we requested the chocolate fondant 24-36 hours prior to dinner. We had the chocolate fondant at Mandhoo.

think there might be an effort to have it put back on dessert menu .... especially if there are a few more requests ...Pineapple- did you order the fondant ? MaldivesFreak ... I forewarned CR that a long stay guest will be order choc fondant later this year 😀

so take this with a grain of salt - not sure of accuracy ...just relaying some of what we were told and heard etc

Some retreat villas will have the spa workout room converted to more of a living room, others will remain family retreats with the extra bedroom. Also were told that the spa/ jacuzzis will be removed and pools will be built

as for the Deluxe Beachfront 200’s, there is a load of work/ renovations going on ..,the east DBV are essentially gutted. Some of the DBV will have a second bedroom where the day bed/outdoor tub area was ...this will allow for access to bathroom for both main villa and second bedroom of DBV. This is in an effort to accommodate families etc

next spring ? Maybe after Easter? The small island will be closed ... the east side water villas removed... and supposedly all the west side villas removed. They want to construct larger more spacious villas and perhaps? In a different layout ...instead of parallel to beach maybe piers/ extending out into water with villas off of them ...I don’t not know if straight, circular or triangular...personally I really like the current layout of those overwater villas ... the small island renovation allegedly will close the island and there construction crews will work 24/7 to expedite renovations and get that island back up and running

Supposedly some renovations to sunset villas but maybe just cosmetic

again, I have no clue how true/accurate any of the above is

We had 2 superior villas. Had a tour of a renovated DBV -(126) very nice but we prefer over water

also we were offered and took a tour of Muraka ... understandably, no photos allowed ...it is very impressive.

As a multi time repeater (for what that’s worth), we had a fantastic stay. Staff was beyond terrific. I’ll try to post a review after we return from trip.

The menus are on the website.

Artemio - interesting you mention the insecticide. I thought they fogged a lot during our stay, there was so much smoke when they were doing it. Is that normal, the amount they would fog? CR regulars - did you notice it much on your previous stays?

llfoster - we got the Vilu choc fondant in sunset grill! We arranged it with Shark a day or two before

When we did see it there was a lot. It's perfectly normal at Rangali and for the reason @mikewhyatt has pointed out. Best to ask when they are going to do it or you can go by the notices they put in the rooms before they do it. I think they give 2 days notice before each spraying

Shark is great! They give notice for spraying? They don’t anymore ... we never once got notice when we were there and they sprayed a number of times over the space of 2 weeks. They also seemed to be using different types of spraying - one type was where the entire place would be covered in grey smoke and then another type which was low lying and didn’t create much smoke. I would have preferred if we had been given a heads up over it by them as to when they’d be spraying. We got a minute or two warning when it was happening as we could hear it.

Re menus - I thought they were all there. I might be mistaken!

During my 2 stays (SR and CR), I probably saw it every other day. Twice, they did it in a quiet intense way (2 blowers and I would say in a higher debit mode) and those 2 times happened in the next morning after a rainy night. Had no 2 days notice, they just stop blowing when you want to walk by (let’s say something like a minimal distance of 15-20 meter).
On a small talk I had with a worker, it seemed that on his home island they don’t blow as it is done on the resort and that there the mosquitos are pretty bad right now. Not sure though I understood it correctly since didn’t get every word he mentioned.

I can’t decide whether my reaction to the news they’re destroying the SWV’s is to want to go back before it happens or whether I am happy that next time I go back it will be different.