Lyle - May, 2010
Trip to Hedo II
18
- 26 May 2010
Trip to Hedo II on 18 May 2010 was via US Air from St. Louis
with connection in Charlotte to Montego Bay.
Both flights were uneventful, with only a minor delay of
about 25 minutes leaving Charlotte, and both were far from full
capacity.
Arrival in Montego Bay was smooth and both Immigration and
Customs were functioning well, so passing through both of them
took minimal time after arrival.
The SuperClubs desk was also working well and there was
only a minor amount of time required to wait to get everyone
rounded up and on the bus.
We all decided to proceed directly to Hedo, so we
bypassed the usual stop along the way.
I thought check-in at the resort was pretty uneventful and
smooth, but some of the other folks apparently couldn't wait to
find something to complain about and started getting worked up
about the whole process.
Frankly, I thought it all worked pretty well if folks
would just let the front desk folks do their job.
Most mornings were good weather and very pleasant conditions.
Most afternoons included rain that would end before
sunset. As usual,
the rain really didn't hinder operations at Delroy's or in the
pool and hot tub areas.
While we did have a lot of rain while I was there, it
really didn't seem to bother anyone much.
The Piano Bar had some sort of electrical problem one night that
caused it to close at about 11:30 one night, but it seemed to be
back in operation the next night.
The nude grill, main dining area, the Japanese restaurant, and
the Italian restaurant all seemed to be working well and I was
happy with the food.
Sure, some folks could find things to complain about with the
food, but I was always able to find plenty to eat that I liked
and I had no complaints with the food at any of the places.
There was a rumor they were going to have dinner on the
beach one night, but that turned out to be just a rumor and
dinner was served as usual in the main dining area.
Water conditions in the nude beach swimming area were better and
the water had better visibility than I remember from the past
few trips.
Everything in my room worked OK and I didn't have any complaints
about any of that, although the air conditioner was a bit musty.
Some friends were kind enough to share their can of Lysol
with me to spray the air conditioner, and that made a
significant improvement. Housekeeping
did a great job of taking care of the room, as usual, so no
problems with any of that.
They were having a few IT problems with the Internet Cafe, but
those were usually resolved within an hour or two and presented
no major problems from my perspective.
Departure on the 26th all worked as planned and the bus ride up
to MoBay was pretty much as planned, except for a local detour
required up in MoBay due to some road work that was in progress.
US Air was about a half hour late arriving at Montego Bay, so
that resulted in about a half hour delay getting out of Montego
Bay to Charlotte.
Considering the connection time in the plan, it was cutting it
pretty close to clear Immigration, Customs, and TSA Security,
then get to the other end of the airport terminal to catch the
connecting flight to St. Louis.
As it all turned out, I was able to get to the gate about
half way through the boarding process for the flight home as
planned.
All in all, I thought everything at the resort was working
pretty well and I had a great time.
Looking forward to the next trip
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