All inclusive resorts

This recent article from the Washington Post totally speaks to me: http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/travel/how-i-learned-to-stop-worrying-and-love-the-all-inclusive-resort/2011/10/04/gIQAx6i5jL_story.html

I have been to two all inclusive resorts in my travels and have had very different experiences. My dad and I accidentally ended up at one on the Greek Island of Rhodes and wanted to leave within moments of arriving. You were required to wear a bracelet, I watched grown fat men bring plates literally stacked with six dinner rolls for themselves back from the buffet and the next morning at 7am EVERY chair by the pool was already claimed, despite everyone already being a shade of lobster red. The resort also provided no way to get to the culture at the other end of the island (Old Town) so my dad and I got on a public bus. Then in Zanzibar we stayed at one on the coast because, well outside of Stone Town you cannot really just wander to any restaurant you want. This was slightly not inclusive in that beer and lunch were still charged (at least on our package) but it was so so much better. The breakfast buffet was full of fresh fruit and each night was a different theme at the restaurant. They altered between buffet themed nights (like local fair) and sit down menus (one was themed like a gala with a band and dance floor). This meant not facing the same drab buffet nightly which made it o so so much better. Plus being in the middle of no where it was more practical.