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"The private island makes it totally worth it"

"The RIU palace Aruba was beautiful and well kept. I had excellent service and the view from my room was heavenly. I definitely plan on vacationing there again."

"The property very nice.. the things I don’t like about this property are: it’s a little distance from the beach and other all included resorts, I’ve paid all inclusive for my package but at this hotel because it’s not all inclusive so when I dined at this hotel they’ll give me a bill even though I don’t have to pay but there’s a total and tip on that bill so it made me feel a little uncomfortable for not tipping accordingly to the bill but I already paid for the tip portion in my package and the...

"We enjoyed the resort very much, we plan on returning next year. I have a lot of trouble walking and it is a HUGE place, however they did supply wheelchairs which was great. Before arriving i had asked three times for a room near the elevator, we were given the last room of a hallway after being promised we would get a room close to the elevator. They did end up changing our room, that is the only thing, other than that amazing and i can't say enough GREAT things about the staff, very...

"Last year we had a good experience, but this year we didn’t have the best experience. At the front desk we had an attendant that was not very personable. She didn’t activate our key cards to get in our room and we had to go back to the front desk. The food was cold from the buffet, we play cards at night on the patio off our room and the outside light didn’t work we had to call maintenance twice. They asked us at pre checkin if we had any requests, we said a pool view, but we ended up having...

"Love the property, the pools, etc"

"No complaints! Hotel was nice, staff was great. 5$-7$ will get you to palm or eagle beach. It is walkable if you would like to also. Great stay. They do have a resort fee."

"The hotel could use a little updating but cleanliness and friendly staff was great and the location can’t be beat."