Hi everyone,

first post here, so I'll introduce myself quickly. My name is Dan, 26 from the North East of England.

Me and my fiancee, (soon to be wife) have booked up at the EDSS for our honeymoon on the 22nd of September for two weeks. I've searched through the forums and found a few good posts on the place, but have a few questions that I don't think have been covered.

May as well get the most awkward question out of the way first! I believe its a 5* resort, so with that in mind to the people who have already been there, would you say it's a very posh place, as in too posh? I've been too a few 5* hotels before and some have been great, swanky and up market, but I didn't feel out of place, however some of them I definitely did feel out of place. Would you say this is one of those places?

Another question I have is that the Al la carte restaurants, they all have a smart dress code, sleeved shirts, trousers and shoes etc for the men. How strict are they on this and can you push the boundaries a bit? I've not got a problem with dressing up smart, I would just rather not take up half the room in my suitcase with shirts and trousers.

And finally, the weather! We're going at the back end of September (22nd) and come back on the 6th of October, I know that this is the worst time for rain, and even tropical storms, but would like to ask if anyone has been there at these times? I'm expecting some rain, but hopefully not much as i've heard, when it rains, it rains like you've never seen before, but only in short bursts, like 20 - 30 minutes or so, is this true? If so can i expect a short burst of rain and then sunshine afterwards?

Any replies would be greatly appreciated and hopefully I can start adding to the community soon as well!

Cheers,

Dan