MARGARITAVILLE ISLAND RESERVE Riviera Maya, Mexico 🇲🇽 4K Resort Tour & Review 🇲🇽 AI a la 1985!

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Watch this video if you want to know what it's like to stay at the all inclusive five star adults only Margaritaville Island Reserve Riviera Maya located just south of Cancun. This small resort features better than expected food and a vibe that just doesn't quit- perhaps focusing just a bit on the Baby Boomer generation. Watch this tour to see if it's the right "flavor" for you.
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↪ Video Chapters ↩
0:00 Resort Preview
00:56 Arrival at Resort
01:17 Exterior, Lobby
02:50 Salted Rim Bar
04:31 What’s This?!
05 09 Resort Location
05:35 Resort Pools
07:50 “The Beach”
08:55 Casual Venues
09:40 Lunch at Landshark
10:28 Full Tour: Oceanview King Room
15:30 Joe Merchant’s
16:07 JWB Steakhouse
16:27 Dinner at Frank & Lola’s
17:54 Early Morning Views
18:25 Massive Breakfast Buffet at The Boathouse
21:45 Fitness Center
22:42 The Flip Flop Score
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@nick_at_nite 2 ай бұрын

With every travel review Kevin posts, it becomes more polarizing for me only in the sense of how good his videos are; how much content, information, and perspective is conveyed, compared to others. I don't quite understand how there are other travel vloggers, many with 1M+ subs, quite a few who never even say one word - only using subtitles, achieve those levels with the videos they produce.

@tfft 2 ай бұрын

Thanks very much. All I’d say is never under estimate the ‘value’ of a particular audience. My audience of 100k subs who subscribed at a slow and steady pace for the content and not for the drama or the clickbait is in many ways more valuable than an audience of 1M subs acquired in… other ways.

@petek5523 2 ай бұрын

Praise be to the temple of the 🩴 🙏🏻!! You found the mothership 😅. Great video, thanks for sharing 😊

@tfft 2 ай бұрын

Haha 😂

@ninettemurk7492 2 ай бұрын

I was snorting with laughter when I saw that flip flop

@tfft 2 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching 🩴

@GuillermoGomezGG1959 2 ай бұрын

Love the “Homage” to the Brand!!!😂😂😂

@tfft 2 ай бұрын

Also nice to know the channel came before that statue, so hey... maybe it WAS an homage to the brand! haha.

@DeniseSommerRoque 2 ай бұрын

If I hadn’t seen the intro and would have started watching from the pool area onwards, I would have believed it was some AI generated resort. It all came across as very surreal to me, like Truman Show’esque. Your commentary and the GIANT FLIP FLOP made for great entertainment, thank you as always! ☀️🎉

@tfft 2 ай бұрын

Ah you're right- actually there was a quality about it that I felt I didn't get to describe correctly- couldn't think of how to do it- but I think the AI comment is just it. "Make a breezy oceanfront resort with refreshing colors, an easy layout and lots of balconies" haha.

@mikas2934 2 ай бұрын

@@tfft For me, it looked like you were walking through a theme park.

@rwrae72 2 ай бұрын

The What's This segment was possibly the funniest ever on the Channel. LOL

@tfft 2 ай бұрын

e😅

@JasperMX 2 ай бұрын

I really appreciate your honesty. As a Mexican usually when we get video reviews on this All Inclusive hotels our KZfaqr’s I don’t feel are all that transparent. Usually because they have been paid to do the video or they have a travel agency and want to sell you something. Anyway keep the awesome reviews and thank you for your being so transparent. BTW your video about Barceló was on point. Barcelo at least in Mexico are very disappointing at so many levels that frankly it’s embarrassing.

@tfft 2 ай бұрын

Agreed- the amount of crap content about Mexico blew my mind. I think it's a market that just isn't taken seriously for a few reasons I can imagine, but that's fine with me- more high quality audience for me to find lol

@sourmimosa 2 ай бұрын

"is this home?" hahahahahah feels so much like home

@tfft 2 ай бұрын

😂

@patriciafuchs5970 2 ай бұрын

Fun commentary. Brutally honest as usual. Glad the food was good. sorry the noise insulation was poor. That buffet was the biggest I’ve ever seen! I think I will avoid this place, think I am too old for it.

@tfft 2 ай бұрын

This is one of those strange ones where I think 45% of people would say they're too old for it... and 45% of people would say they're too young for it haha. They're looking for that very specific 10%!

@3939michele 2 ай бұрын

I can only assume you've been to at least one of Jimmy's concerts. I turned my mom on to Jimmy when she was in her 60's and she was still rocking to his concerts in her late '70s-esrly 80's. RIP Jimmy.🎉

@tfft 2 ай бұрын

I am of a different era. I've never been to one of his restaurants, but the only reason I know who he is is from the restaurants which started popping up many years ago lol

@CouncilCollective 2 ай бұрын

Always enjoy watching Kevin,,,quality video again,,,,,peace and happiness on your travels 😊😊😊😊😊

@tfft 2 ай бұрын

Thanks very much 🙏🏻

@jimmyjames6492 2 ай бұрын

Thanks for the info + video!

