Field of Dreams (FOD) Anybody?

[Charles Pooter]

I wonder if they have a bikini contest.

Indeed they do. The visit I referred to, a couple months ago, the bar area was packed when I entered, about 20 AA guys and 20 chicas. Turned out a bikini contest had just ended. Next time I looked up from my cuba libre the place had cleared like magic. I would rate the average quality of the chicas as about the same as Blackbeards, so not worth the extra you would pay there. The place only serves a useful purpose for men slipping away from their families or SOs in Playa Dorada or Costa Dorada for a couple of hours. Any other scenario, better value can be found elsewhere.

Still, let's give the new owners a chance to turn it round. Getting rid of Pedro's family and hangers-on is a great start.

Anyone know how we can change the thread title to Oasis Adult Resort?

[Bliadun]

I wonder if they have a bikini contest.

A few friends of mine came to Sosua for vacation a couple weeks ago, they have been visiting FOD for years. These guys will go there and create their own party buying bottles and throwing money around etc. They reported to me that there are new owners, a couple of brothers from New York. They said there were more chicas than the last time they went six months ago about 20 girls. I did not ask about the quality of the girls because quite frankly they always pick the biggest and ugliest girls in a place and they can afford to have the best. The one positive I took out of what they had to say is that Pedro's kids are gone and his thieving ex girlfriend is gone so that is a great start.

[Manizales911]

A year gone by and no-one has reported from Oasis. I went there a couple of months ago and was told they did not have a single resident guest.

Two friends dropped in yesterday and reported that the pool was drained and the bar area partially dug up because of drainage problems. With all their changes and various problems over the years I do not remember drainage being an issue, and it has not been particularly rainy lately. They had a refurbish a year ago so maybe they inadvertently changed something to cause this new problem.

When will they ever get that place right?

A few friends of mine came to Sosua for vacation a couple weeks ago, they have been visiting FOD for years. These guys will go there and create their own party buying bottles and throwing money around etc. They reported to me that there are new owners, a couple of brothers from New York. They said there were more chicas than the last time they went six months ago about 20 girls. I did not ask about the quality of the girls because quite frankly they always pick the biggest and ugliest girls in a place and they can afford to have the best. The one positive I took out of what they had to say is that Pedro's kids are gone and his thieving ex girlfriend is gone so that is a great start.

[Mr Enternational]

A year gone by and no-one has reported from Oasis. I went there a couple of months ago and was told they did not have a single resident guest.

I reported from there last month, but I think I put it in the Sosua thread. No idea how that place stays open. I have been through there maybe 20 times and have probably only seen 2 mongers in all these years.

[Charles Pooter]

A year gone by and no-one has reported from Oasis. I went there a couple of months ago and was told they did not have a single resident guest.

Two friends dropped in yesterday and reported that the pool was drained and the bar area partially dug up because of drainage problems. With all their changes and various problems over the years I do not remember drainage being an issue, and it has not been particularly rainy lately. They had a refurbish a year ago so maybe they inadvertently changed something to cause this new problem.

When will they ever get that place right?

[Charles Pooter]

Playboy vacation and some others have no problems.

As I explained in my post below, the FoD / Oasis location has a special problem in that it is immediately opposite Playa Dorada, where the owner's association carries quite a bit of political clout. They do not want to deter families by having it generally known there is a brothel on the doorstep.

But I also suggested the new Oasis website might need to be a little more "suggestive" to attract male customers. It is a delicate balancing act but not impossible.

[Bliadun]

Playboy vacation and some others have no problems.

They can't put anything on the website about sex, as they don't at BB either. They would get busted immediately if they did.

[Charles Pooter]

They can't put anything on the website about sex, as they don't at BB either. They would get busted immediately if they did.

Of course not blatantly, but most of such places are able to word things in a way which have meanings to mongers without giving offence to "civilian" enquirers. Maybe the references to "female companions" will be sufficient to prompt guys to write to the "resort" and inquire.

One minor interesting point is that they did mention that you could bring in your own "female companion", which is something Blackbeards do not encourage, although they certainly do not forbid it. When Dominican Billy founded and ran Field of Dreams for a few years there were no house chicas on site and he banned working girls from hanging there to solicit clients. (Apart from the occasional one who crept in under the guise of friend of his esposa, Wanda). This was mainly Billy being careful not to offend the Playa Dorada management, but he also wanted to avoid the hassle of having full-time working girls onsite with possible problems of drugs, fights, theft, their chulos, etc, etc.

