We stayed at Ocean Blue at the end of January 2012 and had a great time. We were with 2 other couples and we all enjoyed our rooms, the food and drinks, and the pool and beach. Punta Cana has AMAZING beaches. We are big beach people and the beaches in Punta Cana matched our favorite beaches on Maui. It was awesome being able to swim in the ocean right in front of the resort. The employee's were great and very fun. They know how to dance and get the party started! We especially liked Fabio and Samuel. Our rooms were clean and spacious. I recommend an excursion to Saona Island. The island is even more beautiful than the resort beach. It is a slice of Heaven! The only bad thing about the Saona Island excursion is it takes ALL day- we left at 7am and got back to the hotel at 7:45pm. But it was well worth it. Travel in DR is not as efficient as we are used to in the states. The food at the resort was good, not great, but believe me, no one starved. I took 4 pounds home with me. The drinks were very yummy and I tried all of them on the menu (a vacation goal of mine). We bowled one night and had fun with that. Overall, a great vacation. I would go back to Punta Cana in a heart beat and I would recommend anyone to go there!

My boyfriend and I spent 5 nights in January 2012 at Ocean Blue and had quite an enjoyable experience. We decided to upgrade to privilege and were extremely happy we did. We were welcomed by Laura at check-in and ended up with 2 welcome drinks-something I was hoping for upon arrival. :) Made a great start to the trip-Edouard also made us feel very welcomed and took an island special with us-the Mohowana shot! Spelling may not be correct on that one. We also got a room in the best building-10-pool and ocean view-absolutely amazing. One big draw to the privilege upgrade was the beach beds-and they were definitely worth it. So great to be so comfortable lounging on the beach-also, had Belkis as our server and she was great. Never waited for drinks. Plus, the privilege breakfast and lounge area was the perfect spot-breakfast was always delicious and Jorge inth elounge helped organized all of our dinner reservations for us. El Bucanero was our favorite-the seafood restaurant on the beach-complimentary dinner with Priv. We actually enjoyed it so much, we paid for another night there. Who can resist eating on the beach under little tiki huts. Wind was a bit much-but, so worth it and Jose was one our of favorite servers. The lobster meal is absolutely amazing-highly recommend it! We even got a free app our 2nd night there-so great! Want to be back there. Another server we saw a lot, was Efron-so nice to always see him smiling! As for day activites at the pool, we loved it. Vladamir and his crew at the pool bar were great. Also, had daily entertainment around 3 pm which was a lot of fun to watch. Overall, we thought the staff was awesome and the grounds were kept very clean. Not a far walk from one end to the other and it's good to get a little exercise once a in while. They did have regular trolley service, but we mostly walked. Oh, and Mike's coffee is great-unfortunately, did not try until 2nd to last day, but really enjoyed it. MJ show was also very enjoyable. Miami Beach drinks were my boyfriends new fave! Plus, we were serenaded at the steak house-so nice! Overall-we LOVED our experience and would recommend it. Go Privilege! :)

We had such a wonderful time at this resort for the second year in a row. The entertainment crew, Charlie Brown, Willi Wonka, they are all so awesome. They make this resort so fun and enjoyable. Also the service at the Buffet is amazing, Michael, Maria treat us like family. We plan to return next year. Cant say enough about the beautiful grounds and wonderful people who work here.Huge pools and great beach areas.

The food is good with lots of selection, at breakfast there are usually 2 stations making omelettes and their potatoes are to die for (mashed/quartered). We never had a problem with the ala carts as we prefer to dine early and they all open for dinner at 6:30pm.
The rooms are good though the bed as firmer then we like, the water pressure is low but adequate for a decent shower.
If you don’t want to have any friends, wear a white shirt with tan slacks and everyone will make a point of avoiding you. These people are attempting to sell you on an expensive guest Privileges package upgrade tying you to the H10 hotel chain. Please be aware they will encounter you upon check-in to arrange a tour of the amenities, we observed a couple 3 hours later still on it. We call them the land sharks and in the morning they tend to loiter in front of your villa and drive around in golf carts spying their next prey. To avoid them walk down the inner courtyard of your villa . This also a valuable route when it’s stinking hot and you’re burned, as well as when it’s raining, it is also much faster then taking the pathways as they wind around. It runs between villas 3 to 6 on the south side and 7 to 10 on the north side.
Wedge shoes for the women are the best as the pathways have the uneven tiles and high heels are not advisable.
Do read the Ocean Post (daily newspaper) located on the table at the entrances of the buffet, this provides information of the activities for the day, which ala carts are closed that day and what is occurring on rain days. Also mentions what the evening show is and spa specials, very informative.
The evening shows start at 9:30 but they have games and contests until 10pm. The best shows are Magic, Circus and Michael Jackson, the rest are not memorable and we left.
The free wi-fi in the lobby is adequate, sitename: ocs_lobby, username: lobby password: ocean (to avoid having to go into guest services). You can get service in your villa with greater wi-fi strength for the cost of $25 USD for 6 days and other lesser packages.
Bring your own snacks and sunscreen ($18 USD) as they are expensive, also consider light weight beach towels as all the chairs are populated with blue towels making it difficult to determine where you are situated.
Cheap entertain for the kids is smuggle out buns, crackers and box cereal from the buffet to feed the fish and ducks. We especially enjoyed assisting the Kingfisher by bringing up the fish with crackers and watch the hunting on the lagoon bridge.
If you bring your own bubba mugs, rinse them with bottled water in your room and not let them rinse with the tap water (not drinkable), also be aware that blender jug is rinsed with tap water between batches.
Consider booking water excursions via the dive centre and not the beach vendors as they bring you back to the hotel area versus dropping you off somewhere else and you have to make you own way back. The tour company water excursions (catamaran) is several hours on the bus picking up at the other hotels, and a trip to Catalina Island for 30 mins of snorkelling and back takes all day and has booze and food (so what) it costs $330 USD/pair if you want the lobster lunch.
We did a snorkelling excursion to Bahahibe, and it was fabulous, many species we hadn’t seen before and we did the sand bar drinking thing with the sea stars. It takes a long time to travel as the roads are narrow and they are NUTS, we saw some amazing driving infractions that appear to be a standard practice there. Our bus ride seemed more sideways bouncing then forward, if you get car sick beware.
The resort really has no destination for walking about, there is the beach and a small town is further away without much available, Higuey requires a bus ride 1.5 hours return and doesn’t have much to offer in terms of shopping. They do offer a shopping centre excursion for $55 USD and there appears to be not much there (word of mouth). We like resorts that have markets and walking paths to get exercise. There is always the excited vendors at the beach huts near the resort, and they do have a roaming group of vendors that set up tables on the property on some nights.
Overall it was an enjoyable vacation and would consider coming back, if you want a slow pace this is great.