Water Planet - what could be better??

Written: 8 june 2013
Travel time: 16 — 30 august 2012
Who does the author recommend the hotel to?: For families with children; For recreation with friends, for young people
Your rating of this hotel:
9.0
from 10
Hotel ratings by criteria:
Rooms: 9.0
Service: 8.0
Cleanliness: 9.0
Food: 10.0
Amenities: 8.0
uuuuuuuh, how many emotions I have! ! To be honest, I don't know where to start....Guys, I have never had such an adventure ....This is a super mega hotel with a large territory and with the funniest (which I have ever seen) animators ....

But, let's start from the beginning… We were unlucky from Novosibirsk airport when we flew out. At the very last moment our flight was delayed by 1.5 hours. It seems that everything is ready for takeoff, and everyone is ready to soar in the clouds, as we stand and stand, stand and stand. A million little children who were running around us began to yell with one voice ...It was something! Upon arrival in Antalya, out of 30 meeting buses of the Anex Tour company, we left the very last, again 1.5-2 hours after we got on the bus, due to the fact that one of the passengers did not reach the bus.

Then, on the way to the hotel, we stopped near the store, and instead of 15 minutes, we stood there for an hour, here for unknown reasons. Thus, instead of the expected 10.00 arrival at the hotel, we arrived at the beginning of the second hour. Despite all the fuss that was on the road, the mood was excellent, especially since the time was nearing the settlement. At the reception they gave 10 dollars with a request to settle us overlooking the pool. A Russian (maybe not Russian, but at least Russian-speaking) girl worked. Instead of the prescribed 14.00, we were settled at the beginning of the fourth. And here we are in jeans, sweaters, sneakers soared in the 40-degree heat in anticipation of a miracle. We wandered around at the reception for a long time, like there were no places overlooking the pool, in the end they settled us with a view of the pool, but on the -3rd floor, room 2107. Although the tourists themselves later told us that there were free places on the floors above, but , I understand, for a fee.
We decided to be content with what we got. It’s not very comfortable to live on the -3rd floor - they constantly kept the curtains closed, because there was a path next to our window, that is, you don’t really look naked =) I didn’t like the reception itself. I did not like their attitude towards tourists. At least to tourists from Russia. Turkish guys at the reception worked with Turkish tourists, in my opinion, more welcoming and friendly. But this is actually a trifle. The most interesting thing is that when we were already leaving, it was necessary to fill out a questionnaire - to evaluate the staff, animation, reception, etc ...I gave a mark of "5" everywhere, except for the reception and cleaning. When I took the questionnaire to the reception, a young man - a receptionist - began to persuade me not to put bad marks at the reception, because they will get for it ...So be prepared for such a turn of events =) Okay, never mind the reception, let's go to rest.
What surprised me a little was that some of our acquaintances did not live in the main building, but in some kind of annex ...It was generally strange, because the site says: "Resettlement only in the main building. " The extension is generally on some outskirts, like a bungalow ...I would not really want to live in this building, so we were probably even lucky with the resettlement ...

The hotel area is very large. More precisely, the territory itself may not be large, but due to the water park, the territory is considered huge! You can walk in the water park, this is for those who do not want to lie on sunbeds. Greenery is not very much, you go down to the sea by elevator. You can walk, but there is a very steep descent / ascent. Everything is close, in a convenient location.

Anex tour, of course, turned down ...Before, we always traveled through Pegasus, they also lied a lot, but Anex just went too far.

When we had a meeting with the guide, they spoke of such passions about vouchers from illegal immigrants that even my hair stood on end from their words. It's actually not as scary as they say. It's just how they make money. This is business. If you want to go on an excursion, then do not be afraid to take vouchers at the market, they are 30-50 percent cheaper there, but the essence of the excursion does not change. Sometimes it even turns out to be more convenient - those who transport illegally usually do not collect a large bus, they carry it on a minibus. Accordingly, you will return to the hotel much faster than the Aneksovsky bus, which after the tour will collect its 100 people on the bus for an hour! Last year we went to the Fires of Anatolia show, arrived 1 hour and 10 minutes faster than the Pegasus bus. And they came to the show earlier than Pegasus. And they paid less.
Of course, it is up to you to choose, just for those who travel to Turkey for the first time - do not think that they want to deceive you everywhere .../we often thought so at one time, and at first we were afraid to go with illegal immigrants /.

