{"id":2840,"date":"2024-07-08T19:47:19","date_gmt":"2024-07-09T01:47:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/?p=2840"},"modified":"2024-07-08T19:47:22","modified_gmt":"2024-07-09T01:47:22","slug":"a-mexican-mega-resort-experience-part-1-arrival-at-vidanta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/index.php\/2024\/07\/08\/a-mexican-mega-resort-experience-part-1-arrival-at-vidanta\/","title":{"rendered":"A Mexican Mega-Resort Experience, Part 1: Arrival at Vidanta"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"\">When we bought a fractional ownership at Vidanta Resort, we had no idea about the world of luxury we would soon find ourselves wrapped in. Two ordinary, middle-class people who allowed ourselves to get sucked into the timeshare game, we are not accustomed to valets transporting our luggage to our room, or giant soaking&nbsp;bathtubs in our bathrooms, or massive fitness centers, or luxury spas, incredible swimming pools, a lazy river outside the door, or countless other perks of the super-rich that we find at Vidanta.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"A Mexican Mega-Resort Experience, Part 1: Arrival at Vidanta\" width=\"525\" height=\"295\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/g9q8sX3czy4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Come take a three-part tour of a Mexican mega-resort, and spend a few minutes feeling like one of the rich and famous.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Part 1 takes us from arrival at Puerto Vallarta Airport, through transit to the resort, and the check-in experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Part 2 takes us on an&nbsp;early morning tour of the Grand Mayan and beyond, including breakfast, restaurants, beach, pools, fitness center, a lazy river, and the sky dream gondola<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Part 3 takes us on a tour of more parts of enormous Vidanta, including La Cantina, Gong, and other restaurants: the Grand Bliss, the Mayan Palace, walking on the pathways, the Plaza marketplace that carries everything you need (groceries, bakery, froyo, flip flops, sunglasses),and everything you don&#8217;t ( gourmet chocolate, jewelry), the Sanctuario entertainment hub, and many other parts of the resort.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Watch for Parts 2 and 3, coming soon. Enjoy!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Info<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/blog\/post\/edit\/9181503609429467230\/3941813314928042810\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Vidanta Resort<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/blog\/post\/edit\/9181503609429467230\/3941813314928042810\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Vidanta Nuevo Vallarta<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/blog\/post\/edit\/9181503609429467230\/3941813314928042810\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Map<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When we bought a fractional ownership at Vidanta Resort, we had no idea about the world of luxury we would soon find ourselves wrapped in. Two ordinary, middle-class people who allowed ourselves to get sucked into the timeshare game, we are not accustomed to valets transporting our luggage to our room, or giant soaking&nbsp;bathtubs in &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/index.php\/2024\/07\/08\/a-mexican-mega-resort-experience-part-1-arrival-at-vidanta\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;A Mexican Mega-Resort Experience, Part 1: Arrival at Vidanta&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[395,222,13],"tags":[738,737,739,736,27,4,717,714,9,12,261,262,719],"class_list":["post-2840","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-adventure","category-lisa-blogger","category-mexico","tag-luxury","tag-luxuryresort","tag-luxurytravel","tag-megaresort","tag-messysuitcase","tag-mexico","tag-nuevovallarta","tag-puertovallarta","tag-retirement","tag-travel","tag-travelblog","tag-travelblogger","tag-vidanta"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2840","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2840"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2840\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2841,"href":"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2840\/revisions\/2841"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2840"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2840"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2840"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}