That model suited me, and many other of his regulars, as we always preferred to find our own chicas "free-range". He would have been successful had his alcoholism, and resultant outbursts of foul temper, his inability to speak adequate Spanish, and his unfortunate choice of helpmate, not caused a continuous leakage of his loyal clientele. I wonder, if Oasis runs into trouble as a brothel (which is in effect what it is), it could survive on that model instead?

I live in Puerto Plata and there is no chica-friendly hotel for gringos I can recommend in the city. Just all-inclusives (not chica friendly) or Dominican-standard commercial hotels (which are adequate for ST but not where anyone would choose to spend their holiday). The camaraderie among the regulars at Billy's Field of Dreams was great. Mostly mature, sensible guys who understood the scene and how to carry themselves in public.

[Husker Dude]

Thanks for the update Charles Pooter. I didn't think Tim would last long at Oasis. Tim was just used a an advisor, not a manager like I had thought. Also talked to Nico at BB, & I knew he would not return to FOD / Oasis, been there done that, much more stable job at BB for him. They can't put anything on the website about sex, as they don't at BB either. They would get busted immediately if they did. Hopefully they will find success, as I said we will see. They are putting in the effort that we have not seen before to upgrade the place.

[Charles Pooter]

As reported, Tim Bryant, who has held various supervisory positions at Blackbeards throughout most of the last decade, was invited to advise Pedro, the owner of Field of Dreams and submit proposals for a rethink of their policy and practices to make the place more popular and profitable.

Tim has just told me that, after two months of effort, he has now abandoned the attempt, as Pedro was not willing to adopt most of Tim's proposals and has indeed already embarked on his own plan for revamping the place.

The name has been changed to Oasis Adult Resort and there seems to be an attempt to appeal to upmarket clientele rather than try to compete on price. You can judge this for yourself from their new website, which apparently owes little to the one Tim was working on as part on an integrated new business plan and corporate image.

www.oasisadultresort.com

The new website lists the room prices, which are rather expensive once 18% ITBIS tax has been added to the prices shown. It says nothing, as yet, about bar and restaurant prices and gives no hard information about the chicas on offer and their pricing structure, though hopefully that can be ascertained by communicating with the resort.

One relatively small section of the market where Field of Dreams held all the aces was guys from Playa Dorada slipping away from their partners or families for "quickies". It was hoping to profit from this catchment area that inspired the late Dominican Billy to build Field of Dreams in the first place, only to find that, having built it, they did not come (not in sufficient numbers to make the place profitable, anyway). One of the deterrents was the opposition of the Playa Dorada owners association, to whom Dominican Billy had to be very diplomatic (hardly his strong suit!) Maybe Pedro has the same issue in mind as there is no indication on his new website that rooms will be available for ST sex.

Tim told me that his frustrations included:

-- failure to convince Pedro to let go certain family members who had a history of offending or neglecting customers.

-- non-competitive pricing policy.

-- extreme reluctance of Pedro's chosen web designer to co-operate with Tim.

-- failure of Pedro to read and discuss with him the regular daily reports which Tim wrote (I presume these included customer feedback).

-- failure to secure the return of Nico as manager.

As already reported by Husker Dude, Pedro has already embarked on an extensive physical refurbishment of the place, which can only be a good thing. My own, admittedly very infrequent, drop-ins (and mostly during off-peak hours) have given me the impression that the chicas on offer are well up to scratch (lookswise). At least as attractive as those on offer at Blackbeards, though how they perform and behave in the rooms I have no idea.

But none of the physical attractions of the place will suffice if they do not get the customer service aspects right. Only time will answer that one, but the way the website has been released before it has been carefully proof-read is not a good omen.

I wish them luck but at those prices none of my friends will be going there. There is a niche market for the "money no object" monger (as some recent posts on this board show) but whether that market is large enough to support Oasis remains to be seen.

[Charles Pooter]

Stopped by a couple times last week ...things maybe looking up. We shall see.

Thanks HD. A good overview.

I was there mid-Thursday afternoon a week ago (so really off-peak hours). There were eight chicas available of whom six were attractive. (No haitianas, boooooo!)

I am not sure what market they are aiming at. They do not need to tart the place up for visitors from Playa Dorada as that is a captive market with no other serious options.

Refurbishments are only worthwhile for overnight guests and they were badly needed as the place was getting run-down. But where will they get those overnight guests from? It would be a much more economic option for guys like Vannum (see the recent posts under Oxygen Retreat), but clients like that are few and far between. If things run smoothly, they will gradually build a following among such more affluent mongers, but can they stick it out for the two / three years that will take?