By the way, the hotel has a very good HAMAM. Do not rush to take tickets from Anex. You can get the same at the hotel without wasting time on the road. Especially if you go with Anex, there will be a lot of you there. And in the hotel people go to the hammam much less. I've been there, I recommend it. I went for a massage to a girl named Aika. The girl seems to be small, so fragile, but she crumples very well. Then her sister did the massage, I don’t remember her name, but the name is so long ...To be honest, I liked Aika’s more.

I VERY DID NOT like the girls from Anex Tour. Some are unfriendly and unsociable. Somehow I came up to clarify about the date of departure, and she looked at me with such a look ...Go, she says in the tickets, look, I don’t know anything else.
As a result, after a short conversation, she clarified about our question. In general, there would be a desire. But it was nice to look at the representatives of ETS TUR - as I understand it, this is a Turkish tour operator, the boys are always smiling and always friendly. By the way, in our hotel it was not only me who noted this ...And we accidentally stumbled upon the prices for ETS TUR excursions, so they are much cheaper than Anex ...=( It's a pity it was at the end of the check-in. ets go.

What is also very inconvenient - information about the date of departure appears before the day of departure at 19.00 pm at the Anex tour stand. At the same time, the girls from Anex no longer work, that is, to clarify anything if you fly away early in the morning - it will not work. In addition, at 20.00 the hall where this stand is located is closed.

That is, if, for example, you were on an excursion, or simply forgot to look (and forgetting something on vacation is easy), and you need to fly away at night or early in the morning - you simply won’t know at what hour you should be taken away to the airport. Rave. Why not make a stand at the reception! ? Moreover, there is plenty of space.

Alara Bazaar is a 10-minute walk from the hotel. It is customary to trade on it. I can say that the Turks sew very high-quality things, and the jacket that I bought at the same market in 2010 is still like new, although I use it very often ! ! !

The hotel has three swimming pools. The first, which is closer to the hotel - some very cold. The second is normal. It's where all the games go. And the third - we did not like Infiniti at all. It's too quiet for us. There for those who want to be in silence.

Soooo, what's next, a water park. I’ll say right away - if you are going to rest without children, then do not think that you will spend a lot of time there.
When we chose this hotel, we were also “hooked” by the fact that it has a water park. Oooh, how wrong we were! We got to the water park on one of the last days because, “well, we need to take a picture at least once in the water park. ” We did not need it at all, because the hotel provides so many opportunities for recreation that somehow there is always not enough time for the water park. If you decide to ride in the water park, then be careful. Many tourists we met told us that this water park does not comply with any requirements there, that a lot of tourists get abrasions and bruises. They also talked about the fact that steadily every day someone is taken away from the water park in an ambulance.

In addition, the tourists themselves sometimes showed minor bruises, and sometimes serious bruises ...When I was photographing, in 30 minutes of my stay in the water park, I managed to see a guy who had blood running from his nose in all directions, two guys who unsuccessfully fell in a closed slide - one held on to his elbow, and the second - literally screamed - darted around his knee, and our friend hit his leg hard ...But I don’t dissuade anyone from skating, perhaps most of what I was told is just rumors. For example, my husband rode all the slides, including the white one (where everyone said that they hit their feet on the floor in the pool when you already come from it), my husband is 2 meters tall and I dissuaded him for a long time not to ride it. === But - a small digression - when we went to Turkey last year, we were on an excursion in the Troy water park, I think in Belek.
There, on each slide, there was an instructor and told how to slide down. Including, last year, my husband and I rode the slides, which are 90 meters high. The instructor clearly told us how to go down and what NOT to do...=== So, when my husband rode the white, most dangerous, according to reviews, slide, he clearly remembered all the same instructions that were told on in "Troy ”, and drove it absolutely fine. I think the big minus of the water park is that there are no instructors on the most traumatic slides - someone rides for the first time, someone generally goes down the hill drunk, you need to instruct what not to do during the descent ...There are also children's slides in the water park, they are completely harmless and in my opinion not dangerous.

