I chose this hotel for a 4 day stay with spouse and 4-year old son, using Google Earth and seeing it was close to what appeared to be a nice family beach (Jan Thiel Beach). We stayed in a one bedroom unit on ground level close to the pool and reception which was nice (unit #2001). I will summarize my stay as the following:

THE GOOD:
1) Beautiful grounds, lush Caribbean vegetation and very well kept overall. Buildings were colorful and gorgeous
2) Pretty decent pool although with similar levels so watch our with small children: it is very easy to fall over from the kiddie (wading) pool to the lower-leveled intermediate depth pool, but you will first land hard on tiles that are about 2 feet high in between these 2 pools. Just watch small kids and it'll be o.k.
3) They offer several kinds of pool toys, inflatables, etc.
4) The room was very spacious and had a lovely balcony
5) Air conditioned worked fine...only after calling maintenance and a guy simply turned a screw or something that kept our A/C OFF THE MOTION SENSOR during our entire stay. We had read about the motion sensor on previews reviews here, and they also have a 1 page instruction sheet about the AC and how it works next tl the bed. Even after following all instructions, it wouldn't turn on. So after the fixed it and got it off the sensor, we would just turn it on while insede our unit and off before leaving. Simple enough.
6) Units have a big refrigerator, not a minifridge
7) Checking out was a breeze
8) Jan Thiel Beach has a nice kiddie saltwater pool park with water tubes and slides. You enter free as guests of the Chogogo. There are a few restaurants on the beachfront


THE BAD:
1) No microwave in the kitchen, but in spite of this it is well equipped with most things you need
2) No hair dryer in the bathroom
3) I had never seen such an awkward bathroom anywhere else and it would account for me saying I may choose never to return again to this resort. if you open the bathroom door, you will lose half of the space inside the bathroom. The shower doors are made of formica and there is an ample space between the bathroom floor and the shower wall and door, and if you additionally have half an inch of a difference in height between the bathroom and shower floors, it is easy to visualize what happens when you take a shower: you will have water all over your bathroom and you must use a floor towel each time someone showers! It will even reach your toilet...so I ended up doing house chores and cleaning the small, uncomfortable bathroom 3 times a day, i.e., each time we showered.
4) Housecleaning is twice a week. We arrived Fri., and left Mon (4 days and 3 nights) and did not have our room cleaned once (I guess BOTH days they clean are between Mon-Thurs??)
5) Jan Thiel Beach is at least 20 minutes DOWNHILL from the resort and is NOT an easy walk if you have kids..we actually drove there and this was much easier. It is practically an ARTIFICIAL beach because thy've created concrete floors that overlook the beautiful but ROCKY "beach", with only a small area with real sand. But hence, it has a staircase that makes getting into the water easier for kids, and there are all types of beautiful fish you can see from outside the water so if you enjoy this, be sure to have a mask and have fun. You will find a lot of rocks and shells in the bottom so also use WATER SHOES if you can or you will be miserable. This beach has more than an ADULT ambience than it is for kids, and I guess the only thing good for small ones is the kiddie pool in the back.
6) We were told that if we arrived before 3 pm and a room was available, they would allow an early check in. We got there at noon and they told us to return at 3 pm. When we arrived, our unit was not ready until almost 4 pm
7) They gave us a small cot for our son, that turned out to be so rigid he ended up sleeping in our bed, which was big enough for the 3 of us and comfortable.

Although my experience overall was pretty nice at this resort, I would probably try another hotel next time in Curacao. For us, the bathroom scene was more than enough! I must admit on the outside is is one of the most beautiful we've seen, but...we'll definitely try another place next time. There is a new resort, the Morena Resort (www.morenaresort.com), that offers rooms more or less for the same price as Chogogo (and also less expensive than Papagayo and Livingstone Jan Thiel Resort), that may be a better choice.