Guest Review of Wyndham Tangerine

From Jeff: Well. Where to begin. We arrived at the Wyndham Tangerine about 40 minutes before our check in time of 3:00. We were able to get checked in, but were told we needed to wait until 3 to get into our rooms. We finally got back to the desk around 3:10 at which time we were told that it would be another 20 minutes before one of our rooms was ready. Once we were ready to check into our rooms, we needed to carry our own bags and found that the elevator was not working. We carried our bags up to the third floor of the main building.

Opening the door we immediately noticed water damage to the ceiling as well as peeling paint on the walls. The beds looked like rollout beds with 1960's bedspreads. Our son and daughter opened their door and there was an immediate smell of body odor and cigarettes. We all had made up our minds that we were bound and determined to have a good time despite the reviews we had read, but this was not a good start. Our daughter started taking a shower and the shower head fell off and hit her on the head.

We decided to get something to drink and I was looking forward to having a couple of ice cold Presidentes. I was disappointed to find that they were far from ice cold. The resort has only one small bar (not a sit down bar) and frequently we had to wait in line.

Next, it was off to the buffet for some dinner. What a major disappointment. Much of the food was not very appetizing, things were not kept cool as they should have been. We managed to find something to eat, we have been to several all-inclusives and this was bad. Several times while we were at the buffet they had no ice and/or the soda machines were not working. We did notice a constant dripping from the ceiling in the main building and there were always towels there to soak it up on the floor. While we were there part of the ceiling collapsed in the dining area due to a water main break.

Later that evening we decided to get some sleep. What a joke. Around 11 the disco opened and was blasting music until at least 3 in the morning. It was so loud it was shaking me in my bed, it was also accompanied by loud screaming most of the night. It sounded like the patrons at the disco were riding a rollercoaster most of the night. After a few hours of sleep we were awakened with the clattering of dishes from the buffet area.

We went to the desk and demanded two new rooms in a different building and our request was granted. We also had some friends who were arriving that day and we told them that we would like them to be in the same building. The desk staff was very accommodating. We had to wait about ten minutes for someone to bus a table for us at breakfast as many of them were consistently not set up. We also noticed that between diners the tables were never washed.

The beach was the one bright spot. The beach itself was beautiful despite the fact that many of the chairs were broken and full of mildew. Initially we were constantly harassed by the local vendors. HUGE WORD OF ADVICE, DO NOT BUY ANYTHING FROM THE VENDORS ON THE BEACH. YOU CAN TO INTO TOWN AND GET THINGS MUCH CHEAPER.

It was enjoyable watching the kite surfers when they were not buzzing you and spraying water in your face and the ocean did provide some awesome body surfing and boogie boarding waves. The pool was a whole other story. It is not kept in the greatest of condition.

We spent several days in Cabarete and it was quite a bit of fun, we found some great bargains (check out the liquidator store first, they are by far the cheapest around) and spoke with a lot of the local people. We had lunch one day at Jose O'Shays and it was very enjoyable. We did spend a couple of evenings at the casino in Cabarete and had a really great time. Afterwards we experienced the night life in Cabarete and it was awesome. It really is unfortunate that the Wyndham Tangerine is not kept in better condition and the food is awful, they have some of the nicest surroundings we have ever experienced.

On the day that my wife and I left (as well as our friends) we all came down with some of the worst colds and headaches we've ever had. We're not sure if it was something from the resort or what we got into (they did fumigate the rooms the day before). This was a good thing as our bathroom was full of ants and we were paid a visit one morning by a huge cockroach.

If you are expecting to hear good Caribbean music, forget it. All you will hear at this resort are the same five techno songs OVER, AND OVER, AND OVER AGAIN. THEY REALLY NEED TO BUY ANOTHER CD OR TWO! Would we go back to Cabarete? Absolutely. Would we go back to the Wyndham Tangerine. Absolutely not.

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