There is no way I personally could sit on the beach without an umbrella. I think that Divi does a cruise ship excursion there, but Friday there were no ships in port at all, so it couldn't be that. Sounds like they just have not been purchasing as many umbrellas as they should. I have no idea what percentage of the people who stay at Divi do the a/i, but those folks I'm sure stay at the resort a larger percentage of the time than those who are not a/i. So, it makes sense that they need more umbrellas, whenever you have a/i folks there.

Thanks for the info re 978. Not that it matters THAT much, but does 978 accept credit cards?