Quote Originally Posted by shell View Post
Hey Chris, not to get off topic but if I"m not mistaken you were doing your first non a/i and swept away trip. As a fellow fan of CSA I was wondering what your thoughts were. And as far as the lifting of restrictions...time will tell if it was a huge mistake. I hope not.
Had a great time! While Swept Away was wonderful as always, we had our best meals "out there", most notably at Tree House. The vibe on the beach was probably more mellow, but the wandering musicians were more over on the AI's, knowing where the bigger tips were, no doubt.

As we assumed going in, it's not fair to compare a beach hotel to Swept Away, or vice versa. They're not comparable in mission, scale or price. We'll certainly go back to the beach hotels, and we'll still go back to Swept Away.


If you haven't experienced the non-AI concept, I'd recommend dipping in with a split stay of some kind on your next reach, going to a beach hotel first as we did. That way, if you're not satisfied with the experience, you'll at least have the AI to look forward to. For us, it was nice to look forward to getting together with some old friends at Swept Away for the second half of our vaca.