Our first real trip to SXM was after we went there on a cruise. Michael found a great deal on Redweek for a place at Divi. We bought it sight unseen because we had enjoyed our trip there on the cruise. Later that year,we bought another timeshare from Redweek for Aruba (also Divi and also sight unseen). At the time, I was more excited about the Aruba one. We visited SXM and thoroughly enjoyed Divi. A few months later we went to Aruba. And we liked it there but Aruba was too much like going to Florida.
For several years we did one week in SXM and one week in Aruba.
Several years ago, we exchanged our Aruba timeshare and our one bedroom on the Little Bay side for two glorious weeks on the Great Bay side of Divi. Our room looks out over the ocean not over the cruise ships. We have to look to the left to see the cruise ships. In our opinion, best room on the resort.