We spent five magnificent days at Amanpulo last week and every aspect of our stay was in line with what Ericka described in her thoroughly accurate trip report.
The new GM and his wife Mafalda are wonderfully warm people and spent a lot of time making sure we were enjoying the experience. They must have ironed out whatever problems they had with the pool service, as it was absolutely faultless in our experience. As there were only about fifteen casitas occupied, we often felt we had the island to ourselves.
Beside what Ericka has already described, we had a fabulous "serenaded sunset cruise." The boat came to pick us up on "our" beach. We enjoyed cocktails and canapes to the sounds of a guitar player while the sun was setting.
It rained one night, and in the morning the staff had placed towels on the seats of the golf cart so that we didn't get wet.
The resort also managed to make our departure flight leave about 15 minutes early because they knew we had a tight connection in Manila.
A truly fabulous experience.