Have any of the pools the The sun tropical got slides (my boys love them), and is there anywhwere that you can get a massage or something like a Turkish bath ?

Hi Alex uk, sorry but there were no slides in the pools both times i went. There are general slides on the kiddies playareas. There is supposed to be a gym with sauna steamroom, but i never found it, i think it is downstairs by the shop and you have to go to reception for the key to the gym.
Sorry if this has dissapointed.
Angie

For a weeks stay would you say that there is plenty to do in the camp without venturing out too much. Happy just to relax 24/7

Hi, i would say thats theres enough for the kids to do there, my 11 yr old was off doing activities all the time while i relaxed by the pool. my 16 yr old was a bit harder to please though.
Hope that helps. Angie

can any one help, we are thinking of going there self catering so we can a free child place then upgrade to all inclusive when there can you do this if so how much.

hello peeps. I am flying out to here on 16th February from Exeter for a week as well

Hi, as this hotel is a first choice hotel, and the reps are everywhere, i'm sure it works out pretty much the same as if you book it in advance. When we went S/C the kids had a free wristband for pop, ice cream and crisps so that helped alot. Whilst we were there a few A/I people complained about the variety of food and said it wasnt worth the money. We always had good value meals down the road in the town.
You can pay to eat at the buffet, it worked out more expensive than to eat in town.
I always go S/C as your not tied to the complex.
Hope this helps, Angie

Hi
We have just came back from Lanzarote. We stayed at this hotel from 9th jan to 23rd Jan. We were all inclusive.

Loved it. We have four children aged 16, 15 11 and 10. They had a brilliant time.
I would recommend it highly. It is spotlessly clean. we didn't see one cockroach in the two weeks we were there.
All pools are seawater (according to the brochure I have) but as I didn't taste it, I cant be sure. The main one defitnetely is and is also very cold. But some people did go in it. My two youngest loved it. The four other pools were meant to be acclimatised but to what who knows! The last two days we were there the four smaller pools defitnetely got warmer. There is also a smaller round shallow pool for the little ones that was lovely and warm.

We stayed in the Kiwi block, which over looked one of the pools.
We had no problem with the food what so ever. There was so much to choose from. There is even a childrens buffet, which often had chips, fish fingers etc. So the kids had a choice from the main buffet or the kids buffet. My kids never once complained about the food. Salad is available at every meal, including breakfast.
The beach is a 10-15 minute walk from the hotel, via the back gate. Or there is an hourly courtesy bus from the hotel, if you dont fancy the walk.
The reps are fantastic.
Wavelength operates all year round, and is great for the kids. i pulled my children out of school for the two weeks (the first time ever). It is surprising how many kids were there, and how well behaved they all were.

