I stayed at the Outrigger 3 years ago and I loved it, its a huge resort with lots to do and a great kids club. If I go to that part of Fiji again, Id stay there. At the time I went, it was one of the newer, nicer resorts. There were about 10 weddings in the week we stayed at Outrigger. Oh and if time and budget permits, you should head off to an island for a few days, much better than the coral coast.
Id suggest you google the resorts the ladies have mentioned and see for yourself which appeals to you!
DH proposed to me at Plantation Island Resort and while we were childless at that stage it was a lovely resort that seemed really popular with families. If we ever can go back we'd stay there again with the kids. We honeymooned at Matamanoa Island but I think it is child free....
We are going on Boxing Day to Fiji with another couple who also have kids the same age as us. We are going to staying at The Sofitel...Can't wait. We did heaps of research tho and in the end it all became really overwhelming.
If you want to find some reviews of the places try googling trip advisor.
the warick and the naviti are them same resorts ( meaning they are sister hotels owned by the same owner)
the warick is expensive and very upper class , its nice , we went there for lunch one day and it was a bit of a let down to all the hype we heard about it ...and we had to pay a **** load for a burger (some thing like $24) and apart from a bit of cool snorkelling there was nothing much to do ..
where as the naviti is soo much fun at night time with all the shows and acts they put on .. you can even go a bliss out on KAVA .. and massages are like $40 for a full body if you go and visit the village next to it !!
if you go to the warick (nothing wrong with it at all ) you dont get a "great time " imo you go for a "nice time " kwim ??
the Naviti, (not sure where you heard bad reviews ) is lovely , they just had a major renovation .
back in 2004 i went there and DH proposed to me there ... we loved it so much (becase of the all inclusive package - all meals , all drinks , accom and activities and transfers ) We got married there in 2006 !!
my family came along and there were 30 of us all up .. we had so much fun , there a 4 resturans (one main one open for bfast and lunch, one open for dinner and 1 formal nice posh style and 1 semi formal , the semi formal one is secluded and oh sooo nice )
all meals at any resturant are inclued in the "all incusive"
it was more relaxing and fun and we cant say enough good things about it ... we cant wait til our kids are older so they can enjoy it too !!!
when you stay else where keep in mind the distances of the hotels (most are far apart) and book your taxi/car ahead of time because they really do run on "fiji time"
weve been to the naviti twice now so we know it well... if you want to know more or see pics i can show you !!
ETA: the warick doesnt do an "all incusive" so you have to pay for everything !! naviti "all in clusive" incudes beer wines and spirts ..
Last edited by *charmalea*; December 21st, 2008 at 11:52 AM.
Nelly and LisaL, my DH and I went to Matamanoa too (before he was even my DF, lol) and we loved it so much. At the time we were after a kid-free kind of environment because we weren't taking the DSS's so it was perfect. We'd love to go back to Fiji one day so I might have to revisit this thread for all the kid-friendly resorts!
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