After reading several reviews from those of you who’ve traveled to Dreams Los Cabos, I felt I had to include my opinion. My wife and I traveled here for our honeymoon in September 2005 and thought the resort was exceptional. My review is delayed because I’ve just discovered this page while booking another trip and thought I’d check out Dreams’ reviews for nostalgic reasons. We both thought the food at all restaurants was quite good, particularly the Italian Restaurant where we dined several times, occasionally to live piano and violin music. I will accept the reviews that say “stomach” problems could become an issue, although for myself, I firmly believe that this was due to my taste for Mojito’s with local ice included. Anyone who regularly travels to the Caribbean knows to avoid such things but I simply couldn’t refuse another drink from the bartenders at the Barracuda bar. Particularly since the bar included swings to sit on rather than stools which were a nice touch, mind you, this may have contributed to my false sense of equilibrium while drinking the Mojitos.

My wife and I arrived at the Dreams Resort in Cabo San Lucas on September 17th, 2006 for a week-long stay. This was my fourth week-long trip to Mexico in two years. (I’d also been to Japan earlier this year.) I’d stayed at Bahia Principe in Akumal with my son once and twice at Dreams Tulum with my wife and this was my first ever trip to Cabo. We left home feeling great. I hadn’t been sick with so much as a cold in well over a year and I had never gotten ill in Mexico before.

Upon arriving to the resort my first question to the fellow at the desk who was checking us in was whether or not all the water in the resort was purified. I was assured it was. A few minutes later I was in our room and I had a vitamin pill to take. I took it with half a glass of water from the tap in the sink. Glasses were provided for this purpose.

By the following evening, Monday, I had developed a severe case of diarrhea. The following morning I had the diarrhea combined with nausea. We booked a boat trip to the arch and we took it but all the while I couldn’t wait to get back to our room.

By that night in addition to the previously mentioned symptoms I had developed a fever, body ache and a slight case of the chills.

Wednesday I could barely get out of bed but so as not to completely ruin my wife’s vacation, I followed her to the pool where, after having slept for 12 hours other than the time spent making runs to the bathroom, I found a lounge chair in the shade and slept all day. I went to dinner with my wife nightly but couldn’t eat much of anything. Wednesday I had to run out of Portofino Restaurant due to illness.

To make a long story short, I was sick the entire time we were away. I have now been home for six days and I am STILL waking up with bad stomach pain. Were my regular doctor not having hip replacement surgery I’d have gone to him but getting better daily I decided I’d live after all.

During the time I was sick while laying at the pool a resort employee stopped by to ask me if I was okay. I guess I didn’t look good. When I told her I was not okay but rather that I had gotten seriously ill at the resort the first thing she said was “You didn’t drink water from the sink, did you?” I said I had. She said “Oh, we never drink that water. We always use bottled water.” Upon hearing this I went back to the front desk and said “I’m sick as a dog. I thought you said all the water here was purified.” He replied “It is, but not for drinking!” WHAT is THAT supposed to mean? It’s purified enough to wash your feet in so they provide drinking glasses and no warnings?

The employees are mostly on the same page with regard to how to respond to claims of illness. At least three told me it must be that I’m not accustomed to Mexican food, as if they were talking to an idiot.

During my week of hanging around the resort I met eleven other guests who were seriously ill, all claiming to have gotten sick at the resort and all but one telling me they had either used water that was not bottled or made ice. The other, a woman, claims she never had so much as a drop of sink water. She was on the way to the local American hospital when I spoke with her because she couldn’t stop vomiting.

I felt worst of all for the honeymooners who fell ill at this resort. We were in room 3311. In room 3308 there was another couple, these younger honeymooners. She asked if she could have dinner with us one evening because she didn’t want to eat alone and her husband was unable to get out of bed. I told her I thought that would be a good idea because I wasn’t sure I could make it through dinner and my wife would need someone to eat with but, we never did get together. He ended up saving me from serious trouble because he’d brought Imodium with him and shared some with me. That stopped the diarrhea which was weakening me very fast.

So, I’ve been through much of the world including two African Safaris, a great number of visits to Mexico, all of Europe, Japan, New Zealand, etc and I have never taken ill during travel other than the illness I suffered at the Dreams Resort in Cabo San Lucas. I wouldn’t go to this place again if they paid me.

(Incidentally, if the man who approached me and asked me if I’d be interested in joining him in a class-action lawsuit against the place sees this, contact me at the email address I gave you. I sent a water sample to a local lab for analysis but they said it was “out of range” for testing. They need a sample less than 24 hours old.)

As preface to the review, my husband and I are seasoned travelers and usually do two major trips per year. We have been to Mexico numerous times including one previous trip to Cabo, Ixtapa, Mazatlan, Puerto Vallarta, Nuevo Vallarta and the Mayan. We have also been to Cuba, Dominican Republic, Italy, Greece, Turkey, France, Germany, Denmark, England, Canary Islands and Hawaii.

