bvaughn97
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My group of six just returned last night from an incredible week of diving at LCBR 6/7-6/14. Overall, we had an really great time.
We arrived on Sunday and were welcomed by Becca at the front desk who was very courteous and gave us the keys to our rooms and said our bags would be delivered, so don't worry about them. That was the first sign of the service that you receive at LCBR.
We decided to go check out the bar, and met Grace and Teresa, who were the bartenders at that time. They greeted us with a smile, asked us our names, and somehow never forgot our names the rest of the week. The drinks are little expensive, but that's to be expected in the CI's I guess. At the end of our trip, we left a little keepsake at the bar as most folks do. Ours is a message in a bottle - a TX bottle - because we were the crazy group from Texas. If you visit and want to leave a note in the bottle, please do. We want to read our own note - to ourselves - when we return, but hope that others will write their own notes there too.
We checked in at the dive site and met Caitlyn who greeted us and got our rental gear lined up. She told us to leave our dive bags in front of our rooms before 7:15 AM the next morning and they would be delivered to the dive shop. So, we got all of that lined up and relaxed the rest of the day.
Our dive crew for most of the week was Will and Anoush. Both were very engaging, friendly and incredibly helpful all week long. They alternated duties between boat captain and dive master for our dives. We were all impressed that all of the dive boats were operated with just two people, and they were adamant about service. DON'T try to do any work on the boat (such as connect your own BC, etc.) - they handle everything for you. This is the ultimate in lazy man (or woman) diving - or get fancy and call it concierge diving. Walk to the back of the boat, sit down and they bring you your BC and tank. No walking around awkwardly trying not to fall down carrying 40 extra lbs. After the dive, climb up the ladder, sit down and they take your tank and BC from you and reconnect your BC to the next tank. We were spoiled by the end of the week. Ed, Luke and Marcus also led us on some of our dives. The girls loved Ed's English accent.
Under water, the diving was excellent. Great reef health and lots of fish. Our favorite dive site was Mixing Bowl. The Bloody Bay Wall was great, but we spent more time on the Jackson Bight end of the bay where the formations are more diverse. Cascades was our second favorite dive, and we just missed seeing a 7 foot hammerhead that others in the group saw just past the pinnacle. This was the best diving we've every done - better than Bonaire, Roatan and Utila. I'd go back in a heartbeat.
The food was great from day-to-day. No complaints and they work hard to fix good food that is not repeated. You see some of the same stuff day to day at breakfast, but that's expected. Dinner was different every night, and it was good. The bar food is very good if you decide to forego the lunch option. The drinks at the bar are very good, but pricey. The food at the bar is quite pricey as well. The waitstaff in the dining room - Claudia, Samantha and Jadeen - were superb. Service with a smile and engaging every night. We had some good laughs with them.
The only complaints that we had was that the beach was filled with seagrass the week we were there, but we learned that it was a product of the weather and not necessarily normal. The mosquitos were bothersome, but the island had received a lot of rain lately so I guess that's understandable. The resort had bottles of bug spray that guests could use as needed.
Lastly, we met the resort manager Kimberly who was very sweet and wanted to make sure that we were satisfied with our stay. She is from Scotland, and she runs a great operation. Overall, we had a great trip and will return some day.
We arrived on Sunday and were welcomed by Becca at the front desk who was very courteous and gave us the keys to our rooms and said our bags would be delivered, so don't worry about them. That was the first sign of the service that you receive at LCBR.
We decided to go check out the bar, and met Grace and Teresa, who were the bartenders at that time. They greeted us with a smile, asked us our names, and somehow never forgot our names the rest of the week. The drinks are little expensive, but that's to be expected in the CI's I guess. At the end of our trip, we left a little keepsake at the bar as most folks do. Ours is a message in a bottle - a TX bottle - because we were the crazy group from Texas. If you visit and want to leave a note in the bottle, please do. We want to read our own note - to ourselves - when we return, but hope that others will write their own notes there too.
We checked in at the dive site and met Caitlyn who greeted us and got our rental gear lined up. She told us to leave our dive bags in front of our rooms before 7:15 AM the next morning and they would be delivered to the dive shop. So, we got all of that lined up and relaxed the rest of the day.
Our dive crew for most of the week was Will and Anoush. Both were very engaging, friendly and incredibly helpful all week long. They alternated duties between boat captain and dive master for our dives. We were all impressed that all of the dive boats were operated with just two people, and they were adamant about service. DON'T try to do any work on the boat (such as connect your own BC, etc.) - they handle everything for you. This is the ultimate in lazy man (or woman) diving - or get fancy and call it concierge diving. Walk to the back of the boat, sit down and they bring you your BC and tank. No walking around awkwardly trying not to fall down carrying 40 extra lbs. After the dive, climb up the ladder, sit down and they take your tank and BC from you and reconnect your BC to the next tank. We were spoiled by the end of the week. Ed, Luke and Marcus also led us on some of our dives. The girls loved Ed's English accent.
Under water, the diving was excellent. Great reef health and lots of fish. Our favorite dive site was Mixing Bowl. The Bloody Bay Wall was great, but we spent more time on the Jackson Bight end of the bay where the formations are more diverse. Cascades was our second favorite dive, and we just missed seeing a 7 foot hammerhead that others in the group saw just past the pinnacle. This was the best diving we've every done - better than Bonaire, Roatan and Utila. I'd go back in a heartbeat.
The food was great from day-to-day. No complaints and they work hard to fix good food that is not repeated. You see some of the same stuff day to day at breakfast, but that's expected. Dinner was different every night, and it was good. The bar food is very good if you decide to forego the lunch option. The drinks at the bar are very good, but pricey. The food at the bar is quite pricey as well. The waitstaff in the dining room - Claudia, Samantha and Jadeen - were superb. Service with a smile and engaging every night. We had some good laughs with them.
The only complaints that we had was that the beach was filled with seagrass the week we were there, but we learned that it was a product of the weather and not necessarily normal. The mosquitos were bothersome, but the island had received a lot of rain lately so I guess that's understandable. The resort had bottles of bug spray that guests could use as needed.
Lastly, we met the resort manager Kimberly who was very sweet and wanted to make sure that we were satisfied with our stay. She is from Scotland, and she runs a great operation. Overall, we had a great trip and will return some day.
