Norm & Lisa - November, 2009
All in all, this year’s trip to Hedo II with LoveVoodoo (LVD) Fest was….fun! We really went to Hedo II with LoveVoodoo more for the people than for the resort, and the people rocked! Our primary acclaims and criticisms (with suggestions) fall on the resort. We hope this trip report is read by all who have the ability to help make next year’s trip even better because yes, we are already booked!
All in all, the resort was beautiful and the amenities great! We loved the beach, the view from our ocean view nude room and its cleanliness, the food options, the special happy hours with sponsors, the cleanliness and availability of the gym, the water sports available to us, and the fact that the catamaran can come right up to the resort for the cruise to Rick’s Cafe.
We love the nude pool area including the grill, the swim-up bar, and the huge hot tub perfect for happy hour. And this year, we were very pleased to find that the hottub was, in fact, hot and clean – always a plus! However, the bar at the nude pool could use some help; the staff seemed to have a hard time keeping up with us. They had a tendency to make the wrong drinks and often ran out of common alcohol such as Appleton rum, Absolut vodka, and Jim Beam. It might be helpful when the resort is full to plan ahead for the alcohol usage and staffing to accommodate the business. And this year, there were more bees than we’ve ever seen before! What if someone was allergic – staff or visitor??? Understand there were a lot of sweet items at the bar, but maybe cleaning or wiping up with Clorex wipes now and then would keep the bees at bay.
After the shows at dinner time, we loved the piano bar. The new guy could actually play piano, sing, and he was entertaining! We also loved that the ECs came in to sing – they’re wonderful! We were a little disappointed, however, that the piano guy had a book with a ton of songs, but he kept to a dozen or so the entire week. Our group was there for a whole week and our expectations were that we’d get a different show each night – not necessarily the case. There are some classic songs for any piano bar, but ensuring a better mix of songs would make the piano bar even more fun!
After the piano bar, the disco would be a lot better if the DJ would mix up his music! All week long, while LVD was there, he seemed to play only 15 great songs. However, we noticed the Saturday night that most LVD folks were gone; he put on a lot of other great songs to include some reggae. That night was GREAT!
The food options on resort are great; we love the variety, but good food after 2am was hard to come by this trip. There were supposed to be snacks from 12-2am, and there were, but at 2:01am, any remaining was thrown away! Being a lifestyle group, we are often playing between 12 and 2, so why not keep that remaining food hot under the heat lamps for us? And it actually took us a few days to get them to even MAKE french fries with the burgers. Next year, if there are remaining burgers and fries, please consider leaving them under the heat lamps – we’ll eat them! And after 2am, there were still supposed to be other snacks, but what we found was soup leftover from dinnertime and mini sandwiches that had unidentifiable meat in them. This, unfortunately, often left us going to bed with the grumblies. Please consider having more burgers and fries or maybe even just peanut butter and jelly sandwiches with potato chips after 2am?
All in all, a good trip, but room for improvement for an all-inclusive resort.