We took the advice of a earlier post and e-mailed the hotel as a result we were in the middle of block 8 facing the pool. It was excellent, no noise from outside.

The pool is excellent.

Staff efficient and helpful.

Location is excellent only 5 minutes from beach and town. Pirates is a must. Tom Browns and Lady Taverna were where we liked to eat but you are spoilt for choice.

The room was cleaned at least 3 times during the 2 weeks.

I would certainly recommend this hotel but you need a pool facing room.

These apartments couldn't be in a better location! but I do have to agree with previous post you do need a pool facing room to get a full nights sleep. We were lucky we had just that.

Pool was great we didn't find any loose tiles, and to our surprise pool was supervised by lifeguard every day.

Rooms clean and well equipped.

Sunbed situaton is a bit silly but why worry when you have an excellent beach 5 mins away.

Staff at the hotel are very helpful.

The one fault this hotel has is the size of the entertainment room you have to sit outside to watch the shows and we couldn't see half what was going on I dread to think what we would have done if it had rained! In comparison the kids play rooms are huge!

We would return to the Fiesta Tropico but maybe take our sun loungers!!

I stayed here for 2 weeks in July 2004. It was the WORST holiday I've ever had!!. I have holidayed in Magaluf and Palma Nova seven times before and loved it choice and knew what the resort was like and it has never been a problem before and opted for a Thomsons Superfamily hotel.

This Family hotel 'BUTLINS in the Sun'. It is smack bang in the middle of two 18-30's hotels, Jungla arms length in one direction and the Sahara the otherside. BCM nightclub is one side too. Views of naked bodies running around and England! England! roared every minute of the day. Shouting and swearing goes on from midnight to 9am and views of yobs throwing up right in front of the hotel is a lovely sight. The police were never away from the place.

The youths use the Fiesta in the afternoons and as a short cut all day/evening and early hours. No quiet at any time of the day. Had a sleepless night, less than one hour every day!!.

The BUTLINS tannoy starts a 8.30am until the following 1am with loud, loud music and announcements which gets soo.... annoying.

If your apartment is above the bar, its a nightmare as it boom..booms.. 10am-1pm above the tannoy music. I got friendly with someone staying there and she could not get her 1 year to sleep during the day because of it being noisy all.. the time.

The Thomson exclusive family hotel is shared with Budget Holiday from Ireland!! who share every facility the same as you. Not exclusive to Thomsons. Kids clubs last a few hours as are shared with Budget clubs. I holidayed at the Thomsons Palmeras Playa in Sa Coma and you could go into the club anytime of the day and use outwith the age group club, but not here.

You never, ever get a seat in the bar for the hotels evening entertainment as its too small.

Sun beds are a nightmare. There is not enough. When I was there you had to be at the poolside by 7am to guard a space with a plastic chair and put your towel on a tower of sunbeds to get your bed. The beds were not unchanined until 9am. So not so good with a few hours sleep and having to be up so early to get a sunbed. Then at 9.05am the place was empty no body went near their beds until dinner time!!!. In the afternoons you had to tip toe around the pool area as there is soo little space.

Both swimming pools tiles were come up and cutting little ones fit in the small pool. They were replaced each night but would be floating round the pool the next day. The even closed the kids pool for five days and the same thing happenend.

Apartments were broken into. Our room had the door lying wide open on two occasions. We were told the keys are duplicated by previous holidayers and they return and knock and if get no answer help theirselves which is extremely worrying. Stuff was stolen from lower floor balconies too.

The young kids play park is away in a corner out of sight and there was a Perv spying and watching the kids in the complex too.

I never get a minutes piece and quiet to just relax which was just what you go on holiday for. I know a family complex is never going to be really quiet but is it really necessary to have music blaring from 8.30-1pm and let yobs running through the apartments shouting and swearing at 5.00 in the morning.

BUTLINS in the sun was not for me and I was them same read the all the Holiday Truths website before booking and going and thought more people said they liked it than did not it must be ok, but how wrong. I wish more dis-satisfied people spoke up. I spent

Prior to arriving at this hotel we had mixed feelings after reading other peoples reports about it which seemed quite negative.
We had no reason to worry it was fine. We were allocated rooms on the third floor overlooking BCM's and Benny Hill's. Judging by other peoples comments I thought we were never going to get any peace, but again this was fine! BCMs is soundproofed so you don't hear anything!!! I've stopped in far noisier places!

The accommodation itself was quite spacious- We had four people in our room and it was plenty big enough. If I was really picky I would say that the bathroom could have been designed better- Your legs kept getting bashed on the door as you sat on the toilet!!!

The actual cleanliness of the room left a lot to be desired though! The maid was supposed to change the dirty towels if you left them in the bath. Wrong! She just folded them up neatly and hung them back on the rail. There was a broom, mop and bucket but they were as much use as a chocolate fireguard. The mop was bent in half and the broom wasn't much better! This made eradicating the ants quite a challenge!

The sheets were changed once a week but they didn't change the fold up bed at all. So my youngest bunked in with the eldest for the second week! The kitchen was adequate with a fridge and 2 hob rings- no cooker but that didn't bother us.

On a more positive note the balcony was one of the biggest I've ever had, as it was the whole length of the apartment and could be accessed from both the bedroom and living room.It really was a nice place to have your early morning cup of tea or to relax and wait for everyone else to get ready to go out at night.

Both of the fans worked fine in our apartment as did the phone.The safe was also very well secured into the wall of the wardrobe. Wardrobe space was a bit tight for four of us or maybe we took too many clothes I don't know!

The location was almost perfect you were just set back from the heart of everything going on, and the beach was only a short walk away.

