Hi Again Ange,
Last time we were upgraded to a ocean view room (original booked a resort view) and have booked the Ocean View again. I'm not entirely sure if it means we'll be in the same location on the resort, but we have booked it again. It is basically the same as the resort view room, but you get a buttler and drinks/canapes each night included with that room type. Last time, we were right down on the beach, so didn't have to walk up and down the hill that Laura was mentioning as much. Although it's not that bad a hill anyway and not something that I even considered when we were re-booking.
We didn't do this last time, but recently found out abaout www.myfiji.com and booked through there this time. They have really good deals that include $1000 FJD spending money for an 8 night stay with buffet breakfast included already. I'd highhly recommend you check this out. As I'm pregnant and DH has a heart condition, alcohol is not something we'll be spending much money on, so $1000 should do us comfortably for the majority of our spending money (based on our spending there last year). Kids eat free if you use existing bedding, so the only things you're likely to spend money on are food, drink and the day spa, unless you go on tours/excursions etc or go outside the resort.
I'd recommend you get a deal like the one at myfiji, as then you're not stuck eating at the same place all the time. There are 4 places to eat from memory, so you get to eat from wherever you like that way. I'd imagine the included meals packages restrict you to eating at the buffet (Not sure on this though) but being pregnant, you don't want to be eating buffet stuff all the time. The buffet breakfast has a egg stand so you can get fresh eggs and omlettes cooked each day from there and not be too concerned about the risks eating from the hot buffet.
Last time, we had breakfast only included. We went over for a wedding last year, so there were nights we already had dinner taken care of because of the wedding, so our agent recommended not bothering with meal plans other thsn breakfast. This was a great move, as it gave us the flexibilty to eat where we wanted and as we pleased.
Just check though, I'm not sure the kids clud is suitable for children under 5 yrs (you might want to check this). BUT, they do have a nanny service for children of all ages. The Fijian's love children and were great with our little girl. We had her looked after 3 or 4 times over the week, so we could go out for dinner, or the night of the wedding, or to the day spa etc in peace. We don't think we'll use the nanny service much this time, maybe just for one night to go to the adults only restaurant. It was amazing food, highly recommend you try it. The nanny's work till around 10 pm from memory, but there's not much life at the resort much past this anyway. Don't remember exact costs of the nanny's, but they weren't expensive. Something like $10FJD/hr.