Room cleaning. We got a guy out. The first 3 days I even made swans, flowers from towels, laid flowers on the bed. Everything is so beautiful and cute =)) Then he stopped, apparently tired.
Every day we left 1 dollar. The janitor's salary is the lowest paid job, I wanted to somehow cheer her up. I can’t say that cleaning is 5+, of course, but you can call it 4. Sheet changed 1 time in 2 weeks. The floor was also not always washed. Of course, we didn't pay attention to it, but I know that there are people who love spring cleaning - so keep that in mind.

The food is superb. A lot of meat - in different forms - chicken, beef, turkey, lamb ...And on the grill, and smoked, and fried, and boiled ...All kinds of different things ...The food is very tasty, however, sometimes there are very long queues, you can stand in them up to 40 -50 minutes. I will never forget the great taste of brushwood. I have never tasted anything tastier than Turkish brushwood in my life. Even if it is sprinkled with coconut flakes on top - it's just delicious! Be sure to try. True, for 2 weeks of rest I came across him only 1 time =((

The staff is very friendly, the bartenders are kind, they joke a lot. If you communicate normally with the staff, then they will be very friendly to you! ! Do not ask too much of them - they have certain requirements that they are not allowed to violate. They have very serious fines and dismissals there, and if for you it seems like a trifle, then for them it threatens to stay on the street. For example, they pour 1/3 cup Baileys. You can not ask for more - they are not allowed to pour. Well, if only somehow on the sly, so that no one sees ...But among all the bartenders, only one did this =) If you want more Baileys, ask them at once for 3, and then pour everything into one. I saw a lot of rudeness from the Russians. I have been going to Turkey for three years, and for the third year I have been confronted with the terrible behavior of drunken Russian men. This is very embarrassing. A drunk man comes up and asks for 25 glasses of beer.
The bartender politely tries to explain that this is not possible, it's too much. So that such a three-story mat dumped on a poor Turk, and also threatened to hit him. Or another example - I was a witness when the guy at the kitchen worker asked where the plates were. She apologizes, ran after them, and he is a stoned whore, you don’t have a fucking thing here ...Well, again a three-story mat ...In short, there were people on the negative, and mostly they were drunk Russians.

By the way, compared to previous hotels, I really liked the fact that they were not allowed into the dining room in swimsuits and swimming trunks ...The staff insisted that people come to the dining room dressed. How unpleasant it was last year, when you sit eating, and a man in some kind of bikini passes by you, with everything falling out of him ...Phew, your appetite immediately disappears. Here in this regard, everything is cultural. Well done.

Contingent. There are many Turks in the hotel. And, in my opinion, this is a huge plus.
It is very interesting to have a rest in a national hotel. Previously, when we rested, we rested only with Russians! ! ! You go on stage, the animators ask you: “Where are you from? ”And you say: “ From Astrakhan ”, “ From Tyumen ”, etc. ...And here you go on stage, they ask you“ Where are you from? and you say: "Russia". And all the Russians who are in the amphitheater are rooting for you. It doesn't matter what city you're from. Are you from Russia. It's really great =)) In addition to the Turks, Albanians and Macedonians also rest, they say, there were Italians, but in much smaller numbers. The ratio - Russians - 50%, Turks - 40%, other nationalities - 10%.

Animation. Here I will allow you to express everything that has accumulated in my mind since my departure. This is not just animation, these are such positive, cheerful and charming guys that during my stay in my homeland, I miss them as my closest people ...


Animation is conducted in three languages ​ ​ - Turkish, English and Russian.
This makes the animation even more fun, you start to recognize some Turkish words, and just somehow unusual =) As for the animators themselves, everyone knows their job. Responsibilities are clearly demarcated, volleyball is played by one, water polo by another, darts by a third, etc...Everyone meets together at the evening program...God, what an evening program is...This is a sea of ​ ​ drive, competitions and joy! ! ! At almost every evening program, my stomach ached from laughter. Evening programs from animators are the most long-awaited event every day. I didn't look forward to anything like another evening program.

Most of all I liked Barysh - he is just a smart girl. As far as I understand, among all the animators, he is the main animator. Smart, talented and very handsome young man. He knows how to ignite the audience, he can easily make a joke out of an ordinary sentence, he always jokes!
She was very interesting in holding sports events and was very funny in her own right. By the end of our trip, she had gone to the mini-club. To be honest, somehow water polo became not so active, and instead of 5 teams, 2 teams barely began to gather for volleyball. It was a little sad not to see Inna in the evening shows in the last days.

