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Hello,
I will be arriving in Negril in 4 days!! :-)
I can not wait! Woo hoo!!
I am staying at Legends and I am aware that I am able to visit it's sister property, Samara free of charge.
Would anyone know if this would include using Samsara's facilities (pool) and eating at the Restaurant, if I am on Legend's all inclusive plan, would that plan apply to Samsara as well?
Thanks :)
I wouldn't do AI at those places.
Only doing the AI because it was included in my price, I did not have to pay anything extra and if I did I for sure would not do the AI. I plan in eating most meals off site. But the AI will come in handy for quick, easy snacks and drinks. Just wondering if it is valid at Samara for me as well. I have already read the reviews on the hotels food :/
yes both places .we stay at legends ai also every february and always have a great time!!
Yes, you have exchange privileges at both properties. We are (also) Legends/SamSara regulars & LOVE the food served on the A/I option.
old goat
So you are able to use the entire facility as well as get food and drink at both hotels free of charge?
Thanks!
Thank you all for your responses! Can't wait to touchdown. It has been 15 years!
TAH, I would agree except the package prices are sooooo low! On vacation Outlet.com staying at Legends with a garden view room for a week All Inclusive (meals & Drinks), flying out of Boston, including airport transfers for 08/24 to 08/31 is around $850 per person! It states on the web site that you also have full privileges at Sam Sara. If I searched a little harder, I could probably find it for even less money!
I'm soooo tempted.....
Yes, you can use all the facilities at either place.
We did AI with them a few years ago, wouldn't do it again and would recommend you pay even less and avoid the AI option. The food is about as basic as you can get and you'll eat much better most anywhere else. The red stripe on tap that's included is definitely not red stripe, and if you want bottles you'll have to pay.
I heard the owner Maurice is currently away, which means the staff should be in good spirits.
the beer is red stripe and the food gets better every year we go.10 years next feb
Wow, that is a very good deal. Tempting indeed...Quote:
Originally Posted by VVHT
If hockey puck hamburgers are your idea of good food, then that's great.Quote:
Originally Posted by old goat
I taste tested their tap beer vs a bottle of red stripe, not the same. Not even close!
what I have discovered is there are a group of people who will defend legends/samsara to the death, and don't want to face the facts that it is a budget resort in every way.
Come on HarryS, you know you've got a "hard-on" for Maurice because he wouldn't talk to you during your stay...personally, I don't blame him.
I didn't try to talk to him, but what I did notice was how the people act around him.Quote:
Originally Posted by Patricia
I'm in Negril now, and was talking to one of my friends and we got to talking about samsara, and he couldn't stop telling me how much the people who work there hate him, that he's a ###### and treats his employees like ######.
You also come to the defense of this place, and have messaged me privately sating you can't help but contradict what I say because you love the place so much. I'm glad you enjoy it, but I am entitled to share my opinion just as you are, and I don't need to accuse people of having "hard ons".
Trust me, you are the LAST person I'd ever message ~~~
Enjoy your vacation :rolleyes:
I have the messages, you sent them. No need to deny, and no need for the nastiness towards me. You don't know me, only my words on an Internet forum.
Remember we ALL LOVE NEGRIL!!
One Resort Owner was laughing about a tourist that was complaining about the resort:
1) The Beach is too sandy!
2) The Sea is too salty!
3) The Sun is too hot!
Definitely not a repeat tourist to Negril!
VVHT
HarryS,Quote:
Originally Posted by HarryS
I am also in Negril now. So please stop making personal attacks against people.
You admit you didnt try to talk to the owner. You "observed" him. Observations rarely give you the whole story. People see what and how you post here, and yet you say they dont know you from observing your posts. Shouldnt you allow the owner the same courtesy and talk to them to get to know them before passing judgement and posting it for the world to see?
And then you pass on second hand info from your friend here. I cannot dispute what your friend told you since I wasnt there to hear them. But I have some friends that look at that same owner as the one who gave them a chance when no one else would. There are some employees that have been there for years if not decades. Why would they still be working there if what you are passing on as second hand is true?
You are entitled to share your opinions, but you are not entitled to name call and say rude, misleading and untrue things about others.
