Just back from our 4th stay at CO and our 6th (7th?) to St Martin - photos from this trip can be found here:

SXM2004 photos - Club Orient

Pluses: Beach was a lot wider than last year, weather was great despite everyone else dealing with hurricanes, the Perch bar was open this year for easy alcohol access, lots of friendly people and familiar faces, lots more families, always friendly and helpful staff and guests

Minuses: Food at Papagayo not as good - ate out more. (Why no island cuisine?) "Flying Teeth" making us reach for the cans of insect repellant or itching like mad, two of the three staff in the massage/spa center on vacation for the month of August, cruise ships sent hordes of "textiles" wandering the beach and keeping the security guys busy (bonus points for them and their vigilance!)

Those are all very minor issues though - we are still planning on going back next August