BON Hotel at VidantaWorld Nuevo Vallarta

Todo excelente

This was supposed to be an all inclusive stay, when arrived nothing is included , this isn’t the hotels fault but is Expedia’s fault for publicating as an all inclusive.

Lots of thoughts about Vidanta. The property itself is very beautiful. I’ll try to name the pros and cons. There are many pools, lots of chairs. Lots of places to be and activities to be done. It’s a really beautiful and well kept property. The room is spacious and clean. The housekeeping staff were always greeting me and they were very efficient and kind. Front desk staff were great too. Since my check-in, Martha (Grand luxxe 3) has been very helpful and nice. The spa was good and it’s a relief that it’s included. It was a shame that Sea tonic was extra. Now the cons. The property does not necessarily allow Uber or not ride share friendly. Your only choice is their overpriced taxis and the premises are so far away from normal life. If you go to Vidanta either dish out on taxis or forget outside world. Wish they had a shuttle service to the city like the hotels in Orlando. Be prepared to walk a lot. There is a shuttle service between locations on site but whenever I requested one from the staff outside they kept telling me to walk and it’s not too far but those distances add up. The food was overpriced which I understand but tbh it did not taste good considering the prices. Nothing from the bakery was fresh. The croissants were soggy and they do not even warm it up before serving. Santuario shows seating is tiered. Buy drinks to sit at the front makes no sense. I would consider Vidanta again. But not sure if it would be my priority due to all the cash grab traps.

The Vidanta world resort is absolutely beautiful. It wraps around the river at Nuevo Vallarta all the way down to the beach. There is a Skydream cable car which is a great way to travel around the sprawling resort, the only problem with it is that when there is bad weather, and there are a lot of thunderstorms in July/August, the Skydream will shut down and turn you have to rely on the shuttle to take you around the resort. One morning, my family had to wait almost one hour for a shuttle to pick us up from one part of the resort to take us back to our suite. We did complain, as it’s lucky we didn’t have our flight home to catch that day. That was the only disappointment, other than that the cleanliness of our suite and the entire resort was immaculate. The restaurants are amazing, we tried Gong, Quinto and La Cantina. You need a reservation for all the restaurants apart from La Cantina, because most of them are fine dining. My favorite restaurant was actually La Cantina, the Mexican food was so delicious and the service was excellent. It’s also the more affordable option. The multiple pools are also beautiful, but the lazy river was closed on most days, also due to bad weather. We only got to try the lazy river once and it was fun and quite refreshing on the ring floats passing by the many waterfalls. They also had a water slide which was great fun for the kids. The pool service is also great, there are always people on hand to serve you food and drinks by the pools.