Originally Posted by
Cynapse
Our time for this trip has finally arrived! We leave for our stay this week so I'm just doing a bit of last minute information gathering.
- Do the rooms get stocked with drinks? The Hyatt Ziva all inclusive in Los Cabos stocked all the rooms with beer, wine, little bottles of liquor and some sodas. Just curious if Hilton Vallarta offers something similar.
- Does anyone have a good suggestion for cabana location? There seem to be different heights, some on a deck slightly above beach, some up at the pool level. Our concierge has asked us if we want to reserve one but the map being 2D isn't super helpful except knowing that we'd want to be on the family side since we are bringing our two kids. They'll probably be on the beach most of the time but it looks like beach cabanas are on a raised deck and I wasn't sure how accessible they actually were from the beach. I attached the cabana map in case anyone else is interested in seeing it.
- Restaurant reservations - Do these fill up quickly? Should I be booking these for our entire trip now, or can we do this the morning of and still be okay getting a reservation?
- Is there any wildlife in the rocks/water in the secluded ocean out front? Should I be packing some light snorkel masks/etc? Do they offer these at the resort so we don't have to bring them?
Thanks!
1: I don't remember what exactly they had in the rooms but I think there were some basic drinks and definitely water provided.
2. Cabana probably depends how crowded things are and if you feel like it's worth the extra cost. My friends rented a cabana the last day in front of the pool closer to the water to just watch the view, but if you have your kids there maybe you want to be watching them and relaxing unless they will be in the kids club during that time. Unless they are super full, you can probably wait till you arrive and take a look yourself for where you would like to be located and ask for that one.
3: Everything except the steak place didn't seem to be an issue, but if you want to have variety and are time constrained it probably wouldn't hurt to make a reservation, especially if you are going during a busy time.
4: I was happy to have brought my snorkel since they don't have any googles to borrow. There are schools of fish in the cove and I enjoyed floating around and watching them.