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At a minimum of 450 square feet, the spacious Ritz-Carlton rooms make sharing with kids easy. The 180 rooms and suites, tastefully decorated in a palette of soft Caribbean colors, feature creamy yellow walls, dark wooden desks and headboards, accented with coral and soft blue chairs, pillows and dust ruffles.
All rooms come with private balconies or terraces, 32-inch flat-screen televisions, complimentary high-speed Internet and coffee makers.
The 2007 renovation added a Club Lounge plus club level rooms. These start at 500 square feet and come with the added luxury of 400-thread count Frette linens, Sealy Posturpedic Plush mattresses and ocean views. That may not make enough of a difference to you to pay the extra premium, around $125 to $150 for three people, but the new Club Lounge will tempt you.
As at any resort, the Club Lounge operates as a hotel within a hotel, adding a dedicated concierge and a living room-like gathering space, more private than a hotel lobby. Then there's the food. The Ritz-Carlton St. Thomas does a good job with this, serving complimentary breakfast (7 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.), a light lunch of salads and sandwiches (noon to 2 p.m.), and evening hors d'oeuvres as well as desserts (8 p.m. to 10 p.m.). Throughout the day, sodas, juice and bottled water are also available for no extra fee. Those age 18 and older can have alcohol.
Depending on how much and how often your kids eat, the Club Lounge can be a worthwhile investment that's not as pricey as it first seems. The Ritz facility divides into an adults-only area plus a kid-friendly zone. The family section of the Club Lounge has child-sized tables, cushions for kids to sprawl on plus stuffed bears and lions as well as storybooks. It's nice to see a Club Lounge that goes out of its way to welcome kids.
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