Thanks to all for their superb recommendations. We returned home last Friday night after 9 days on SXM. Royal Palm was enjoyable. Only bad experience on the we had on the entire trip was while having dinner at Toppers by the Sea @ the Flamingo. Food was sub-par, service was horrific, manager couldn't be bothered. The food runner spilled 2 cups of iced tea on our son while attempting to put his dinner plate on the table. Barely an apology, and then it took several minutes to get napkins to clean up the mess. His clothes were drenched, as was the chair and seat cushion. Unfortunately, that was our last dinner of the trip! Had a nice time on the Lambada sunset cruise. Grand Case (Capt French's and Rainbow) Simpson Bay and Le Gallion beaches were lovely. Mark's was good, SkipJacks and Lee's were yummy, Pizza Galley was perfect for an easy/casual meal and Bajatzu was excellent. Minimal rain/passing showers for the 1st 48 hours, sunsets were non-existent though...very hazy. Good times, we look forward to a return trip.