WALDORF ASTORIA Cancun, Mexico 🇲🇽 4K Resort Tour & Review 🇲🇽 Wrong Brand, Insane Prices

Watch this video if you want to know what it's like to stay at the ultra luxury 5-star Waldorf Astoria Resort in Cancun, Mexico which opened in the past year. Waldorf is certainly known for their luxurious offerings, but what we need to talk about today is whether this new property has missed the mark, in fit and finish and in name.

🎥 In this video:
-Beautiful Common Areas
-Pools & Beach
-Peacock Alley
-Ja'o Restaurant
-Chaya Restaurant
-Two Room Tours
-Master Suite Tour
-Location Info

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💸 Rate Paid
Room Rate: $592.30
Category: Booked Ocean King, Upgraded to Master Suite
Inclusions: $100 F&B Credit, Breakfast, Upgrade, Early in/Late out

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🎶 Background Music in This Video
➟ “Flavour of South America” by Jordi Dalmau
➟ “Endless Love Stories” by Endless Love Stories
➟ “Thai Chi” by Tarante Groove Machine
➟ “Saturday Night in Afikim” by Marcelo Nami
➟ “El Baile De Los Andes” by Al Final de la Tierra

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↪ Video Chapters ↩
0:00 Resort Preview
00:56 Arrival at Resort
01:34 Resort Entrance & Lobby
03:05 Peacock Alley & Lobby Impressions
04:27 Resort Location
06:21 Resort Grounds & Pools
09:28 Beach
10:27 Plunge Pool Room
11:47 King Ocean View Room Full Tour
18:11 Master Suite Tour
19:50 Gorgeous Views & Balcony
21:18 Dinner at Ja’o
23:54 Resort by Night, Sunrise
25:57 Breakfast at Chaya
27:04 Final Thoughts
29:03 The Flip Flop Score

This is NOT a promotional video. I pay for all of my flights and hotels (and I always tell you how much!) so I can be as honest and impartial as possible. I do not receive any special treatment that wouldn’t otherwise be publicly accessible, in fact, the hotels and airlines have no idea about my visit and that's the way I like it!

#waldorfastoria #cancun #resortreview

[DeniseSommerRoque]

Hope when I watch your next video, I can congratulate you on reaching 100k subscribers…your channel is of such exceptional consistent quality, it will be so well deserved! From there 📈 Thank you for my twice weekly dose of highly informative beautifully filmed and edited travel content! 🙏🏼 PS. Just got discharged from hospital today after a three week Dengue and e-coli hell (during which I started watching your recommended channel Itchy Boots 🏍️🇳🇱). Recovering now in the Apurva Kempinski in a Grand Deluxe Lagoon room similar to where stayed during your stay….talking about an upgrade 😅🤩🤣 ….

[TheMaartian]

I spent one week/month for a year staying at the Waldorf Astoria in NYC. I was a Hilton Diamond at the time, so I could use the separate check-in area behind an unmarked door off to the left side of the lobby, facing the check-in counters. I would book the least expensive room that was available, and then call an unpublished New Jersey phone number that one of three young ladies would answer. They would upgrade me to a suite in the Tower for $75/night off-season or $140/night on-season. I was always assigned the corner suite on the 9th floor of Park Ave and 50th St. The Waldorf Tower was the only hotel in NYC where I could get a good night's sleep, due to the restriction prohibiting truck traffic on Park Ave. Two huge rooms, really tall ceilings, fabulous furnishings and superior service. Simply superb. Seeing what they branded as a Waldorf Astoria in Cancun in no way compares. Making a place stupid expensive doesn't make it a Waldorf. Je passe. Oh, and just a passing shout-out to the Hong Kong Conrad Hilton, where I spent many nights. I loved that experience, too. I would arrive about 10:30pm after connecting through Tokyo Narita. They knew who my favorite massage therapist was, and had her stay late for me. I'd get a one-hour massage, head back up to my top floor suite and they would send a lovely young lady dressed in an ancient formal gown to prepare my bedtime tea service. Hilton really took care of their Diamond members back then. 👍

[manojtopiwala]

Love that background music! It’s like i’m taken into an adventure that’s foreign & delicious, quite frankly!!!! Great complement to your footage & commentaries!

[BlueAustralian]

I recently stumbled upon your channel and I genuinely love your content. Especially because of the immense justice you did to the properties in India. You are very sensitive to the hospitality differences in India and accordingly tailor your content, which is very refreshing to see! Hope you come back to India soon to review some more properties there.

[michaelkoss]

Keep up the great work Kevin!
Thoroughly enjoying the 2024 content so far

[botruong]

Thank you Kelvin for another enjoyable vlog of the hotel review.

[mathieubrosseau]

The flip flop traveller is gliding on the floor. .. in his havainas
Keven. Sorry. Im crying 😂😂😂 Been watching that 5 seconds on loop
Priceless.

[zerem]

They figured out who you are....the camera equipment gave it away.. regardless its a bonus. I am glad you are including the restaurant food prices.

[edward]

My family and I just returned from a trip to the WA. I think it depends on what you’re looking for. The WA is very quiet and relaxing and the Hilton seems like a zoo in comparison. We walked over one evening and couldn’t believe the difference between the 2 hotels. No doubt the food is expensive at the WA but at least it is good.

[OK-Travels]

More expensive tacos than WA Maldives is crazy! Going there btw this june super hyped!

[petek]

Wow, those prices are crazy and begging for tips not cool !! But that room upgrade was pretty sweet, except for the danger balcony 😅. Why is transport so expensive down there?
Great review as always 😊

[molnarmihaly]

Kevin your dry humour 🤣🤣🤣brightens my weekend every time. I watch every single one of your videos and remember when you introduced the new scoring system. My question is, why does the 'olive oil' on the floor not count as a penalty in the score? Is it because it was sorted out and you were fine with your new room (or maybe that they still went beyond to give you a master suite, lucky you)? Because it seems to me like something that shouldn't be expected now if you visit and surely wasn't as the hotel intended.

[ipalermo-xkly]

Congrats Kevin for another great review. Comments are stop on.

[inrain_bows]

$7 a bite taco… just wow. Congrats on (nearing) 100k subs, you deserved it

[firescorpio]

Were you the only guest at the hotel? Were all the other guests fleeing the hotel due to exorbitant menu pricing?😁🤑

[DylanP]

Stayed here just after they first opened and dined at Malpeque the first night. The waiter said not to order the chicken (still on the menu) because the portion size would be too small for a main and he does not recommend it, but he just kept trying to recommend the most expensive items on the menu. Went with the steak which was great but also a smaller portion. He also said the same thing to the party seated next to me, once I received the bill and saw the recommended gratuities it made sense why he was doing this. Fruit plate and pastry basket was good but I also had the bill presented just like you did even with the Diamond breakfast benefit. I know you film early, but how many other guests did you see? While I was there, there were less than an dozen other guests although they recently had opened.

[yobklim]

19:01 are the beverages complimentary?

[crocolixsurfstar]

Stayed 1 week at Waldorf Cancun, it is different to Hilton mostly becauae of Guests (Hilton guys messed up, place was packed, food smelled throughout the resort), furniture much more exclusive at Waldorf, SPA top notch. Problem is you cannot go out for dinner, takes way too long. Waldorf a good choice if you don't plan to leave the property

[pg]

Hello, just wondering did you tip on your inflated priced breakfast? I’ll be there in a month, and I’m wondering what should I do in that situation! Thanks in advance!

[tomfox]

No way I would get such a lucky you! 🤣