EARLY PLEASE I agree totally. Think about it. If you land at 1:15pm and go through over an hour between customs and travel time it will almost be 3pm. If you get in at 6:05, by the time you do all that stuff and deal with check in, it may be as late at 8pm. Thursday night is Casino/lingerie night and you will want to have time to grab some food and get dressed before the night activities. Plan on the earlier one. Also, skip the breakfast tour..... it's never worth the 3 hour tour
. Pay the extra, get there early. We got there early and they sent us right to our room. Thursday is a great day to get there. Also, transfers.....go to Steve's profile and get the USA transfer (Brant). We have done a few different transfers and Brant is the best. Everyone is right, its only about 20 minutes to the resort from the airport. You could be checked in with a drink in your hand at the pool by 3pm with a 1:30 arrival time.
Yes the $80 is definitely worth it! - more time to party at the sexy pool, unpack, dinner, etc.. Not sure what the thursday nite nice shoes activity is... (we were there last in April and it may have changed??). We've only arrived late once (our first time there in 2003) and got to the resort at 8p. Still managed to get our alcohol's worth and collapse sometime around 2ish... Ken and Joyce