Весьма сносный отель. A very decent hotel.

Was at Aqua Fantasy Aquapark Hotel & Spa from 2 to 9 September 2014 with my wife and 8 year old child. In Turkey for the fourth time: we were in "Catamaran" (Beldibi) and twice in "Utopia" (Alanya), I was afraid to be disappointed after Utopia, as this is a very worthy hotel for the money spent, and I know several people who went to others after Utopia 5 stars and spat a month.
Some flew to Bodrum (they say Izmir is closed to Ukraine). I took a ticket to the Tez Tour. We traveled by bus for more than 2 hours, but there were not many people, since our tourists Kusadasi is apparently not a very popular place to stay. After reading the reviews of other tourists upon arrival, I asked the accompanying guide to agree at the reception for a normal room (since there are no Russian-speaking staff in the hotel, and their English is broken, and I don’t shine with them - I had to remember my entire vocabulary during my stay at the hotel)) . The guide said that there are no rooms with a sea view in the hotel at all, so there is an option with a view of the pool or the garden, and you don’t have to pay extra for it. I chose a garden view, reporting five greens in my passport (I thought if there is no sea view, then it’s not worth reporting anymore). My friend and his son came with us - he did not pay extra - and the room got worse - we had a two-room apartment with two TVs, a double bed, a single bed and a sofa, and he had a one-room apartment with one TV and all the older stuffing (including air conditioning, plumbing, etc. ). And a familiar Belarusian arrived with his wife and two children, also did not report a present to his passport and ended up in a room with two single beds (! ) - then he ran and decided with the exchange. So in this hotel, a green piece of paper in the passport is a necessary thing during check-in.
To my surprise, the garden turned out to be thickets of reeds or sedges with a stream about 8 meters from the balcony. From there, sometimes a swampy smell sipped - but not critical, and it didn’t particularly cling to me. There are still rooms with a sea view in the hotel, but at an angle to the sea and almost all overlook the pools, where it is quite noisy and crowded. And we had complete silence, except for a rumbling car passing every day at about 8 o'clock in the morning, which we were very pleased with. To our surprise, we found whole gangs of turtles in the rivulet, which my little one fed with buns with pleasure, we even saw white herons there.

About the hotel. the territory is very large, there are 5 or six pools + for children, there is even a pool where you can’t come with children (apparently for lovers of peace and quiet), the territory itself is constantly licked, even every morning they level the sand on the beach with a cultivator (I still don’t understand the meaning of this procedures - apparently for beauty), the lawns are ideal, there are fountains, many different trees and flowers. Solid children's club: sports grounds, minicircus, cafe, microbeach by the pool, children's slides, etc. But it's bad that the animators don't speak Russian. Although it was on the drum for me, since the small one was not interested. The staff is polite, they cleaned every day - I changed a couple of bucks for lira - I left one at a time, the cleaners were happy.
Behind the hotel's fence there is a solid water park, where there are a couple of extreme slides, where you can hit your back and ass against the water - such speed. There are many slides, but there are queues for many. The son was delighted. Entrance for tourists of the hotel is free - which pleased, since the entrance to the neighboring water park (two kilometers away) is 40 euros, although they say it is very cool. The beach is sandy and large, there are a lot of tapchans, most of which are free, as well as near the pools - the whole gang of the hotel hangs out in the water park, so there is no impression that there are many vacationers in the hotel. There are small sparkles in the sand, which makes it look very original in the sun, and the water in the sea also glistens. Often there were waves, which greatly polluted the water (sand suspension rose from the bottom + brought algae) - this is a minus. The sea is shallow, but we swam on the pier - near it the depth is 1-40-1.50 m. The landscapes around are not bad - mountains and capes. We went on an excursion to Ephesus - we liked it very much, though the Turks constantly want to take you to the shops and sell some goods. Ephesus is very cool - ancient and large, and is located 10 minutes from the hotel. On the beach you can take a catamaran or kayak for free.
The food is tolerable: I personally preferred olives (there are 5-6 types of them), cheeses (they gave gouda, sheep cheese, and even parmesan and roquefort (! ), which pleased me. I was not particularly fond of meat, but it was also constant, but no frills: beef, lamb, fish. The hotel's pastries are not bad - varied and tasty, the same applies to local desserts. They gave fruits and vegetables - watermelons, apples, plums, pears, grapes, vegetables were worse - without much taste Purely subjectively, it seemed to me that in the Tropicana the choice of food was more true than in the Oasis - the hotel has two main canteens. Near each pool and on the beach there is a bar where you can eat and drink. Juices, water, cola, etc. - traditionally shitty. Local diluted beer and wine is quite possible to drink - in the heat it’s the very thing (it doesn’t hit your head like that. I didn’t drink strong hotel wine - I took Armagnac and whiskey in duty - which I was content with (I really brought the whiskey home - the heat doesn’t make you drink strong ).
Entertainment: in the evenings there were performances - tolerable for freebies, my friend and I saw a couple out of the corner of our eyes.

Summary. The hotel is definitely not disappointed - and that's good. Pros: normal food, large territory, solid water park, large kids club, many pools and bars, large beach, polite staff. Cons: often the sea was dirty, the lack of Russian-speaking staff (but this is not critical). I can recommend this hotel for a holiday.