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Paradise Island

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  • Paradise Island Bahamas
    Paradise Island, Bahamas
    (888) 528-7155
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Paradise Island, Bahamas

  • February 6, 2008
  • Rated 0 of 5 by Chrisdonsam from Amherst, Nova Scotia
The Atlantis Resort located just across the bridge from Nassau, Bahamas is by far the most spectacular, most inviting resort I have ever seen.

My husband and I first visited the Island in October 2002 when he won an all expenses paid trip for 4. We, along with our two best friends enjoyed a week long stay consisting of many interesting activities, terrific accomodations and fine dining. When we left the resort back then we knew that we just had to come back one day and fortunately in September 2007 we did just that.

If you are planning a trip to the Island there are several things you will need to know beforehand. One major thing you will need to know is that beauty is not cheap and you should prepare to take a great deal of money with you. This beautiful place is not for just any budget believe me. Aside from the cost of accomodations, just the price of 4 cups of coffee is enough to scare some travellers off. However, even that factor doesn't seem to matter long after being there. It is truly the most beautiful resort I have ever seen with so much to see and do all contained within the resort that a week isn't even long enough to explore everything. Check out the links below, you'll be glad you did.

http://www.atlantis.com/content/pdf/map.pdf

http://www.atlantis.com/

From journal It's Better In The Bahamas

Atlantis

  • November 25, 2006
  • Rated 1 of 5 by Foghorn&Peach from San Antonio, Texas

We have taken many family vacations to a variety of resorts over the years (Disneyland, Disney World, Kenya, Ecuador, New York, Yosemite, Yellowstone, Freeport and Marsh Harbor in the Bahamas, Playa del Carmen, Hawaii, among others) and have never felt compelled to complain or write a negative review until now.

Our problems at Atlantis included:

-Check-in took over 3 hours – despite being promised a room in 15 minutes… then 30 more minutes ("I am a supervisor, I guarantee your room will be ready in 30 minutes…")
-When we called the "Prompt Response" line we listened to a recording for over 10 minutes.
-The helpful people positioned in the two key locations in the lobby to help the guests find their way around (at least that’s what the front desk personnel told us) are actually not part of Guest Services – They are timeshare salespeople and they will accost you every time you pass through the lobby. Guest Services is hidden away in a location that we never found. The timeshare salespeople will direct you to restaurants that are closed.
-The manager promised us a $50 credit added to our bill for our inconvenience, but did not actually give us the credit.
-The bell service will not deliver luggage to the room so as to not miss the opportunity to receive a tip–even though a mandatory tip is already added to the hotel bill.

Some of the other (too numerous to remember or recount) events include:

- Seeing an employee run pedestrians off a walking path while driving his cart forward and subsequently backward to chase down an attractive guest who had politely refused to talk to him.
- Walking 20 minutes through the resort and its construction site to get to the fitness center to find several other guests waiting at the golf cart that is used to shuttle people to the basketball court (they had already informed the fitness center employees of their need for transportation)… Waiting 10 more minutes and then going inside to remind the employees that there were now 7 of us in need of transportation… Waiting 10 more minutes to see the cart driver (who had been standing inside the fitness center shop the entire time) emerge from the fitness center with a family of 4 to tell the 7 of us to get off the golf cart so he could take the family to play tennis… He then took that family on the cart and left 3 seats empty while taking them to the same location as the basketball courts!

-The beach and pools are closed while the sun is still up so that (as one employee informed us) people are more likely to spend more money in the casino.
- As the temperatures were somewhat marginal for swimming (approx 70 F) the only hot tub on the property was not working.
- Finding very small insects (ants?) crawling in the bathroom and in our toiletry bags on the day of checkout

From journal Atlantis Is Not Paradise

Atlantis Resort

  • December 4, 2005
  • Rated 5 of 5 by k05quick from Linwood, Kansas
Best Things Nearby:
This resort is amazing, and everyone must see it once; it is an attraction in itself. You would never have to leave.

Best Things About the Resort:
The best things about the resort are the aquariums; the are incredible, especially the manta ray. I have never seen anything like it.

Resort Experience:
This resort is great; it was one of the excursions we could chose from on our cruise. It has everything imaginable: a great beach, a water park, a casino, and much more. It is very fancy and would be great for families, couples, or almost anyone. Definitely bring a camera, because you will want to remember everything.

  • Unit Type: Other
  • Activities: Excellent
  • Amenities: Excellent
  • Unit Satisfaction: Very Good
  • Family Friendliness: Excellent
  • Service: Good

From journal Weekend in the Bahamas

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