My wife and I just returned from our first trip to Desire and I wanted to write a review while everything was fairly fresh. We had a short 3.5 hour flight into Cancun at which time we were herded through immigration along with the other Spring Breakers. After a brief time there, we picked up our bags and made our way outside to find the representative from Olympus for our transportation to Desire. After about 10 minutes we loaded up on a small van along with 5 other tourists that were going to other hotels. The drive to Desire was about 20 minutes and we were stopped at two security check points where I had to sign a sheet. It was kind of funny because I'm sure the other folks in the van were wondering why all the security. The front of Desire is a large swamp type lagoon but I never did see any alligators as seen in some of the other photos. We were greeted by a bellman who took our bags and led us to the front desk. The guy at the desk said, "I have you down for a garden view room." I corrected him and said no I actually have an oceanview. I showed him my voucher and he replied, "Oh, let me look into that." After a few moments, he told me he had found a room. We listened to a short talk about the resort and the lady started talking about their timeshare/points program. I politely told her we were not interested and she said ok and never brought it up again. We were taken to our room which was 1002 directly behind the pool and on the bottom floor of the building with the rooftop jacuzzi. To call this an oceanview room was a real stretch as you had to look through bushes, the pool, beach beds, etc . to see about a one foot square area of ocean view. It actually turned out ok though as this room location was very convenient to the pool, restaurants, jacuzzi ,etc. In fact, the resort is so small that there really is not a bad room at the whole resort outside of the infamous room directly underneath the jacuzzi. We arrived about 4pm and headed to the pool with our swimsuits on. Once we laid out, we quickly noticed that 99% of the guests were all naked. There were all body types and I mean all. (good and not so good) We quickly shed our suits and thoroughly enjoyed the freedom the entire week. Sylvia at the pool provided outstanding service with a smile. I usually gave her $1 tip per round and she seemed very grateful. I was probably in the minority on the tipping but enjoy helping out these hard working staff. There is a restaurant at the pool area which is pretty good. They always had hamburgers, chicken sandwiches, etc but also some nicer lunch items as well. To the left of the food line was a bar where you could always get water, soft drinks, and alcohol. I primarily stuck with beer and margaritas and both were tasty and cold. One thing that was sort of funny is that some of the guests will walk up to the bar to get a drink buck naked. They walk right past people eating their meal with nothing on. I thought this was a bit inconsiderate but it didn't seem to phaze others. I always put my trunks on when going to the bar. You are required to have bottoms on to eat at any of the restaurants. Our room was just ok. Very simple with a nice big king bed. There was no dresser in the room so everything had to be stacked on a ledge or placed in the small closet. The bathroom was pretty big and had a huge shower. (no tub) The water pressure was great and we had plenty of hot water. We did see a few mosquitos in the bathroom on a couple of nights. I think they were getting in through a small screen in the shower area. Once we shut the window, that problem went away. The restaurants were all good. Breakfast always included a good omelet and sausage, bacon, etc. We usually ate lunch at the pool area as already mentioned. We ate dinner about three nights at the Japanese restaurant. They had great sushi, spring rolls, wonton soup and main course. We ate at the international restaurant on two occasions and it was excellent as well. Many of the women wear very sexy outfits to dinner which was great people watching. Roof top jacuzzi--I was not that impressed with this area. We did make use of the beds but it got too crowded for us in the tub at times. Disco--We loved the theme nights and had a great time each night partying with friends we had met on the trip. The playroom was fantastic and we used it as well many times. Some nights we were about the only ones and on other nights it was quite crowded. Will we go again. Absolutely! One of the most romantic, erotic vacations we have ever been on. You must try the couples massage at Desire. Best we have ever had.
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