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“My wife and our 6 year old booked Fun Island Resort...”

written by tingley on 21/04/2004

Good Points
Location. House reef. Staff. Food. Scenery.

Bad Points
Monarch flight.

General Comments
My wife and our 6 year old booked Fun Island Resort last minute when I had some bonus from work. The cost for the 3 of us for this all-inclusive holiday was £3497. We went for the last week in March and the first week in April 2004.

The flight out from Gatwick is at night (10pm) and with Monarch. The outward leg is overnight and direct so we thought we'd sleep. The return flight is via Sri Lanka. Overall the flight with this particular airline comes close to spoiling a fantastic holiday.

The resort is simple, the island untouched. This is not a glass and marble resort but a sand in your toes at dinner place. We loved it. The high point has to be the house coral reef, you just walk into the water and it never fails to astonish you. Everyday we saw and swam with something new - dolphins, 3 types of shark, manta rays, sting rays, sea turtles and all of Nemo and his friends. I pinched myself everyday to make sure i wasn't dreaming! We were initially worried that there wouldn't be much to do for a 6 year old (after all, the Maldives is for honeymoon right?) - he was busy every day from dawn (6am) to dusk (6pm). There are 100 rooms on the island and it was fully occupied when we got there - however it never felt full and we were always amazed at meal times (same table, same waiter everyday) at how many people were on this island with us and we wondered where they were hiding during the day! This is the first holiday that we have not wanted to leave when the time came. From the speedboat trip from the airport to the candle-lit dinner on the beach it was awesome. We did the night fishing trip twice, the island hopper and the free diving experience - all excellent. Don't bother with the cost of a water bugalow, they look great from the outside but the same from the inside as a beach bungalow. Who wants to see the water from a glass floor when you can get outside and into it? We went with Thomas Cook because they had availablity. We would stay at this resort again but never fly with Monarch again. Emirates fly from Manchester with Kuoni - the guests on the island who came with them said it was great.