we have just returned from staying here....and it was just like last year....great!..some of the 'renovations' have been done, but not all rooms...by this I mean a lick of paint and some new bed heads and curtains...tho I did hear that some rooms have new tv's....but I found the rooms clean and the aircon worked, what more do you need? we spend most of the time out by the pool anyway! We actually had the same interconnecting rooms as last year so was perfect! The beach now looks absolutely fantastic as they were doing the pipe work last august, so it was great to see a large beach area, and the hotel has got lounges and shades set up on the sand for guests to use. Love sitting on the big sofas there overlooking the beach and sea...very nice with a coldie! There are lots of lounges around the pool area and lots of shade too, as much as it was busier than last year, we never had a problem with finding a lounge to sit on. Food...fantastic also...all was yummy and didnt have any problems with it at all, ie, the kids ate everything! the bintangs icy cold and still cheap. Lots of families there also this year, so the kids had others to play with, so has become a very family orientated hotel in the last 12 months....in saying that, there were a real mix of ages and nationalities...we even left our pool noodles there again..passed them onto some other families to pass on and so forth...couldnt believe the ones that we left last year were still around too! nice to be able to use and float around. So if you come across some green noodles...enjoy!
There is a little shop also now up in the lobby area for nibbles/drinks/hats/sarongs etc...and where you now pay a deposit for your pool towels..and you just change them when they get too wet/dirty, and you get your money back at the end. Staff absolutely great...I took some glow sticks over for the kids to play with...they ended up giving to most of the staff to wear and they all thought it was great..so lots of laughs there.....but nothing was a problem if you asked. They had entertainment on the grass near the boardwalk restaurant too, different show each nite which was also great to see. Otherwise still a fab hotel...the ladies at the front desk remembered us from last year...am amazed at their memory...so we had an express check in...and will stay there again..hopefully next year if we dont decide to go somewhere else...or the specials are just too good to pass up! Hope that this may be of some help to some that are checking out hotels. Cheers.