Mustafa - in addition to evening shows, he also conducts darts. Every day we didn’t just throw darts at the target, but did it in different ways - either with the booty up, then with the left hand, then after the defile, then we played the game “who will knock out whose number” - every time he came up with something unusual! Mustafa always walked with a smile, and it immediately became somehow more joyful to rest! ! ! He does not speak Russian very well, but nevertheless, we understood each other. Heartfelt and good man.

Olga is a master of sports in mocking you =)) I'm joking...Olya just did water gymnastics and step aerobics...I can say that I myself am a coach, but step aerobics at +35 degrees is cool! ! Until recently, I didn’t want to go to water gymnastics, but when I went, I regretted that I went on the last day ...Very productive and interesting classes, first individually, then in pairs, then all together in a circle ...I liked it very much, be sure to go! I liked step aerobics less, but not because Olya did not lead well, but simply for some reason she never liked steps, and it was hard to jump in sneakers on the steps in such heat!

Kaan is Barı ş 's assistant for evening activities, as well as archery and daytime shows. Such a funny bully. For some reason, it seemed that they understand Russian only when they want to! And when they didn’t need it, it seemed that they didn’t speak Russian.
With Kaan communicated very little, it just so happened. I can’t say anything except that he perfectly complemented Baris in the evening shows and did an excellent job with the roles that he had to play on stage!

There were also Memet and Denis (a girl), but we hardly noticed them and did not communicate at all.

Among the animation programs, the number with the children was very memorable - to the song Baby sitter, delighted with the show "Boys vs Girls", especially because we girls won =), interesting, but a little vulgar was the competition for the best couple of the hotel ...But my most favorite story, it's about secretaries who play the piano...It's easy to laugh....Barish, you are definitely the best!! ! !

Although I gradually remember the other numbers, which are no less interesting. The whole show program is top class. By the way, I still dance the hotel dance at home...But it’s a pity, you can’t join hands and dive into the pool with a run =((( The dance is super!
Excellent animation in the mini-club. Children of all ages are busy there day and night. Also one time the kids were preparing a show for us (adults), instead of an evening show, it was a lot of fun. And the kids are very interested. For those who travel with children - do not worry, absolutely everyone without exception likes the mini-club, the children dance there, and sing, and sculpt, and what they don’t do!!!!!!!! ! !


For the animation I will put 5 +++++++, only thanks to the animation team I am considering this hotel for a trip in the summer of 2013. All the guys gave their best. And it is thanks to them that our vacation can be called the best adventure of my life. It's like the New Year without Santa Claus - for me there is no rest without good animation. And these guys did everything so that I would remember them for many, many years.

I am not a picky person, but the only negative that marred my vacation was the pontoon.
They say there is a municipal beach with sand. We never got there, but friends told us that the road is hard, it’s easy to get lost, but the beach is wonderful! !

In general, I would give the hotel not 5 DELUXE, but just 5. There were glasses and plates with scratches and cracks, I would like to do better cleaning, and of course, this pontoon - by no means pulls on 5 DELUXE. I tried to be as strict and objective as possible.

Probably, it turned out a lot and someone will say “nothing”, but these are my emotions and my feelings. I would recommend this hotel more for a family holiday, there are still a lot of couples with small children, but I also can’t say that there are few young people. If you are in the mood to relax, and not to buzz, you can meet guys from other cities or countries and hang out with a big company. When we returned to Novosibirsk, the first thing we did was go to the travel agency and thanked them for the excellent recommendation.
They told us that next year almost a 100% hotel will cost much more (as the animators themselves said - another building is planned for 650 people + the animation team will be about 20 people), so perhaps due to the price increase we are more and we won’t get to this hotel, but I really won’t forget this vacation, it seems to me that I spent a whole year in the hotel, not two weeks, the animators have become almost like family to me and at the first opportunity I will definitely go to say Thank you so much for the wonderful days spent and the pleasant memories that will forever be with me. WATER PLANET, I MISS YOU VERY MUCH… =(

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