This is an excellent, smaller property. The staff are very friendly and helpful and contrary to what I read in reviews, they do speak very good English. I would go back, but only for a week because you can't play in the water. We took America West through Phoenix which worked well and we were able to select the length of our trip with daily flights.

Pros
No wristband
No reservations for dinner. You are given a beeper if there is a wait.
Excellent ala carte food including Italian, Asian and Seafood
Top shelf, name brand alcohol including brands like Grand Marnier. House red wine is drinkable (Chilean usually)
Infinity pool is beautiful and large with an excellent swim-up bar. Quiet pool also has a swim-up bar
They appear to have an exceptional kids program with all day activities. In the evening they will take the kids for supper and a movie while parents get to enjoy their evening meal and once a week they have a sleepover available. Not sure if they charge extra but it didn't appear to be the case
Best sun chairs with padded cushion on sturdy wood wheeled frame
Provision of floating mattresses for the pools is a bonus
Unique feature in that they project a movie each night on a large screen on the beach
The anniversary package was wonderful. Breakfast in bed was OK but the special dinner on the beach and the special turndown service was amazing but I won't give it away. Make sure that this is booked when the reservation is made and bring a marriage license All rooms have ocean view, some better than others
Nightly guitar player/singer on patio outside main lobby/bar until 11

This is our 3rd trip to an all inclusive resort having stayed at Iberostar Punta Cana and the Iberostar Parisio Lindo on the Riviera Maya. We were originally scheduled to stay at Secrets Excellence Riviera Cancun but Hurricane Wilma hit the day before we were to leave for our vacation and our trip was cancelled. This is the second time a hurricane has cancelled our trip. We’re giving up trying to travel in hurricane season. We will stick to the spring.

After our trip was cancelled, we quickly booked our trip through Apple Vacations to the Dreams Golf & Spa Resort based on pictures we saw on the internet and the good possibility of great weather.

After booking our trip, we read a couple of reviews on Debbie’s website and some on Trip Advisor that did not sound very good and alarmed us. We immediately called our travel agent and expressed our concern. She read the reviews and called the Dreams Resort who in turn guaranteed her we would have a great time. They were right. We had a great time from the moment we arrived. We were greeted with a cool towel, champagne, and chocolate chip cookies. This resort is under new ownership and for about the past year and a half things were not perfect when the bad reviews were written. The resort is not strictly all inclusive as there are still some time shares at the resort. This was not a problem.

To respond to the bad reviews, the air conditioning worked fine. We did not hear that anyone got sick from the food. There were no odd smells anywhere. The resort looked exactly as it does in the travel books and on the internet.

The room was the best we have ever stayed in with a great view of the pool and ocean. The maid service was above and beyond what we expect with nightly turn down service. If you asked for something, it was delivered immediately upon your request. The entire staff was pleasant and very attentive at all times.

As far as the food was concerned, the themed buffet at the El Patio was nothing to get excited about. However, the themed restaurants were very good. The service was five star, the food quality and variety was four star. They need to add lobster to their menu.

Traveling to Cabo San Lucas was easy and well worth the trip. It’s only 20 minutes away and there is plenty to do there, i.e., fishing, sightseeing, partying.

The resort has a golf desk and will make all your tee times. We had no trouble getting a tee time. We golfed at Cabo Real Golf Course which is only ½ mile from the resort. You get a 10% discount which took it from $260.00 to $234.00. It is $40.00 to rent clubs. I think it was worth it for one time.

Dreams Lost...Wouldn't go back

We stayed at Dreams Resort Los Cabos from Mar 13 to Mar 17/06.

Dreams is not a 5+* resort. We were to meet our friends at Dreams, we had booked in, however upon their arrival they were told that the the Hotel had overbooked an were unable to let them stay.
Needless to say this is a major problem since both of our families were suppose to be spending time on vacation together. Dream placed them in a 3* resort 20 minutes away and told us to bad...that is the way it is.

The management was rude and inconsiderate on our problem.

Our friends were not the only group to have this problem, we saw in the lobby many others being turned away.

Dreams ruined our vacation.

Here is a short review on the rest of the stay.

Whale watching was very good…

Ocean Swimming and Snorkelling are not worth the effort, the beaches had strong undertows and were there is snorkelling the water is very cold and little to see. Nowhere as nice as the Caribbean or the Cancun area.

Bar Service was fine.

Food was 4* quality.

Again this is not a 5+* as advertised.

Heres a good one (not) . We have been planning a trip to Cabo San Lucas for our family. My father in law organized and paid for the trip from Chicago last month. We stayed at the Dreams Los Cabos resort. A 5 Apple resort. 14 people went for a trip that we all thought would be the vacation of a lifetime. We got there and everyone was impressed with the Hotel until we got in our room. The all suite resort has a lot of the same problems as other places we have stayed. The swamp coolers in the rooms were terrible. With a 75 degree temperature and 100% humidity, it was like staying in a wet basement. It seems that Mexico hasnt figured out what Air Conditioning is. OK, I'll jump to the point. 11 of us got very ill at this place. Diareaha, cold sweats, and major stomach cramps.