In Reply to: Kids Club posted by The rooster on Monday, 22. August 2005 at 06:11 Bali Time:
You will see a number of posts that have said that The Dynasty is not that great with younger children. I am sure that they will be great with older kids, but since mine for example a 2 & 6, it poses a bit of a problem..............from what I have read in JBR's. My youngest does have a baby sitter, but my 6yo is too old for a sitter, but still too young to have the amount of supervision that they provide.
I have not stayed there, I stayed at the Bali Hai, but we were contemplating the Dynasty for our next trip. So everytime a posting comes up about the Dynasty I am there reading it. A number of the posts, of which most of these are quite recent said:
* They let them swim in the deep end of the pool, so if they are not good swimmers that poses a problem.
*One little 4yo left the club and walked back to the room, with the club being unaware that she had left until her mother brought her back.
* One lady noticed that the staff, had difficulties trying to sort out who was part of the kid club and who wasn't. This was during school holidays, therefore it was quite busy, Having said this though, they still should know who is part of the club & who is not.
*another lady posted that she actually made a formal complaint about the supervision of the kids club & that the management was aware of this problem. They were going to re-train their staff.
I by no means am I having a go at the Dynasty, it is definitely a place I want to go with my kiddies, it looks great. But after reading those posts, we have decided to postpone the Dynasty until my daughters are older and are better swimmers etc. This is just a personal opinion.
If you only have one small child that needs a baby sitter then you will probably be fine. But to say that the other forumites have made a "big mistake" is an unfair call to make.
Cheers
pastor