Nuevo Vallarta holiday condo

Our stay at Villa Magna was great. The condo unit was very comfortable, with more than enough space for 4 people. The third bedroom was very small (really a utility room) which did not affect us as there were only 3 in my party (2 teens (18 yrs.)1 adult). This is the first time that I stayed in a condo rather than in a hotel room. Even though I spend almost every waking hour on the beach, the extra space was very nice. The condo was impeccably clean and furnished adequately. Nice balcony, but furniture there was minimal. Well appointed with regard to hair dryer, flat iron, iron/ironing board and some pool rafts and boogie boards which we throughly enjoyed. My only complaint was that the master bath shower gave only luke warm water - other showers were OK. We stayed on-resort the entire week, primarily due to the state dept. warnings about the drug wars in Mexico. We purchased day passes from the resort at to cover all food and drinks. At the end of the week we found that going ala carte would have been more economical, but more of a hassle. Using the day passes wasn't entirely seamless - many of the hotel workers seemed to be somewhat unfamiliar with this concept, but by mid-week, everyone seemed to be used to us.
The beach was very nice, and the cost of renting wave runners was much less than we paid in Playa last year. Drink service on the beach was hit-or miss. Not enough servers - faster to walk to the bar.
The resort was beautiful, but not very teen-friendly. There were no real clubs and very few teens/young adults at the resort. The kids in our group still had a great time (we came with 2 other families, so there were 5 total), but if you have a kid who wants to really party, this isn't the place to be. Restaurant choices were somewhat limited, but the food was generally pretty good. The value was great - we had originally booked for the following week through Apple Vacations to stay in the hotel, but had to cancel for that week. We then scheduled directly with the condo and ended up saving about $1000 per person. About $500 of this was savings in booking our flight - we got lucky and found a great air fare.
I've been to PV 5 times and really like it there. If the political climate was more favorable in Mexico, I'd have ventured off the resort for dinner on at least a few nights. There are lots of great restaurants in the city. I'm sure I'll return some day and would seriously consider staying at VM again