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Re: Mayan Resorts (by Mary D.):

orvillef2 wrote:

adahiscout wrote:

orvillef2 wrote:

Hi Collette, We also just purchased, however we have been going to Riviera Maya Mayan Palace every End of Jan-Beginning of Feb for the last few years. The weather has been good for about half our stay and rained and/or was cloudy for half our stay.

It isn't the first or second week but about every other day, it would be rainy off and on. Not cold rain, but frustrating to us because we wanted all sunshine.

It's a beautiful resort, you can't beat all the things to do in the area. Playa del Carmen is great to hang out at all day. There are must go to parks, like Excaret (All day) Shows, Sea creatures, buterfly parks, exhibits, underwater rivers, snorkeling with beautiful fish and/or turtles in a bay.

We are going to Nuevo Vallarta at the end of May. I hope the weather is better, I hear it has a fabulous waterpark for the kids.

I'd also like to know when and where the best times and places are, so let me know how your experiences go and I'll return the favor, eh?

Deena/Oregon

Would you mind telling us a little more about Excaret? I gather we are not talking Disney-type theme part. How expensive/far from Mayan is it?

MD

You need to get there first thing when they open or you won't have time to see everything/do everything. Excaret is probably an hours bus ride from the mayan palace and you can catch it outside the gate, or just make travel arrangements with the mayan. It is not about bright plastic and screaming babies and long lines as someone referred to "Disneyland". It's all day shows, horse and rider, acrobatics and just before they close the park has a huge show depicting the different states and/or villages of Mexico, when spain colonized Mexico (or shared their customs rather, and religion), some of the games the mayans would play (fireball) It's fantastic. At the end of the show everyone's busses and rides are waiting for them outside the gate. This is a beautiful park. It is so tropical, there are huge iguanas roaming and basking freely in the sun, the coast line view from the park is awesome. They have both contained areas full of fish and open areas (bay) to snorkel. The park also has an underground river. Long cave that is sometimes open to the sky and sometimes not,but well lit and even has some places where there's waterfalls and mangrove roots (jungle feel) There are places to Lay out and lots of seating with little table and umbrellas. You lay out while your husband and kids snorkel in front of you. It's beautiful and I haven't even touched on seeing the panthers and different kinds of deer and manta rays and tropical fish and Mayan Ruins etc. Of course I could be negative and say "It's Stupid" but I would have to be one of those kind of people that can hardly ever have fun and isn't impressed by anything. It's fun for my husband and I, but then we like variety, entertainment, new things, the wonder of nature EVEN IF IT WAS PLANTED THERE, which another reader has suggested. We have done alot of things in the Maya Riviera, but we've never skipped Excaret!

Deena

Thanks for the feed-back, folks. I've heard reference to this park before but never had much idea of what it contained. This was very useful.

MD