Temptation Review/comparison To Desire + Boobs Cruise

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  1. ckallday

    ckallday Enthusiast Registered Member

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    Just back from 5 great nights at Temptation (July trip), so happy we tried it out! We've been to both Desire resorts in the past and as there's a lot of info out there I'll keep this short and more of a comparison than a full review of Temptation.

    Room and Facilities: Room was just OK. Not nearly as nice as Pearl but better than Desire RM. The design was nice but we were on the lowest Bash floor in the back corner so only our patio had a view and our room had no view at all. There was only 2 drawers so we had to live out of suitcases which is not ideal and we ran out of water a few times as it didn't get refilled. Overall not bad and the bed was comfortable so it served it's purpose.

    Restaurants: Funny thing is that the restaurants were much better than expected and yet nobody seemed to ever go! The buffet was always busy but the actual restaurants rarely were more than 1/3rd full. Overall, we think the food was better than expected and we were very satisfied. The Mexican restaurant Amorie was our favorite, we went several times. The Bash Pool food was the worst for us as it's just burgers and fried foods but a lot of people love it so we'll call that a difference of tastes.

    Sexy Pool: This is the heart of the resort and where we spent a LOT of time. It's deeper than it should be so shorter people will have a bit of a hard time but it's packed, it's a party, and it's a great place to meet fun people. The play makers are great, the DJ after noon was always jamming and it's just a great time. For other shy people, our advice is to smile, put yourselves out there a bit and just remember that nobody gives a shit and you'll do great! We didn't have a single negative experience, everyone was super friendly.

    Bash Party: We heard a lot of complaints about the music or it being too loud... that was not our experience. Yeah, it's loud AF but it's a night club so what do you expect? You can always go inside for a conversation but if you want to dance and party, it's a great place. Music was great Monday through Thursday nights but for some reason Friday turned into all latin music which kind of killed the party for a lot of people. Theme participation was pretty good with lingerie night being pretty epic and school girls being not far behind. Whatever you plan on wearing just know that most people will be wearing less lol!

    Temptation vs. Desire:

    Let's start with the similarities as there are many! Both are full of happy guests having a great time and are super friendly so you'll meet lots of people. We are both fairly shy and still met a ton of people. The routine at each is fairly similar for us: wake up at 10ish, grab coffee and a few minutes at the gym. Have breakfast then hang out at the pool from around noon until 5 of 6 meeting people and enjoying ourselves. Have a snack in there somewhere then head up to the room to relax and clean up before dinner. Go to dinner, maybe with new friends, then get changed for the night's theme and off to the party. This is pretty much an exact summary for each of the 3 resorts though Desire RM might have the hot tub added around 5pm and Pearl would have less night time party and more hot tub after the show. All the resorts are great in their own ways, all are full of fun, happy people who are also looking to be friendly and meet new people. Temptation has 4x as many people so where at Desire we meet 3-4 couples a day we met more like 10-12 couples a day at Temptation. After a day or so it's so fun to have so many people to chat and get to know.

    Differences: There's a few differences and the first is the size, Temptation is 4x the size of either Desire. . The crowd at Desire tends to be less diverse where Temptation was much more representative of the world. We really enjoyed that and had a great time getting to know people with very different backgrounds from our own. There's no full nudity at Temptation and no public sex. If you've been to Desire you know that you'll see the occasional oral in the hot tub or maybe even more at the hot tub late at night. You won't see that at Temptation and while we both are sort of fascinated by seeing exhibitionists at work, we don't usually participate ourselves to we didn't feel like we missed out.
    The staff at Temptation are not as friendly as Desire; Desire truly have 5 star service where Temptation is 3 star service. We had a couple of very friendly waiters but it's not like Desire where every employee feels like family and is looking to ensure you are having a perfect day. Given that it's 1/2 the cost this was not a surprise and really wasn't an issue as the staff is completely adequate.
    The last, and quite noticeable, difference is age; Temptation is a LOT younger of a crowd on average in our experience. Both Desires we, at late 30's and now early 40's, have always been on the younger side with the average probably 10-15 years older and extremely few people younger than us. At Temptation we were right in the middle with most guests being in their 30's and 40's. There were plenty in their 20's and 50's as well.

    Single guys: The Mrs. was a bit concerned by the idea of single guys being around but we had no issues at all. There were a couple groups of single guys but they mostly kept to themselves. A few gawked a bit more than is probably reasonable but we didn't have any issues nor did we see any issues. One guy came up and gave a fairly awkward compliment to our Mrs. about her breasts but so did about 10 married guys and probably 25+ women, they are pretty great after all! I honestly don't see the appeal in going to Temptation as a single guy unless you are one of those "life of the party" types that's going to be able to overcome the initial hesitation couples have about single guys at a resort like this. We've hear there are far more single guys around spring break so yrmv.

    Regarding lifestyle, we'd say that probably 80% of guests we've met at Desire are in the Lifestyle where Temptation was more like 50%. That said, the 50% that aren't lifestyle are no prudes!

    Next time...
    So where will we stay next time? We think a perfect trip would be 4 nights at Temptation then 3 nights at Desire Pearl. We loved the party atmosphere at Temptation, we loved how many more guests there are so there's so many friends to make and we loved the greater diversity and that the age was closer to us on average. If we could only pick one? Hmm, depends on what we need I suppose. If life has been super busy we'd go to Pearl to relax a bit more and still have fun. But most likely, Temptation will be our next trip.

    Boobs Cruise!
    OMG, not going to forget this one! We had an absolute blast on this! If you sit up front expect to get involved and if you have no lifestyle background but are interested we'd suggest staying on the sides of the boat. Prudes can stay in the back. There will be lots of drinking, lots of boobs and probably lot some exhibitionists couples. Maybe that was just because of the crowd on the day we were there but it was a lot of fun and we didn't see anything that was anything but a whole lot of fun. We highly recommend it to anyone even if you're a bit prudish but are curious. It's a party that brings your Temptation trip a whole lot closer to a Desire experience! Well done Steve and his crew, this was so fun!
     
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  2. Restling

    Restling I can choose my own title Registered Member

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    Thanks for the review. Glad you had fun.

    Completely agree about the pool depth. I wonder what they were thinking with that one.

    Interesting that you considered TTR to be such a younger crowd, as I have always felt it's rather old. Course age is just a number.
     
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  3. Lindilou

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    Thanks so much for the comparison. We see lots but it's always nice to get the thought of the day kind of thing.
    Great report!
     
  4. ckallday

    ckallday Enthusiast Registered Member

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    We were kind of fascinated at the seasonal differences at Temptation too. Some vet's we met were talking about how different the crowd is at different parts of the year. One of our Desire trips was also in July so it seemed like a fair comparison.
     
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    Great report! Love the comparison between Lifestyle and non... So similar to what we experienced. Thanks for the review.
     
  6. TimAndBrenda

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    This is our experience too. We too LOVE both resorts! However, the difference in cost between the two resorts is sometimes hard for us to justify.
     
  7. ckallday

    ckallday Enthusiast Registered Member

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    I didn't want to overly emphasize the cost difference but we feel the same way. Desire is definitely a more luxurious experience but we'll leave it up to each person to decide if it's worth more than twice as much as TTR.
     
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