The pictures in the brochures are exactly what you get.
Some of the wavelength stuff does cost you a little extra, like a chocolate party my children went to in the evening. I think it cost one and a half euros (cant find a euro sign on my keyboard).
The second day we were there all my kids done "pirate adventure" with wavelength that was 15 euros each, for four hours but that does include the high ropes and all that is included with that, plus canoeing after. They also got a free photo. But mostly wavelength is free. I spoke to a rep about wavelength as the age is only up to 15. But my boy is 16, and i thought he may like to do some of those things. so the rep just told me to put down he was 15 on the registration forms. Wavelength also has its own room which has a pool table in it.
For use of the gym you have to be over 18 and get the key from reception., although my 16 year old got the key, (they didnt know his age and he has his own weights at home, so I wasnt worried about him hurting himself). The sauna is situated next to the gym. Both can be found next to the mini supermarket, in the "food Centre" downstairs. Also near the supermarket is the laundry room. There are two washing machines and two tumble dryers. I am not sure about the tumble dryers as I didnt use them (you have an airer on your balcony). But the washing machines you get a token from reception, which costs you four euros each. the drums on the machines are big and can probs take one and a half normal load. They take just 25 miutes for a normal wash. (while we were there one of the washing machines had broken down on day two and was still not fixed when we left). But not many people seemed to use them. I never had a problem in waiting for the machine.
Like it has been said before, it does get very slippery around the pool area, i saw quite a lot of children runnind around the pool then slipping. So please be very careful.
If you wish to hire an ironing board and iron, you do this through the reps, it costs 12 euros per week. You get it the next day, as they hire from an outside company.
To hire the safe, this is in your wardrobe in your room, it sosts 15euros per week. (massive wardrobe which is completely mirrored).
Evening entertainment is in the Dome. It starts about 8 with a "mini Disco" for the kids. (my kids were not that keen on this, more for the younger ones). Then there is a quick game of Bingo at 8.45. (6 cards cost 12 euros) Just one game with a line and then a full house. then a quick adults game, where they ask for a certain amount of adults to go on stage. most games are hilarious. Then about 9.30 there is a family show. Sometimes it is a show the reps put on (grease and the wizard of oz) and other times they get in acts. There is a parrot show, which is really good, and the kids can have their pics taken with the parrots for 10 euros. A snake show, again the kids can have their pics taken with the snake for 10 euros. There is a magic show, There is an act called "jimp jump" which looked like it was going to be pretty boring, until you realise the guy is double jointed and the things that guy can do is hilarious. the kids love the shows as do most adults.
On the whole it was an excellent holiday, for all 6 of us and after 2 weeks none of us wanted to come home.
I would recommend this hotel highly. If I could ever afford to go again, it would be the same hotel.
My 16 year old met lad of his age, and we didnt really see him for the last week, it was like they was glued together, constantly playing football in on the pitch or volley ball, in the pools etc.

the only thing is if you want to go out of playa blanca for the day to another town, and need to get a bus. they are not to regular, an hourly service, sometimes two hours. the bus stop is only a 5 minute walk away. But because they are not that regular there is normally a huge queue half an hour before the bus is already due. So people at the end of the queue are unable to get the bus as it is full. We found the bus stop that it gets to first, it is about another 10 minute walk. (down by the harbour, near "Roof tops"). But you are guarenteed a seat. So if you can, hire a car, it is really cheap. We didnt take our driving licences with us, as we didnt intend to drive, but wished we did.
Taxis are easily found and from what we heard were pretty cheap. But bacause there were 6 of us it meant two taxis each time and would work out pretty expensive.
We wanted to go to Papagayo beach for the day. (well worth the visit). We found a "taxi boat" at the harbour, which was a glass bottom boat. It takes about 10-15 minutes to get to Papagayo. You can stay on the boat or get off at the beach and the boat came back at 2.15 and 4.15 and you could go back on which ever you wished. That cost us 77 euros for two children and four adults return, which i thought was great.

If you are going out for the day and are all inclusive, if you order a packed lunch the night before. you can collect it from reception in the morning. The packed lunch at the moment consists of a cheese and Ham sandwich (which I have to say is very dry as it has no butter of marg in it), about three bits of fruit, some cakes and a drink. If we went on an excursion which included lunch, we still ordered the packed lunch, so we could keep the fruit , cakes and drink in our fridge, in case you fancied it at anytime.

Hope this info helps.

Love Sue xx

Sorry, would just like to add:
My girls met a girl of their age there and became great friends, but the girl and her family were self catering. The young girl was not given a band of any sort and was paying for pop, crisps etc. So it might be wise to check that out, in case they have changed it, or they just simply forgot to give the girl a band.

Love Sue x

Hi...on the wristband point..this hotel really do need to make up their minds whether they are going to give it or not. The first year we went 03 the wristband was given free. The next year 04 we had to pay 7 euros per day. Read reports that they were being given out in 05. We are going there again this year and it does state in the brochure that all children do get free treats. (pop, ice cream etc) But it wasnt stated in the last brochure. Guess its how they feel...but i think for backup i'm going to take the brochure with me and question it if we are not given one.
But then again it's still worth 7 euros per day if i have to pay cause my kids get through alot of pop and ice cream.
Angie

We stayed here from 15-22 December self catering.our kids were giving free bands but not everyone was.IF you booked with eclipse you did,Falcon you didn't,and it depended from which First choice brochure you booked from whether you got it or not.we also had a massive free welcome pack which was given to us after we had already bought the essentials!check when you get there if you get a free welcome pack.weather was horrible but we had a nice time!
Debbie

Hi Sue

Thanks for that good review you posted. Our 2 boys 13 and 11 shall have a fab time by the sounds of it.
I always think if you go somewhere and there are other children of similar ages, they are bound to have a good time.
Do they go off site for the Pirate adventure?
Whilst you were there, was the weather ok and what type of clothing did you get to wear in general- shorts?
Not sure what to pack, but a mixture as the weather seems not as good somehow?

