tasnam

The Aruba Ocean Club is great. The hotel is less than 1 year old.

All the rooms are one bed room suites with a sep. kitchen + living/dining room. I upgraded to the two bedroom unit (which is just a regular room next to it with a double lockable door). Total sq ft. of our 2 bed unit is 1235 sq feet.

DON'T get confused this is different than the Marriott Stelleris Casino. That hotel is located right next door. You can use both the hotels facilities and shop and just charge it to your room. With 2 children that was a nice feature. (P.S. the Aruba Ocean Club has a 15,000 point bonus if you sit through a 1-1/2 hour time share preview. It was tempting but I knew I wasn't going to buy so I didn't want to WASRTE 90 min.)

The water is gorgeous and the beach was VERY nice BUT the Coral shells (first 6 feet when entering the water) killed your feet. The water is beautiful but cloudy.

We explored the entire island. The most unbeliveable thing is that no one I talked ever visited the "Caves" or even knew about them. This was the BEST thing on the island and I would make a mad dash back to them "IF" I return to the island.
If anyone wants more details about the island or advice let me know.

I've been to a few places and I would rate the island a 7-1/2 over all.

One thing I DIDN'T like was that the breeze NEVER stops!!!! I mean NEVER!!!!
I like to get a little hot, but with the wind you never seem to get hot...(I then like jump in the pool or ocean to cool off). The fact that the wind NEVER stops, kind of irritated me.

I did think the shopping was a nice set up, but no good deals. You could buy most stuff in the US much cheaper.


2000 Goal: Cayman Islands (Of course I WILL get airfare for my family and the Hotel FREE with points and miles. This is a yearly personal goal(and Hobby) of mine)


From Tasnam (trip was from Dec 6-13 1999)

[This message has been edited by tasnam (edited 01-02-2000).]