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Live report form Divi Little Bay
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03/16/2015 04:55 PM
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We arrived Friday, 3/13, on time from EWR. Checked in @Divi, our room for night night, was ready and on Saturday, we moved into our home unit for 2 weeks. Resort looks good and is quite full. The only negative is the 'free' WiFi, spotty at best. I would prefer to pay for it in order to get better connectivity, then have it 'free'. Dinners so far have been at Gizmo's (Divi), Fusion's, Chesterfield's and tonight in Marigot. Weather has great so far, will try posting some pic's later if they ever upload to Photobucket, Mike....
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Re: Live report form Divi Little Bay
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03/17/2015 08:30 AM
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jazzgal said: Nice to hear from you. Did you stay in one of the "hotel" rooms the first night? If so, how was it? Will be interested in your opinion of Toucan's and whether it's improved with the new chef. Linda, They gave us a studio (210) right next to our unit (209) for the night. Haven't been to Toucan's yet, but Friday night when we ate at Gizmo's, the restaurant looked crowded. Yellowman was on the beach yesterday, not having a good day, car problems, we spoke with him for awhile, wife bought a ankle bracelet from him. We had dinner at la Belle Epoque last night, was good,but the marina was not very busy.
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Re: Live report form Divi Little Bay
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03/17/2015 01:12 PM
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One caveat with Scarlet, their opening hours are not very convenient for travellers. They are not open on Sunday at all and on Saturday they closed early. Something like noon?
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Re: Live report form Divi Little Bay
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03/18/2015 07:42 AM
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DblJ369 said: Thank you! I'm hoping that with three pull out sofas in our unit we will be able to find one or two that will work and hopefully doubling up mattresses will help too. Otherwise we will be sharing the king bed between three of us! (not in a pervy way, it's my best friend of 32 years!)
I am anxious to hear your report on Toucans as well. We are planning to eat there our first night just to keep things low key... You should have no problem except for possibly the comfort of a sleep sofa. The lockout will have at minimum a queen sleeps 2 so one couple there and you in the king with the "single" on a pullout. Once we stayed in a studio and the next door studio had 6 people, 4 adults, 2 children. I don't know their sleep arrangement but they said only problem was the sleep sofa had to be closed as soon as they woke up so they'd have room to move around.
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Re: Live report form Divi Little Bay
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03/18/2015 11:21 AM
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RonDon said:DblJ369 said: Thank you! I'm hoping that with three pull out sofas in our unit we will be able to find one or two that will work and hopefully doubling up mattresses will help too. Otherwise we will be sharing the king bed between three of us! (not in a pervy way, it's my best friend of 32 years!)
I am anxious to hear your report on Toucans as well. We are planning to eat there our first night just to keep things low key... You should have no problem except for possibly the comfort of a sleep sofa. The lockout will have at minimum a queen sleeps 2 so one couple there and you in the king with the "single" on a pullout. Once we stayed in a studio and the next door studio had 6 people, 4 adults, 2 children. I don't know their sleep arrangement but they said only problem was the sleep sofa had to be closed as soon as they woke up so they'd have room to move around. I'm surprised that there were 6 allowed in a studio. Most all timeshare resorts enforce the max 4 occupancy for studios.
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Re: Live report form Divi Little Bay
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03/18/2015 02:46 PM
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I look forward to hearing more! We are headed to Divi Little Bay next month on our timeshare exchange. We will be in a studio connected to a 1 BR with 2 couples and 1 singleton staying together. Would love you input on how cramped we will be. Also, any info on the resort that would be helpful, as well as driving times to areas (Grand Case, Oyster Pond, Marigot and Simpson Bay). It is our first time in SXM and we are so excited, but am finding planning a bit difficult!! Enjoy!!
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Re: Live report form Divi Little Bay
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03/19/2015 07:55 AM
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SXMScubaman said: I was referring and responding to Ron Don's post with six people in one studio. Don't need to reread yours as I knew you have two units. I agree. Maybe it was because they weren't all adults? Or maybe they didn't TELL Divi how many "bodies". All I know is I thought the studio was small for 2 let alone more. It was about 1/2 the size of the studios at Divi Aruba & Divi Bonaire.
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Re: Live report form Divi Little Bay
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03/19/2015 11:09 AM
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Carol_Hill said: One caveat with Scarlet, their opening hours are not very convenient for travellers. They are not open on Sunday at all and on Saturday they closed early. Something like noon? So? Go on a Monday when they are open regular hours. I'm not sure why this is not convenient.
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Re: Live report form Divi Little Bay
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03/19/2015 11:56 AM
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The point is that if the person is only there for a week, coming in on a Saturday, they most likely would not be able to pick up the unit until Monday. Thus they would only get 5 days use out of paying for 7 days.
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Re: Live report form Divi Little Bay
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03/19/2015 01:06 PM
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Carol_Hill said: The point is that if the person is only there for a week, coming in on a Saturday, they most likely would not be able to pick up the unit until Monday. Thus they would only get 5 days use out of paying for 7 days. You can only pay for 5 days if you want.
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Re: Live report form Divi Little Bay
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03/19/2015 01:24 PM
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OK, thanks, I didn't know that. I thought they only had weekly rentals.
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Re: Live report form Divi Little Bay
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03/19/2015 05:16 PM
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Bobcat said: Divi Little Bay offers two types of studio accommodations - Studio Deluxe - typical studio set-up Studio Luxury - larger than the deluxe but smaller than a one bedroom unit - is a one bederoom unit in every respect except size - according to Divi this unit will accommodate 4 persons. Literature did not say what the max is. Thanks Bobcat. Not sure what we had. It was an end unit near the infinity pool 2nd floor. I think Jazzgal is in that building.
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Re: Live report form Divi Little Bay
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03/19/2015 08:35 PM
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RonDon said:Bobcat said: Divi Little Bay offers two types of studio accommodations - Studio Deluxe - typical studio set-up Studio Luxury - larger than the deluxe but smaller than a one bedroom unit - is a one bederoom unit in every respect except size - according to Divi this unit will accommodate 4 persons. Literature did not say what the max is. Thanks Bobcat. Not sure what we had. It was an end unit near the infinity pool 2nd floor. I think Jazzgal is in that building. I'm in Bldg. F right next to the pool. I think mine is a "regular" studio, and I can't imagine any more than two people in that size of unit.
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Re: Live report form Divi Little Bay
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03/20/2015 03:19 PM
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KathyJed said: Are there still washer/dryers in the 1 BDs? Not in the one BD's,but the laundromat is still here for your use.
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Re: Live report form Divi Little Bay
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03/21/2015 07:45 AM
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StMartinFan said: That's one of the interesting things about Divi...there is such a variety in the different units and buildings. In general, most of them are good sized, but from building to building, you get very different layouts. We've been in many different 1 bedroom deluxe units, and the second bathroom has always been good sized and included a shower. I know they also have regular 1 bedrooms, with only 1 bathroom. Many of those are in buildings facing Great Bay and are the middle unit on a floor. Yes that's true --many different layouts. We too face Great Bay Bldg #4 and have 2 bathrooms, one with shower one with tub. And the largest bedroom I've ever seen. Once we stayed 2 weeks and we were moved to the unit next to us same bldg and they had 1 bathroom the size of a broom closet, just a toilet. The 2nd was through the bedroom, narrow and the entire length of the room with 2 doors into it at each end. So yes, they are very different.
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