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Re: Royal Hacienda (by Kimberly B.):

haydees2 wrote:
kimberlyb116 wrote:
haydees2 wrote:
Hello! We are heading to Royal Haciendas in August (week33), and wanted to get latest updates on RH. How's the fitness center? How's the spa/massage? Any comment on the restaurants, villa, any dvds to rent, store at the resort, laundry? What to bring and what not? We are family of 5, bringing mom, and my 2 kids (18 and 9 years old0, any activities? Any review will be very much appreciated. Thanks.
We were just at the Royal haciendas during June 23-30. Fitness center is nice but have to pay to use it. No spa yet but they do massages on the beach. I had one and it was fabulous. The restaurants are very good but we are a family of 5 and it got a little expensive. The restaurant on the beach is the only one open for dinner. the restaurant at the pool closes at 4:00. Drinks are pretty expensive $8-9 I would suggest going to town or buing something at the market. It generally cost our family of 5 (me, husband, son 13, daughters 10 and 6) around $100 a meal to eat at the restaurant in the evening. They do have free shuttles into playa del Carmen now. They run regularly until 2:00 and then they don't have another shuttle until 5:00. You can get a cab back from Playa for around $10 but you will have to take 2 for the size of your family. The villas are beautiful and the grounds at the resort are very nice. The best part of the beach is not at the finished part of the resort but further north in front of the construction area. They did have DVD's for rent but we did not rent any. They do have quite a few activities. If you like to Scuba dive the new dive shop Dive Balam is awesome. My husband and son went on several dives and thought the dive staff was superb. They also have beach and pool volleyball and beach soccer. Hope you have a great vacation.

Thanks a lot, appreciate all the tips. Just few more question, Were there entertainment at night? I am sure my husband and boys would love to do the dive. 2 years ago, we did the swim with the dolphin in acapulco, but it was quite expensive for this size of family. Do you mind sharing how much did it cost for the dive? My boys will definitely love beach soccer. Is there jetskiing or banana boat in RH? It's our first time in RH and we are celebrating my sons graduation. I cant wait for a week of R & R. Thanks for all your comments.

There is no nightly entertainment other than a couple of movies. I think the dives were around $70 but I don't know for sure. They do have jeski's but I didn't see any banana boats.