enjoying the nachos in the afternoon
All inclusive food and drinks usually means quantity lacking in quality. Not here! Every morning we had made-to-order egg-white omelets with all the veggies and fixings, fruit and granola, the works! Afternoon salads or freshly prepared, made-to-order fajitas or whatever you wanted, and for dinner we ate at the Japanese restaurant or the Italian restaurant. The steak and the French Chardonnay at the Italian restaurant was AWESOME!
The staff at the Beach Palace is AMAZING. You can barely do ANYTHING for yourself without them offering to assist you, or just doing it FOR you. We always pack $100 one dollar bills when we travel. $3 for the maid each day, $2 for each round of drinks, $2 for the guy that brings over your umbrella, $3 for breakfast, $2 for lunch, $5 pp for dinner. $100 is not much for us, but those $2-$5 tips go a long way for each of these hard working folks.
We spent an afternoon at the Moon Palace. Great pool area! Beautiful hotel, but we liked Beach Palace even better!
We also visited the Cancun Palace for one dinner, and one afternoon for lunch. For a REAL treat make a rez with Guest Services at Beach Palace for the steakhouse at Cancun Palace. Specify that you would like to sit at the GRILL ‘Beni Hana style’. Super delish and fun!
While we were there, it was low capacity. Good for us (nice and quiet), but bad for the economy in Mex. If you wanted to party, it was EASY to find one, but still low capacity for Cancun this time of year.
The Entertainment staff worked hard to keep everyone…well..entertained. One night there was a Cirque De Sole type show…really cool. One night a BIG, big screen movie (Iron Man)…every day and every night something was going on….But not like that annoying style of screaming and yelling over the PA…Niiiice entertainment…”Join us for a game of volleyball in the pool, or a dart match, or”….the possibilities were endless and gave everyone a chance to mingle with the other folks at the hotel. We didn’t get involved, but it looked like everyone who did was having a ball. The sportsbar was fun, and the lounge has live bands…great talent!
Some mornings we ordered room service. One night at 1am we ordered French fries…It was in your room in less than 15 mins.. There are no limits here. If you want freshly made chocolate ice cream at 5am…They will make it and bring it to your room on a platter with a smile…It was nuts!
We utilized the laundry service…A little pricey, but great if you want to re-wear that white cotton dress in a couple days that you spilled wine on the night before!
There is not a beach per say, at the BEACH PALACE, but if you really want to feel the sand between your toes, hit Moon, Sun or Cancun Palace.
We spent one day on Isla Mujeres, important to take the ULTRA MAR FERRY (cost the same but half the time and it has A/C!). This is a very small island so we rented a golf cart for $35 for the day, went to the Palace Isla, hung in the pool had a cocktail and some lunch (ALL Free since it was a ‘sister resort’), pet a shark off the pier (really!). After lunch we went to the turtle reserve then the Gorrafon beach (only $5…instead of $50 for the Garrofon PARK). We went around the ENTIRE island! Made it back just in time to return our cart, grab a cold beer and jump onto the ferry. Great Day!
We ate at La Dolche Vita on our last night. The food was good, but the alligator below in the lagoon was super awesome!
We did the jungle tour, but I would recommend going with the company ‘Blue Ray’ or another company that has the two man boats. It costs about the same and much more comfortable. Go for the ride, which is super-awesome, but the snorkeling this year was just …ehh. They have the entire reef closed off, and they require you to wear a life jacket when you snorkel. So the fishys chill at the reef and your stuck bobbing in on oversized life jacket, looking at boat anchors. Yuck! But again, driving your own boat in the open waters is worth the $60!
Pre-arranged airport transport is the ONLY way to go, otherwise you have to wade through the ‘gauntlet’ at the airport with the timeshare folks and the taxis…blech! We use entertainment plus. It’s about $35 each way to your hotel, and they stand outside with your name on a big white plaque. We had 3 people, and a big VAN! He even stopped on the way to the hotel so we could grab a cold drink to GO!
Map chick online has great maps, and great info on local attractions.
Can’t wait to go back…Just need to talk my hubbie into it
