We stayed for one week and had the best time ever. Our nanny, Kimberly Williams was wonderful. Both my girls, ages 6&8, loved her. She was really good to them, taking them to do anything they wanted. She fished with them all the tiime, went swimming with them, took them numerous times during the day to feed the animals. She made sure they had plenty of sunscreen on and took care of them. We had plenty of time to see them, but they were having such a great time with her they couldn't wait for her to come in the morning and then they would ask if she could babysit everynight! My husband and I finally had some time for dinner together. Kimberly would come back around 6:30 and take the girls to the kid's disco and get them involved in all the activities offered, they were a part of Carnival and even the Talent Show. Kimberly was even able to convince my shy 8 year old to enter the show! She is still so proud of herself. The resort itself was really beautiful and clean. Someone was cleaning all the time. You always felt that your children were being well watched and cared for. I would definately recommend that you request Kimberly Williams.

Just left a week ago - March 2008.
Resort was a great value. The staff and nannies were the best part. They went out of their way to get you what you wanted and seemed genuinely interested in your comfort. The resort was beautiful, and the best part was the nannies and activities for the kids. If you don't have kids, look elsewhere. If you do, and you want a tropical vacation and some downtime for yourself, I highly encourage you to visit here. Tons of activities for the kids, (and adults if that's your thing.). I have a 10-yr old girl and 2-yr old boy. The 2-yr old loved the pool, petiing zoo and fishing, and my 10-yr old loved the daily soccer games on the beach, water slide, various competitions (pool-side ring toss, pool races, family Name that Tune games, tye-dyed t-shirt classes, ping-pong competitions, bonfires etc). Since she didn't know anyone, she was a little hesitant at first, but there were other kids in her same situation and she met, mingled and particpated in more than I thought by day two. The nannies arrive at 9:00 a.m and they are yours until 4:30. Before going, I thought "what the heck do we do with a nanny? While I like the idea, I'm not going to hand my kids off to a stranger!" It's not like that. The nannies were with us, so we were able to play with the kids, but then take a break, go get a snack / drink, go to the restroom or whatever without worrying about the kids. They literally become an extra set of hands / eyes / ears for you so you can have a vacation too. the Kids loved our nanny as well. The food was adequate - good and very plentiful. The all-inclusive is always a nice thing as well. The rooms are clean and nice, but not plush, but then again, we were at the beach ... who wants to stay in the room all day! I read other reviews about the mosquitos being bad at night, and while my family never had a problem (an my wife is a mosquito magnet), I saw other families who had obviously had a few hungry ones in their room. The resort has an on-site nurse. I normally would say who cares, but it was relevant on this trip as I ended up having to go to a local hospital to have an abscess removed. While not the most pleasant of things, I include it just so you know that there's help available if a freak thing happens. Would I go back? You bet. Is it the nicest place I've stayed? No, but a Ritz Carlton isn't too relaxing for me if my kids are continuously "I want to do this, I want to do that..."

We just returned from a 6 day trip to FDR Pebbles. It was simply wonderful! Our kids (ages 7 and 3) were as happy as could be, and my husband and I enjoyed a much needed break from our usual hectic and stressful routine. This was our first trip to Jamaica and our first family stay at an all-inclusive, so in that context, here’s what you should know:

• The people of Jamaica and staff at FDR Pebbles are wonderfully warm, welcoming, and gracious. Everyone works so hard and is as pleasant as could be.
• Our vacation nanny was fantastic. She kept our kids entertained, safe, fed, comfortable, and happy. The resort is small, so I could always find them if I felt like checking in on their activities, or playing with them. There are so many different activities for kids (from early morning to bed time), we didn’t get to nearly all of them during our stay. Since there’s a 4 year age gap between our kids, one good feature was leaving the younger child with our nanny while we took our older child snorkeling or in the ocean. Also, since our younger child still naps, it was nice having the nanny stay with her in our room while we ate lunch or relaxed on the beach. I felt like our nanny was dedicated to taking care of all of us – we wanted for nothing.
• The grounds are lovely, and the pool and beach are great. We never found the beach to be overly crowded, even though we traveled during peak Spring Break season. I always felt safe and at ease.
• Another plus is that the background of the guests is fairly diverse, including Jamaicans. I believe the resort is Jamaican-owned, which we appreciated.
• The experience was incredibly relaxing for the grown-ups.
• The accommodations are simple and modest - we had a large room which was semi-split into two separate rooms. It was perfectly adequate and comfortable but not luxurious. We especially liked that no building is higher than 2 or 3 stories (it is not a high-rise type resort).
• The food is fine – nothing special, but since all I cared about was that someone else was taking care of cooking and cleaning, it suited me perfectly. The drinks are plentiful and delicious! Mixed drinks are included.
• You have to leave the resort for shopping (as I wasn’t remotely interested in that activity, not a problem). The all-inclusive price includes one shopping trip to Montego Bay and another historic tour of Falmouth (neither of which we attended).
• We took one day-trip to Dolphin Cove for the “touch” experience, which we loved (even though it was outrageously expensive).
• I wouldn’t recommend the resort to individuals or couples traveling without kids along.
• Bring lots of sunscreen from home! Bathing suits (with cover-ups for the girls and women), shorts, and tee-shirts were all that was needed during the day. I was comfortable in Capri pants in the evening.
• Lastly, we provided tips to our nanny and a few special staff before we left. I had no idea how much to tip the nanny, so I settled on $5 per day per kid, plus $2.50 per day for cleaning our room (which was one of her additional responsibilities). Hope that helps others.

All in all, if you are looking for a low-key, very relaxing vacation where your kids are happy and entertained, this is a great place to go. We were all sad to leave and look forward to returning one day.

This was the best place for kids. I have a 8, 3,2 year old. they loved it. The vacation nanny was great, we were able to spend time with each other while genevie(nanny) took the kids to the diso, kids club, crab hunnting and what not at night. us $4.00 per hour we paid more. The kids buffet nice! chicken pasta sandwitches jello icecream, kids drinks at the grill (spongebob, spiderman) kids love these they should try for a girl drink something princess.

the adult food was good, loved the itlian resturant and the beach BBQ. breakfast was really good loved the smoothies. we did not leave the resort but for though of you that would like too take the nanny with you. My daughter love to play in the sand, they have all the sand toys you would want so don't bring any. We took our own life jackets but they have them at the pool. bring lots of sunscreeen. the family realy enjoy the glass bottom boat ride, we saw sting ray another family saw a nurse shark. you can snokle at the beach or take the tour from resort. colin was a very nice man.

the staff was great at filling request right away. we stayed away from the dairy but they offer soy products if you ask for them.my kids like the strawberry soya milk. they filled our inroom fridge with what we asked for. we had a room in block 4 overlooking the pool nice room but for about $10.00 more a night you can have one looking out over the sea, munch better we just did not know. NEXT TIME block1 for us. tie-dye fun afternoon, bring lots of your own shirts a bit pricey at resort.

over all would go back again, a few things to change, Ask for extra nanny$20.00 per day for 3 kids and get sea view room.