Patricia didnt attack you. You personally attacked the owner of two successful hotels in Negril. And the owner has been successful here for about 40 or so years now.
i wonder why the kegs they bring in say red stripe on them????hmmmm....Quote:
Originally Posted by HarryS
The kegs say Red Stripe on them because it is draft Red Stripe. And as we all know, draft always tastes different than bottles, as do bottles from cans.... which you can now buy Red Stripe in cans at HiLo!
Someday I will find Red Stripe Bold on draft..........
Cap
Give Port Antonio a try - they are really into Bold there!
Great news about the cans of Red Stripe! A lot lighter to carry!
Yep, old goat is spot on! It IS Red Stripe on tap, seen the kegs delivered myself.
I want to apologize for coming off as a bit of an ass, and you guys are right - I don't know Maurice, only what I've seen a bit of and heard from friends who live and work in Negril. I'll try not to be a "troll" here if I can help it. There's a lot I could say to respond to Robs post (and others), but I'll just let it go.
That being said, to say I was attacking him, and then not acknowledging that others were doing the same to me isn't exactly honest.
Anyway, on to the subject of beer.
All things being equal, meaning freshness, bottles and cans SHOULD taste exactly the same. The canned red stripe and the bottled red stripe tasted exactly the same to me.
I think I know why I have an aversion to the Red Stripe I've had on tap - I think that they don't bother to clean the lines as often as they should and that will definitely affect things and give it an "off" flavor. Maybe I'm more sensitive to it than most, I don't know.
Don't sell yourself short Harry. You weren't coming of as a Bit of an ass.
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Originally Posted by dash
I'm glad you were able to get that shot in. Feel good?
Sorry I forgot you're more sensitive than most.
I've seen this here before. Someone has an unpopular opinion, maybe says some things that aren't exactly positive about the places and people in Negril, and others feel it necessary to give that person a hard time.Quote:
Originally Posted by dash
So I'm sensitive, and others are immature. I can live with that. I think I'm done with the bickering back and forth, have a great night.
HarryS,Quote:
Originally Posted by HarryS
Thank you for your apology. I also live and work in Negril and have for the past 20 plus years, so there is a good chance some of those friends you have talked to are also friends of mine.
While you feel that Dash "took a shot" at you, which he apparently did, that was based upon a comment you made about yourself. Patricia didnt attack you, she just called it like it was and pointed out the obvious because as you have admitted, you never spoke to the owner. The owner did not post here so you couldnt have used his words, and you called him an extremely offensive term and directly attacked his business method. No one here did anything close to that to you so no one was "doing the same" to you as you claim.
As the owner/operator of this forum, I removed your libelous words from your post. No one else posted libelous comments about anyone other than you in this thread. That is the honest truth.
Back to the beer, your aversion to draft Red Stripe puzzles me. Although you make a supposition about the lines, apparently you are not aware that in order for a bar to carry draft Red Stripe, the bar must allow the Red Stripe reps to check and change the lines when necessary, maintain the proper storage and temperature and otherwise insure the quality of the their product. That is why most bars in Negril do not carry Red Stripe draft. It takes an investment in special equipment and extra time that the bottled products do not require.
Once again, you are entitled to share your opinions, but you are not entitled to post misleading and untrue information to others based on nothing but false conjecture.
And in my opinion, the bottled Red Stripe does indeed taste different than canned Red Stripe, as does the draft. I have had it all over the island with the same results. It does seem to be most noticeable in Kingston, where many bars carry bottled, canned and draft Red Stripe as well as Heineken.
I think it tastes a bit different on draft, I have had it a few different places. But I also think a lot of beers taste different on draft.
I'll take draft over cans any day :cool:
I'd take any red stripe over the "jamaican style" swill they sell in the states now...
Yes, Striper the RS made in Pennsylvania, just does not compare to having an Ice cold RS standing in the ocean in Negril. December soon come. I'm glad that this post is over, and now we can all just get-along! ONE LOVE people!
we just got back from Fun Holiday , which supplied us with draft beer, it was great, soon come
quick trip for me in 3 weeks. first stay at fun holiday. I take it, you enjoyed?Quote:
Originally Posted by jamaicarob
we had a great time there, good food , great staff, draft beer was great, soon comeQuote:
Originally Posted by Flipadelphia26