Majestic Colonial Punta Cana - All Inclusive

English family here, we stayed early August for 10 days and absolutely loved our experience at the Majestic Colonial and I was not asked by a single member of staff to write any of the below. We booked a regular stay and had nothing to do with the club/member's side. Everything from check in right through to departure was fantastic and we felt lucky to have this holiday and stayed here, despite my hours spent on TripAdvisor before we booked! Staff were fantastic and nearly everyone went above and beyond, smiled and said Hola, the entertainment staff in particular are out in the heat from 8/9am right up to midnight and there is always something going on for all ages, the manager 'I Love My Job' was especially brilliant as was Cristina in the children's entertainment part of the hotel. The staff are constantly cleaning the grounds, the beach and the restaurants. Food exceeded my expectations, anyone who complains about the food must only ever eat at mitchelin starred restaurants, there is something for everyone here and I have a vegetarian wife and fussy children and none of us struggled, they even have hummus (to the poster below who said they didn't, you must have missed it) We ate at every restaurant other than the French which is adult only; the beach restaurants are both amazing but the best for us was the Japanese experience. Drinks also brilliant, never had to wait long and you often get table and poolside service, even without a tip but it really does go a long way. Rooms were large, not particularly modern but our air conditioning was great, beds were comfortable but small and it was quiet other than the late night passers by. Jacuzzi tub was a nice addition, large shower, separate toilet, balcony and all the amenities you could ask for. Our maid cleaned the room daily to a good standard. No hotel is perfect, if I had to pick faults they would be.. Seaweed - Really is bad on most days, didn't stop us going in the sea but not great to have to look at and walk through, they do try to clean but it's a losing battle. Kid's Slides - Most of the slides don't have enough water coming down them to allow kids to actually slide down, ours and other kids had to shuffle down pretty much all of them after getting stuck on the dryness of the slide, there are also lots of trees around these pools which covered them in leaves and debris and it just always felt messy here, probably good for kids around 3 - 7 but older kids would quickly get bored. Market Sellers - One night they had a street market full of stalls which looked really nice but as we got near they all start shouting after you and trying to pull you in to look at their items, reminded me of markets in Morocco, Turkey and Thailand I have been to, where I expect that but this caught me off guard as we were meant to be in a relaxing hotel environment. Their tactics worked anyway and they put a necklace on my daughter which she loved and then wouldn't take it off, they didn't accept any haggling and I ended up paying 25 dollars (yes mainly my fault) however it broke apart the next day and of course they are long gone. I just feel like hotel management need to take responsibility for these vendors, I'd have quite happily looked at each stall if I hadn't been aggressively approached. Just made me want to get through it! Other than the above this was a fantastic holiday, I'd go back tomorrow and would also be keen to try the Elegance which we were told by a few families is even better than the Colonial. Last thing is that you can visit the neighbouring Royalton Splash Hotel's waterpark for a daily charge (managed to get them down to $95 per person for the day but they originally wanted $125. This is a much larger waterpark and you can use their restaurants and bars included in that price which makes it alot cheaper than the main Punta Cana El Dorado waterpark we looked at visiting which would have been over $500 just for entry alone. Message if you have any questions about your upcoming stays, happy to help.