Eric - August, 2010
Trip Report for Hedo II August
21-28
Let me start by stating that this
was my 19th trip in 21 years. It started from
I was assigned room 2156 and have
had this room often as I have been happy with its location near everything. I
hung my sign on the door and got the dive shack to blow up my Monkey for my
window. Both help me to find my room in the early mornings. I got naked and
headed to the nude beach to see who had arrived and who was here. When I
reached the nude bar, I found the Zoo Crew, Kenny & Margaret and a lot of
other people I was surprised to see. It was a great welcome home and drinks
were hoisted with cheer.
I was able to have dinner in
Martino's on Saturday night and the lamb was great. Everyone we ate with
enjoyed it very much. I heard that the food in the main dining room was very
poor and held my judgment until I was able to eat there on Sunday night. We had
my birthday party on Sunday night and I was very unimpressed with the food- in
fact, I would say it was the worst in all of my trips. The dining room staff
was as always great and did everything that they could to make sure that
everyone had water and wine. The party was great. Monday night we had plans off
the resort. Whenever possible we ate at Martino's or the Japanese restaurant.
Of the two dinners at the Japanese restaurant, we found inconsistency between
the two meals but it was better than the dining room’s food by far.
Other then the food being poor, we
did have the main pool spring a leak into the disco so it was closed Saturday
night. The disco was moved outside near
the ping pong tables and pool tables. It was very loud and a lot of people were
upset and could not sleep because of the music. The leak was fixed and the
disco was used for the remainder of the week. As with most of my trips, the
disco does not play disco music - or what I would call good dancing music. The
bridge to nowhere is still up.
The piano bar is still the place
to be, without question. Dion, the piano player, has come a long way. He does a
great job and has made a place in Hedo II history for himself. I would say the
song books were a little beat up and as we get older, larger print would be
nice.
I will say that there have been
two other changes that were upsetting. On Tuesday night we have always had
karaoke and on Friday night we have always had a piano player. Now we have a
piano player going up against the PJ party and most people would rather be at
the piano bar with Dion and not at the disco.
This had made turn-out for the PJ party very low. On Friday night (my
last night) we no longer had a piano player but karaoke, and it is not as good
of a party.
A pleasant surprise did happen on
this trip. On Saturday night, I was having some fun with some first timers
(virgins) to hedonism and making everyone laugh. On Sunday I was stopped by a
beautiful woman who said, “Is your name Eric?” and I responded, “Yes”. She
informed me that she talked with the general manager to make sure she had the
right name and that she had worked at the resort sixteen years ago. Her name
was Robin. I instantly remembered her and noted that she had changed her hair
style. Back then she was the nude beach coordinator. It turns out she is living
in NY and was there with her husband and some friends (the Hedo virgins from
the night before). She said she was laughing so hard the night before her belly
was still hurting. It’s nice to know that I was remembered fondly from a full
16 years ago. Just goes to show you that you never know who you will run into
at Hedo II.
The catamaran Tuesday, as always,
was a great trip. Philip and Patty do what they can to make each of the boats
is safe and enjoy able. Rasta Ralphy has not changed in 20 yrs.
I did tie with a couple for 3 free
days. It took over 8 trips to the sales office to get the paperwork, however.
Over all, it was a good trip and
was great to see some friends and relax. The rum was freely flowing and the
beach was great thanks to its caretaker. The jerk chicken at the nude bar was
good enough for a 4pm pick-me-up with extra sauce (need the sauce). At 5pm each
day, Tony had a toast and on the last day of our trip I supplied
champagne.
The resort needs work and general
maintenance; for those of us that know this resort as well over time it is
noticeable. I hope now with the end of
Hedo III, management looks to fix the cash cow they have before it dies. We
love Hedo for the people and the loving staff that take care of us.
God-willing, I will be back in 51 weeks for my 20th trip.
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