#Dreams vs secrets costa rica full#

Very similar to Dreams/Secrets properties which are, for us, closer to home.

Loads of fresh fruit. The best papayas we’ve ever tasted – and they put Tajin on the fresh fruit by the pool! Get the papaya with honey at the breakfast buffet…superb.

Fabulous room service breakfasts – get the Huevos Motuleños! The waits were often not as long as they said on the phone, too.

There are beautiful infiniti pools, a swim up bar, waterfalls – you name it.

Gorgeous pools – an upper and a lower pool, spaced nicely apart.

Why yes, Paul did try to OPEN OUR BALCONY DOOR in hot pursuit of bananas. Did Paul the Monkey try to open our room door when he saw I had fruit inside? Sure did. Did I order room service fruit every day just to hand feed the monkeys? You bet. The white-faced monkeys are like the squirrels of Costa Rica, and it was totally surreal waking up to monkeys on the balcony. It’s not technically recommended to feed the monkeys (or any wildlife on property), as they could get aggressive with humans if they become too dependent on food…but I swear I’m a monkey whisperer. There was a little tribe of Capuchins on the property, and they were typically hanging out around our side of the hotel around breakfast-time ( we had a Tropical View suite!). If you were following along on Instagram Stories, you KNOW the monkeys. So if you’re there for a romantic getaway and prefer to not have littles running by or splashing around you, go Secrets over Dreams! PROS: I had been to Secrets a few years back and loveloveloved – I’d recommend Secrets over Dreams simply because they’re nearly identical in experience, but one allows kids and the other does not. Dreams resorts are actually the family-friendly sister properties to Secrets Resorts, which are adults-only all-inclusive properties. We stayed at the Dreams Las Mareas resort in Guanacaste, Costa Rica. Turn on your JavaScript to view content WHERE WE STAYED: Dreams Las Mareas Costa Rica Let me tell you – if Frontier seats weren’t uncomfortable enough (they’re awful), the cold airport floor ain’t much better. But lo and behold – WE TOOK OFF.Īnd then…spent the night sitting on the floor of the Miami Airport. We were definitely worried that even after all of the chaos in switching plans around, the plane wouldn’t make it off the ground. Mind you, at this point, it was a SOLID 1.5 hours delayed, and the snow was starting to come down in Philly. An hour later…captain showed up, but the plane needed de-icing.

The flight was first delayed because of maintenance, then delayed again on the tarmat because the pilot was MIA.

The first flight leg was to Miami and second to Costa Rica, and since snow wouldn’t be much of a concern in Florida…we knew the mission.Īfter American cancelled our first flights to Miami, we managed to switch to that final Friday night Frontier flight and figured we’d finagle details for the second leg when we arrived in Florida.

#Dreams vs secrets costa rica full#

We scrambled to book a different flight for the same night, otherwise we’d be unable to leave until the end of weekend ( we were scheduled to leave Saturday evening and had one final flight out of Philly on Friday night, or we’d have to wait until Monday – and we’d have a full day of travel to get to CR before leaving on Thursday, so really, we HAD to get out Friday night or the trip wouldn’t even make sense to make anymore). Our wild adventure started with a cancelled flight less than 24 hours before takeoff thanks to a massive snowstorm in Philly (and the whole East coast). It’s got a recap of our trip, general info on traveling to Costa Rica, as well as a comprehensive review of where we stayed (and if we’d recommend!). While there we got lots of Q’s via Instagram DMs about where we stayed, what we did, etc, so hopefully this post will be an all-inclusive guide to the all-inclusive resort and then some. Who’s with me? We spent a week in Central America at Dreams Las Mareas Costa Rica to celebrate our friends wedding this past month. 😉 I have now decided that a tropical trip is the BEST way to kickoff any new year, especially when it’s snowing and freezing where you live come January. Seeing as it’s been windy, blustery, and sub-20 since returning from 85-and-sunny Costa Rica, you could say we’re now deficient in Vitamin D.