Dreams

Continuing from post below: For Jessica, even perks like trips to the Dominican aren't all they might be cracked up to be.

Scott and Jessica have been together so long it's like they skipped the romance part and settled right in with the retirement community.

Not Scott and Jessica. But boy
I'd bet a spa pool would
feel good on a skater's back..

For example, the Dreams Punta Cana Resort and Spa - where Scott and Jessica (and Veronique and Jonathan) spent part of May 2009 training break - offers a variety of amenities to suit the preferences of their guests, whether families, honeymooners, couples, kids. There's couples massage in elevated open-air huts and a spa pool; there's private jacuzzis on the balcony of many rooms. There's a casino that opens late afternoon and operates til the wee hours.

There's foam parties in the pool and samba dancing with plain old partying by torchlight on the beach at night:

Folks not Scott and Jessica

There's early-bird specials such as dancing to the pre-dinner live band in the lobby along with fellow amoureuxes:

Aw - just like an outing with the Moirs!

It's live!

 Dreams is set up so chums* can spend A+ time together. There's beach beds.

Not Scott and Jessica.  

You can also hang with in situ bros.**

For loving couples eager for "us" time, there's room service.

Not a room occupied by either Jessica Dube or Scott Moir.

Not Jessica Dube or Scott Moir's patio.

The continental breakfast on their room's private patio is a popular option for couples at this resort. Many couples have posted photos and consider it a highlight.

Not Jessica Dube or Scott Moir's room.

Couples can also choose the resort's World Cafe while it's empty.

The free-form pool snakes throughout the resort. Guests report it is so large it's never crowded and you can have your own private cove. There are swim-up bars so you can float in couple-haze bliss:

Not Scott and Jessica

Dreams is all-inclusive, but if you've got money to burn, photos to take and big chunks of time to kill, there's the opportunity to shell out an additional $89.00USD per person for each of numerous outside excursions.

For example:



 

 And then you can:



Scott's $360 solo nap. (Saona Island excursion, party of 4.)

From a traveler's report:

The trip to Saona is an all day thing, one way by speedboat, back on catamaran. It was a great trip, we both loved the catamaran and the natural pool to photograph starfish. They pour the rum and coke freely throughout the day.

If you choose to go you will love it, just be aware that the whole day way around 12 hours from pickup to drop off. The only issue we had with the whole trip was the loud, obnoxious drunks on the bus on the way back.

Saona Island trip

Other excursions:  zip-lining with your amoureux and her siblings also at $89.00USD per; you can spend even more by renting a car and hauling ass to Santa Domingo with the woman you taime and her two siblings so as to enjoy that popular couple activity of posing beneath statues of Christopher Columbus and sitting on benches in pedestrian plazas. Scott did all of this.

If I were on a beach resort vacation with my long-distance love interest after a long, draining skating season, I'd be all over that.





When the day is done, Dreams offers a very special dining experience for those in the mood for love:

Duo who are not Scott and Jessica.

When the sun has set, you're dining by torchlight. :)

You can also partner up with a bunch of strangers with families - a/k/a Moirs in loco  and dine with them and their families every night.



A benefit of the second option is dining with these two lovely ladies:

Looks like a no brainer.

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* In the Quebecoise slang sense. ;)

** Who knew Scott was a smoker?