Hi Sunseeker

Yes the pirate adventure is on site.

The weather was changeable. The first two days we had were lovely then we had two days of cloud. Then mixed. It only rained once in Playa Blanca and that was in the evening. The evenings are defitinetely chilly, you need sweatshirts or cardis etc.
During the day I wore skirts, and shorts, with a strappy t-shirt. But when we went out I would always take a cardi or something with me. We all came back with tans, ( a nice colour, enough to see you had been away, but not dark). I am not the sort that can just lie there and sunbathe, so our tans were just what we got from being out and about. Some people just stay in the resort all the time, just sunbathing, they did get a pretty good tan.
The second week of our holiday was deffo better weather wise. Some days felt lovely and hot, others warm and there was a couple of days that it felt alittle chilly. But you will be leaving the UK without a doubt with your jackets/coats, so if you have a really chilly day, you always have them to fall back on. I think I wore my Jeans twice in the two weeks.
You may be interested to go on this page http://www.holidaytruths.co.uk/viewtopic.php?t=61177
This is the first post I wrote on this forum. I replied later on about the holiday itself, you might want to avoid the aqua park, if you was thinking of going!

If you were like me and constantly checking the weather reports on other sites before you go, dont bother. They were soooo wrong. According to them we were going into Lanzarote for the first day expecting a thunder storm!! . But it was so lovely. The extended 5 day forcast was so wrong too.
Just check "Bawbee's" live weather post. You know what the weather is really like then.
Hope you and the kids have a fantastic time.
Love Sue x

Thanks Sue. Always difficult when leaving here in the Winter clothes, thinking about Summer ones!
Yes have been checking the Bawbee live weather conditions and will continue to.
Many thanx again for the useful tips
Karen
x

what type of wrist band do the adults have 4 allinclusive and what trips do they do and how much?

We are thinking of going here for a week in June with our 2 sons aged 7 and 2. However our 7yr old has never been keen on kids clubs and so I do not know if he will join in with any of the activities etc. so am not sure if this would be a bad choice for a holiday. I alway try and choose a family orientated hotel and this one does sound very good.
I have showed him some hotels in the brochure and he is really keen on the pegasus palace (turkey) holiday village, mainly because of the great pools and waterslides. Are there any themed pools or good play areas here (did read in an earlier post that they were building a pirate ship somewhere on the complex?) I think he would be happy to do activites but likes to do them at his own pace if you know what I mean! I would appreciate any info/advice from anyone that has visited here to help me make my decision!
many thanks
jammie

Does anyone know when the Pirate ship is due to be complete and if it is going to be in one of the pools or on the ground ?

I've found this picture amongst someones holiday snaps of The Sun Tropical.
I wasn't aware that there were any waterslides there.
Can anyone tell me if these are in the hotel grounds or somewhere else ?

http://www.tripadvisor.com/Images-g187477-d291104-b1120565S-Kids_water_park-Hotel_Sun_Tropical-Lanzarote_Canary_Islands.jpg

Hi, although i havnt been to Sun tropical for over a year now i can definatley say that there was no water slides there, also there arnt any pictured in the brochures either. I have looked at the pic on the link and it doesnt resemble anything at sun tropical, but hey who knows what they could have changed in the last 14 months.
We were booked for the pegasus palace in turkey, but we cancelled at the last minute due to very bad reports and that it also featured on tv on holidays from hell. Check out the turkey forum to see if it has improved since last summer.
As for sun tropical there is always plenty for the kids to do even if they dont join the kids clubs. This year will be our 3rd visit to sun tropical and we just love it there.
Angie