Re: ROYAL HIDEAWAY QUESTIONS...

Posted by Marcus on July 17, 2000 at 08:30:52:

In Reply to: ROYAL HIDEAWAY QUESTIONS... posted by LIZ on July 16, 2000 at 22:35:07:

: Kiz--we stayed at the RH 1-8 July (see my report)
1)The resort has three+ rows of villas, perpendicular to the beachfront, so there are about 3-4 villas with beachfront views--each villa has 2 or three floors. My agent quoted the price difference over a regular luxury room of about a $200/week. These rooms are all close to the beach, the two larger pools and the beachfront restaurant (no villa in the resort is far!) Since the resort is only 200 rooms, and some of your meals and activities are in the main building, I found our regular luxury room, closer to the main building, just fine. It's your personal preference. One recommendation--ask for a room that does not face the Allegro next door, or the Riu construction to the south. Also, since the rooms are assigned first-come/first serve, recommend a flight that arrives in Cancun by about noon-1PM, so you can be at RH by 2-3PM.

2)We had heard the dinner theatre was OK, but not worth investing an entire evening--again a lot is personal preference. The theatre is a little sterile feeling, with "tiered" seating in an amphitheatre configuration. The menu is limited to 2 or so entrees,which come from the Ventanas Restaurant (the most continental/conservative of the restaurants). Since my tastes run a little more adventurous, and we had already dined once at Ventanas, we decided not to eat at the theater. We did have dinner at one of the other restaurants, and trickled in and sat down for the final 20 minutes of the show--mostly amateur dancing and a magic show. You may like it, but since we are not afficionados of Las Vegas-style entertainment, we are glad we just dropped in for a few minutes. Others seemed to like it...so it depends on if you might enjoy that type of thing.

3)One night there is a Mexican themed dinner near the two pools (not in the sand!), with Mariachi band, and merchants set up to sell trinkets afterward. We missed it because we had an anniversary dinner in Palazzos. All the restaurants are open, so you have choices. One thing about RH--there are no raucous parties--so it was low key, with good food. It did seem to finish early, because we wandered down at about 10PM and the tables were cleared and being stored. Since we had such a lovely dinner at Palazzos, we did not miss it!

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