@tfft 2 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching 🩴

@howardcobb4656 2 ай бұрын

Nice video!

@tfft 2 ай бұрын

Thanks very much 🙏🏻

@tonybrise6524 2 ай бұрын

Bow..give it an offering? How you do this week-in-week-out is amazing.

@tfft 2 ай бұрын

Luck! lol

@TeunLos 2 ай бұрын

Hahahaha that flip flop moment😂

@tfft 2 ай бұрын

😂🩴

@aaronbiship1173 2 ай бұрын

Love your videos, keep making them, just a suggestion to spend 2-3 days at each place so you can more fully comment on a resorts food program, and also overall perspective!

@tfft 2 ай бұрын

Spending 2-3 days at each resort would mean posting videos 2-3x less often 😉

@charliebrown5 2 ай бұрын

Thank You✈

@tfft 2 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching 🩴

@mierypesado6740 2 ай бұрын

Que onda Kevin, thanks for your vid. Have you ever done a personal vid about your lifestyle? I'm sure I'm not the only curious one. I also live permanently nomadically, but in a much different style, so would be interested to hear the thought process behind your lifestyle, why you make certain choices over others etc.

@tfft 2 ай бұрын

I share tips and trics and such on Patreon, but my lifestyle and my channel are two separate entities, even if one is consumed with the other lol

@mierypesado6740 2 ай бұрын

@@tfft Cool. Yeah I thought that might be the case, was just curious - keep it up :)

@KYEE510 2 ай бұрын

Great video, Kevin! I saw that you’ve stayed in some resorts the Cancun area. Any plans to visit Xcaret Arte? I’ve heard great things about it but curious what you’d think.

@tfft 2 ай бұрын

No, not in the near future.

@veenarasika1778 2 ай бұрын

Praise be to the giant holy flip flop! LOL!

@tfft 2 ай бұрын

🩴🩴🩴

@dougwint 2 ай бұрын

83/100 , oh boy the review is gonna be fun!

@saurabhmathur3427 2 ай бұрын

😂

@tfft 2 ай бұрын

I'm sensing a sprinkling of sarcasm lol

@primerib909 2 ай бұрын

What backpack do you roll with at 13:35? Great vid!

@tfft 2 ай бұрын

I've been using Thule backpacks for years. No relationship with them, but they are just the right mix of decent price and durability. The prices are low enough to change things up each year based on my needs without breaking the bank.

@mikiewifnoe360 2 ай бұрын

Well done.

@tfft 2 ай бұрын

Thanks very much 🙏🏻

@NiranjanRamanan 2 ай бұрын

Kevin playing some of his shots in reverse and hoping we woundn't notice! :P

@tfft 2 ай бұрын

Been doing that for many years lol.

@bubblemummy1 2 ай бұрын

Very funny video today xxx

@tfft 2 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching 🩴

@rasferrastfarian739 2 ай бұрын

Love the added comment in text! lol! A cruise on land?

@tfft 2 ай бұрын

A 1998 cruise on land, sure haha.

@rasferrastfarian739 2 ай бұрын

@@tfft 😅

@sylvaindastous9822 2 ай бұрын

Next to hyatt ziva and azul beach ??

@tfft 2 ай бұрын

Nope lol

@chinaberg 2 ай бұрын

Prostrate yourself before the flipflop. You are on Holy ground.

@tfft 2 ай бұрын

Certainly was!

@SH-lv7pd 2 ай бұрын

As I have said before your channel and reviews are just amazing. I really miss your incredible India series and I find Europe so much more exciting than anything in the USA or Mexico - so boring in comparison to the beauty of Europe and Asia. However, all beautifully presented.

@tfft 2 ай бұрын

Beauty is in the eyes of the beholder. My eyes see it all equally beautiful.

@Ankit-tx5ro 2 ай бұрын

Would be great to have some hotel reviews from Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan etc as those place have largely been untouched by youtube travel bloggers

@tfft 2 ай бұрын

I’ve traveled from end to end of both countries previously and plan to have some flight content from them next year, but I’m not sure hotel reviews from the region would attract enough of an audience.

@jamesphelps1958 Ай бұрын

The Hyatt Regency Tashkent is calling your name!

