We stayed at Dreams May 19-24th for our 10yr wedding anniversary. Our overall stay was nice, but definitely not a six golden apple. We're not big travelers and have only been to Cancun, Nassau, and misc. places in the U.S., so I can only compare to these places.

Our flight was with Delta and was fine. The trip to and from the hotel was no worse than what I expected from reading other reviews. Check in went smoothly, we went to our room, and that's when we had problems. We requested a king size bed, and got a room with 2 double beds. I called down to the front desk and spoke with the guy who checked us in. He said he'd see what he could do and call us "right back". We waited 20 min before heading to the front desk. The guy who checked us in wasn't there, so we dealt with another person who got us a king size room, but we couldn't get it until the next day. We were fine with that and went back to our room.....to find our bags are gone!! We made the 10 mile treck back to the front desk and they acted like they've never seen us before. To make a long story short, after frantically looking for our luggage they realized that the initial person got us a new room, had our luggage moved, and never told anyone. We finally got to our room and it was adequate. It did not look like the photos on their website however. So I was a bit disappointed with that.

The pool was fantastic, and so was the entertainment staff. Their shows were fun, a bit cheesy, but fun. The lobby bar has Budlight, and I recommend the Mr. Wilson drink at the pool bar. The food at the restaurants was hit or miss. The room service was always really good.

We did the dune buggy excursion. It was fun and worth the money but it wasn't quite as exciting as I hoped it would be. I recommend NOT doing the horseback riding portion of it if that is the package you choose. The horses are very underweight and they use them over and over again....our tour guide PROMISED that the horses were in good shape and they only do one ride per day...that was not the case. Also, spend the $5 for a bandana to cover your face. It gets more dusty than you could ever imagine!

We met a great couple from Boston too! Sean and Jessica, if you happen to see this, send me a PM!

FOOD

My immediate family of 12 was part of a group of about 75 that went down for a wedding. I was the person in my group that was most concerned about getting sick. I finally summoned up the courage at the World Cafe and grabbed a plate the first night. I felt something on the bottom side of the plate and turned it over, it was covered in a thick layer of greasy remnants. I realized then that it doesn't matter what you eat or drink, if they are not handing the food, plates and glasses properly, all bets are off.

I threw caution to the wind and ate and drank everything that was available for the rest of the trip and did not get loose in the caboose. I got the iron gut award. One member of the party had it on both ends and dehydrated, passed out, and ended up needing an IV. Bring your own nurse if you plan on going to the infirmary, it helps. $15 to walk in the door and there is price for everything.

Another 4 of 12 had minor stomach issues but not enough to ruin your day and usually were over it in 24 to 36 hours. I truly is a crapshoot, if you are reading this, then you may already be going, so just take your chance and enjoy all there is to eat and drink.

Folks on the plane at another resort said 7 out of 12 got sick so I think it's a DR thing.

DRINK

First time at an all-inclusive. The place is alcohol-fueled, which is fine with me, no one too out of control. Swim up bar is the happening spot. Wilson (I see Sama Sosa!) and the rest of the bartenders were awesome. We got in the habit of ordering more than one drink at a time since there was an occasional wait.

BEACH

Body-surfing a couple of blocks to the right, found it, Thanks TA.

POOL

About 95 degrees. We late getting out towels back one day and we left them at the towel house. Next day the guy said we should have taken them back to the room and bring them back the next day for our towel cards back.

Seating was pretty open. No Problems.

Pool Volleyball was good but they really need to replace the waterlogged pool volleyballs, too heavy to hit. We took a real volley ball from the beach and used that.

ENTERTAINMENT

Regarding the "LOVE" show with the kids? If younger, mostly went over their heads. If they are 11 to 14, they already know whats going on.

RESTAURANTS

We had two group meals with the 75. They clearly do not have the staff to handle a sit-down this big. A course every 45 minutes was about average. Food was good.

Went Chinese and French. Ordering is a crapshoot. Whatever they bring to the table, just eat it, even though it's not what you ordered, it's all good.

DISCO

Good times, lots of fun. Don't think they will play Viva La Vida again!

