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ARUBA REVIEWS

Occidental Resorts

Lovely! It was a beautiful island and nice people all around. Thank you for the suggestion we are so glad that we went!

The natural pools jeep tour was the best. We are very glad that we decided to do that!!

Hotel was nice but the food was not the greatest. We did not get a chance to check out all the restaurants though so they may have had better. Friday the power was out majority of the day and that was very frustrating...

September Honeymoon

Occidental Resorts

 

The hotel was beautiful, apparently we were VIP...we had a Conceirge available that would make dinner reservations and book excursions for us. Champagne and a fruit tray was delivered to us....which was cool!! The food could have been better, I think, but there was plenty of it....and that is always good!! Thanks again.

Occidental Grand - Honeymoon

September 2009
 
Our trip was wonderful! I was kinda nervous, because I read some reviews online, but it was completely the opposite.. I will say the people of Aruba are different in the sense that they are not as "in your face" like some other carribean countries, they are really laid back...and that was fine with us! We went parasailing, we went on a jeep safari, attended shows, gambled, etc. We have hundreds of pictures, I have attached a few of them for you. Thanks for giving us a memorable honeymoon!! We look forward to working with you in the future. Have a good day.
 
 

Couple reviews Occidental Grand in Aruba

 
OH MY GOSH....we had a GREAT time!  We absolutely loved the Occidental...our room had to be one of the best rooms available (ocean front with jacuzzi tub and a huge picture window in front that opened up onto the balcony), good service (everyone was really nice and helpful), and for an all inclusive, we thought the food was pretty good! In fact, we only ate off the property 2 times the entire week.  They had daily activities like water aerobics, pool volleyball, and bingo... we  EACH won $90 playing bingo by the pool bar.  :-]  The casino was pretty good and we never ever had a problem getting towels or chairs for the day by the pool or on the beach. And the location of the hotel was great as well. I would highly recommend this place to any of my friends.

For the most part, we just hung out by the pool and enjoyed some quiet, relaxing time. It was so nice. But we also took a sunset cruise one night (we went with Pelican Tours, which I wouldn't recommend...It looked like Red Sail was a step above) and took a beginner's scuba course and did a short dive. We used JADS for that and although I liked the fact that it was just my husband and me with an instructor, making it VERY safe, I didn't like the dive site. I was hoping that they would take us out on a boat, but we just walked in off the shore.

We also did some shopping one afternoon downtown and ate out at a restaurant called Papiamento, which was incredibly beautiful and romantic and delicious.