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Blue Bay Club Los Angeles Locos Trip Report
Just got back from Blue Bay, and I am afraid I have to give it the old
thumbs down. Just too many little things wrong that should be corrected. It makes the holiday annoying. Too many little things broken in our room, like burnt out bulbs, broken faucets, leaky ceiling, extra hard mattress, jammed doors, etc Little things, like not fixing the holes in the netting around the main eating area. The netting is supposed to keep the birds out. The first time it's fun to eat breakfast with the birds, soon you notice the chairs covered in bird poop and the bird poop on the floors and it just becomes disgusting. Where else did that bird poop? Now it's a little thing, just fix the holes! Little things like cleaning the same 4 sets of tiles over and over again. That dear sweet lady, mopping the same 4 sets of tiles, day after day after day. Looks like their all busy, looks like their keeping things ship shape, but actually their doing nothing, just cleaning the same tiles that were cleaned 15 minutes ago. I managed to communicate with her a little in my broken Spanish and she really is a nice person. So how about sending her upstairs to do a little work on the rooms? The rooms sure could use it. Many people slip on the tiles around the pool. The resorts policy of continuous mopping guarantees that the tiles will always be slippery. If you do decide to travel here, pay close attention to those tiles. Too much repetition in the food service. The food is just passable, and you will, if your hungry enough, find something to eat, even if it is just a hamburger. The pizza was terrible, and the buffet was something out of a boot camp. Plenty of it but just not very good. Other little annoyances: No swim up bar after 17:00 No place to get a drink after 23:00 except the very loud, very dark disco. Disco can be heard all night until it closes at 02:00. It has glass walls! I'd like to meet the genius that designed it. Breakfast starts at 07:00 but don't expect anyone to actually serve you at that hour. Lunch only starts at 13:00 so if you're hungry at noon you're S=2EO.L. Not many boogie boards and most are old and falling to pieces. (You can tell by their weight- light means new, heavy means old.) Very uncomfortable, very hard plastic, beach chairs. No pads for the beach chairs. Loud and obnoxious entertainment near the bar after the nightly show. If you want a quite drink or your rooms are nearby be prepared. Wildly over-priced boutique. Jungle tour is boat ride through a mangrove swamp. Boat is very noisy so 99.999% of the wildlife just disappears as it goes through. Lucky people have reported sighting a few deaf crabs. Horseback riding is a slow ride on a dusty road, with very tired, very hot horses. Pretend you're an animal rights activist for a week and skip the horsy ride. Front Desk staff does not really speak any English. I understand I am in Mexico. I understand that the entire staff does not need to speak English, but maybe one or two of the front desk people could, a few would be nice. After all this resort is being sold to North America. You would think that the management would do the smallest thing to accommodate us. (P.S. two of the food service staff spoke English quite well, time to find out who they are and put them on that front desk!) Very far from the nearest town. $50.00 cab fare return. The DAILY Mexican minimum wage is about $4.00 (dollars) so your average worker on the resort would have to work 12 =BD days to take a cab to town and back. Now is it really that far? I have been to other resorts and I found this to be very expensive in comparison. I did tip but it seemed to make no difference in the level of service. In summary, if you're a detail person, this place will annoy the heck out of you. Personally, if you have read all the reviews you have to have your head examined if you go to Blue Bay Club Los Angeles Locos. Read more at- tripadvisor.com & www.angelfire.com/scary/resort=ADs I wish I had read all these reviews before I booked. So do your self a favour and check them out. |
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