Atlantis, Paradise Island
Atlantis, Paradise Island, - Part 2 - where to begin...
12/03/2007 18:05 Filed in: travel
I
apologize for the technical problems we've
experienced because they've certainly distracted us
from writing and publishing updates here at
blogMerit. I apologize again because I was really
enjoying engaging my readers and then immediately
upon returning from a fantastic trip to Atlantis
everything came crashing to a stop.
Now, I've had weeks of life back at home which is also my office so I'll double back now and walk you through the trip because it makes for a fun and interesting story.
First off, I booked our airline tickets through this great, new-to-me website for booking and buying travel. Travelation.com was put in front of my by one of those travel websites where you have a series of buttons to choice from when it comes time to actually 'search' for your itinerary. Well, much to my surprise the airfare was $100 less than all the other websites I had been to so now I include them in my research for any type of travel. Oh, and the itinerary was a pain-free, 1-stop in Atlanta itinerary on Delta Airlines. Cool beans. Travelation.com rocks!
As I've said in earlier posts this would be a return trip to Atlantis, Paradise Island in The Bahamas, actually part of New Providence Island. We went for the first time exactly a year ago and we returned this year because we've discovered it to be pricing sweet spot for both the resort and the airfare to get us there -- equally important to note is you have this mega-resort to yourself because it's not crowded at all. Yes, there are people but nothing compared to what it must be like during peak travel periods. Not being a fan of crowds this holds a lot of appeal for me.
We were in The Bahamas by 12:30PM, how sweet is that, that's a full day in my eyes. No real wait for our luggage passed through Bahamian immigration all problem free. We love it there and we have the biggest smiles on our faces now that we're back in The Bahamas, beautiful people, food and islands, a truly wonderful place be. Bahamians love their country and we understand at least some of the reasons why hence the giant smiles on our faces while we're there and every time we talk about when we're back home.
We were in a taxicab in a few minutes, next stop the Royal Towers at Atlantis, Paradise Island. Yippee! I used to live by the Pacific Ocean so when I'm by the sea, to coin an old expression, happy as a clam! Arriving at the grand vehicle entrance at the Royal Towers is fun and you're immediately attended to by professional, bellman who intercept your luggage leaving you with a claim check to have them delivered to your room after check in. I find the staff of Atlantis to be efficient and swift in most situations. Fantastic, my holiday is underway sooner rather than later, I think to myself.
Now, let me sidebar for a moment to give you the background on how I booked our room at Atlantis for this trip. Since this was a return visit we traveled as guests of the casino. So we started out booked into a comp'd. room in the Coral Towers the offer we offered almost monthly after returning home last year. So, that what I booked for us to start with but I didn't really want to stay in the Coral Towers because we really liked the Royal Towers last year. Well, two weeks later I rang the VIP Services desk here in the US and I was assisted by a very pleasant lady who placed me on hold and when she came back on the line she was able to move me to the Royal Towers and comp. the first night and $125.00 each for nights two and three. Perfect, of course I jumped at it. Now, back to the lovely woman who checked us in.
Arriving at the front desk a woman motions us towards her, very pleasant and professional while I engage her in conversation and request that she please provide me with the best room she can with an ocean view. Her immediate response was, yes sir and I'm selecting a room that's ready now. Would a room on the 12th floor on the ocean side be to you're liking. Indeed it would, I replied. We crossed the lobby at the Bell Desk to arrange for our luggage to be brought up to our room.
From the moment we opened the door to our room I could see the Atlantic ocean through the sheer drapes at the balcony door. Spectacular, in turned out our room was on the top floor of this particular section of the East, Royal Tower. Here's a photograph I took from our balcony, not a French balcony but a balcony with two chairs and a small round cocktail table. What a beautiful Atlantean view from our room. It's energizing to me.
I'll stop for now and continue the story of our return trip to Atlantis, Paradise Island in my next post. Stay tuned...
Now, I've had weeks of life back at home which is also my office so I'll double back now and walk you through the trip because it makes for a fun and interesting story.
First off, I booked our airline tickets through this great, new-to-me website for booking and buying travel. Travelation.com was put in front of my by one of those travel websites where you have a series of buttons to choice from when it comes time to actually 'search' for your itinerary. Well, much to my surprise the airfare was $100 less than all the other websites I had been to so now I include them in my research for any type of travel. Oh, and the itinerary was a pain-free, 1-stop in Atlanta itinerary on Delta Airlines. Cool beans. Travelation.com rocks!
As I've said in earlier posts this would be a return trip to Atlantis, Paradise Island in The Bahamas, actually part of New Providence Island. We went for the first time exactly a year ago and we returned this year because we've discovered it to be pricing sweet spot for both the resort and the airfare to get us there -- equally important to note is you have this mega-resort to yourself because it's not crowded at all. Yes, there are people but nothing compared to what it must be like during peak travel periods. Not being a fan of crowds this holds a lot of appeal for me.
We were in The Bahamas by 12:30PM, how sweet is that, that's a full day in my eyes. No real wait for our luggage passed through Bahamian immigration all problem free. We love it there and we have the biggest smiles on our faces now that we're back in The Bahamas, beautiful people, food and islands, a truly wonderful place be. Bahamians love their country and we understand at least some of the reasons why hence the giant smiles on our faces while we're there and every time we talk about when we're back home.
We were in a taxicab in a few minutes, next stop the Royal Towers at Atlantis, Paradise Island. Yippee! I used to live by the Pacific Ocean so when I'm by the sea, to coin an old expression, happy as a clam! Arriving at the grand vehicle entrance at the Royal Towers is fun and you're immediately attended to by professional, bellman who intercept your luggage leaving you with a claim check to have them delivered to your room after check in. I find the staff of Atlantis to be efficient and swift in most situations. Fantastic, my holiday is underway sooner rather than later, I think to myself.
Now, let me sidebar for a moment to give you the background on how I booked our room at Atlantis for this trip. Since this was a return visit we traveled as guests of the casino. So we started out booked into a comp'd. room in the Coral Towers the offer we offered almost monthly after returning home last year. So, that what I booked for us to start with but I didn't really want to stay in the Coral Towers because we really liked the Royal Towers last year. Well, two weeks later I rang the VIP Services desk here in the US and I was assisted by a very pleasant lady who placed me on hold and when she came back on the line she was able to move me to the Royal Towers and comp. the first night and $125.00 each for nights two and three. Perfect, of course I jumped at it. Now, back to the lovely woman who checked us in.
Arriving at the front desk a woman motions us towards her, very pleasant and professional while I engage her in conversation and request that she please provide me with the best room she can with an ocean view. Her immediate response was, yes sir and I'm selecting a room that's ready now. Would a room on the 12th floor on the ocean side be to you're liking. Indeed it would, I replied. We crossed the lobby at the Bell Desk to arrange for our luggage to be brought up to our room.
From the moment we opened the door to our room I could see the Atlantic ocean through the sheer drapes at the balcony door. Spectacular, in turned out our room was on the top floor of this particular section of the East, Royal Tower. Here's a photograph I took from our balcony, not a French balcony but a balcony with two chairs and a small round cocktail table. What a beautiful Atlantean view from our room. It's energizing to me.
I'll stop for now and continue the story of our return trip to Atlantis, Paradise Island in my next post. Stay tuned...
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