A list of "must brings" for the first timer?

Go to Walmart and get a little case of 5 hour energy drinks, they are awesome after your afternoon nap! You may not think you need one of those, but after staying up until 4 or so every morning makes an hour nap around 4 heavenly!

 

The pools are heated. Or, at least the party pool is. I never went over to the quiet side. We were there last Feb and it wasn't cold at all. Two years before though, we went at the end of Jan when the pools were not heated and it was pretty cold.

 

That is GOOD news. Not real concerned with the quiet pool haha
I called the resort before we booked (a few months ago) and someone told me that they werent heated, but I dont think she really knew what I was asking. Her English was about as good as my Spanish, so we didnt get very far. lol Im totally downloading a translator app on my phone.

 

Read a post from a couple there last week and they said the pools werent heated and were freezing!

 

Don't forget your "fun hat".

In your med kit, bring some cold meds, just in case. Last year, tons of us got a really bad Mexican virus which lasted a month. I was able to buy some cold meds at the resort (with the help of my Pharmacist hubby who could read the ingredients) but someone had a pseudoephedrine, which helped a lot. I am bringing them this year and that should guarantee that I will not get sick.

No matter what the weather is, you will have fun. We have been there several times in the same time frame that you are going and even if the weather was not ideal, we still had fun and met great people.

 

fyi ... you don't much ... just the basics ... we over packed huge ... you need maybe 4 outfits, and 4 bathing suits .... we left the resort all of once ... to go to the market.

we brough travel mugs ... hardly needed sunscreen, and i'm a pasty white guy ... pre-tan .... see my earlier posts for details

 

Funinsandiego-

I'm currently in Afghanistan planning my first trip to TTR in July, curious on how much fun it was and if husband might be in Bagram I could talk to him about the trip. I'm with the 82nd.

 

Just an important aside, but from the bottom of my heart, thank you for your service!! :liebe011:

 

Appreciate all the support and thank you as well.

 

What are these orange wristbands?