Reserve at Paradisus Punta Cana All Inclusive: Family Review — Kiddie Water Park, Acrobats and Teppanyaki

Fri, 26 Jul 2024 00:00:00 +0000

We took a family vacation at The Reserve at Paradisus Punta Cana in the Dominican Republic — an all-inclusive where everything is geared toward families with kids. Paradisus is a massive resort complex in Punta Cana, and the Reserve section is its family-focused corner. Here is what our stay looked like, from the beach to the kiddie water park to the nightly acrobat shows.

The complex is big enough that they run golf carts to help guests get around — the central terraces and plazas stay lively well into the night.

The Reserve Section: Set Up for Kids

We stayed, with kids, in the Reserve section. From the start it is clear this part of the resort is designed for families — our room came with kids’ toiletries laid out on the bed: little toothbrushes, bath products, and extras for the youngest travelers.

A Ton of Options for Kids: The Kiddie Water Park

The headline act for younger kids is the kiddie water park — a shallow splash area with small slides, spray features, and tipping buckets, ringed by loungers and umbrellas. Ours could have spent the whole trip here.

The Pool: Inflatable Obstacle Course

The pool had its own draw: a make-shift inflatable water obstacle course floating in the main pool — climbing triangles, balance beams, and a slide — that drew a constant crowd of kids racing through it.

Kids’ Activities: Water Balloon Fights and Climbing

Beyond the water, the resort runs organized kids’ activities through the day. One afternoon brought water balloon fights on the lawn — pure chaos, huge hit with the kids — and there is a climbing tower for the more adventurous.

Nightly Entertainment: Stage Shows and Acrobats

Nights at Paradisus are genuinely entertaining. There are lots of nightly entertainment options — stage shows with dancers and costume acts — and the standout was the Cirque du Soleil-style acrobatics: aerial hoop and acrobat performances staged in the resort’s lit colonnade, drawing big crowds.

Dinner: Reservable Restaurants and Teppanyaki

Dinner here is reservable — there are multiple à la carte dinner options around the resort. The crowd favorite for our family was teppanyaki: the chef cooks the whole meal on the grill in front of you, and the menu runs through chicken, beef, salmon, shrimp, and tofu options with fried rice, appetizers like California rolls, and desserts.

The Verdict

The Reserve at Paradisus Punta Cana is a family all-inclusive that earns its name: a kiddie water park and inflatable pool course for the days, organized kids’ activities like water balloon fights, and at night, genuinely impressive Cirque-style acrobatics plus reservable dinners like teppanyaki. It is built for families with kids — and on that promise, it delivers.

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Beaches Turks and Caicos: Water Park, FlowRider, Lazy River and Grace Bay Beach — Luxury Family All-Inclusive Review

Wed, 12 Apr 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Beaches Turks and Caicos sits on Grace Bay in Providenciales — a luxury all-inclusive resort built squarely for families, where the headline is the water. This video tour skips the rooms and restaurants and goes straight for the fun: the water park, the FlowRider, the lazy river, and the beach.

The Water Park: A Key Attraction

The water park is a key attraction of the resort — the video calls it “phenomenal.” Big red tube slides tower over a lazy river that winds through the park, and the whole area sits right among the palm trees.

Slides With Tubes

The big slides are ridden with tubes — the POV run shows a steep white slide ridden on a blue mat with handles, shot from the rider’s perspective on the way down.

The FlowRider Surf Simulator

The FlowRider is great for older kids — a stationary wave that kids ride on bodyboards while an instructor in a red watersports shirt coaches them. One rider wipes out, another gets up and goes; it looks like the kind of attraction kids line up to repeat.

The Lazy River

Between the big attractions, the lazy river winds through the water park — calm water, rock edging, palm trees overhead, and the red slides crossing above it. It is the slow lane of the resort’s water world.

On the Beach: Hobie Cat Sails

Out on the beach, you can get a ride on a Hobie Cat — the video shows a crewed catamaran sail off Grace Bay, with the resort’s buildings lining the shore behind. Turquoise water, sail up, and what the video calls an exhilarating run.

The Pools: Dance Sessions and a Swim-Up Bar

The main pool is the social center — during the video they run a pool dance session with families following along in the water. A swim-up bar sits built into the tower at the pool’s edge, so drinks never require leaving the water.

The Kids’ Pool

A separate shallow pool is set up for the younger kids, with small slides, a colorful sun shade, and loungers right at the water’s edge — all easy to supervise.

The Verdict

Beaches Turks and Caicos plays its family card through water: a serious water park with tube slides, a FlowRider that older kids will obsess over, a calm lazy river for downtime, Hobie Cat sails off a beautiful Grace Bay beach, and pools with organized activities like the dance session. If your family’s vacation runs on water, this resort is built for exactly that.

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Reserve at Paradisus Punta Cana All Inclusive: Family Review — Kiddie Water Park, Acrobats and Teppanyaki

The Reserve Section: Set Up for Kids

A Ton of Options for Kids: The Kiddie Water Park

The Pool: Inflatable Obstacle Course

Kids’ Activities: Water Balloon Fights and Climbing

Nightly Entertainment: Stage Shows and Acrobats

Dinner: Reservable Restaurants and Teppanyaki

The Verdict

Beaches Turks and Caicos: Water Park, FlowRider, Lazy River and Grace Bay Beach — Luxury Family All-Inclusive Review

The Water Park: A Key Attraction

Slides With Tubes

The FlowRider Surf Simulator

The Lazy River

On the Beach: Hobie Cat Sails

The Pools: Dance Sessions and a Swim-Up Bar

The Kids’ Pool

The Verdict