We ended up loving this little jewel! Mammoth Atlantis is right next door with the huge casino and shops and music , etc. but you can get away from it all here. It's not new, it's not glamorous, but we found it to be clean and the people very friendly. Those reviewers crying about fees must not go very many places because we pay high fees in New York, Miami and Colorado so it only makes sense that you'd have them on Paradise Island in The Bahamas. I understand that renovations are an ongoing thing (maybe the negatives come from those staying in "to-be-done" rooms) and we saw the rebuilding architect's drawings for the future resort to be built in its place. If you go here, don't expect the Taj Mahal. Just relax, have a Bahama Mama and enjoy being somewhere with clean air and gorgeous blue water!!! We WILL recommend it to our friends since they're not pretentious once-in-a-lifetime international vacationers.

Lucy G., Virginia