@tobalmil 2 ай бұрын

Kevin: Just wanted to bring to your attention, Both Margaritaville beach resorts, in Mexico and Cap Cana, Dominican Republic, are big and beautiful, but they have a real negative thing in common: NONE OF THEM HAVE A BEACH AT ALL !!!! It’s just completely impenetrable, none and impossible walking access area to what could be considered “beach area” at all, with a combination of solid rocks, coral, sea weed, sargassum, etc, etc. How can a beach resort, could possibly call and consider themselves a “beach resort” with absolutely no beach at all to offer? That’s the number one reason and attraction for most vacationers and travelers to go for. Margaritaville is a perfect POOL RESORT ONLY, with good food and a very good variety of drinks to offer and that’s it. And on top of that, both Mexico and Cap Cana, DR, don’t have a dance club area, or Disco area, like all regular and even smaller beach resorts have. How can a place like Margaritaville, who’s name came from the most popular and famous Jimmy Buffet hit song(the song that became and transformed into an enterprise), don’t have a place for people to celebrate and dance for whatever reason/occasion people could possibly have? Some dishonest Yotubers that have been filming in both places, show absolutely everything about Margaritaville, but they absolutely and completely avoid, don’t even mention, talk about and never include at all, the hidden truth about the no beach at all issue in their KZfaq videos. No thank you.

@tfft 2 ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing ✈️

@wicked_smaaht 2 ай бұрын

Was this an all-inclusive resort? Missed the reference.

@tfft 2 ай бұрын

Yes- things like that are also always in the description.

@catbernstein8628 2 ай бұрын

As avid a fan as I am of your channel, every now and then I wonder why, why, why would he even go there?! This would be one of times!

@tfft 2 ай бұрын

If this channel was a collection of 280 Park Hyatt and Singapore Airlines reviews (aka reviews all based on my personal tastes), it would be boring to watch- and to make lol. I’m not here to judge personal taste, I’m here to show some of what’s on offer. Case in point reviewing the Hilton and Waldorf in Cancun. If I didn’t visit the Hilton, I wouldn’t have really known how much of an absurd waste of money the WA was.

@hrizonsdebbie 2 ай бұрын

Jeez, what a description of the audience. You missed, "Open your yearbook and find the people you hated the most."

@tfft 2 ай бұрын

Haha- well to ensure I don't piss off every guest at the resort who may watch this video, I'll leave that one for you.

@hrizonsdebbie 2 ай бұрын

@@tfft Play back what you said! You went there and I'm for it. 😁

@arkymichael6935 2 ай бұрын

Hmm…. Love the diversity of hotels Mr Kevin. Couldn’t help feeling the Margaritaville is for “swingers” of a certain vintage….? The lairy color scheme, the lack of privacy….the emphasis on grog( loosens inhibitions)… And umm… the fetishisation of sexy footwear…. Amen.

@tfft 2 ай бұрын

I can't really say I disagree lol

@ulitkabob7567 2 ай бұрын

Супер! Отличный отель

@tfft 2 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching 🩴

@ulitkabob7567 2 ай бұрын

@@tfft всегда рада вам помочь! Продолжайте в том же духе! Не пропускаю не одно 🎥📹видео

@michaelbruchas6663 Ай бұрын

Maybe not me…

@tfft Ай бұрын

Thanks for watching 🩴

@GeertjeJ651 Ай бұрын

I don’t know, there could be worse things than smelling like a Pina Colada.

@tfft Ай бұрын

Hot garbage, perhaps lol

@stevene465 2 ай бұрын

Hey Kevin - I liked the review but am gagging for you to leave that side of the planet and head back over to the East - I’m really not a fan of it all especially Mexico sorry but that’s just me 🙏🏼

@tfft 2 ай бұрын

Hope you meant begging lol. Personally, I like both sides of the planet and will continue to produce content from both sides :)

@fcbotieno 2 ай бұрын

Just a heads up, beaches in Puerto Morelos are non-existant they are so horrible. Unusable beaches in the area. If you want beaches, stay in the "Hotel Zone" in Cancun. Matter of fact all Karisma locations in Mexico and DR are rubbish for beach swimming and esthetic.

@tfft 2 ай бұрын

Sure, I have 10ish resort reviews from Cancun on the channel, a few from the hotel zone. Thanks for watching 🩴

@vinnupooh4054 2 ай бұрын

Wow!🩴🩴🩴The sense of humor is unbeleivableI would love to have that😘.As you've developed a penalty system to distinguish your experience from others maybe you should add a reward system for an elevated experience only you could have personally, Just saying😉. I think the resort has only one major flaw that is the noise bleed, the rest are all "growing pains " as Kevin likes to say which could be rectified with a very low investment. Personally I love the fact that the resort has a lot of character. If FlipFlop was a corporate company, the first conference would be held here. 😝😝😝

@tfft 2 ай бұрын

Well, technically the points in and of themselves are already the reward system lol.

@shakesnbake 2 ай бұрын

I asked Chat GPT if it knew of any flip flop monuments in the world. It didn't know of any :( If only Margaritaville knew who they had in their midst 😅🩴

@tfft 2 ай бұрын

Well surely my closet is one of them lol