Viva Wyndham Fortuna Beach
Address: Churchill Drive with Doubloon Road, Freeport
Grand Bahama Island, Bahamas
Tel: 242-373-4000
Fax: 242-373-5555
Email: club.fortuna@vivaresorts.com
URL: Viva Wyndham Fortuna Beach
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Type of Property: All Inclusive
Beach Location: Beach Front (Directly on Beach/Water Front)
Island: Bahamas
No. of Rooms/Units: 276
Scuba Diving: Dive Resort / Dive Operator Onsite
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Summary of All Property Reviews
Ratings based on answers from a total of 6 reviews (All Reviews)
10 is best 1 is worst |
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| Feature |
Ranking |
Feature |
Ranking |
| Cleanliness of Property |
6.33 |
Quality of Property |
5.50 |
| Privacy & Quietness |
4.50 |
Quality of Service |
6.17 |
| Courtesy & Hospitality of Staff |
7.50 |
Accuracy of Website (marketing hype) VS. Actual Experience |
5.17 |
| Food and Dining Experience |
4.83 |
Price/Value of Property |
5.50 |
| Safety Factor (Did you feel safe at property) |
9.17 |
Quality of Beach (ranked closest beach if property is located off the beach) |
8.67 |
| Total Property Score: 6.33 | Average Star Rating: 2.17 out of 5 |
- 50% (3 visitors of 6) said they would go back to Viva Wyndham Fortuna Beach again.
- 50% (3 visitors of 6) said they would recommend Viva Wyndham Fortuna Beach to friends.
Great time for a Great Price!
Traveler Review By: Papp from Orlando, FL
Date of Visit: May 2006
My girlfriend and I just got back from our 4 day, 3 night vacation and had a great time. The accomidations exceded my expectations.
My girlfriend made the purchase through "Paradise Vacations." It was a vacation package available on ebay. I was slightly skeptic and concerned about the package. It was only $600 for both of us. (It was $900 after $150 taxes, port fees etc per person.) Still, a great deal. I didn't know diddly about the Bahamas so I did some research about where we were staying. Most of the articles I had read on the hotel review sites had a high percentage of negetive or average reviews. I was concerned.
We traveled on the the Discovery Sun cruise out of Ft' Lauderdale FL and came to the resort. It was 2pm and check in wasn't until 3pm. No problem, the room was ready and we were in. The room was average but had everything we needed for the basics. If you're just hanging out in your room all day, why come to the Bahama's? The room was clean and was turned over everyday with fresh towels. I signed up for Viva's "by request" membership online before the trip and was happy I did. It was recommended on one of the reviews I read and it was worth it. Sign up on their website before you go and they offer you free upgrades and ammendaties that you wouldn't normally recieve. We had cheese and wine waiting or us when we arrived to the room. It was neat.
Besides the rooms, the resort was chock full of fun. It includes all sorts of activities to keep you busy and everything is easily accessable. I also liked the food! I'm a restaurant manager and chef and from what I read in most of the reviews, it sounded like they were serving prison food over there. Meals and snacks were constantly availble everywhere. The buffets were clean and the food was good. My only gripe was that the sauage links were always cold in breakfast line. Besides that, I loved it. Drink when I want to, eat when I want to, it was all right there. It wasn't the Ritz but I liked it just fine. The resort offers 2 restaurants on premise that are also inclusive. One is italian themed and the other asian. Don't even bother with the italian place. The food stunk. I met a couple of people that liked it but not many. The asian place was intersting and worth checking out once. The food was decent but the ambiance was attractive. Everything in the dining room is white and it had a nice atmosphere. When we went to the italian resaurant, they tried seating me near the kitchen entrance where I was entertained by a mixture of Sinatra muzac and Hip hop playing from the back kitchen. I moved outside and had the meal out there.
The staff was always nice (especially the entertainment staff.) Different folks from all over the world made up the entertainment group. During the day they worked in different areas of the resort and at night they did a theater show. These folks were always cool to meet and I enjoyed talking to alot of them. Most of them had great outgoing personalities and mixed with a steady diet of beer, I had lots of interesting conversations with people that I normally wouldn't get a chance to talk to. For example; I met a guy named Alex that was from Italy. He didn't speak alot of english but it was enough to have a discussion on classic movies like Scarface and Goodfellas, Rocky, etc. Actually now I think of it.... just about everyone I met there was super nice. I met alot of people there from all over vacationing. The jacuzi seemed to be where I'd meet alot of people to discuss what and what not to do during your stay. I thought it was entertaining. We even met friends there that we now stay in contact with.
We didn't have enough time to do everything that we wanted to. There is plenty to do at the resort and lots of fun excursions to partake in if you want. Our vacation went without a hitch. Absolutly everything was great except for 1 thing! TIME SHARE sales! I personally didn't mind it. I listened to them for about 2 hours and in return I got a discount on one of a list of activities. It saved me $40 on a trip to swim with the dolphins plus they gave us a discount on a return visit to the resort for the future. I figured a couple of hours out of my vacation to save some money wasn't a bad idea. Some of the people I met felt that they had been suckered in and were mad that they had to waste their time getting sold something on their vacay. Like I said, I didn't have a problem with it.
Look, if you have loads of money and you're expecting golden archways and the Taj Mahol, go somewhere else. For me, it was a great vacation for the money. Paradise Vacations on Ebay was awesome and extremely helpful planning our last minute trip. I recomemend it.
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