Sandos Playacar Walk Around & Review, Playa del Carmen, Mexico 4K

Sandos Playacar Walk Around & Review, Playa del Carmen, Mexico 4K
Sandos Playacar is an all-inclusive resort about 1 hour from Cancun. It is a large resort resort with 819 rooms.
The resort is lengthy vertical to the beach, with a lot of uninteresting paved pathways and a tram to take you to the beach. Some hidden away paths offer a jungle like atmosphere, but they don’t lead anywhere.
The lobby is large and isn’t crowded. Check in is pretty simple as they have a lot of staff on hand. Unfortunately, the Sandos resorts rely on an app that you must download to reserve any restaurants. You will note that a lot of the restaurants are booked solid and the app does not work as intended.
The lobby bar was not attended to, and it appeared closed.
The Main Buffet is very good with a variety of food choices that sometimes switch around depending on the day of the week. There are many choices here from fresh Chinese food, BBQ Meats, Mexican Dishes, Pasta and more. The Main Buffet is large, so you will find most anything here and almost all food was fresh and tasty.
The pools are clean, but are not as large as you would expect. They do have swim up bars, but they are understaffed and very crowded.
There is a small children’s waterpark and a small pool for elite members. Upgrades at Sandos Resorts is how they make a lot of money. Depending on the time of year, upgrades can run $60-400 per night for a better room, access to special restaurants and private pools.
The beach is soft white sand that stretches for miles. But there is limited beach chairs so prepare to reserve a spot early.
This beach has been getting sea weed washing up as of late due to changes in sea temperatures world-wide and because of changes and construction along the coasts of Mexico diverting sea weed to places where it normally does not wash up.
Overall this is an average resort with limited activities. They main activity listed is minigolf. It does have a decent coffee-shop called The Cupcake Cafe, and above average food quality and selection. Most rooms are above average, but standard rooms are sometimes reported as in poor condition.
As a resort, it seemed pretty boring. It felt more like a hotel, then a resort. Prices are sometimes average to high, and I would suggest that if you don’t get a smoking deal, look at other resorts nearby.
We give this resort 3.5 stars out of five overall.
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[@skeletongaming3148]

Hello my friend Beautiful place full Watching Video like done 👍

[@experiencethis360]

Thank you and so glad you enjoyed it!

[@skeletongaming3148]

@@experiencethis360 Thank you friend

[@livinginalbertanow]

Food looks amazing!

[@sadie-and-jack]

mmmm

[@experiencethis360]

Thanks for stopping by

[@teacherjohn4396]

Looks good

[@experiencethis360]

Not bad!

[@sadie-and-jack]

Looks pretty good!

[@experiencethis360]

Not bad. It is an older resort, but the food is pretty good.

[@rockymountainart]

Good information. Thanks for the review. I think this resort was renovated in 2012, the online pictures are so doctored up. I think I will be staying elsewhere.

[@experiencethis360]

You are correct. There have been some renovations. Overall it is a strange layout, but is OK for a few days. I would not spend a week or more here as there is little to do.

[@savoiefamilyvids]

Nice pool and beach area.

[@experiencethis360]

Thanks for stopping by

[@livinginalbertanow]

Nice

[@experiencethis360]

Thanks

[@ItsHappeningSomethingutube]

nice!!!

[@ItsHappeningSomethingutube]

i love the greenery

[@-backintime]

Good info!!!!! well done!!!

[@experiencethis360]

Glad it was helpful!

[@audramote2157]

where do you recommend to go? looking for an AI over 4 stars in riviera maya. booked the eco sandos. now, regretting it and willing to pay to switch. have stayed at ORP, grand sirenis and grand riviera princess

[@experiencethis360]

Anywhere would be better than the eco resort. If you can switch to the Sandos Playacar I would recommend that, as you can still visit the eco resort for the cenote etc.

[@watchthisspace63]

Good review bar one piece of misinformation regarding the reasons for Sargassum. SST’s around the Caribbean and the Sargasso Sea haven’t changed at all. The sole reason for the sargassum problem is pollution runoff from various countries…. Brazil, the Eastern US and the West Coast of Africa.

[@ItsHappeningSomethingutube]

it feeds off of it doesnt it?

[@watchthisspace63]

@@ItsHappeningSomethingutube No. The oceans around the Sargasso Sea haven’t seen any increases in warmer waters over the years, however the pollution run off from the countries I’ve mentioned certainly has increased.

[@experiencethis360]

Thank you for stopping by and providing info

[@OutoftheDarkInvestigations]

Looks ok

[@experiencethis360]

Thanks for stopping by

[@experiencethis360]

Our favorite part was the food. Actually pretty decent. What was yours?

[@igariokmihailov4461]

What is the app name for restaurant reservations?

[@experiencethis360]

It is called Sandos Stay. You cannot pre-book the restaurants, only once you have physically checked in. So usually, the restaurants are already booked. The app is horrible, and works over a wifi network, which is also pretty horrible.

[@savoiefamilyvids]

@@experiencethis360 app is useless

[@experiencethis360]

@@savoiefamilyvids Yes it did not work, and they make you try to use it.

[@ItsHappeningSomethingutube]

app doesnt connect

[@Bowlerandbites]

IT DOESNT WORK.

[@ItsHappeningSomethingutube]

wow

[@experiencethis360]

It is a nice beach!

[@aixagault4375]

dont bother i was there, no worth the money, the beach is nice , service is good but thats all, stay at iberostar in the same same area of playacar Tucan or Quetzal

[@experiencethis360]

Agreed! In our next video we will be showing the sister resort - Sandos Eco Caracol, which as a little different vibe than Sandos Playacar - but again you are absolutely right, any Iberostar resort beats Sandos Resorts hands down. The only way I recommend is if you got a crazy deal because there is much better in that area.

[@rockymountainart]

I checked it out online and am thinking of booking elsewhere

[@savoiefamilyvids]

I didnt like it much,

[@experiencethis360]

@@savoiefamilyvids It's a mediocre resort. There are much better resorts nearby for the same price point

[@experiencethis360]

@@rockymountainart Good idea to shop around!

[@Bowlerandbites]

THIS PLACE HAS GOOD FOOD AND NICE BEACH, BUT OTHER THEN THAT PRETTY SPREAD OUT AND BORING

[@saulrainier]

This review lacks information, such as the amount of restauranta, bars, the bicycle ride

[@rockymountainart]

That's easy info you can get anywhere

[@savoiefamilyvids]

Bicycle ride? LOL the security said you cant ride bikes unless you are part of the luxury part of the resort. Who cares about the amount of restaurants, when you already know this info.

[@experiencethis360]

@@savoiefamilyvids Yes, that's easy to note when you look at their web site. We go beyond just what is easy to find out.

[@experiencethis360]

@@rockymountainart Their web page. :) lol

[@ItsHappeningSomethingutube]

its hard! lol @@experiencethis360

[@savoiefamilyvids]

Nice

[@experiencethis360]

Thanks!