DON’T GO TO WUZHIZHOU IF YOU WANT TO SWIM IN THE SEA. This island has ONLY ONE location for swimming (first two of my photos). It’s a small and loud area of the island because all of the ferries & tourists arrive there all day and there are tons of water sports, waves, taxi-driver-esque club music, and tourists the entire time. Additionally, swimming is also off limits at this area after 5:30PM because no lifeguard is on duty, however there is still a man there to tell you not to swim.
If you look at my pictures of the beach with the pier/temple and sail boats, these are prime locations for swimming, but there is no swimming allowed here because there are “too many shells” along the entrance to the water. I also asked if I could wear my water shoes in, and was also rejected. There are swim-Nazis positioned everywhere to yell at you to get out.
The staff generally don’t speak English, however my wife and I can speak Chinese which came in handy when my family w/ baby (without question) was given a ******* Disney-themed garden view, when in fact we booked the sea-view room with balcony and small side-pool.
The hotel pool was nice and we spent our time there. The food was good at the restaurants accessed from within the lobby (3rd or 4th floor). The buffet was terrible, overpriced (but free beer), and most of the good food was gone or required a long wait in order to actually get it.
Amenities were decent for this level hotel, but my family went there for obvious reasons, the beach and beautiful sea. We were very disappointed that there was no swimming allowed and will not return. The average person that visits WuZhiZhou are tourists that want to take pictures or for wedding photos.