rhodgreen wrote:

What I'd miss in Cayo is the lack of a swim up bar!

Agreed, that was commented upon while we were there. It's not that bars are lacking, you're never far from one, but it is nice to sit in the pool and have a mojito. You can still do that (may have been done once or twice!), it just means bring one from the bar Flamboyance around the quiet pool or the beach bar around the main pool. There is sun lounger service as well so it's not like you have to get up for a drink if you don't want, I'm sure they'd bring one to the pool for you if you asked.

baz657 wrote:

The best rooms to go for (IMHO) are the superior junior suites which are located in villas dotted around the island

I'd agree with that too. I did have a sneeky look at a standard room that are located in the main building when walking through. They are nice, but nothing like the superior junior suites that myself and baz stayed it. The views and the extra space make it worth it. I've stayed in smaller rooms than the bathrooms in them! If you're a couple then the bathrooms probably won't be a problem for you. They do however have a large glass panel looking in to the bathrooms so they aren't very private. It's probably due to the jacuzzi so you can see out in to the room and get light from the balcony, but if you're wanting a bit of privacy, you won't get much apart from the shower and toilet cubicles inside. If you're friends sharing a room, be warned!

baz657 wrote:

The lobby bar is tiny compared to other Bahias, eight stools fill it up and only once did I see it fully occupied in two weeks

The Mama Juana is good though isn't it!!!

baz657 wrote:

The lobby bar closes at 11pm and then transfers to the public beach bar until 2am but on most nights there were at most four people there.

The last time we went down, it was quite busy for a change, maybe a dozen but the first time maybe 6 or 7 others and less than that on the other occasions. Everyone did seem to dissapear just after the show finished at 10pm and by the time it got to 11pm around the lobby / terrace, we we regularly amongst the last still their. Even though the bar 'closed' at 11pm, the staff didn't get the boat back to the mainland until 1135pm so would often bring us drinks until they left, sometimes just arriving without even ordering any! It's not a party place though is it.

Darren