Is Iberostar Waves Costa Dorada Worth It? | Honest Resort Tour

We're in Porta Plata and this place looks incredible but is Ibirastar Costa Dorado actually worth booking? The room, the food, the beach, we're about to find out. Walking into the resort, the main lobby is your first look at what's waiting beyond and just steps away you'll find the bar serving up drinks throughout the day. I don't mind Ana, I don't mind, I don't thank you. I like Ana, I like Ana. With the lobby behind us it was time to see what the rest of the resort had to offer. At the center of the property is the main pool area with the resort buildings and palm trees surrounding it. There's plenty of seating around the water along with a swim-up bar and this is also where you'll find some of the daytime activities. The entertainment team runs different games around the pool so depending on the time of day there can be quite a bit happening here. If you get hungry around the pool you don't have to go very far. There's plenty to choose from and while some of the food is fairly standard, if you look around you can definitely put a pretty good plate together. Everything is good, how are you doing? Now the beach is probably one of the areas you really want to talk about. There's plenty of space, lots of shade and a long stretch to walk. Just keep in mind the water and seaweed can change depending on the day and there are outdoor showers nearby to rinse off before heading back to the resort. Let's talk about the room because this can really make or break an all-inclusive stay. The room itself is fairly simple but there's a good amount of space with two beds and a sitting area. The room I had was on the ground floor with a terrace that opened up towards the pool. The bathroom has a walk-in shower and you also get a reusable water bottle that you can refill around the property. Then there's the mini bar stocked with water, soft drinks, juice and a few beers. Nothing overly fancy but overall it covers the basics pretty well. One thing you'll notice walking around the property is just how much nature is mixed into the resort. There are mango trees growing throughout the grounds and you'll regularly come across ducks and even peacocks just wandering around. It's one of those little details that gives the resort a bit more character. And that tropical feel continues throughout the property with quiet little spots like this tucked away from the busier parts of the resort. The resort also has a spa on site offering a range of treatments and services. For families there's also a dedicated kids area with playground equipment and a shallow pool for the younger ones. As Yolanda said this is different type of entertainment for the kids. It's not like usually you know the resort is just kids club or just staying or just doing whatever they want. In here we have a programmation. We have a programmation and we have different activities for the kids every day. And the thing that we have is like we want to give them an experience, a whole experience. We want to give them something that they take home. As you know I think Yolanda has told you about wave of change, the politics of taking care of the ocean and everything right? You know about it? So a star camp is part of that. All the activities that we have are related to take care of the ocean, take care of the environment but also have fun. Like we don't want to make them feel that they are in the school but we want they like take something. Like they're playing in the pool. We put like a lot of things pretending they are trash and they have to take care of the ocean. They're playing outside and they have to recycle different plastic and this and this. So the thing that we want to give them is like that. It's like different places, a programmation, education and the first thing for us the most important is the safety as you know. So we are open here every day 10 to 5 for kids between 4 and 12 years old, 4 to 12. We have two groups as you can see. We have monkeys and dolphins. We have the green ones are monkeys and the blue ones are dolphins. The blue ones, when we have like a lot of them, we separate them. As today it's just like five. That was it guys. I hope you guys enjoyed this video. If you do, hit that like and share button so more people could see this video and hit that subscribe button to join my YouTube family. I'll see you guys in the next one. Thank you.