Поездка с маленькими детьми Traveling with small children

We rested at the hotel with the whole family: me, my wife and two children (a son of 3.5 years and a one-year-old daughter). I must say right away that it is better not to go there during the season and with children under 5 years old, especially if you expect to relax at night and entertain the children with the help of animators during the day. And also from the big minus that the hotel is simply not designed for the peak load in the season. This translates into the fact that the restaurant simply will not have free tables during lunch and dinner if you arrive later than 15 minutes after opening. During breakfast, young people who have been hanging out all night are still sleeping, so it’s still okay with free places. Again, if you managed to take a table, then some sweets may not be enough. For example, many beloved seafood was raked up very quickly and the staff did not always have time to bring them, but closer to the closing of the restaurant (30 minutes) they simply scored and once something ended, it ended. Juice dispensers often ran out of juice powder (or how is it mixed with what? ) And plain water poured out of taps. Also, Pepsi vending machines periodically ran out of some drinks, and new ones were given after 20 minutes. I can’t say anything about alcohol, because. didn't try.
Different ice creams and fruits and vegetables are not allowed to be taken out of the restaurant, but, as far as I know, in almost all hotels. It's just that they're a bit more strict about it.
The lift in the hotel was very annoying. There are 2 of them and each has a carrying capacity of 630 kg (8 people), but in fact - the elevator did not always want to carry 3 adults. Taking into account the large influx of tourists in the season, I had to wait for the elevator for 5 minutes. When I had to go up myself, I scored and walked on foot, but with children and strollers we stood and waited (although there were also such that we climbed with small ones in our arms) .

I was unpleasantly surprised by the policy of the hotel administration regarding guests - guests who are not hotel guests are NOT allowed to enter the room (although there is not a word about this in the hotel rules - purely from the words and actions of the administrator). This should be borne in mind by those who travel in a large company, but settled in different hotels (due to different budget possibilities and other preferences) - you will not bring guests to Kalina.
Still not very clear was the situation with the safes. They are not in the rooms, but they are at the reception and there they are paid. Here the situation is twofold - it seems that you can pay for the rent, put valuables in a safe and not be afraid for them, but on the other hand, what should be considered valuable things: money, documents and electronics? It was because of the latter that we refused to rent a safe. We had a laptop, and a tablet, and phones, as well as video and cameras. And almost all of this was periodically used, put on charge or taken with you to the street. And constantly going down from the 5th floor to report something or take something is unrealistic (+ remember the excellent work of the elevator).
In general, we managed without a safe and, thanks to the honest staff, nothing was missing from the room.
In general, there were no special complaints about the staff - they tried as best they could. Because when we were a year old, we didn’t have so many teeth yet, so we brought a blender with us and the chefs in the restaurant prepared mashed vegetables, meat (and what we ourselves would do) without any problems. The waiters, when they saw that they were with small children, tried to help find a table or took the small one in their arms when we scooped up food. The room was cleaned every day, towels were changed every day and the bed was changed about 2 times a week. The TV was never turned on, but they said that there were Russian-language channels.
Of course, you can forget about calm and quiet nights in the high season - the hotel is located in the very center of the resort on one of the main streets, and if the windows of the room overlook the pool (on the main street), then until 3 am you can enjoy the screams and chants of drunk teenagers who travel from club to club and from bar to bar.
Animation for children seemed to be on the territory, but somehow our elder was not interested. But those who are 5 years old and older seem to like it.

And, a couple of words about Wi-Fi. It is there and even free, but the speed in 90% of cases when I tried to get there was about 30-40 Kb / s, which, in other matters, was enough for Skype with video. Apparently, this is still the same problem of a large number of guests. Although, at times, it happened that it broke through up to several megabits and it was already possible to turn on small cartoons from YouTube normally.
The hotel would probably be perfect for young people who want to hang out and buzz until the morning. The location of the hotel will be a big plus for them, because. all the green and party places are within a 10-15 minute walk.