Grand Park Royal Cozumel All Inclusive

“A nice place.”

A nice resort...Clean. Friendly staff. Nice location. No complaints. The beach area is nice and safe. I have no complaints.

“Amazing Property”

Had a wonderful time here. The pools were amazing and having 3 swim-up pool bars made it even better. We enjoyed watching the cruise ships come and go. Met some super nice people and had the best bloody mary of my life! Can't wait to go back.

“Super average hotel with very minimal activities”

- Check in process : was quick and smooth. No delays (just happened that there was no one waiting to be checked in when we arrived). - Rooms : we had opted for an ocean view room and paid a little extra, your view is 75% ocean and 25% cruise ships (the hotel is exactly by the Port). The room was s… more

- Check in process : was quick and smooth. No delays (just happened that there was no one waiting to be checked in when we arrived). - Rooms : we had opted for an ocean view room and paid a little extra, your view is 75% ocean and 25% cruise ships (the hotel is exactly by the Port). The room was spacious and clean, small balcony that made the room feel a little bigger. They will clean your room daily if you’d like or whenever you want. (Don’t forget to leave a little tip of 50-100 pesos each time). - Amenities: there are 4 pools, one of which is an adult only infinity pool facing the ocean (and the cruise ships as seen on the picture) and another being a kids pool/splash pad. There are bars across the resort and each pool to keep you quenched. A couple of things to point out, first there are 0 extra activities to do. No bowling, no mini arcade, no escape room, pool table/foosball, rock climbing, like really nothing.. second, the beach is extremely small (about 20-25 meters wide of sand at most), but it’s still nice and does the job. The hotel provides complimentary 1 hour per day snorkelling gear where you can see some cool little fishies. At night they place little vendor booths and display some locally made art (bowls, plates, necklaces, hats etc). They are extremely over priced as if you go to downtown cozumel they are 1/4th of the price. They also tend to have some shows at night of dancing, singing and even a casino night. - Staff : the Staff is nice, helpful and has a smile on their face all the time. - FOOD :For Breakfast you get eggs, pork, some really badly made pancakes and waffles. Milk cereal cheese and ham. Lunch : 2 options available, buffet and a seafood restaurant. The buffet : the variety is very limited. If you do not eat pork you are kinda screwed, the buffet is VERY pork heavy. Vegetarian options : Pasta with liquid tomato juice and and black beans, that may or may not be made with Lard. Boiled veggies with Butter. I had high hopes at least for the fruits but even that was not good. Watermelon (soggy or tasteless), cantaloup, papaya, pineapple. That’s it. No passion fruit or any other exotic fruits. Dinner was OKAY, 3 restaurants options + the buffet. Mexican, Italian, and the other changes cuisine nightly. They do not accommodate much in the restaurant, for example the Italian restaurant had a steak with prosciutto, i asked if i can have it without prosciutto they said no.. they did have a chicken parmigiana that was super delicious, and had a “vegan lasagna” that turns out it had cheese 🤦🏻‍♂️. Desserts are mainly small cakes and about 5-8 different options (tasted mostly the same). There are 2 snack bars across the resort, 1 making burgers and hotdogs and nachos and 1 making ceviche. - Excursions: If you came from USA or Canada you probably will have someone appointed by the airline company to present you with few options in terms of activities outside the hotel. Our airline representative showed us a list of options from a submarine tour to explore the fishies, or go visit the Mayan Ruins along with zip lining and swimming in Cenotes. The excursions range from around $60 usd to $180 usd per person. We picked Zipline + rappelling + swimming in Cenotes + visiting Mayan Ruins for $150 USD per person. It was worth every penny! A downside however is you have to get to mainland Playa del Carmen and meet the rest of the group there. It’s $10 usd for the taxi (cheaper if you pay in pesos) to the ferry from the hotel. Then its $15 usd per person each way for the Ferry + the taxi back ($100 usd more for a couple basically). When booking a ferry, they will automatically charge you for first class, so make sure to ask for regular seats (unless you want the first class then do your thing), i just didn’t like how they automatically sell you the most expensive ticket without asking. HIGHLY RECOMMEND YOU DO AN EXCURSION AND DONT CHEAP OUT ON THIS ONE AS IT WILL BE THE HIGHLIGHT OF YOUR TRIP. - HIDE YOUR RESORT BRACELETS when you leave the resort: upon arriving to any resort they will place a bracelet on your wrist. This bracelet will act as a vendor magnet as little street vendors will aggressively try to sell you anything and everything. - We visited a couple of restaurants outside the resort and the experience was mostly very pleasant with good food and super nice people (we went to Palmeras and Vegan Barrio, the first was a big restaurant where as Vegan Barrio was run by an amazing Mexican family making absolutely fantastic authentic meals, just 5 minute walk from downtown Cozumel).

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