"I was worried about the boat lines to Palomino Island during Easter Week/Spring Break. I shouldn't have, as they has boats every 30 minutes. Arrive by 11am to get a lounge chair on the island. Otherwise, lounge chairs free back up around 1:30pm or 2pm. Island was great. Hotel was at full capacity. Up top pools were packed, but the water park had space. Great place for families, as evidenced by how many there were. Lots of traveling up and down and up and down. I found the hotel restaurants outrageously expensive - even more than Hawaii. We never ate at the hotel. However, we walked 5 minutes outside the ferry launched and found 5 local restaurants that were more local, including one really local called El Ricar (I think). Definitely try to stay in the Marina area. Overall, there's lots to do and the hotel is huge. But you definitely pay, which adds up via taxes, resort fees and parking ($20US inc taxes). That said, there aren't too many resorts around, so would recommend, but know going in the place is on par with US / California type prices."