Hotels FAQ

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Is their beach pretty? White sand? Beautiful blue water? Is there a better hotel with a nicer beach area?

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>Is their beach pretty? White sand? Beautiful blue water? Is there a better >hotel with a nicer beach area?

In the little I know, I think beaches are public. There is no hotel owner of a specific beach area. Bye

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Is their beach pretty? Yes, very pretty. Clean and Wide. White sand? I never seen more white sand. Beautiful blue water? Transparent, with turquoise tones Is there a better hotel with a nicer beach area? All the Cancun beaches, along 18 kilometers have the same characteristics. The north area of Cancun in front Isla Mujeres the sea is like a big pool, with very calm waters, there you have the Hotel Fiesta Americana Grand Coral Beach it is one of the best’s hotels in Cancun, of the same category of the Ritz, The beaches of the East Side where is the Ritz Carlton are more wide and the Sea has more waves, and more impetuos. Any way you can swim, but is more easy swim in the north side of the island. Regards… Jaime

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> Is their beach pretty? > Yes, very pretty. Clean and Wide. > White sand? > I never seen more white sand. > Beautiful blue water? > Transparent, with turquoise tones

But not tranquil.  It is very rough.  Not really swimable. > Is there a better hotel with a nicer beach area? > All the Cancun beaches, along 18 kilometers have the same > characteristics.

Some places are better for swimming.

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> In the little I know, I think beaches are public.

All the beaches in Mexico are public, you are right, Any way you don’t see locals in the beaches in front of the resorts, you only see guests. The question is about how is the beach, No Who is the owner of the Beach, understood?

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I have been to Cancun numerous times, and I am told that I Ritz Carlton in one of the most, if the not the most, expensive hotel in Cancun. When I heard this, it obviously peeked my interest and I visited the hotel. What I saw was VERY DISAPPOINTING. First, let’s start with the exterior. It looks downright ugly, no character, this huge white cement blob. The interior had several paintings and wood-panel walls, which looked super-expensive but seemed out of place in the Caribbean. It looked and feeled more like a museum rather than a hotel lobby in the Caribbean. The beach and pool area were nice but nothing special compared to the hundreds of other hotels in Cancun. I have never stayed at the Ritz Carlton, but from what I saw, exterior, interior lobby and pool/beach area, it is not worth the huge amount of money they probably ask for the rooms. Mind you, I never saw the rooms themselves, so maybe that will justify the price. My favorite hotel in Cancun is the Hyatt Cancun Caribe, NOT to be confused with the Hyatt Regency Cancun, which does not have a very good beach area. The Westin Regina Cancun is pretty good too, though location-wise, it’s a bit far from the main action, but perhaps quieter. The Fiesta Americana Coral Beach is of the largest and nicest and is right there by the Convention Center. In short, there are probably numerous other hotels that are better than the Ritz Carlton Cancun. – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – > Is their beach pretty? White sand? Beautiful blue water? Is there a better > hotel with a nicer beach area?

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I agree with CBBJ completely. I think that the pool was worse than "nice, but nothing special". Tiny pool, I thought. My wife and I had a 2 room suite at the Hilton, and we went to the Ritz-Carlton to check it out and have lunch. My wife had a drink called a "Mudslide". Hard liquor and a couple of liquers in it. Small glass(poolside). Guess how much?? Try $16.50!!!! Went back to our hotel, walked up to the bar, asked how much a mudslide was….$8.00!!!!!Bigger glass too!! I was still steamed when I got home, sent an e-mail to Ritz-Carlton and complained. They e-mailed me back and basically said "tough". I will never stay at their hotel . CBBJ is right, the hotel looks just like a museum. Not tropical at all!! Food was also very expensive, we looked at the dinner menus outside the restaurants. AVOID the Ritz-Carlton!!! Go to the Hilton instead, pool area is just gorgeous, very big, and a beach that you can actually swim at and not drown!! Swimming at other hotels is downright dangerous, except "as CBBJ says" at the Fiesta Americana Coral Beach. Hilton also has their very own golf course, and it’s pretty good. I play a lot of golf, and it met my needs.

– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> I have been to Cancun numerous times, and I am told that I Ritz Carlton > in one of the most, if the not the most, expensive hotel in Cancun. > When I heard this, it obviously peeked my interest and I visited the > hotel. What I saw was VERY DISAPPOINTING. First, let’s start with the > exterior. It looks downright ugly, no character, this huge white cement > blob. The interior had several paintings and wood-panel walls, which > looked super-expensive but seemed out of place in the Caribbean. It > looked and feeled more like a museum rather than a hotel lobby in the > Caribbean. The beach and pool area were nice but nothing special > compared to the hundreds of other hotels in Cancun. I have never stayed > at the Ritz Carlton, but from what I saw, exterior, interior lobby and > pool/beach area, it is not worth the huge amount of money they probably > ask for the rooms. Mind you, I never saw the rooms themselves, so maybe > that will justify the price. > My favorite hotel in Cancun is the Hyatt Cancun Caribe, NOT to be > confused with the Hyatt Regency Cancun, which does not have a very > good beach area. The Westin Regina Cancun is pretty good too, though > location-wise, it’s a bit far from the main action, but perhaps quieter. > The Fiesta Americana Coral Beach is of the largest and nicest and > is right there by the Convention Center. In short, there are probably > numerous other hotels that are better than the Ritz Carlton Cancun. > Is their beach pretty? White sand? Beautiful blue water? Is there a better > hotel with a nicer beach area?

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But you have to realise that the Ritz has a certain reputation of being this really swank, super-classy, elitist hotel chain. They try to maintain that tradition and doing so entails charging absolutely ridiculous prices at the bar. I always try to get an idea of what a drink costs before I head into a place and even if I’d been to your hotel’s bar, I would have turned around and walked right out the moment I heard that a mudslide was $8 USD because the last time I got one in Mexico (Guanajuato to be specific) it cost me all of 30 pesos ($3.30 USD) and by Mexican standards even that was a little on the pricey side. For what it’s worth, the last time I set foot in a Ritz-Carleton was about 6 years ago for a big dinner. Not only was the service a disorganised mess but about half the people at my table had to send their plates back because the roast beef was far too under-cooked. Oh and by the way a mudslide is half an ounce of vodka, half an ounce of kahlua and a quater ounce of irish cream blended with ice. Richard

– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> I agree with CBBJ completely. I think that the pool was worse than "nice, > but nothing special". Tiny pool, I thought. My wife and I had a 2 room suite > at the Hilton, and we went to the Ritz-Carlton to check it out and have > lunch. My wife had a drink called a "Mudslide". Hard liquor and a couple of > liquers in it. Small glass(poolside). Guess how much?? Try $16.50!!!! Went > back to our hotel, walked up to the bar, asked how much a mudslide > was….$8.00!!!!!Bigger glass too!! I was still steamed when I got home, > sent an e-mail to Ritz-Carlton and complained. They e-mailed me back and > basically said "tough". I will never stay at their hotel . > CBBJ is right, the hotel looks just like a museum. Not tropical at all!! > Food was also very expensive, we looked at the dinner menus outside the > restaurants. > AVOID the Ritz-Carlton!!! Go to the Hilton instead, pool area is just > gorgeous, very big, and a beach that you can actually swim at and not > drown!! Swimming at other hotels is downright dangerous, except "as CBBJ > says" at the Fiesta Americana Coral Beach. Hilton also has their very own > golf course, and it’s pretty good. I play a lot of golf, and it met my > needs. > I have been to Cancun numerous times, and I am told that I Ritz Carlton > in one of the most, if the not the most, expensive hotel in Cancun. > When I heard this, it obviously peeked my interest and I visited the > hotel. What I saw was VERY DISAPPOINTING. First, let’s start with the > exterior. It looks downright ugly, no character, this huge white cement > blob. The interior had several paintings and wood-panel walls, which > looked super-expensive but seemed out of place in the Caribbean. It > looked and feeled more like a museum rather than a hotel lobby in the > Caribbean. The beach and pool area were nice but nothing special > compared to the hundreds of other hotels in Cancun. I have never stayed > at the Ritz Carlton, but from what I saw, exterior, interior lobby and > pool/beach area, it is not worth the huge amount of money they probably > ask for the rooms. Mind you, I never saw the rooms themselves, so maybe > that will justify the price. > My favorite hotel in Cancun is the Hyatt Cancun Caribe, NOT to be > confused with the Hyatt Regency Cancun, which does not have a very > good beach area. The Westin Regina Cancun is pretty good too, though > location-wise, it’s a bit far from the main action, but perhaps quieter. > The Fiesta Americana Coral Beach is of the largest and nicest and > is right there by the Convention Center. In short, there are probably > numerous other hotels that are better than the Ritz Carlton Cancun. > > Is their beach pretty? White sand? Beautiful blue water? Is there a > better > > hotel with a nicer beach area?

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