Legends, Cocolapalm, or Fun Holiday

[Obayb]

Coco is the best of the 3 but it is NOT A/I. Only includes breakfast so wouldn't want you to have sticker shock upon arrival. Check out Grand Pineapple. The pool is across the road but it does have one. Much nicer than Merrils owned by Sandals and some of their touches show, but it is their lower end property, and the price is right.

[EdmontonGuy]

Pineapple is getting pretty low down when it comes to AI. We stayed there 3 weeks last February and the food got monotonous after the first week. They were out of hard liquor some brand or the other every day. Guests were not happy and were complaining about it. We drink beer - and hated the draft (Red Stripe - watered down) they had on tap...and would go to Alfred's and pay for bottles or buy them across the street and drink them. We ended up eating 50% of our meals out over all. We always had breakfast there for convenience. But for many lunch & dinner's we went out - spending more to eat. For us the only meal we really needed was breakfast as it gets us going. We have stayed non AI in Negril before many times so our experiment with Pineapple was a good lesson in "if its not broke don't fix it".

[Obayb]

Pineapple is getting pretty low down when it comes to AI. We stayed there 3 weeks last February and the food got monotonous after the first week. They were out of hard liquor some brand or the other every day. Guests were not happy and were complaining about it. We drink beer - and hated the draft (Red Stripe - watered down) they had on tap...and would go to Alfred's and pay for bottles or buy them across the street and drink them. We ended up eating 50% of our meals out over all. We always had breakfast there for convenience. But for many lunch & dinner's we went out - spending more to eat. For us the only meal we really needed was breakfast as it gets us going. We have stayed non AI in Negril before many times so our experiment with Pineapple was a good lesson in "if its not broke don't fix it".

First of all I'm jealous you can go for 3 weeks, but personally any A/I food would get old to me after one week, including a 5 star resort. I think most people that go to GP do it with intention of not eating every meal there as the selection is very limited. And I still stand by my comment that I believe GP is better than Merrills. If you want quality A/I on long beach stay at CSA, you get what you pay for, but I'm with you, non A/I is very doable on long bay within a budget.

[EdmontonGuy]

First of all I'm jealous you can go for 3 weeks, but personally any A/I food would get old to me after one week, including a 5 star resort. I think most people that go to GP do it with intention of not eating every meal there as the selection is very limited. And I still stand by my comment that I believe GP is better than Merrills. If you want quality A/I on long beach stay at CSA, you get what you pay for, but I'm with you, non A/I is very doable on long bay within a budget.

We are now booking 3 weeks on the beach at a non-AI and non-included breakfast. The place has a cafe though - so we will have some meals there - but the majority will be off property. There isn't a coffee pot in our room so we are bringing one. Most days breakfast will be what ever walks by the beach...fruit, banana bread, patty what have you. May gonna be slow - so may not be many vendors on the beach with food offers. Such is life.

[negrilbound]

Coco La Palm.....hands down the best of the 3.....Cost a few more $$$ but worth it