Royalton Splash Riviera Cancun: Great Pool & Water Park, Average Service — Marriott All-Inclusive Review

Mon, 30 Dec 2024 00:00:00 +0000

We spent Christmas week at Royalton Splash Riviera Cancun — the newer Marriott all-inclusive sitting right next door to the older Royalton Riviera Cancun. The video’s verdict is right in the title: great pool and water park, average service. Here is the full walkthrough, from check-in to the beach to the slides.

Location: Five Minutes from the Airport

The location is a genuine plus: about a five-minute drive from the Cancun airport, and the video notes the stay was bookable for 336,000 Marriott points. It sits just down the beach from Dreams Natura Resort.

Check-In: Slick Lobby, Slow Process

The reception area looks slick, but check-in takes a while — there is no personalized seated check-in with a welcome drink. And as a Marriott Platinum guest during Christmas week, there was no upgrade.

The Room: Far from Everything

We were put in Building 12, the furthest from reception — a long walk. The room itself is fine, but the service details grate: the minibar is included, yet you have to flag down a guy with his cart for refills, and they don’t do a great job restocking water and coffee.

The Beach: Calm but Murky

The beach is calm thanks to an offshore barrier, but the water is not the clear turquoise you picture in the Caribbean — it is murky, with some seaweed at the shore (clean once you walk in). They do run a tractor to clear the beach occasionally. Drink service on the beach is spotty, so tip.

The Pool: The Highlight

The huge main pool is comfortably warm and has a swim-up bar — it is the social heart of the resort. One catch: the only hot tubs are reserved for Diamond guests.

The Water Park: The Main Attraction

The water park is the reason to book here — plenty of thrills, with big slides packed into the corner of the property.

Minimum height is 1.2m, but the slides are quite challenging for younger ones.

Sports: Tennis and Pickleball

There is one tennis court and one pickleball court, bookable on the app — first come, first served after 6pm.

Food: Buffet, Room Service, and À La Cartes

The buffet didn’t win us over — the stir fry station was the preferred pick. Room service runs on a limited menu, and the order note quoted a 75–85 minute delivery time.

There is an Italian restaurant option for sit-down lunch, a Grazie to-go counter for pizza pickup near the water park (they kept running out of cheese), and desserts including a chocolate flan that was really a mousse — the tiramisu was the safer choice.

Bars: Smoking Cocktails

The bar program has some theater — we tried a smoking old fashioned, and the caramelized apple with rosemary smoke is the signature-style pour.

Evening Entertainment: If You Can Call It That

Nightly entertainment runs on the main stage by the water park, but it didn’t impress — the video’s caption says it best: “if you can call it that.”

The Verdict

Royalton Splash Riviera Cancun delivers exactly what its title promises: a great pool and water park in a convenient, points-bookable package — with average service throughout. The beach is the weak link (murky, seaweed at the shore), the rooms are far from the action, and service touches like minibar refills and room-service timing lag. But for a family that lives in the pool and on the slides, the core product is strong.

Watch the full video tour: Royalton Splash Riviera Cancun - Marriott All Inclusive. Great Pool & Water Park. Average service.

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.

Watch the full video tour: Beaches Turks and Caicos - Luxury Family All-Inclusive Resort - Water Park Fun

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Royalton Splash Riviera Cancun: Great Pool & Water Park, Average Service — Marriott All-Inclusive Review

Location: Five Minutes from the Airport

Check-In: Slick Lobby, Slow Process

The Room: Far from Everything

The Beach: Calm but Murky

The Pool: The Highlight

The Water Park: The Main Attraction

Sports: Tennis and Pickleball

Food: Buffet, Room Service, and À La Cartes

Bars: Smoking Cocktails

Evening Entertainment: If You Can Call It That

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