I will start out by saying that I have stayed at this resort in January 2020 just after their hurricane and wasn't overly impressed with the resort but decided to give it another try since it has been 3 years.
I'll start out saying getting the transfer from the airport to the resort was a crap show. They told us to leave our bags and guided us to another bus. Once we arrived to the resort, it took us some time to locate our luggage. Once we located our luggage we were instructed to go to the theater to drop our luggage and get our bracelets.
We arrived early, and check-in was 3 so we were unable to check into our rooms.
We grabbed a bite at the buffet and a drink and just puttered around the resort until 3pm..
Once we were able to check in we had to take our own luggage to our room. Every other resort I have stayed on someone brings your luggage to your room. I had requested when I booked to have a room with a king bed, we didn't get that we had 2 double beds.

Our room was 1272, it was a renovated room close to the front of the resort. The room was ok the shower was a bit problematic as water would spray everywhere and make a slippery mess. The beds were moderately comfortable. There were 2 small bottles of water in the room and that's all that you go for the week. Not sure why they have a mini fridge as they do not stock it (unless you are a vip ).
The resort itself is clean, the pool was freezing cold almost unbearable, and you could never find a chair around the pool. The ocean was warm enough, and there were always chairs availible, just domt go into the vip section as you will get shooshed away. . The hot tub was closed for a few days of our stay. The pool tables were broken as well, which sucked when the weather was less than desirable. The washrooms around the resort were disgusting and the locks didn't work.
The buffet was ok, you won't starve, but it's not that tasty either. We got the special dinner (lobster and steak) one night and had to wait an hour past our reservation for it. It was tasty, but I didn't understand why they had it in the buffet. The buffet is very cafeteria like, it could use some ambiance. Staff rarely came to clean off plates and never took a drink order, which is so usual compared to every other vacation I have been on. There are 3 Ala cartes, the Mexican was tasty, and the pizza place was ok. I was unimpressed that we ordered our food and waited 75 minutes to receive our orders, which was not acceptable on my mind, and the Cafe was fairly good.
There are 2 bars, you would wait in line for drinks often, and the premium alcohol was only for VIP. They ran pit of beer 2 days of the 7 we were there. Considering I only really drink beer if I'm having drinks, that was unimpressive. The bar staff were awesome. Of course, you would come across one or two that were not very pleasant. The coffee at the lobby bar was good.
So, one thing I was surprised by was that there was no real Bahamian feel to the resort. The majority of the music that was played on the resort and in the disco was Spanish music. I would have liked to hear some Bahamian music.
Overall, it was better than the last time I stayed there. The thing is, if they just did a few things, they could make it a real great resort. But at the end of the day, I got what I paid for! Will I go back there again? Doubt it!

If you’re wanting a Sandals type chain then stop reading now. We have visited many resorts from high end to mid range. This is a mid range resort. And a 5 star within its class. Listen to me you aren’t going to get filet mignon on the beach. However, this resort offers much more for the price we paid. This is the Bahamas and for an all incl. resort you can’t go wrong. Here’s the pros: beach amazing! You’re rheee for the beach! Lots of chairs. Pool is fine nothing exceptional but it’s there and it’s close to the ocean. You should be at that beach not by the pool all the time. The buffet & 3 restaurants were good lots of variety. Staff all very friendly. Activities..LOTS! More than any other resort I have been too. Our last day was a cloudy day we booked our free 30 min catamaran, did some archery, paintball, bingo. Kids club I hear the kids all loved it we checked it out seems great but felt our kids were a tad too young to partake. evening shows were good. Mini disco my son loved it. We stayed in the garden room area R.3115 no issues. Rooms were fine, clean, we slept well. Again, not a sandals room but let’s face it. If you’re in your room that much stay home. Our neighbour had issues with her water temp but it was rectified and she got transferred to another room the next day it got fixed and another family moved in. Before going I read lots of reviews regarding timeshares. No one approached me. Not once. This is a laid back resort with good vibes. I didn’t feel like workers wanted tips but I tipped when I felt I wanted to. Everyone from staff to the guests were nice. Cons. The bus ride to the resort was packed. Pay 28$ and get a cab. Check in is 3 pm which is fine they need time to clean the rooms for the next batch of guests. On the bus I didn’t like the fact they promoted swimming with pigs. If you want to swim with wild pigs go to exuma. Not Freeport or Nassau you will get farmed pigs who don’t swim. I wasn’t supporting that. Go experience this at your local farm and save $100 usd plus. You just look silly as this is far from the real wild pig beach. Instead we paid $50 with sunwing rep and snorkeled with turtles and rays which was amazing and a must do!!! Save yourself the hassle rent a car and do the national park. Diving I hear nothing but positive feedback. A little bit of a line up at check in around 3 pm. Just go for 2:45 beach the rush. If youre travelling with someone one do the check in and one book on the opposite end for the à la cartes. Get it done. My only con was the line up at 3pm check in and not being able to get baileys or something similar to baileys on ice. But whatever that’s nothing to complain about. It didn’t affect my trip and we enjoyed everything! Thank you for this memorable vacation. Everyone loves to feel entitled and leave negative reviews. Take them with a grain of salt. Seriously. Book this. Go with a positive attitude be kind and you’ll be respected. I created an account to purposely write this review. Don’t listen to that man promoting pig beach on the ride in for sunwing as a must do that’s just easy money for them and people look like fools feeding farmed pigs and not actual wild pigs like the ones in exuma. If you do it you’ll get karma the pigs poop in the water.. just saying.

We stayed here in March 2017 and left a negative review based on our experience at that time. We loved the beach so we decided to give it another try and this time was an amazing experience all around!!

We loved our ocean front room, we were the closest to the ocean you could be! The buffet food is always good and fresh, the a la carte restaurants need to be booked your first morning at the resort for the week if you want to try them. The pool is on the cooler side, lots of seats around it so you won’t need to be up at 5am to get a seat! The beach and pool area have lots of loungers all day available. You will always find somewhere to lounge and tan! There is coffee at the main bar to get an espresso or a latte if you want to change up from booze! There is a basketball court, beach volleyball, paddle boards, kayaks, and snorkelling equipment PLUS activities around the pool all day if you want to participate. The beach is incredible and you can walk for hours on it! If you are looking to be served all day at this resort this isn’t the resort for you. You have to get up off your bottom to get your own food and drinks….if you’re lazy or want to be lazy book elsewhere! Don’t waste your money on the excursion to go to Gold Rock beach (Pirates of the Caribbean filmed Dead man’s chest there) - total waste of money! Pay for a taxi to get there and back and save some money!! That beach is the most beautiful beach I’ve ever seen! I do wonder if Johnny Depp left a buried treasure there after filming….I think he’s crazy enough to do something like that lol!!

To sum up the best parts for us…we loved the beach, the animation staff (Amy, Blake, and the others - sorry forget all your names), the main bar staff (we were the ones who wanted “something fruity” ha ha), all the staff speak English, drinkable water, the buffet staff are polite and keep everything clean - these are the reasons our trip was outstanding!