On Dec. 27th we arrived at the Da Nang airport with our friends Shane and Wendy and their two amazing children Dylan and Gaby. Shane is the PE teacher at our school and Wendy is his beautiful wife. They hail from South Africa and we love spending time with them. After we spent about 45 minutes waiting to have our visas processed by military uniformed men and women we were off in our taxis to the beautiful Crowne Plaza Hotel and Resort.
This hotel is right on the beach as you can see from the pictures and has several amazing pools. When we checked in we went up to our rooms and noticed that there was a note from management on our desk informing us that the main pool and children's pool were closed for repairs until Jan 2 (We check out on Jan 4th). That was a big problem for us since we booked this hotel specifically for the pool and beach access.
Kathi and I went down and spoke with the manager on duty, Wesley, who was very apologetic. He offered to upgrade our rooms to ocean view as well as give the roll away bed our friends were renting free of charge. He explained that there had been some glass that had broken in the pool and that since they had to drain the pool to clean that up they would use that time to fix some wiring issues.
I cannot say enough about the staff here. Wesley knew we were disappointed in not being able to use the pool so he had his staff work extra hours and had the main pool back up and working on Dec. 29th. He said it was for us and I believe him because we are essentially the only ones using the pool. It is about 74 degrees here. Way to cold for many of the Asian folks staying here to want to get into a pool. Not our families though! Wesley came up big! If you ever plan to holiday in Da Nang, the Crowne Plaza is the place to go!
By the way, the beach is amazing here. In my opinion it is better than the beaches we have been to in Thailand, Hawaii or Bali. The staff keeps the grounds immaculate and the sand is so soft. They truly try and make sure you are taken care of. In fact Brooklyn and Gabi were digging on the beach and when they weren't looking the beachfront staff kept making "x's" in the sand so they would dig for treasure. They are very sweet.
More pictures and stories to come later.
This hotel is right on the beach as you can see from the pictures and has several amazing pools. When we checked in we went up to our rooms and noticed that there was a note from management on our desk informing us that the main pool and children's pool were closed for repairs until Jan 2 (We check out on Jan 4th). That was a big problem for us since we booked this hotel specifically for the pool and beach access.
Kathi and I went down and spoke with the manager on duty, Wesley, who was very apologetic. He offered to upgrade our rooms to ocean view as well as give the roll away bed our friends were renting free of charge. He explained that there had been some glass that had broken in the pool and that since they had to drain the pool to clean that up they would use that time to fix some wiring issues.
I cannot say enough about the staff here. Wesley knew we were disappointed in not being able to use the pool so he had his staff work extra hours and had the main pool back up and working on Dec. 29th. He said it was for us and I believe him because we are essentially the only ones using the pool. It is about 74 degrees here. Way to cold for many of the Asian folks staying here to want to get into a pool. Not our families though! Wesley came up big! If you ever plan to holiday in Da Nang, the Crowne Plaza is the place to go!
By the way, the beach is amazing here. In my opinion it is better than the beaches we have been to in Thailand, Hawaii or Bali. The staff keeps the grounds immaculate and the sand is so soft. They truly try and make sure you are taken care of. In fact Brooklyn and Gabi were digging on the beach and when they weren't looking the beachfront staff kept making "x's" in the sand so they would dig for treasure. They are very sweet.
More pictures and stories to come later.
On the edge of the South China Sea looking back at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, Da Nang.
Kade getting buried by Sydney and Dylan.
Brooklyn trying to save a crab.
Brooklyn and Gaby playing in the surf.
If you are just south of China and dig all the way down, do you end up in...Cleveland?
One of the reflection pools.
Mr. Crab making his escape.
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