Phuket Thailand

3rd Club Med (CM), & 2nd with family. First up, Phuket already suffers a disadvantage compared with some other CMs cos they don't have their own beach. While Kata beach was just across the street & visible from the pool area, you'll need to deal with the vendors at the beach for any beach activities.

Perhaps being surf season & mid-year holidays, the resort was relatively crowded. There was a lot of 'competition' for ball courts. So if you want to play racquet sports, you will need to be prepared for this. This also meant that there were many kids at the Mini Club, which could mean that there's less tries for activities that have smaller capacity as more kids will be taking turns (eg. trapeze, wall climbing). For those with kids who prefer more personal attention over making friends with other kids, you may wish to take note as more kids also means a bigger GO-to-child ratio.

In previous CMs, we experienced a very friendly & personal service. Sad to say, the GOs here were not as warm. Unlike other CMs, not many GOs really chat with you, & there didn't seem to be a culture of the GOs coming to ask to join you for meals like other CMs. It felt more like a Phuket resort more than a CM resort.

Food was not bad, but couldn't compare with the previous CM we've been to. It's the skill, not the ingredients, because we've had good meals at other food establishments in Phuket. CM in general serves better Western than Asian food, but again, the Western dishes here did not seem as good as I remembered from other CMs. My kid, though, really enjoyed the locally-source fish nuggets.

The 'selling point' of CM Phuket is its Family Oasis water park, which is essentially a water play park with slides & other water features for kids to enjoy. My kids pretty much played this & in the pool. It's also worth noting that CM Phuket is not the only resort in Phuket with its own water park.

Special shoutout to Manow & Edmund for keeping the 'Cherating warmth' alive (meeting Manow was a pleasant surprise given she only transferred over 2 months ago), & also to Alice & Julia whom Manow introduced us to. Also to bartenders Sure & Benz. It's a 5-rating only because of you all, otherwise I would only give 3 (average).

Highly recommmended for family with kids. The kids enjoyed The Kids Club while parents can relax & enjoy the sports activities. The G.O team are awesome and keep the spirits high at all times!

I had an amazing time there and I enjoy all the activities and the food. One highlight is that the G.O of teens club, Cara, definitely made my experience there more fruitful. She was really friendly, funny, nice, and energetic. She would also play games with us for example we played hide and seek together which was really fun. Overall, the staff there was all really nice especially Cara and I really enjoyed my trip to club med.

It’s really fun with an amazing delicious spread of food and numerous activities. I really enjoyed the Teens Club Program which provided a planned guide for teens to fully enjoy the experience. The Teens Club G.O Cara was super ultra friendly and positive, and really went all out to make everyone feel comfortable. The bonding games she planned were really creative (the best), and I really enjoyed myself playing hide and seek in the dark as well as dodgeball. She genuinely made this experience so memorable as she’s definitely the most energetic and friendly staff member I met! Would recommend this experience for teens!