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Ocean Riviera Paradise

Ocean Riviera Paradise is a very large family all-inclusive north of Playa del Carmen, for parents who want a water park and a dozen bars. Add a room with a pool at the door and the picture is complete. It is about 45 minutes from Cancun's airport, with 974 rooms, five pools, ten restaurants and twelve bars, a bowling alley, a theatre and a disco. It is a small town with a beach attached, and the beach is the part that disappoints. Guests praise the pools and the water park, the big modern rooms with swim-up and rooftop terraces, the range of restaurants and the entertainment. The complaints are the beach, which carries sargassum in season and rarely matches the pool scene, service that varies by outlet, the walking distances, and a two-tier feel between Privilege guests and everyone else. The thing people wish they had known is to book it for the pools, the rooms and the activities, and to treat a good beach day as a bonus. The plan is a true 24-hour all-inclusive across the restaurants and bars, with the Daisy Club for ages four to twelve; the spa is extra, premium spirits are limited, and the airport transfer is free only on direct website bookings of three nights or more. Families do best in a Junior Suite on the water park side, and couples who want the room to carry the week should look at a Privilege swim-up junior suite. Anyone whose holiday is the beach should book further down the coast.

Ocean Coral Spring

Ocean Coral Spring is a 24-hour family all-inclusive on Jamaica's north coast, for parents who want a water park, a lazy river and a lively resort. A quiet beach is not what it sells. It is about 40 minutes east of Montego Bay's airport in Trelawny, with 513 rooms on five floors, one large pool feeding the lazy river and slides, a buffet and seven a la carte restaurants, and bars from a piano bar to a bowling alley. The plan runs around the clock and so does the resort. Guests praise the water park, lazy river and pools, the modern spacious rooms and the breadth of amenities, the dining and bar selection and the beachfront layout for families. The complaints are service that varies by venue and hour, noise that comes with a family resort built for fun, maintenance and room-condition remarks in some reviews, and arrival logistics. The thing people wish they had known is to confirm the transfer directly even when a package advertises transport, because the ride from the airport is a paid taxi or private car. The plan covers the buffet and the a la carte restaurants, one of them reserved for Privilege guests, the bars, Wi-Fi and the Daisy Club for ages four to twelve; spa treatments and the transfer, at roughly 55 to 70 US dollars each way, are extra. The Junior Suite Swim Up puts the pool at the terrace, and the Privilege rooftop suite is the one with an ocean view. Couples after quiet should look at the adults-only resorts along the same coast.

Ocean Eden Bay - Adults Only

Ocean Eden Bay is an adults-only all-inclusive on Jamaica's north coast, for couples who want a lazy river and a modern junior suite. It sits on Mountain Spring Bay about 45 minutes from Montego Bay's airport, with two pools, a swim-up bar, that lazy river, and the run of the adjacent Ocean Coral Spring's facilities. The rooms and the pool scene are what it does well, and the beach is not the reason to come. Guests praise the modern spacious rooms, the pool scene and the entertainment, the lazy river and the access next door, and the adults-only atmosphere. The complaints are food quality and service consistency, a beach smaller and less impressive than expected, and reports of pool towel and bar supply running short. The thing people wish they had known is that adults may use the facilities next door while children from that side stay off this one, and that this is a lively resort rather than a beach purist's. The plan covers the dining and drinks across the resort with the dine-around next door, 24-hour room service and Wi-Fi, though the Privilege venues keep their own rules; the spa and the airport transfer are extra, and guests report the occasional gap in brand availability at the bars. The Junior Suite Swim Up is the upgrade that suits the pool scene, and the Privilege Junior Suite Ocean Front is the one with the position. Families are not admitted here, though the sister resort next door takes them.