TUI MAGIC LIFE Fuerteventura

The hotel and views are lovely, very clean and well kept in all areas! The location is good, however very steep steps down to the beach and €10 each way to the nearest town! We booked with TUI and they let us know of a lot of excursions, the buggy ride and catamaran deluxe being our favourite! The zoo also being a good day out! We didn’t pay for sea view and was in block out 16 which gave us a lovely pool view! The pools are massive and lots of sun-beds, never struggled to find two, even in the afternoon! All the staff were lovely and most of them could speak several different languages! The entertainment was good every night, and the shows were great to watch in the theatre, we could see the schedule for everything on the magic life app. The only things we could complain about were the drinks, some were drinkable others were not very nice to us but others loved them, so must of been a personal issue. The gin really isn’t nice though, as a lot of people have also said! I also personally found it hard to eat in the restaurant as it was a lot of fish and turkey and I’m not fond on these, the temperatures especially with pastas could vary and at points would be completely cold. We’ve had a great 11 nights here and minus us being picky about food and drinks had no other complaints, we would return in the future!

We started our 2 week holiday med week on a Wednesday we arrived a little late due to delay so arrived at Jandia around 10.30 pm to find staff from previous holidays remembering us and looking after us it always seems so friendly .the suitcases were taken to our rooms and because we were 24 hour al inclusive the party begun and we partied the night away until bedtime at 3:00am.meals were good and always plenty to choose from always plenty of drinks hot or cold and full cooked breakfast fresh bread cereals fresh fruit cheese microwave to heat food and toasters everything you could wish for.my family let the guest service team know that it was my birthday they baked a cake and the table looked beautiful with 2 bottles of champagne what a super effort by the staff Mary,Anne,Maria the table looked fit for the queen.we had our own waiter who I must say excelled his self Lahcen siki Mohamed ,what a super birthday party.entertainment is always at its best with shows most evenings followed by live groups ,disco by Alex who is fantastic at mixing music and loves to please .they have a silent disco which is like a gala night and so much fun and is very well attended .its so much fun.the entertainments team work hard so you enjoy your hols they are a great bunch Ivo there manager is very fair and looks after his staff checking alls well ,out standing staff were Jordana ,meicka ,Alex ,Charlie ,David ,bar staff sindy bear,the general manager is charming and runs the hotel simple wonderful

My partner and I stayed at Magic life for 10 days in late June/early July. Overall the holiday was fine, but it didn’t have any real “special” feel to it, plus my partner was very very ill for 24 hours which seems to be a theme across the most recent reviews. Pros: - There are so many activities available and all of the ones we did were well run. The app was very helpful to find out what was going on around the hotel. - We stayed in the private lodges and I honestly think if we hadn’t it would have been a very different (worse) holiday. The pools were so relaxed with plenty of space and shade. It made all the difference not having to fight for shade. Towards the end of our stay people around the main pool were so desperate for shade they were sat on the grass under trees next to the path! - The buffet was huge and very varied. - The speciality restaurants were very nice- particularly the tapas. Please be aware that you don’t get to pick from a menu, you are simply served a range of meals. The couple next to us seemed very upset about this, so I feel it’s good to manage expectations! We spoke to reception at length about how to book as this has recently changed so here is the trick that worked perfectly for us- 1 week before you want to eat at the restaurant (if you haven’t arrived yet put 0 in the room number), at the exact time you want to eat, go in the app and book. So for example we wanted to eat in the tapas restaurant on the Monday at 8, so the week before we set up a reminder on my phone at 8 and made the booking- it went straight through. - Very clean resort and rooms were well managed by the maid - Very helpful reception desk - Food water and alcohol was always easy to come by. - The beach is beautiful. Turn left at the bottom of the stairs and walk along to the beach bar, you will not be disappointed. - Eat in the adults only area of the canteen it is much quieter and more laid back than the main area. - Very beautiful resort and the grounds were so well kept - We had a great massage in the spa the girls did a great job and it wasn’t reasonably priced. - Feed the chipmunks on the beach they are ADORABLE. - The cats living at the hotel were lovely and friendly and loved a chat and a cuddle. - Good excursions- we went on the buggy tour and the sunset boat trip and thoroughly enjoyed both of them. Cons: - My partner was very very ill and bed bound for 24 hours and even then couldn’t really eat for the rest of the holiday. - Considering the hefty price increase to stay in the private lodges a few things really let it down and stopped it feeling like it was special. For example, the worst showers ever! Hot, cold, then boiling, then freezing….drove me bananas! I understand the rest of the hotel has got refurbished walk in showers- surely the most expensive rooms in the hotel should have also had them done? That doesn’t really make sense to me. I also think it would be a nice touch to have some sort of bar service during the day- the novelty of free-pouring your own spirits wears out pretty quick and after that you either have to get very good at making cocktails or walk all the way up to the pool bar. - There are no parasols anywhere- there are shaded areas but as mentioned above it was carnage trying to get space under any of it around the main pool. People were cramped in like sardines underneath it. - The hotel is firmly geared to German/Spanish speakers. I found as soon as staff, particularly bar staff, discovered we were English their attitude towards us instantly changed. This was particularly noticeable at the Wunderbar where at one point we were stood next to some German speakers and as soon as the seemingly friendly barman heard me speak he practically threw my beer at me whilst ignoring me with his head turned away (in complete contrast to how he had initially interacted with me when I approached the bar), then turning swiftly to the German speakers to have a laugh and a joke. As the 10 days wore on it really started to wear me down and I found it really quite upsetting towards the end! - The buffet does feel a little like a huge noisy canteen at times and we noticed sometimes people were queuing to get in although we never had to - The cocktails were a little hit and miss! Sometimes lovely, sometimes you had half a mint tree in your glass. All in all it’s a perfectly nice hotel, and is good value for money, but I would not return.