Beach Club Activity - Nuevo Vallarta
June 20, 2020
The Mayan Palace Pools are mostly gone. Only the beachside portion of the infinity pool and the pools in front of Belche remain and are empty. The rest is dirt for now. We all knew that it was only a matter of time bofore a change would be made.The Lagoons are dry. The rubber lake bottom sealing material appears to mostly be in place, but it looks like the lagoons are going to be smaller in size. Land is more valuable to developers than water.
Havana Moon is gone! New restaurants and shops will replace the structure.
A new building appears to be under construction at the Grand Bliss/Chiringuito's Sky Dream Gondola station. Will this serve the guests who enter at the highway or the central parking lot? Likely, the parking lots will open before The Park. Will the Gondola become a primary people moving system for contract owners too? Imagine a scenario where guests from the Park sit in the same pod as a family that is returning to Tower Four, Five, Six or the Residence Tower in bathing suits. It seems there will be lines, much like lines that form at ski areas. Who knows....only time will tell. Stay tuned....
How about the new beach club? Following is an architect's rendering of an architect's rendering showing what the developer had in mind a couple of years ago:
Beach Club and Restaurant Area - Original Site Plan - May have changed....
Current state of construction is all here, shown below:
Chiringuitos and The Sky Dream Gondola beach station remain. New construction at the Grand Bliss Sky Dream station may be shops and restaurants. Could it also be a new sales area? Do non-member guests coming in from The Park get off here or at the Convention Center Station? Photos show the affected area "before" construction started. Stay tuned....
This "Before" photo was taken in July, 2019. Numbers correspond to numbers in the photo shown above.
- Chiringuitos Restaurant and the Grand Bliss Pool in March, 2020.
- New construction at the Sky Dream Gondola beach station.
Are these the shops that will be located at the Grand Bliss Gondola Station? Only time will tell....
- Sky Dream Station under construction, seen from the deck of the Grand Bliss Tower.
- Grand Bliss Lagoon is dry as of June 15, 2020.
Grand Bliss Sky Dream Station with construction boom installing a gondola tower.
Grand Bliss lagoon, which is dry on June 15, 2020.
- Waterfall in front of La Plaza is now empty as is the lagoon. Rubber underlayment for the lagoon remains, so it appears the lagoons will be filled again.
La Plaza, waterfall and lagoon. July, 2019.
- Cafe del Lago - remains in tact.
- Luxxe Tower One pools. No changes here.
- The Grassy Knoll - No longer. It appears a circular area on the left side of this photo is bordered by new trees that were planted in March, 2020 will become a new feature of some sort. Probably the location for two new restaurants.
- The Mayan Palace Pools - No longer there as of June 15, 2020.
- Havana Moon - No longer there as of June 15, 2020.
Above is the Northern end of the beach. Below is the Southern end of the beach, as of June 15, 2020.
The Southern Beach Area as of June 15, 2020. A lot of changes. We will see construction going on in November during our next planned trip!
- Mayan Palace Infinity Pool - May stay, but in a reduced format.
- Luxxe Exclusive Beach area and Adult Pool - likely will stay too.
- Costa del Sol Restaurant - everyone's favorite as long as the service remains high. It is under repair now and likely will be available in November.
- Punta Pools - Remain in tact.
- Lagoon is empty. No rubber underlayment. What will this area become?
- Dry Lagoon bed. Dirt road. No rubber underlayment. Similar to Item #5 - what will this become?
This area is where the beach club and restaurants will be located, and we will watch it grow over time.
Here are two restaurants that were imagined in 2018.