Phil & Kristin

The short commute time between the airport and the resort makes this an easy choice for shorter stays which is about all we can manage with the kids. We arrived at the resort in under an hour from landing in Cancun and our room was ready when we arrived. We were greeted, served champagne, checked in and escorted to our room within minutes.

The room-Initially we were a little disappointed with the appearance of the room(after the luxurious rooms pictured on the website) but quickly decided that the room was clean, no signs of any bugs and the A/C worked. We didn't book here for a luxury room anyway. The room worked out to be just fine and we didn't notice that the beds were unusually hard as we had read numerous times.

Still early enough in the day to check out the beach and pool area since this was our first time here. We were pleasantly surprised that we were able to find seats on the beach and the pool area, even mid-day.

Our first meal at the resort was the pool side lunch and the food was quite good. Several items to choose from that changed daily and there was always grilled steak, fish or chicken to choose from as well as an unending supply of awesome guacamole.

Breakfast and Dinner available Buffet style which is all we made it to during our short stay. The buffet selection was varied and even the pickiest eater should be able to find something that they enjoy. The service at the restaurant was excellent. Everyone that we talked to that ate at the ala carte restaruants said the food was excellent and highly recommended them but they take a good 3 hours and we weren't willing to give up that much time to eat!

The grounds and beach were well maintained and the public bathrooms by the pool, lobby bar and disco appeared to have "just been cleaned" each time I used one. That was nice!

We visited the Hot Tub every night and were surprised that it was so empty considering the resort was full. Not being dancers, we only visited the Disco once but did notice that it was music we enjoyed and it was not so loud that you could not carry on a conversation.

Much to our surprise because we usually do not enjoy most of the *entertainment* provided by EC crews, I cannot end this trip report without raving about the EC staff at Desire...they truly made this vacation fun! They were not pushy and did not try to talk you into participating in events that you didn't want to participate in. In fact, we did not actively participate in much at all. The rapport between the staff and the guests was amazing and entertaining to watch. Two EC staff members stand out in particular and had just arrived at the resort within the last 2 weeks, Nino and Sal. They were the talk of the resort and had us all laughing all the time.

I'm sitting here thinking and either I waited too long to write this or the only thing I can think of to complain about was the drinks. I had a hard time finding something I liked. Just keep trying new ones and you'll find something. Ask them to surprise you and make you their specialty. I can't tell you what that is because each bartender has several! They try really hard and so I just settle for something I'm familiar with. The dirty bananas spoiled me.

Phil & Kristin - March, 2005