Couples Resort, heaven on earth - Honeymoon week 1

Advantages: No kids, excellent value for money
Disadvantages: small beach (albeit private)

...-all-inclusive resort which basically means forget your money and get on with having a good time. The only extras are treatments in the beauty salon, extra trips if you want them and the gift shop. So, doesn't sound cheap? Well, it's not what you would call cheap but it is not unreasonably priced for what you get. Shop around and you can get the 2 week package for £1600 each (flights, transfers, 1 week at Ochos Rios, air transfer for one further week at Couples Negril). So, what do you get….. ~~~~ Food ~~~~ This has to be the most important part of my holiday and was I spoiled! You could eat almost 24 hours a day. There were 5 restaurants ranging from a beach grill to a gourmet restaurant. The beach grill was open the longest and served things such as hot dogs, burgers, nachos with chilli and the Jamaica speciality of jerk chicken...

CareBear 15.05.2001 · Read review
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  Wii should go to the Sports Resort!...

Advantages: Good for all the family, Great fun, Entertaining, Something to do on a rainy day
Disadvantages: Expensive

...Wii Sports Resort One special day last year, I woke up unusually early - it was even still dark outside. I just couldn?t wait to get downstairs and go into the living room, but I couldn?t - not just yet anyway. It?s something we always do in my family, we must all go downstairs at the same time, together. Not every morning! Just on this particular special day, so I called my mum and dad - my two younger sisters were already up, practically buzzing with excitement at the top of the stairs - and together we all walked, or rather sprinted into the living room. That special day of course, was Christmas day! Woohay! So, you?re probably wondering I wanted to tell you about this, aren?t you? Well, keep reading and you?ll find out? I love surprises, don?t you? Not knowing that something?s going to happen and then it does (as long...

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  Wii Resort For Island Sports

Advantages: Some great mini-games that really show off the MotionPlus accessory
Disadvantages: Expensive to fully kit out two remotes. One or two less compelling mini-games

...INTRODUCTION Our Nintendo Wii has been hibernating under our TV, gathering dust since shortly after Christmas. The Wii party games made a brief appearance for the holidays and the shine of Wii Fit wore off after our New Year?s resolutions met with their usual success and longevity (i.e. none). It?s a fab console, but it?s very ease of ?pick up and play? makes it just as easy to ignore in favour of other pursuits. However, we were intrigued by the promise and novelty of the new Wii MotionPlus gadget, and when Wii Sports Resort (WSR) ? essentially Wii Sports 2 ? was announced, it was immediately added to our Wish List. As such, I was delighted when I received it for my birthday last week, and It has played a part in our nightly entertainment since. WHAT?S IN THE BOX WSR comes packaged with the game (in its own DVD...

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Wii Sports Resort - 'Wii' liked it.

Advantages: Lots of fun for all the family. Superb graphics. Compellingly addictive.
Disadvantages: Only 12 sports featured, some of which aren't that fun to play.

...For those that own a Nintendo Wii, it won't be new knowledge to discover that the console is in many ways unique to other computer consoles in the market. For starters, there are no wires required for the controllers; all movements (even the slightest jitters if you use the Wii Motion Plus) are transmitted and you can get a genuine sense that you are playing the game for yourself in real life. This is certainly true with Wii Sports Resort. Similar to Wii Sports, each of the sports is set around the fictional Wuhu Island. So what sports are there? Well some may argue that some aren't that well-known (or indeed all that popular), but each of them offers players the opportunity for a unique gaming experience. There are 12 sports in total, and up to 4 players can play consecutively in most of the games. SWORDPLAY: This is basically...

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Get active at Wii Sports Resort.......for a price!

Advantages: fun to play with family and friends, lots of game choices, some really fun games, multiplayer
Disadvantages: very expensive, some potentially boring games, not as well designed as it could be.