We chose this hotel because of its pool and surroundings. They didn't let us down. The pool was exceptional, really safe and clean no loose tiles!!...honest.But there were a few drawbacks...
If you didn't get up at 7 and fight for sunbeds then you didn't get one! You had to get up at 7 and "guard" your patch until they unlocked the beds at 9. We did this a few times and gave up. The fights were getting a bit nasty!!We just went to the beach it was just as lovely. I was really surprised-its a beautiful beach.

Another thing to take into consideration is that every day half of the childrens pool was closed off for swimmimg lessons! So if you fancy your kids having half the pool to themselves just book a swimming lesson at 10 Euros.

Hotel staff were exceptionally helpful (apart from the maids) Some of the reception staff were from this country which was really helpful when you were trying get specific information.

We saw some really good shows at the hotel and had some really enjoyable nights staying in the hotel grounds.Children of all ages seemed to be well catered for,even little tots had their own rumpus room with soft play equipment and ride on toys. The older children could join in organised activities with the reps.

Overall this is a very adequate family based hotel which I would probably visit again due to its location and the facilities it has to offer. Just make sure you take your own cleaning stuff!!

This hotel hires out loads of different things from ceramic straighteners, hairdryers to travel plugs and air ventilation units, so if you are close on your baggage allowance just hire -it might be cheaper than forking out for excess baggage! We had to pay

Got up at 8.45 every morning and got a sun lounger
the pool was fine. No loose tiles.

Nice clean room and clean towels every other day.
Was a bit put off by other comment but nothing like Butlins in the sun. The music was not too loud and I could just about make out the tanoy.

A very friendly family hotel in a great location.

Just returned from the Fiesta Tropico - what an almighty let down ! Continually awoken by beer swilling louts from 0500hrs on wards who were smashing bottles and furniture over the balconies.

Considering this is meant to be a super families hotel it is sandwiched between 2 x 18-30 hotels.

In order to get a sunbed you had to be up at 0800 to reserve your bed and spot (pathetic !) otherwise take a chance at 0850 with the cast of Ben Hur. Pool area very dirty, ashamed to be British some days, far better off down the beach (5 mins walk away).

Stayed on a half board basis - would not recommend half board to anyone. Breakfast was fine however dinner was bland and uninviting. Far better (and cheaper) to eat out either at Happy House or Tom Browns.

Our room was broken into with a variety of valuable stolen, felt very unsafe after this. Staff weren't particularly helpful when we reported this incident.

If you're a chav then this is for you otherwise don't bother.

Would recomend this complex to 18-30 only.

Great location, the hotel itself is what you would expect comfortable and basic.

The worst thing about this hotel is that there are entierly to many people who obviously go there year after year and think they own the place, imagine your worst nightmare with families and kids on holiday and you will see all of this here.

I think the main problem is that it is a Thomson Superfamily exclusive hotel, where this once meant quality it sadly is no longer the case. Believe it or not we actually had a fantastic holiday but this is because we have been to Magaluf before and so knew where to go to escape the hotel.

The Beach which is five minutes away is never really mentioned when people talk about Magaluf, is absolutely fantastic and we spent many happy hours down there. The two water parks are also walking distance and they are both very good.

Must see is the pirates show which is also walking distance from the hotel. Eating out is no problem plenty of choices best places we found were Happy house and Tom Browns which are next to each other on the beach. Well if you choose to use this hotel good luck finding a sun bed.

The hotel is situated right between the Jungla and the Sahara, both 18-30 accomodation. The Tropico is a superfamily hotel, but even so, there is so much noise and fighting between guests from the two 18-30 hotels that it was for us and many other people a nightmare holiday.

The rooms were ok, both rooms had fans on the ceilings but these just made unbearable grinding noises and didn't cool the accomadation down whatsoever. All accomodation had two single beds (uncomfortable) and in the lounge area a wooden hard settee and a pull out bed under suitable for up to a 12 yr old or less! Both again not very good to sleep on for a two week holiday.

The cleaner came in once during our two week stay to clean the accomodation. This being to mop the floor and put loo rolls in. Not once was our bed linen changed and we did report this to reception on 3 seperate occasions but nothing was done about it.

The noise when staying in this accomodation was terrific, we had to put up with people coming in well after midnight up until five in the morning every night, all with no thought for others trying to sleep. We had kids running up and down the corridoors shouting and banging doors all hours.

We also had to walk past vomit on the stairways, the problems go on.

To obtain a sunbed (which were chained up until 9.00am) you had to get up and stand around by the pool area at 7.00am or you would be unlucky! There was one lifegaurd to look after the massive pool area. Not enough cover whatsoever. I witnessed 4 children being pulled from the pool in my first week alone.

The best places to eat we found were, for breakfast, the Europe bar just 50 yrds from Tropico. Main meal was Tom Browns and for the kids Benny Hills.

I would certainly not reccomend this hotel for families, there are far better hotels for families than this budget hotel.

Palma Nova was excellent worth looking at for a good holiday.

Just returned from a fantastic holiday in Fiesta Tropico Magaluf.

We have stayed there several times and have experienced the noise from the Jungala and Sahara so this time I e mailed the hotel and asked for a pool view. This made a big difference. We were able to sleep with the door open and not be disturbed.

Our room was cleaned 3 times a week and the towels were changed. The bedding was changed once.

There were people waiting for sun beds from 7 am. We had sunbeds every day we wanted one but didn't go down until they were unchained at about 9 am they did go quick!

The staff were friendly. The life guard was brilliant. We saw her drag 2 young children out of the pool.

The entertainment staff worked very hard you don't have to join in. There was plenty to keep the children entertained with the drop in, the play area, football pitch and the kids clubs.

We went to Ibiza last year and our children hated it, they asked if we could go back to the Tropico.