Ulasan Ramada Resort by Wyndham Port Douglas

Look, it’s okay. But it doesn’t suit our needs as a family and we won’t be back. Firstly - the hard sell of the time share. The minute you check in, you’re invited to a glass of champagne and to “complete the check in process”. I have three young children in the car waiting, so I was able to use this as my excuse and bail out. Then every time I pop back to the counter it’s mentioned that I haven’t “had my glass of champagne and finished checking in”. Management take note: People don’t want to be bothered with this on their holiday - for those that do, put a sign out and let them come to you! The facilities mind you, are just okay - so if I were to look into a time share - it wouldn’t be here. The rooms to be fair, are spacious, well appointed, modern and appear freshly renovated. The beds are comfortable and there was a full kitchen and two full bathrooms in our apartment. All of the furnishings looked new and modern. There’s no balcony however, others have mentioned this, but also, no washing machine or dryer. So how do you dry wet pool towels / bathers? You can hang them on the inside line but they never dry, leaving you with constantly damp, soggy pool togs laying around. I chose to do a nightly trek down to the onsite laundry and use the machines (for $10 a pop mind you) so that we would have dry togs/towels for the next day. Like again, it’s fine, but just another minor inconvenience that takes away from what should be a relaxing holiday. The pool. The reason we booked this hotel. The pictures are very deceiving and make it look like a big long lazy river style pool. It’s not. And it’s much smaller than they make it seem, and with the dining tables on one side, and the pool chairs on the other, you very much feel like you’re fish in a fish bowl being watched constantly. The partial “room service”… why bother? The housekeeping basically just come in, make your bed and leave. They don’t take any of the rubbish away, or clean anything / vacuum etc. It’s just odd. Then the “beach access” which is just a path to a deserted neighbourhood street (and it’s a couple of blocks to the actual beach). Overall, it’s not bad, but could be improved, and for us, we won’t be back. Pay a little more and stay somewhere else. Side note: we found a cafe because of these reviews on the last day and it’s gorgeous. Do yourself a favour and head to St Crispins cafe, it’s so gorgeous and peaceful.