...Wii Sports Resort was my youngest brothers birthday present but for the purpose of research I decided to try it out myself. The game is for the Nintendo Wii and has a whopping recommended retail price of £49.99 although it is currently selling on Amazon for £39.99. This price includes the game and a ?Wii Motion Plus?. The Wii MotionPlus This is an accessory which attaches to your Wii Remote to enhance its motion sensing capabilities. It detects and reproduces your movements in the game, so whether you are playing basketball or doing some archery, every little movement you make is accurately portrayed in the game. The Wii MotionPlus is essential for game which is why it is included but its inclusion automatically makes the game a pricey one which is a bit of a shame. Whilst you only need one Wii Motion Plus for single...

ilusvm 08.08.2009 · Read review
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New Old Jamaica

Advantages: A good combination of flavours
Disadvantages: Quite sweet

...Cadbury Bournville Old Jamaica (180g bar) Look what I found on the shelves at Morrisons! Well, I checked with Ciao that I could review this bar. They replied that I must point out at the beginning of this review that it is about the new bar and not the old one as this is the general topic for the product. Cadbury discontinued Old Jamaica a few years ago but now it is back by popular demand. Hooray!!! The details on the back of the wrapper say that, like the original bar, they are still using cocoa beans shipped from Ghana and the much loved raisin and rum flavours. It then goes on to say that Bournville are proud to unveil a new twist on an old favourite. I am going to have to delve deep into my memory to try and establish what this ?new twist? is. As with all my other reviews, I write about my experiences as I sample...

bryspy 06.07.2009 · Read review
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Wii Sports Resort- Fun for the whole family

Advantages: fun forf whole family, lots of games, sensitive controls
Disadvantages: expensive extra devices needed for multi-player

...Since its release for retail purchase in 2006 the Nintendo Wii has enjoyed immense success. One of the key reasons for this is probably that it reaches a wider demographic than the majority of games consoles and can be enjoyed by people of all ages. Wii sports resort, released as a kind of improvement on wii sports was released in july of this year, and is no exception, providing entertainment for people of all ages, and has the potential of being enjoyed by the whole family. Wii sports is set on a island beach resort, and allows the playing of a number of different games, either as a single player or for up to four players. The game requires an additional device in the form of wii motion plus, which is a more sophisticated sensing device than the regular wii remote, and is able to pick up more complicated and sensitive movements when...

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Probably Best sunsets in Jamaica

Advantages: Sun, sunsets, rum, beaches
Disadvantages: Hassle from vendors, not a lot of attractions

...small hotels, guesthouses and private villas. If even this stretches your budget, you will find very basic rooms available for under $50 a night. You'll find a lot more of the reasonbly priced places on the cliffs, although you'll not then be directly on the beach. Even at the 5 star resorts, don't expect 5 star (by US standard) treatment, this is Jamaica and everything works at a different pace. Attractions To be honest, there isn't a whole lot of things to see or do in Negril. The main attraction is of course the beach, stretching for approx 7 miles, and it's certainly among the top beaches we've been to. It's not possible to walk the entire stretch, without going inland but some long walks are possible. You may get stopped by guards at some of the hotels, and obviously you can't walk through a nudist beach fully clothed! The water is...

Kingseany 28.02.2006 · Read review
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sports resort got me active!!!!

Advantages: great fun, great multiplayer capabilities
Disadvantages: possibly the price but other than that nothing!!!!

...Wii sports resort is the next step up from the original wii sports game, only not only is it a step up its a leap forward in the fun factor. With even more sports available its difficult to get bored of this game, and very easy to get addicted to it!!!! There are 12 sports available on the game:- swordplay Wakeboarding Frisbee Archery basketball table tennis golf bowling power cruising canoeing cycling airsports. So far my favourite sports have been the wakeboarding, the frisbee and the table tennis, although i have tried all of the sports on the game and i liked everyone of them. Most of the sports on the game can be played with up to four players and there are options for matches, tournaments and vs games on each of the sports. Wii sports resort has one other major difference to the original wii sports game. As well as having...

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Jamaica Inn - Not Hitchcock's Finest Hour

Advantages: Interesting concepts in the film about olden days and smuggling?
Disadvantages: Poor acting from all main characters, poor direction from Hitchchcock

...Jamaica Inn was Alfred Hitchcock?s last film he directed in the UK before leaving us for the US and it seems his mind wasn?t really in it as you might be able to tell from my review below. The film was an adaptation of the Daphne du Maurier novel (which had the same name) and starred Maureen O?Hara, Charles Laughton, Robert Newton, Leslie Banks and Marie Ney. In the 1800s Bodmin Moor in Cornwall was rife with smugglers, Jamaica Inn was famous for being a base for smugglers and smugglers would deliberately lure ships in order to wreck them so they could plunder them for the goods on board. This film is set in a time before British Coast Guards existed. Mary (O?Hara) turns up at the home and inn of her aunt Patience (Ney), Jamaica Inn as she has been orphaned. Patience is married to the brutish Joss (Banks) who is not happy to see...

anonymili 10.03.2009 · Read review
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