I just returned from a fabulous 1 week stay at the Sandals Dunn's River in Jamaica. No it wasn't my honeymoon but it sure felt like it! More on that later....
Before leaving for Jamaica, I attended a show in Las Vegas and stayed at the Hard Rock Hotel. There are definitely those that LOVE Las Vegas... and those that don't. I admit, I do fall into the latter category. I also admit, even when I was "younger" I never liked really loud music -- whatever the genre.
The Hard Rock Hotel just about gave me a nervous breakdown! The hotel was lovely, the pool was gorgeous, a wonderful selection of restaurants, our room had a beautiful view, the rock and roll photos and artificats interesting... the problem? It was SO LOUD! Always LOUD! Everywhere you went, music blasted -- the casino, the hallways, the shops, the elevators and even the restaurants. Thankfully it was not being blasted through the speakers in our rooms.
Oh but wait - we didn't need speakers in our rooms because we could hear the music BLARING by the pool. We were on the top floor of the hotel and may as well have had the rock bands in our room for as loud as it was.
And trust me folks, there is no fast forward -- this isn't an ipod shuffle - this is you take what they are blaring and live with it.
The best ( or worst part depending on how you look at it...) was the private pool party where the music was blaring -- again blaring -- at 1 a.m. in the morning. Now I love David Bowie - really I do - I own many of his albums (now CDs) but Suffragette City blaring at 1 a.m. through my hotel room window was just too much.
As if that wasn't enough... someone in maintenance thinks having the leaf blowers cleaning the pool area at 5:30 a.m. is a GREAT idea. I am not kidding. Maybe I'm the only one who actually goes to bed and sleeps in Las Vegas -- and leaf blowers at 5:30 a.m. go unnoticed by others?
Noise Noise everywhere... It was relentless. So honeymoon in Las Vegas - sure it's a great place with a lot to do. Honeymoon at the Hard Rock - not unless you don't want to sleep or relax on your honeymoon. Ok well maybe you don't want to "sleep" on your honeymoon but you have other ideas about keeping awake and I bet it's not loud music!
Thankfully my 3 days in Vegas were followed by a fabulous, relaxing week at Sandal's Dunn's River Jamaica - where it was "quiet". More on that later....
