[ARCHIVE 2018 to 2019] Conrad Maldives Rangali Island {MDV}
Apr 30, 2019, 7:45 am
#3796
Join Date: Jan 2016
Posts: 179
No. Cocktail hour has lots of alcohol and you can add the spirit/s of your choice to the mocktails too. Some people take cocktail hours to mean drinks with multiple mixed ingredients while many hotels (esp when free) tend to include single mixers of base spirit (gin and tonic, vodka and orange etc).
There are of course beers and wines and teas too.
There are of course beers and wines and teas too.
Apr 30, 2019, 10:19 am
#3797
Join Date: Mar 2018
Posts: 49
Yes sorry. I saw on previous menus they used to serve cocktails (with alcohol) and mocktails (without alcohol) but now there just seems to be mocktails on the menu. I guess you could ask for them to knock up a mocktail with a spirit to essentially make a cocktail but that's not abundantly obvious as it was before.
Also forgot to add Afternoon Tea was meh. We went the first and second day and didn't bother after that. The iced tea was quite refreshing though.
Also forgot to add Afternoon Tea was meh. We went the first and second day and didn't bother after that. The iced tea was quite refreshing though.
Apr 30, 2019, 5:26 pm
#3798
Join Date: Sep 2009
Posts: 1,485
Very interesting how people differ!
I thought the food was excellent, though I guess if you look a the prices you won't get the value of anywhere else in the world, even Iceland. But if you just take it as relative, all the food is pretty decent I thought (was my third stay over 6 years, and no noticeable decline).
i also thought te afternoon tea was great for what it was. Lots of variety and food constantly replaced with different things. Scones were always nice and so were the sandwiches.
Overall I liked my stay and didn't notice the issues/declines that others have mentioned except for the reef. Highly disappointing coral due to El Niño
I thought the food was excellent, though I guess if you look a the prices you won't get the value of anywhere else in the world, even Iceland. But if you just take it as relative, all the food is pretty decent I thought (was my third stay over 6 years, and no noticeable decline).
i also thought te afternoon tea was great for what it was. Lots of variety and food constantly replaced with different things. Scones were always nice and so were the sandwiches.
Overall I liked my stay and didn't notice the issues/declines that others have mentioned except for the reef. Highly disappointing coral due to El Niño
Apr 30, 2019, 6:22 pm
#3799
Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: CT
Programs: HH Diamond, Marriott Platinum
Posts: 429
Also a couple interesting facts, 40% of their guests are return customers and historically 8% come from the US but for the last 6 months it has increased to 20%
Apr 30, 2019, 10:11 pm
#3800
Join Date: Feb 2011
Posts: 849
Anyone here that flew via Colombo in the past few days or going to fly through Colombo to get home in the near future? Trying to see how the current conditions are. I have a stay coming up here soon. Thanks.
Last edited by cruisingmickey; Apr 30, 2019 at 10:38 pm
Apr 30, 2019, 10:28 pm
#3801
Join Date: Aug 2017
Location: SAN
Posts: 1,306
Anyone considering not going to the Maldives based on what happened in Sri Lanka?
https://nypost.com/2019/04/28/terror...ations-report/
I would not consider myself an alarmist, and realize we have seen far more terror attacks in Europe. But seems concerning just the same.
Thoughts?
TD
https://nypost.com/2019/04/28/terror...ations-report/
I would not consider myself an alarmist, and realize we have seen far more terror attacks in Europe. But seems concerning just the same.
Thoughts?
TD
May 1, 2019, 2:52 am
#3802
Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: BHX
Programs: BA GGL CCR GfL, SQ Gold, Hyatt Glob, HH Diamond, Marriott Plat, Cafe Nero Loyalty Card (7 Stamps)
Posts: 7,328
I'm flying through CMB to get to CGK next weekend and I have no plans to change. Reports currently are that the army are a visible presence in the airport but things are flowing normally.
May 1, 2019, 2:57 am
#3803
Join Date: Feb 2009
Programs: HH Diamond, BAEC
Posts: 1,341
What’s this about a dengue outbreak in the Maldives - somebody posted on the WA thread that they are cancelling their stay for next March (for the WA).
May 1, 2019, 10:08 am
#3804
Join Date: Jan 2018
Posts: 199
Seaplane hours say 1600 cutoff, although I've read here that some flights that arrive at 1630 still transfer by seaplane. Is this correct? Does the cutoff vary by season/sunset times?
May 1, 2019, 10:35 am
#3805
Join Date: Jul 2013
Location: Back in Hell
Posts: 4,178
Would also be interesting to know how those figures change at different times of the year.
May 1, 2019, 12:56 pm
#3806
Join Date: Jul 2013
Location: Back in Hell
Posts: 4,178
Whatever the reason, I wouldn't plan for it. In all likelihood you'll be on a local flight and check in at 0100 or 0200 if you get there after 1600 and I seriously doubt TMA would agree to schedule you for a seaplane ride that day anyway.
May 1, 2019, 3:11 pm
#3807
Join Date: Mar 2007
Posts: 92
I can see some news articles about it. We left Rangali 12 days ago. The last 3 days my husband was very ill with high fever, extreme fatigue, muscle and joint pain etc and on the flight back, my child also developed high fever. The island doc asked us to watch out for a red rash and swollen gums but they didn't get those. However, the symptoms were very severe and what have been written for Zika/Dengue. Took them straight to the hospital from the airport but they said viral. No blood tests etc. Took my husband 10 days to get back to some sort of normality and my child still has fever after 12 days. He's been to A&E and GP twice but it's the same diagnosis - viral. I'd say it's the worst kind of viral but even for Dengue, you just have to manage symptoms as there is no vacccinaton. I'd say if you have health issues, have a think about it while the cases are high. If you are normally healthy and have good immunity, hopefully you will be okay or will recover after a period if you catch something.
May 1, 2019, 6:55 pm
#3808
Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: CT
Programs: HH Diamond, Marriott Platinum
Posts: 429
8% of all guests, sorry did not make that clear, he was asking me why the numbers might be higher, my only answers is it may be a millennial thing, the past 2 years Iceland has been the rage with them, maybe they are venturing out to something new. I told him to look at his demographics and see what age range has increased the most be he said he did not have that kind of information which I find a little hard to believe.
May 1, 2019, 8:48 pm
#3809
Join Date: Oct 2015
Location: So Cal
Posts: 935
8% of all guests, sorry did not make that clear, he was asking me why the numbers might be higher, my only answers is it may be a millennial thing, the past 2 years Iceland has been the rage with them, maybe they are venturing out to something new. I told him to look at his demographics and see what age range has increased the most be he said he did not have that kind of information which I find a little hard to believe.
May 1, 2019, 11:05 pm
#3810
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Sydney, Australia
Programs: HH Diamond, Marriott Titanium/LTG, IHG Platinum
Posts: 1,921
Outside of scanning passports and manually adding it up, how would he? I do find it interesting that only 8% are American as on my trip it appeared to be much higher than that. Likely due to the time of year, as I have seen comments before on the demographics and some weeks it seems mainlanders make up a good portion of the occupancy.