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| - I found out about this resort thru an Interval international exchange. The reviews were not bad. So I decided to choose this resort over others. It appears to be a nice, quiet resort but here are our issues: first there are no activities unless you call jewelry making and star gazing activities 35 yr olds would enjoy. What few activities there were, you had to pay a fee. Most timeshares include the activities but not this place. I didn't expect daily maid service but this place doesn't even give you the supplies (e.g toilet brush, sponge to clean tub, etc) to clean yourself. They can't really expect people staying for the week to not want a clean room. The bed is hard as a rock. The couch is even harder. The walls are paper thin and the doors are hard to open and close which means your neighbors are slamming them and you hear and feel the vibration. During our stay, there was a spider and 2 roaches in the room....nasty! We did do the 'resort tour' to get a discount on the grand canyon tour ( which wasn't that good and you are better off driving and doing tour on your own). The 'resort tour' is not 90 minute like they state. It's closer to 2.5 hrs. They spend 30-45 min pretending to make small talk. Then another 1.5 hrs with their dog and pony how selling the benefits of their resort and vacation points plan. We cut the remainder short. Of course they still tried to sell us a 12,000 point plan for $21K then lowered the plan to 3000 points for $8200..,,,PASS.
The rooms are sizable. We had a junior suite which was basically a 1 bdrm apartment. The decor looks really nice and keeps with a southwestern theme. It has a full kitchen with all major appliances. In addition, there was a washer/dryer in the room which was a nice amenity. The pools are nice. There is even one for adults only. Resort has a spa but would recommend going elsewhere. Felt like I paid for someone to rub lotion all over me instead of massaging me. By far, this was the worst. There are no restaurants. So you will need a car to get to the restaurants which are about 2 miles away and mostly chain restaurants.
I'd recommend finding another place to stay if in Arizona. There was just too much I didn't like about the place.
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