CASINO

They don't look for Blackjack if they are showing an ace, so don't double down, it's their extra edge.

ROOM

Crapshoot. We had champagne, they didn't. They had towel art, we didn't. No bugs. Good AC. Heard every word of a wake up argument next door. One light rap on the door stopped it.

Where do I even begin. We went to dreams for our honeymoon and the trip was far from a dream, it was more like a nightmare.
We had problems from the moment we stepped foot in the resort. The front desk is so rude and unfriendly. The first room we had the ceiling was falling down in and they did move us to another room. The furniture is old and worn and some of it is falling apart. The bed was as hard as a rock. We were ripped off at the spa, we went for a 50min couples massage we were back at the reception desk in 30 min. I had to argue w them to get some money back. The food was terrible we both got sick for 2 days running in and out of the bathroom. The place was under construction and everything was a mess. there were wires hanging from the ceiling in the lower lobby and tarps and tools all over the floor wich we had to walk over. One of the resturaunts was closed the entire week we were there. There is no italian rest. it is in the world cafe on the side they put red and white checkered table clothes on and pretend its a different restaurant. We tried to pay and have a romantic dinner on the beach, we got down there and it was like a restaurant, 15 tables llined up and no privacy, then a quad came riding down the beach and was fumigating right onto us. We left it was absolutley rediculous. Our whole trip sucked and i would not recomend this resort to anybody not even my worst enemy. ( well maybe).

me and my wife went on our honeymoon and stayed at dreams from june 8th through the 16th. as everyone has mentioned the ride wasn't great due to the potholes in the roads but it appeared they were attempting to add another road. i think we had a good driver also because i really thought the ride would be worse.

upon arrival we were greeted with champagne and check in was a breeze. it took about 10 minutes tops and recieved an ocean view room which we didn't even book so that started the vacation off great!

the room we had was really clean and our bags arrived about 5 minutes after we got to our room. after that straight to the beach! the beach was perfect, sand was white and water felt like it was an indoor pool, absolutely perfect temps. as i'm sure you heard in other reviews make sure you keep to the left of the trampoline turtle to avoid sharp rocks in the ocean.

the entertainment was great, 50 cent, mickey mouse were always up and by poolside before anyone else seemed to be out there trying to get as many volunteers as possible to participate in the games. we did the egg throwing contest, pillow fight in the pool (which was hillarious) and there was water polo everyday which was fun to watch. whether you want to participate or not is up to you but it is fun. if you just want to relax and not be bothered you can do that as well, i suggest you go to the ocean or poolside that is farther away from the ocean near the bridge by the waterfall. the late night shows were enjoyable and you can tell the team really enjoys there job.

the wife and i are drinkers and the there are plenty of bars to choose from. poolside is great and wilson makes a really good special called "wilsons' special" (taste like creamsicles) and the lobby bar which we spent a lot of time was personally my favorite. domingo, andres and chocolate are a trip. great bunch of guys that deserved the tips they got.

the food was pretty good, i'm not that picky though. oceanic had pretty good tendorloin, shrimp and chicken was good and they have this appetizer that comes in a huge pineapple that looked really good. the world cafe had everything you need, chinese food was excellent and surprisingly the pizza was really good. they had a lot to choose from. breakfast was good to and i suggest getting the omelets, they were fresh and really good. room service was great as we didn't feel like walking to the world cafe a couple mornings and were running close on time (breakfast stops at 10:45am) and room service was there to the rescue. 20-25 minutes most times which i thought was very fast. the japenese resturaunt was a 1hr 1/2 wait so make sure you reserve it early. didn't want to wait but heard food was very good.

pool was excellent as well as the grounds. very clean, flamingos and parrots right out in the open to touch. water was very warm and at night the lighting was bueatiful and the beach was very romantic to take a walk on.

nightlife isn't great, not much to do but by nights end i was exhausted and didn't want to do anything anyways. i recommend this for couples, we met a lot of couples down there and had a great time. everyone was very friendly and when approached by staff was always welcomed with an hola!