[ARCHIVE 2018 to 2019] Conrad Maldives Rangali Island {MDV}
Mar 12, 2019, 9:59 am
#3451
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: ZRH
Programs: M&M SEN (*G), HH Diamond
Posts: 2,418
Mar 12, 2019, 10:23 am
#3452
Join Date: Feb 2009
Programs: HH Diamond, BAEC
Posts: 1,341
If there were a competition for most useful thread on the internet, this thread would win the Gold medal!
Mar 12, 2019, 11:16 am
#3453
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: DUB-BOS
Programs: various
Posts: 3,689
I would suggest bringing your own. You can buy kid size ear plugs if full-on ear defenders are too much hassle
Another tip for very young kids is a mini battery operated fan. It can get real sticky in the seaplane and kids stepping off long haul flights react poorly to hot, humid and noisy environments.
Of course when they land in Rangali all is forgotten
Mar 12, 2019, 11:55 am
#3454
Join Date: Aug 2015
Location: Texas
Posts: 76
My partner and I arrive on Friday, March 22. This is our first visit to the Conrad Maldives and we are staying until Saturday, March 30. Would love to have a meetup/drinks with any other fellow Flyertalk posters!
Mar 12, 2019, 12:53 pm
#3456
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: SFO
Programs: UA MMGold, HH Diamond, Marriott Plat
Posts: 1,263
IME the foam ones on TMA don't fit very well / are uncomfortable for small ears.....also on my 2nd last trip, there were no earplugs onboard !!
I would suggest bringing your own. You can buy kid size ear plugs if full-on ear defenders are too much hassle
Another tip for very young kids is a mini battery operated fan. It can get real sticky in the seaplane and kids stepping off long haul flights react poorly to hot, humid and noisy environments.
Of course when they land in Rangali all is forgotten
I would suggest bringing your own. You can buy kid size ear plugs if full-on ear defenders are too much hassle
Another tip for very young kids is a mini battery operated fan. It can get real sticky in the seaplane and kids stepping off long haul flights react poorly to hot, humid and noisy environments.
Of course when they land in Rangali all is forgotten
Mar 12, 2019, 1:41 pm
#3457
Join Date: Feb 2015
Posts: 139
IME the foam ones on TMA don't fit very well / are uncomfortable for small ears.....also on my 2nd last trip, there were no earplugs onboard !!
I would suggest bringing your own. You can buy kid size ear plugs if full-on ear defenders are too much hassle
Another tip for very young kids is a mini battery operated fan. It can get real sticky in the seaplane and kids stepping off long haul flights react poorly to hot, humid and noisy environments.
Of course when they land in Rangali all is forgotten
I would suggest bringing your own. You can buy kid size ear plugs if full-on ear defenders are too much hassle
Another tip for very young kids is a mini battery operated fan. It can get real sticky in the seaplane and kids stepping off long haul flights react poorly to hot, humid and noisy environments.
Of course when they land in Rangali all is forgotten
Mar 12, 2019, 2:06 pm
#3458
Join Date: Jul 2013
Location: Back in Hell
Posts: 4,178
Yes, TMA are pretty inconsistent with earplugs and water. Don't know why.
Mar 12, 2019, 2:09 pm
#3459
Join Date: Jan 2018
Posts: 199
I've been looking through the restaurant menu's and trying to decide where to eat each night. Are there any specific restaurants or even entrees that are a good value in terms of quantity? I'm fine with a $40 entree but the food in some of the pictures look very small and likely wouldn't fill me up. I guess I just don't want to budget for $40/entree and end up having to get two or three appetizers.
Mar 12, 2019, 2:57 pm
#3460
Join Date: Mar 2019
Posts: 13
Hello all, I will be traveling there with my wife on our Honeymoon for 10 nights in June. We booked with Points and currently have the Water Villa, do you think that we should upgrade to due to it being our honeymoon? If so what would you recommend? SVW would be $129.50 per night. Also is 10 nights over the water too much? Should we do a Deluxe Beach Villa for some of it? I can't wait to go, any other recs for the honeymoon would be great! Thank you!
Mar 12, 2019, 2:59 pm
#3461
Join Date: Jan 2018
Posts: 199
Hello all, I will be traveling there with my wife on our Honeymoon for 10 nights in June. We booked with Points and currently have the Water Villa, do you think that we should upgrade to due to it being our honeymoon? If so what would you recommend? SVW would be $129.50 per night. Also is 10 nights over the water too much? Should we do a Deluxe Beach Villa for some of it? I can't wait to go, any other recs for the honeymoon would be great! Thank you!
Mar 12, 2019, 3:55 pm
#3462
Join Date: Jan 2006
Programs: Lots, some no/low status some high status, can't be bothered to list them :-)
Posts: 1,951
We never tipped on the Dhoni. We did tip $1 or $2 every time we called a buggy. We saw a lot of people who did not tip so it’s not necessary. We tipped our host, housekeeper, buggy drivers and the bar staff at Rangali Bar - that was it.
Question for Private Pyle and others who have brought kids - how did you protect your kids ears on the seaplane? Did they wear the earplugs provided by TMA or did you bring kids ear defenders with you?
Question for Private Pyle and others who have brought kids - how did you protect your kids ears on the seaplane? Did they wear the earplugs provided by TMA or did you bring kids ear defenders with you?
He had no problems on the seaplane, he fell asleep on the seaplane to Rangali
Mar 12, 2019, 4:24 pm
#3463
Join Date: Jul 2011
Posts: 22
I'm checking tomorrow tunil the 21st - anyone else there at that time?
Mar 12, 2019, 4:48 pm
#3464
Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: CT
Programs: HH Diamond, Marriott Platinum
Posts: 429
I've been looking through the restaurant menu's and trying to decide where to eat each night. Are there any specific restaurants or even entrees that are a good value in terms of quantity? I'm fine with a $40 entree but the food in some of the pictures look very small and likely wouldn't fill me up. I guess I just don't want to budget for $40/entree and end up having to get two or three appetizers.
Mar 12, 2019, 8:35 pm
#3465
Join Date: Jul 2013
Location: Back in Hell
Posts: 4,178
Hello all, I will be traveling there with my wife on our Honeymoon for 10 nights in June. We booked with Points and currently have the Water Villa, do you think that we should upgrade to due to it being our honeymoon? If so what would you recommend? SVW would be $129.50 per night. Also is 10 nights over the water too much? Should we do a Deluxe Beach Villa for some of it? I can't wait to go, any other recs for the honeymoon would be great! Thank you!
Great to see you're spending 10 nights there. You will get to enjoy many more dining options that way. If you'd like a dining plan (I know it sounds restrictive and like you have to stick to a schedule but don't worry, it isn't like that at all once you're there), let me know and I'll make something up for you. Since it will be your honeymoon, I do recommend a Private Beach Dinner.
As for accommodations, if it's your first time to stay in a resort like this I'd most certainly split the stay, first spending 4 or 5 nights in a BV or DBV (the former have all been renovated but the latter only half of them done, so take your pick), then the remaining 5 or 6 nights over water. Upgrade to a SWV. It's cheap and well worth it. See the Villa Selection area in the wiki for which villas to request.