Chrispy World

“Nice family friendly place”

Big thank you to the Chrispy waterpark resort team. Family of 4 us (boy 13 and girl 8)we all had a great 10 days. Rooms was clean, breakfast, lunch, breakfast bar, dinner every day every meal was tasty, nice buffet with plenty of food to choose. Reception staff always there to help with day tri... more

Big thank you to the Chrispy waterpark resort team. Family of 4 us (boy 13 and girl 8)we all had a great 10 days. Rooms was clean, breakfast, lunch, breakfast bar, dinner every day every meal was tasty, nice buffet with plenty of food to choose. Reception staff always there to help with day trips any questions/queries. Swimming pool and waterpark was fun for all. Beach 5min walk from resort. Rocky beach but water was amazing clean. Thank you very much you made our family holiday great 👍 👌 😀 x

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“Honest review”

Like lots of others, after reading reviews I was rather anxious about this holiday so I feel if I leave an honest review with much detail this will help others a lot. We arrived around midnight, check in was quick reception staff lovely and welcoming. They had kept some food aside for the guests ... more

Like lots of others, after reading reviews I was rather anxious about this holiday so I feel if I leave an honest review with much detail this will help others a lot. We arrived around midnight, check in was quick reception staff lovely and welcoming. They had kept some food aside for the guests arriving late which was a nice touch, this was mainly salad which did the job, however the 6 year old wasn't impressed. We got up around 9am and were able to get sunbeds, we preferred to be around the water park area to watch the kids on the slides then we could walk around the corner to the main pool so we found this a great spot. Food - honestly this was not the best and I never had any food that was hot, it was always luke warm. You could get a full English, cereal, fruit, toast and pastries at breakfast which was probably the best meal, we found that food was very random, always the same side dishes, rice, potatoes, chips then one day there might be more pasta dishes so found it hard to make a meal, there wasn't much choice or variety. We chose to eat out most nights after getting bored of the food after 2 or 3 days. Restaurant is also very warm you wont be able to sit long for a relaxing meal. We found peoples manners were also a dissapointment, we saw people dripping wet in thong bikinis I appreciate this is not the hotels fault but maybe a sign saying beachwear not to be worn? People were licking food of the main spoon, using their fingers to take food even though there are tongs for each dish, ice cream station is a mess, people not washing the scoop so all flavours are mixed together. There is a kids section for the buffet but this is pretty much the same every day, chicken nuggets, chips, spaghetti/pasta and sauce. The snack bar is great they have pizza, chicken nuggets chips and a fridge full of wraps, sandwiches, pasta and fruit pots. Before arriving we had upgraded to a swim up room after reading some reviews regarding dirty pool and no sunbeds, this was well worth the upgrade, kids loved it. Although don't expect to get much sun unless you are actually in the pool, the sun does not shine on the terraced part where the sunbeds are. Room was lovely and clean and everything worked correctly, not many plug sockets available though so we had to unplug lamps, we feel the layout of the room was a bit strange, walking in the main door was straight into where the children slept and the sliding doors to the pool were also in this room, high locks so not to worry that children will be escaping for a midnight dip, the only wardrobes were also in this room and to the right was the bathroom, which was large with shower/bath and also a shower cubicle. Main bedroom was to the left of the childrens room which meant you were always having to pass through the children's room to go to wardrobe, bathroom or access outdoors. Might I add, beds are very comfortable. We ate at the al e carte restaurant once which was not great, this is located at the top pool which is quieter, however we ate at 7.30pm and the pool does not close till 9pm, therefore we sat near people having a late night swim, children shouting and splashing, we later realised these people were from the table behind and were going for a dip inbetween courses!!! Not the relaxing meal we were hoping for, food again was not warm. A big one - we always book places with kids club, not because we want to get rid of the kids but because it gives them a break from the sun a chance to meet friends and a break from their parents! However this is not a kids club, don't get me wrong the animation team are great with the kids and they work really hard but it's almost like they don't have the resources and I feel they may be a little embarrassed delivering this service, the kids club is located near the main pool under a tree right next to people's sunbeds, it runs 10am till 12pm and 4pm till 6pm, it consists of 2 tables and a few chairs and the main activity is colouring or drawing, luckily our youngest loves this so he was happy but this got repetitive, in the second week the activity was face painting 3 times, not sure how face painting is meant to last for 2 hours and having your face painted at 4pm in 40 degree heat is pretty pointless, this was a big let down. There is volleyball, darts, water polo and aquazuba also available throughout the day. Evening entertainment isn't the best although we were out most nights so didn't always see it, there is an acrobatic show on a monday which is really good this is an outside group that come to preform. One night was "Disco night" we were intrigued what this would be, turned out to be 2 games of musical chairs, 1 for kids then 1 for adults, was a good laugh but not really disco night ? The hotel was overall clean however the pool area does not get cleaned untill the morning so there is lots of rubbish left around all night which attracts the wildlife. This is the same for the outside area of the restaurant which we chose to sit at on an evening as there wasn't many seats around the bar area left, this meant cleaning the table first and making sure you didn't stand in any leftover food. I feel I have addressed the negatives so some of the positives, the staff are great here, the downside is they are overworked and there isn't enough of them. The lifeguards are a good laughs and great with the kids. Waterpark is great however there is not enough rings and people WILL NOT share, this became quite annoying after a while, children were taking rings to their sunbeds and our kids were crying because they couldn't get a turn, we actually witnessed someone asking people who had just come of the slide if she could have their ring for her daughter, these people said no and proceded back up the slide, after asking a few people and getting the same no answer she decided to just take, this ended up in a very heated discussion and soon after this more rings appeared from the hotel, however these were damaged rings which required blowing up on every turn, luckily their is a pump near the slides to blow all inflatables up. Bar can get busy and not always a lot of bar staff on but they are quick, you may just have to queue for a while but you can get more than one drink at a time. Overall we had a great holiday, luckily we were prepared to spend money eating out and renting a car meaning we could go to plantanias and kolombari for some lovely meals and drinks. There is a bus or a taxi rank right near to top exit of the hotel which is reasonably priced, also 1 or 2 restaurants within a 10 minute walk. All of the negatives I have mentioned were addressed to the hotel and to our jet2 rep so it is not as if we didn't say anything and are now taking the opportunity to slate them. I hope this review helps anyone traveling here, unfortunately we will not be returning. Family of 4 - kids (13 and 6) 11 night stay

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