Today was a 'split' day. Dad and the 5yr old went on
a Tomcar Tour through
Rancho Notorious. My husband booked it through the hotel (ren. ocean suites) however, the tour bus never picked them up. The bus was supposed to pick up at 830am and by 850 I was suspicious and the Linda at the consierge (sp?) desk called them -- they 'claimed' the bus had come by but of course it never did as they said just to take a taxi.... they did and rancho notorious picked up the tab. After that hiccup, all went smoothly. My husband had so much fun on the trip that he is actually wanting to do it again this trip! My 5 yr old's favorite part was 'going really really fast' as well as the caves because there was 1 bat in there.
I took the toddler out to Renaissance island. We had such great mommy and me time. Still, the family favorite spot on the island is the back area just in front of the rocks as it is very shallow and the water waves comes through there. Jorge was wonderful as always. After playing in beach and sand a few hours we took a nice nap on the hammock under palm trees. What a great breeze.
We returned to the hotel room and were all smiles as we ran into dad and sister coming in at same time! HA! We put the girls down for a nap as is now our 'routine' and then headed back out for a little bit more of renaissance island.
For dinner, we walked over to
Casa Tua as many of you suggested. The pizza was reasonably priced and very tasty. We still spent $100 -- 2 pitchers sangria, 2 side salads, 2 pizzas (recommend the Hawaiian but not so much the One Happy Island pizza) and one of the dinner specials - grilled chicken brest (delicious!!).
As a side note, there were a few posts describing 'fast' boat drivers when transporting passengers to and from renaissance island.... this so far has not been the case for us at all. All the drivers have been very curtious and drive very slowly in wake zone and in the in between section they do drive a bit faster but never unsafe.
Timeshare side notes, I just wanted to mention how wonderful this unit is. Although there is not a dishwasher nor washer/dryers in the unit -- there is daily maid service for no extra fee (like most places we exchange at). This is very nice. Usually, we also get a once a week towel/sheets exchange. At the renaissance ocean suites they change out the towels daily and make the bed daily as well. I feel like this is the best of both worlds -- timeshare + delux hotel room.
Thats all for now --- more tomorrow!
Coqui
