For those of you wondering about what exactly is included with the new Family Selection upgrade at Grand Palladium Kantenah, here’s a video about what the resort area and amenities look like. This new build and addition had its Grand Opening Dec. 2023.
This Marriott resort used to be called CasaMagna and it was an all-inclusive optional resort. It has been closed since March 2023, and it recently opened as an all-inclusive resort fully renovated from top to bottom. Not only is everything redone, but the resort added a small children’s water park area complete with a lazy river. Marriott Cancun is family-friendly and right on a beautiful beach in Cancun’s Hotel Zone.
Club Med Cancun aerial view. Source: Agents Connect
Grand Palladium fans, your wait is over! There is a brand new upgraded section open for families at Grand Palladium Kantenah. It’s called the Family Selection at Grand Palladium Kantenah and it’s chock full of new amenities and services designed specifically for VIP families. Check out some of the new features of this section: Continue reading
Marriott Cancun, An All-Inclusive Resort (formerly known as CasaMagna) is located in Cancun’s Hotel Zone right next to its sister resort, JW Marriott Cancun–the one with the great oceanfront pool but is NOT an all-inclusive resort. Marriott Cancun closed last March for extensive renovations and has gone fully all-inclusive (it used to be an all-inclusive optional property).
For those of you looking forward to booking and staying at the reimagined Marriott CasaMagna (now called Marriott Cancun), press releases still stay “open early 2024” with no specific reopening date. According to what I’ve read since March 2023 when the resort closed for renovations, it was originally speculated to be open Feb. 15, 2024, but that date has not been set in stone since the website does not list that date. Also, do not confuse this resort from JW Marriott Cancun–Marriott Cancun is right next door to the south in Cancun’s Hotel Zone
For those who follow or are familiar with Bahia Principe Luxury Akumal, there have been some major renovations and changes going on lately. In addition to a new room category and room category renovation, this resort will also be opening two new restaurants (buffet-type). Here’s the new ones and the planned dates of opening: Continue reading
Trying to decide which Hyatt resort to book? You’re not alone, there are plenty of vacationers who are aware that Hyatt now has a firm hold on the all-inclusive market in this part of Mexico–remember the acquisition of all the AMResorts in 2022 from Apple Leisure Group? That means there’s a very good chance you will be booking a Hyatt property on your next trip to Cancun or the Riviera Maya.
For those of you who didn’t know (that included myself until I accidentally came across the info), Grand Palladium Kantenah has been closed since April 15, 2023, and is planning on reopening Dec. 15, 2023. The resort has been closed primarily for room refurbishments and the addition of rooms and amenities for the resort chain’s successful Family Selection program. The Family Selection program is considered to be a “resort within a resort” and has already been implemented at both the Costa Mujeres and Puerto Vallarta resort chain locations. Kantenah resort is part of a mega-resort complex also consisting of the adults-only TRS Yucatan (you can read my resort review here), the Colonial, and the White Sand family resorts. It’s a very large mega-resort complex but is very popular with all it has to offer vacationers since all family resort’s amenities and services are available to one another. The adults-only section, of course, is only for guests who stay in that particular resort, and the Family Selection will only be available for upgraded Kantenah guests.
