Sandals Grande Ochos Rios in Jamaica

Re: Sandals Grande Ochos Rios in Jamaica

• blipsettpr member

  

  July 2010

  I was there a year and a half ago. Very fun! We booked a standard room and upon arrival asked to be upgraded. We got our own suite which was very nice and close to the pool by the beach. I also liked that you could go to the other sandals to eat but there were many options at the resort.
  
  Negatives:
  - main pool and beach are on two different sides of the street have to take a shuttle.
  - not as luxurious as other sandals but it was still fantastic and I would return.

  

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• kmjarvey

  

  July 2010

  We went last December and loved it. I agree with PP on the negatives but the positives outweighed the negatives. Take advantage of the included activities at the resort. We loved snorkling, kayaking, and the shows. I never posted a formal review but here's some pictures
  
  http://www.facebook.com/album.php?id=6603422&aid=2083608

  
  

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• blipsettpr member

  

  July 2010

  Also meant to mention that we booked a tour for a day with a local travel agency I heard about on TripAdvisor.com. It was much cheaper than the excursions through the resort. We had our own private van that took us anywhere we wanted to go. They packed snacks and water for us and we were able to leave our stuff safely with them during the excursions.
  
  We first went Ziplining and ATVing, then they took us to Margaritaville for lunch, then we climbed the Falls.
  
  It was an amazing day and like I said much cheaper than the excursions! If you are interested send me a message and I can send you their information.

  

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• goaliegirl member

  

  July 2010

  we went to SGOR for our HM last august and loved it!!  If you can afford it, definitely get the butler service, it is amazing!  We had an oceanview villa on the manor side and  loved it.  We shared our little pool with 3 other rooms, but the week we were there, they were all empty!   
  
  I highly suggest the catamaran tour to Dunns River falls...it is so much fun!!  We also went ziplining and got a great deal through the Sandals resort by booking beforehand.  The nice thing about booking through Sandals is that if there is a problem  it can be fixed very easily by the staff there.  We ended up changing the day of our catamaran tour because of things going on at the resort that we didn't want to miss.    they have alot of fun activities and different themed parties at night that you don't want to miss!   Have fun, we want to go back there so bad!!
  

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• tracynmaria member

  

  July 2010

  we are going there on March.. can't wwait
  
  
  blipsettpr --- can you please give me the information for thr tours that you did please.
  thank you
  mariamartinez1 at gmail.com

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• bean0408 member

  

  July 2010

  blipsettpr - I would also like the info for the tour ! Thanks
  
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• superheroprincess member

  

  August 2010

  don't forget to sign up for your sandals signature points on the website to get a free trip!

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• jbaby731

  

  August 2010

  I was there last year and loved it! We booked a standard room on the mountain side and were upgraded to the beach side when we arrived. The food was good- definitely must try the jerk chicken! You do have to take the shuttle if you want to go to the other side of the resort, but we never had a problem with that. There are pools and restaurants on each side so you really don't have to go back and forth unless you want to. If you'd like more details PM me! Enjoy you HM!

  

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