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Bomb Bomb is a wonderful entertainment staff member. He engages the guests in many activities, including water aerobics, pool side games and beach games. He was amazing as Big Momma on Independence Day. Barbara is a pleasant server and staff member at the beach restaurant.

We love bumbum as big moma in parade. Shake that bootie. Server is Barbara. ?? awesome

The Marien Resort Puerto Plata....an honest review. We arrived on Sunday evening and have enjoyed our stay so far. The Sports Bar in the lobby was a blast and all the other areas pool bar and snack bar have been great! The resort itself is slightly dated but very CLEAN...I can honestly say the staff here take pride in the cleanliness so absolutely no complaints. Water pressure is great and we have always had hot water. There have been a few power outages but only lasted for a few minutes. The pool area is gorgeous and has a great vibe! Very clean however you do need to be up by 6 to 630 if you want to get chairs under an umbrella...there are lots of loungers but not a lot of umbrellas. There is no swim up bar but the pool bar has great service and is very quick! IF YOU ARE BEACH PEOPLE DO NOT COME HERE! THE WATER AND BEACH ARE DISGUSTING! There is a run off of pure garbage and sewage straight into the ocean and used maxi pads floating in the water. Broken glass on the beach and they do not clean it as it is a public beach. VERY DISAPPOINTING AND A DEAL BREAKER FOR US. If you like a pool vacation definitely come here as everything else is amazing! We have eaten at the buffet and there is a lot of selection everything has been warm and for what we chose to eat it's very good. YES THERE ARE CATS ....BUT THEY Don't BOTHER ANYONE. Our favourite Al le carte has been the Mexican very good ..the Mediterranean was also very good we have not tried the Brazilian but everyone said it is also very good. There were sales tables set up last night outside of the buffet...these guys were so aggressive and so pushy I literally yelled at a guy as he shoved a bracelet on my arm and said 20.00 I said I have no more money take it off he said no go to your room and bring me the money...I yelled take this off my arm now and he did so very aggressively so my advice is to just walk away!!! Very uncomfortable and they were even yelling at eachother just really bad! This was a budget friendly choice for us and we have been very happy to this point. Again not a beach vacation this is definitely a poolside holiday!

Wasn't sure what to expect from the resort considering the low price that we paid but it ended up being sooo amazing! The food was so great, we never went hungry or experienced any issues. The pool and beach were beautiful. The only downside was that it was kind of hard to get a pool chair. Lots of effort was put into the shows every night- choreographer was amazing. The animation was also so entertaining- Droopy and Alex especially. In the buffet we looked forward to seeing Josephena everyday who was very attentive and sweet, Napoleon and Alexander too. The pool bartenders were the best! We especially loved Alberto and Carlos at the beach! Overall great experience and would go again!

Droopy animation Very friendly great food and drinks a had an amazing week entertainment was fabulous Will def be back