$50 for ST is not wildly unreasonable. The old Passions flourished with those sort of prices. But another $40 for ST room use is a killer (except for sneakaways from Playa Dorada). No-one is going to visit from Sosua at those prices.

Are we going to change this thread title to Oasis, or give it a few months to see if the new name lasts? If it were new management, I would suggest start a new thread, but as it is the same guy I am not totally confident the leopard will change his spots.

[Husker Dude]

Stopped by a couple times last week. The resort FOD has a new name Oasis. The new website is www.oasisadultresort.com. Pedro remains the boss at Oasis. His kids Richie & Madeline still work there but not in management positions, just workers and do not touch any $ as they were responsible for almost of the stuff prior. (ripoffs) Jenny was taking the $ while I was there. It was just brief stops for me & I did not partake any chicas. It is $90 US or equivalent for chica & room ST. If you stay there chicas are $50 US or equiv. ST. Tim from BB is there, but working in the background on the website & menu. He lives on site in the dungeon room. Anita, the english lady is back working reservations and communications. They have repainted most everything and restained the woodwork everywhere. So it does appear to be nicer. Minifridges for each room were on order & are probably in now. They have new tables and chairs provided by Presidente. They will hopefully replace stuff like mattresses, pillows, etc in the near future. It appears they are working hard and Pedro is doing most of the work from what I hear. They have paved the driveway with new asphalt too. The chicas on site were pretty good compared to the past. Only a couple cows and lots of new faces, spinners too. They did have a bikini contest around 5 PM on Wednesday. Things maybe looking up. We shall see.

[JetMet]

You guys are great, I appreciate all of the feedback. Thank you for answering my questions. Husker Dude, your golf story may have opened up some daytime opportunities for me. Yanqui, I don't speak Spanish so thanks for the quick Spanish for putas lesson. Sammon while your plan would bring better chicas at a better price I think being in the DR for the first time with my wife close by is probably a bit adventurous for my liking.

Charles I would very much like to meet up with you and buy you as many of those expensive coca colas as you'the like.

I will PM you.

[Yanqui69]

Lots of great information here. I am staying at an AI. In Playa Dorado with my wife in a couple weeks. She hates sex and goes to bed early so I figured I'the head over to Fod a few times while I'm there. I have a few questions about the chicas. I want BBBJ, is this standard, extra or not offered? Is the Chica out of there after I nut or do you get MSOG? I like spinners, are there likely to be any?

This will be my first time mongering outside US. I have been going to AMPS for years and can't wait for something different. Any advice from the vets would be great. I look forward to giving a full report on Fod when I return.

JetMet, I'd take up Sir Charles Pooter on his offer. He could give you a lot of valuable info. As stated in another post, BBBJ tends to be standard, though its always best to have a mutual understanding before hitting the room. She really has no reason to stay after the act, but if you want her to stay awhile, you can convey that, and offer a small tip. No word on your Spanish, but if you don't meet with Sir Charles, consider learning a bit before your trip. Good to get some basic grammar down, though the words you may need may not be in the phrase book. For FOD, consider this. ("Quiero una chupada sin condon. "(Quiero pronounced Kyero.) Meaning: "I want a BJ without a condom. " And, "Quedate un rato mas largo. " Q pronounced like a K. Meaning is "Stay a while longer. " Take care, enjoy, and post a report after your trip.

[Sammon]

Lots of great information here. I am staying at an AI. In Playa Dorado with my wife in a couple weeks. She hates sex and goes to bed early so I figured I'the head over to Fod a few times while I'm there. I have a few questions about the chicas. I want BBBJ, is this standard, extra or not offered? Is the Chica out of there after I nut or do you get MSOG? I like spinners, are there likely to be any?

This will be my first time mongering outside US. I have been going to AMPS for years and can't wait for something different. Any advice from the vets would be great. I look forward to giving a full report on Fod when I return.

If your wife does not miss you or you can give plenty of reasons why you did not come back till 4 am, you can rent a car which will give you mobility every night. FOD is filled with ugly girls. Take a ride to Sosua. Meet plenty of girls, negotiate, take them to cabanas to which they will guide you and have fun all night. Or hire a taxi to take you but go to Sosua where you will find plenty of attractive girls. No need to worry about transportation back. On the main road plenty of options including motos. Quite safe.

If you want to go out every night book a separate room in Sosua hotels. BBBJ is quite common. If you compensate enough girls will stay as long as you want them. This is a business deal. Like anything some are real friendly and will do anything.

Do use protection because you definitely do not want to infect your wife.