I have delayed writing on here as I have been trying to get some compensation from Thomsons since our return but with no success. We stayed at the Alcudia Pins from 18th - 29th October, 2011 as a family of 5 and accompanied by my husbands sister, her husband and their 2 children. The first week was lovely and any little niggles we had were of no real significance. However, by the middle of the second week there it became obvious that the hotel was closing down around us. It is true that the hotel was fairly quiet but as paying guests (and it wasn't cheap) surely we had a right to expect a supply of food and drink! The hotel is not in a highly developed area of Playa de Muro so there are few restaurants outside of the complex and these closed during our 1st week, the local supermarket included. This was ok as there was a choice of restaurants on site and a supermarket. But as we entered the 2nd week the restaurants gradually closed leaving just the buffet restaurant for us to use, and the quality of food on offer went drastically downhill with very little choice. We had trouble finding anything our 2 year old would eat. Then without warning the on site supermarket shut on Friday leaving us without food or drink. There was basically no food outlet left open and just a bar for drinks but they didn't offer anything for kids. For lunch we had crisps! The buffet that night was appalling and as there were only a handful of tables laid up we asked if we could sit together at an already in situ table for 9 and were told 'no, as the tables are being laid for a staff party'.
The sunloungers were stacked and taken away very noisly early one morning mid week, there was no lifeguard and in fact my 9 year old niece had to rescue a small girl who had fallen off a lilo and couldn't reach the pool side. The creche was closed from wednesday, there were no Thomsons reps on Thursday as they all had a day off together (we went to complain but no one was there), the gift and paper shop shut Wednesday , the beach buffet closed Thursday, there was no evening entertainment on Thursday and Friday, goods which we bought from the supermarket were out of date by some time, no vanilla ice cream anywhere in the hotel , the pool bar, trattoria and pizzeria closed from Friday, the games room and kids splash pool were closed from Friday, and the list goes on. We literally felt as if we were an inconvenience still being there. We were so glad to leave on Saturday. We have sent 2 letters and photos to Thomsons but they seem to think that treating guests like this is acceptable as it was the end of the season. All I can advise is to avoid this place like the plague at the beginning and end of the holiday season as it was an extremely unpleasant experience.
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