Originally Posted by worldtraveller73

Thanks for the support.

I think that the challenge is, every single guest that comes through here is attempting to arrive early, and depart late. As a result, the answer may depend wholly on occupancy at the time of your visit. My Your24 requests failed to clear, but we were able to get early access to the room and later access (3PM-ish) departing. I think this is more challenging for you as you have booked the higher room categories, versus a lower category where there are more rooms and people can be upgraded for various reasons (top tier loyalty, service compensation issues etc). You're not likely to be downgraded; as a result it seems to figure there would be less rooms available for occupancy.

Compared to some other resorts that I have visited, the grounds are not that nice. There is no awesome infinity pool or visionary architecture. The views of the mountain are spectacular and swimming under the villa in the fast current are the best parts. However, sitting at the pool or the artificial beach was not a personal highlight of our visit.

If I were arriving early to the property, and was unable to get access to the room, I would attempt to get in the tour at the turtle conversation area and get that "out of the way". MrsWT73 found it pretty interesting.