Cirque du Soleil Boutique at Vidanta Riviera Maya

Affordable, walkable not to close to the nightclubs so quieter at night. A few restaurants in area but hotel breakfast and dining option was great. Room was outdated.

The staff was excellent!!! the buffet was very nice; good food and also had the option of ordering off a menu. We had steak one evening from the menu at no up charge and it was delicious. The kids enjoyed the amenities at the facility. The sister hotel offers more dining options and a show. We attended the Mexican buffet and the show at the Sands. The costumes for the dancers were beautiful and the authentic dance, outstanding. Provided for dessert were authentic Mexican pastries and cookies. We were up graded to an ocean view room at no cost and at ground level, nice! If you want to do excursions ask at the hotel, we went through Viator and it seems that the hotel could have offered at much less.... At least search this option. We had already booked prior to our arrival. The water had a lot of seaweed, there were some areas that were better for swimming. I enjoyed the area that we stayed, the waves were not big. The beach area was kept clean and monitored by security. We used the spa services and Elizabeth was wonderful!! Definitely treat yourself. We paid for the all inclusive having teens with us, the drinks were good, not watered down. The kids enjoyed alcohol free specialty drinks at no extra charge. On our trip home the kids shared that they already were missing Mexico. That's a memorable trip in deed. We would for sure return to this location.

The resort was a short drive from Cancun airport. The staff were all very helpful. Property was clean and well kept. It is joined with its sister resort, Royal Solaris, so we had the use of their facilities as well. We preferred to stay on the GR side though as it is a smaller and quieter resort. We had great meals at the A la Cartes and the breakfast buffet in the Solaris Cafe was excellent. This resort is at the beginning of the hotel strip so you would need to take the bus to get to the shops. Just a few cons for us: - Although the beach was nice and there were lots of chairs, we weren’t able to swim much as red flags were posted all week. We had a couple of days where one small section had a yellow flag. Hopefully it was just a fluke of the weather that week. - Our room was on the 4th floor. We had to climb many stairs to get to it. There were a lot of stairs all over the resort to get to different places. - The air conditioner was quite loud. Our room had a bit of a smell to it. - The resort was a bit outdated. We would have liked to have a balcony off our room. - The lobby bar was small so not really anywhere to go for a drink in the evening. No beach bar either. So had many stairs to climb to go for water, etc.