Originally Posted by
BESVISOR
[MENTION=637896]kamel123[/MENTION] Hope you had a good and enjoyable time, nonetheless!! Sometimes, I wonder if we are too focused on our "standards" and ruins what would otherwise be great trips/experiences. LOL!
Yes, thanks. Had a great time. As you say, maybe a question of standards/my expectations going in - was expecting to be wowed by Cap Juluca given the amount of hype around it.
Originally Posted by
KatW
Caveat re Malliouhana: those not inconsequential stairs or steep paths down to the beach must be ascended when returning to the resort. Which renders the place a no-go for those with mobility issues. One if the sterling standouts of CJ is the ability to walk right out of the ground-floor accommodations onto the sand and waters edge. Sublime.
A Malliouhana guest put it this way: “the steps down to Turtle Cove are 62 difficult ones. Going back up is daunting unless you're young and vigorous. The walk up from Meads Bay beach is either straight up a very steep hill or else you could opt for going through the bar area with many steps. If you needed to use the bathroom when on the beach, you would go up those steps past the bar area.”
Thus, if the beach and calm ocean are important, CJ wins hands down.
True. Malliouhana will drive you to the beach and back in a golf cart, but that is of course less convenient. There is a bathroom in the new beach bar right at the beach. The ocean at Meads Bay was very calm when we were there and in some respects even nicer than at CJ as there is no coral in the water
Originally Posted by
bhrubin
I guess the prospects for cruising hotter and more "vigorous" guests therefore is higher there than CJ. That's a plus, at least. I'm a little warmer just for reading that.
Sorry to disappoint, not much difference in terms of guest demographics between the two places. Both felt very quiet, with little chance of crossing other guests, vigorous or not.