My family and I went to Coconut Bay from 12-29-14 through 1-3-15. My kids, 8 & 6 years old loved the place. I am not sure of how much you have travelled in the Caribbean before, but this place is nice. They said the week from Christmas-New Years is their busiest time of the year.

The resort:
clean, great people, food was very good for an AI and we never got tired of it. There are 3 pools with separate vibes with 1 of them being an adult only area. 2 water slides and a lazy river, kids club for almost all ages. The kids pool had a kiddie swim up side of the bar. The resort is only 5 mins from the airport.

Beach:

The resort is on the Atlantic side, so it is very wavy. We saw no one snorkeling just kite surfing. The water was warm, but not conducive to swimming.

Even though it was their busiest week, we never had to "fight" for a pool chair, reservation and it never felt crowded t all. The clientele was more European and Canadian with a few of us Americans. I would recommend it as a family resort.

The negative is that the resort is located in Vieux Fort which is on the southern most part of the island and all the excursions are in the northern part. The roads are quite winding and their are a lot of switch backs. If you are prone to motion sickness or hungover, it could be a long ride. It was 45 mins to Seufrie(sp) and closer to 60 mins to Castries from the resort. I would recommend hiring a taxi or doing one the sponsored excursions rather then renting a car.

We did the sulfur springs, gondola ride, whale/dolphin watching and pretty much saw the whole island by doing this. It is a very mountainous and very beautiful island that we will return to someday.

Hi. I moved this to a separate note, so that it would be more apparent that it is a trip report.

Thanks for posting!

No problem at all. It is not much of a trip report, lack a lot of details, but I think she gets the idea of the place.

What I remember is seeing banana trees as far as you could see from the top of the hills. Also driving from the airport to Castries. The middle of the island is truely a rain forest.

SXM??? Wendell

Thanks for the info. We were in St. Lucia in 1990 and stayed at "couples" which I think is now Rendevous, very close to Castries. And all I truly remember is flying in and the 2 hour ride to the resort and only seeing banana plantations! We were to young to rent a car so we stayed put and did take a Taxi into Castries once. Hope to see more of the island and sounds like we made a good choice.

I love the southern section of St Lucia. It is a world apart. We stayed in the Soufriere area (Fond Doux Holiday Plantation) and enjoyed the land based stuff (hiking, baths, etc) and never went to a beach. You are correct about driving. It is the ingredient for motion sickness for sure!

did this resort a few years back and agree, it was lovely. My kids LOVED their own swim up bar......banana smoothies all day long.
We thoroughly enjoyed St Lucia. Thanks for info that is still a nice resort. We were there in 2007 if I recall. <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/Clapping.gif" alt="" />