hotel

What We Did During Our Stay at the Shangri-La’s Mactan Resort and Spa {Part 3}

June 28, 2013 / Filed Under: Beach, Cebu, family, hotel, resorts, swimming, travels

At The Beach

We went to the beach because Ykaie wants to make sandcastles…..

And peanutbutter♥ wanted to see what the beach looked like.

The beach here at the Shangri-La has a long stretch of fine white sand….

What We Did During Our Stay at the Shangri-La’s Mactan Resort and Spa {Part 2}

June 22, 2013 / Filed Under: Cebu, family, hotel, resorts, swimming, swimming pools, travels

Swimming

The Shangri-La’s Mactan Resort and Spa offers two large swimming pools: the Main Pool and the Ocean Wing Pool. We mainly stayed at the Main Pool because that’s where the kiddie pool, the toddler pool and the mini-waterpark is located. Most of our stay at the resort was spent at the pool, where else? Ykaie loves swimming and she barely goes out of the water except when she’s sleepy or tired. Or when there’s ice cream.

peanutbutter♥ plays with her at the pool most of the time because I know that he missed her so much. While I sit in the shade and browse the net on my phone {where I saw this burlap table runner that I really really want so bad}. There’s wifi all over the hotel/resort and the signal’s fast and good.

This is the kiddie pool which, I think is only three feet deep.

It also has a water gun/water canon that Ykaie loves using to hit her daddy…

Our Staycation at The Shangri-La’s Mactan Resort and Spa {Part 1}

June 15, 2013 / Filed Under: Cebu, family, hotel, resorts, Rooms, travels

I had such a luxurious and grand time at the Shangri-La’s Mactan Resort and Spa back in 2011 that I promised myself to take peanutbutter♥ there when he comes home for his vacation. So two months before his vacay, I made a reservation for two nights. And we woke up really early on that day because our flight was around 7am via Cebu Pacific.

We left ianne A. at the Park & Fly and managed a Chicken Alfredo and coffee breakfast before boarding the plane.

Thank goodness Ykaie is already used to flying. I didn’t have to deal with tantrums and dizziness.

Instead of a shuttle service, a private car picked us up from the airport. If I’m not mistaken, it was a toyota vios and we were the only ones inside the car. Once inside the car, we were given cold towels that smelled so good so we can freshen up.

As usual, check in time is 2pm and we were too early. We were given a card that says we were allowed to use the hotel facilities and were informed that they will call us once our room is ready. We decided to roam around the hotel first to pass the time but we received a call from the front desk after 30 minutes telling us that our room was ready and we could now check in.