The Paradisus is a member of the Leading Hotels of the World, which is a very exclusive group of 5 star luxury hotels and resorts. This is certainly one of the reasons we chose this property to spend our family vacation. Time is precious and so is money and this is the reason we are extremely careful when choosing destinations for our clients.
Travel is not easy in today's world. First of all, planning a holiday can be time consuming, complicated and stressful. This is a great reason to work with a knowledgeable travel agent that can advise you on your choices and help you decide where you want to go. On the first day of every vacation I am typically worn out from waking up so early and driving to the airport to arrive three hours prior to the flight. You have to make sure you have all the correct documents to travel with such as passports, etc. Then you fly several hours to your destination and book a transfer to your resort. We flew to Cancun and then drove 15 miles to the town of Puerto Morales.
When we arrived at the Paradisus, they told us our room would not be available till 3 pm so we ate lunch and then took our luggage to the room, that was still not ready. We changed into bathing suits and went for a swim and had pina coladas and Pepsis. We cannot believe that the resort does not serve Coke products. Guess I will drink lots of Coronas and margaritas.
We then went to make dinner reservations and found out we can only make reservations 24 hours in advance. Then they proceeded to tell us that we would have to eat at the buffet the first night. I told them that we were not eating at the buffet and wanted reservations at the Japanese restaurant. They offered us 2 seats at the tepanyaki table for the kids and 2 seats at the French restaurant an hour later. At 10 till 6 the skies opened and a heavy rain quickly stirred. By the time time we arrived at the lobby, the rain was leaking through the thinnly worn palapa roofs and drenching the marble floors and everything else in it's path. We braved the weather to head across the property to the Japanese restaurant where we waited until 10 after 6, when no one else showed up for their table. The hostess, Yukiko seated all 4 of us where we enjoyed sushi, scallops, shrimp, steak and chicken hibachi. We drank Chardonnay from Chile and had dinner with a very nice family from Leon, Mexico. Afterwards, we had drinks with them at the lobby bar where we were introduced to Centurian tequila.
Cooper won the poolside movie trivia contest and had to perform a dance off to break the tie. He moonwalked and was cheered on by a huge crowd. We also filmed a segment for Where The Hell Is Cooper, upcoming film to be posted on youtube. 
