This was my 5th Trip to the Hotel Zone in Cancun. We have stayed at the other Royal Resorts (Royal Islander, Royal Caribbean) and love going. Since the Royal Sands is the newest in Cancun of the Royals (and has the spa) I wanted to stay here. We got a 2 bedroom villa ocean front for 1 week at the Royal Sands for $1400 through RedWeek.com. I am glad we did.

I am not going to go in to how great the service, cleanliness or food is – just read all the great reviews. What I am going to share is the BEACH. Because of Wilma in 05 it is virtually gone EXCEPT at the ROYAL SANDS. We went back over to the other Royals, you can’t even get in the ocean because of all the rocks. However at the Sands they have a GREAT area that you can swim, our 4 kids LOVED it.

If you don’t plan on going in the water, then ANY of the Royal Resorts are great. However if you do want to swim in the ocean (or at least not slip on a rock) then it’s the Royal Sands.

We purchased our time share at the Royal Sands and have been staying there every year since the resort opened. It is by far the best of the Cancun Royal resorts. Our unit is both the lockout and the villa. The views are gorgeous, the staff are amazing, and you can't bet the location. If you are lucky enough to get a villa on the shortest side of the U-shaped resort you have the blessing of seeing the sunset over the lagoon from your front door and the sunrise over the Caribbean from your patio. I have a fifty year ownership and I'm sure I will continue to go back again and again!

We absolutely love the Sands! We traveled with our best friends and they too loved it! The service was impeccable from the front desk to housekeeping! The resort was very clean and maintained. If I had to complain about anything it would be the beach. After
hurricane "Wilma" she took part of the beach with her. When at the beach you have to stay to the right side because of the rocks. It is still accessible though. We will be there again next year!!!

Just returned from 1 week at the Royal Sands. We traded our timeshare for a week here through II. Sight unseen we were pleasantly surprised. We had an ocean facing 1 bedroom. Though the room was nothing spectacular - it was clean and spacious. The best part was the large balcony and incredible ocean view - wouldn't have had it any other way. We spent all week on the beach- plenty available huts due to flu scare. The resort was not crowded - they stated about 40% capacity.. usually 85%. Only ate lunch in the restaurant… food was good not great. For a timeshare trade I would recommend. Staff was very nice and accommodating.. my only complaint was the person concierge. She was very persistent on trying to get us to meet with the sales guy about their resorts. Multiple times we said “no” and it continued. She called us very early one morning to see if we were attending an introduction meeting we had told her we would likely not attend. I can appreciate trying one time to get us to sit through their sales pitch- but after receiving a “no thanks”… move on! This was my only complaint of the week. Otherwise we kept to ourselves – relaxing and reading on the beach. Did use the spa for a couples massage – nice facilities and good services..