Took My Wife to this Dump for our first Caribbean vacation. We have come up with a theory, if you have to pay up front for a hotel, don't go ( cruises exempt) we are retired military and have traveled extensively all over the world. Let's start-Rooms- we had read that some of the rooms were bad, we had a ground floor oceanview room, It was musty (even with AC) the bathroom and mirrors were all moldy, the nails in the walls were all rusted over and everytime I opened the sliding door, a herd of this nasty bathroom flies would swarm in. Bed-the floor was softer. TV-3 channels. we met and dined with several couples who had changed rooms everynight, due to brown water, no water, no AC, weird smells, etc. Also, the staff likes to roll these noisy carts and talk and greet each loudly right outside your room door about 7 AM everyday, so don't stay out late! Staff-We were doing them a favor by being there, if you have ever recieved that type of service you know what I'm talking about, except one waitress named Paula at the buffet, who was pleasant enough. Facilities overall, were run down inside and out, the beach bar does have a nasty smell when you are on the beach side, as I had read in several reviews, it's the years of grease that have been dripping through the decking and are trapped underneath it. this leads me into the area I want to hit the hardest....THE FOOD and Sanitation. As I said, I'm a retired military Food Service Sergeant Major from the Army, I also have degrees from Johnson and Wales University in Culinary Arts and Hotel management. The Food was at best, Mediocre, right around a bad Golden Corral experience, however, Add Pigeons and Sparrows flying all over your table, on the glasses and flatware before you sit down, and swarming like Alfred Hitchcock's "the Birds" movie right after guests get up after the meal. We went to check out the buffet about 15 minutes before it was opened for lunch, there were sparrows sitting on a cheescake, just eating it. To be fair, they had little screens to put over stuff, but apparently not enough. They have 2 "premier" restaurants that only seat 50, they are both closed 2 nights a week, and they have 400+ rooms here, you have to make reservations in advance, and the service was slow (55 minutes between salad and main course), the food was lousy,( one is Italian themed and one Japanese) at least it was dark so there was no birds. The Best thing we did was go Jet Ski and Snorkeling on the Bounty, this was well worth the $55 we paid, Food, and crew were great! Warning to Beer Drinkers-If you don't like Amstel on Tap, that's all they have, in annoying 6 Oz cups, I started ordering 4 at a time, so I wouldn't have to keep walking back up every 10 minutes. All in All, the weather was great, we did relax, But we are not going back, the Divers we talked to, said try Beaches/Sandals at Turks and Caicos. Bottomline- we'll never go again, and will encourage our friends not to go. One final note- the island itself, outside the gates of the Hotel, is a 3rd world Dump, everything looked like below the poverty line.It's part of the Holland "ABC" islands, after doing further research, it's the place that Amy Bradley disappered from in 1998 off a cruise ship, and the "A" island is Aruba, where Natalie Holloway disappeared from. After the Bus ride in from the Airport, I knew that my Wife and I would NOT be going outside the hotel grounds after Dark.