When we showed up at the MDPL shop around 10 in the morning and asked for the MP3 players to do a walking tour at our own rythm (using also some documents I had checked before for extra information), the lady simply refused to rent the MP3 players to us and literally obliged us to take the guided tour, telling that that was the only option. I'm not a fan of such guided tours, so I tried to argue, but there was no possibility to rent the MP3's, so we ended up at the guided tour. What a disappointment. Maybe all togehter we walked one and a half or 2 mile, we got a lot of information that was not relevant to art deco (such as where to shop, where to eat, where to drink etc), but very little info about art deco. The guide was unable to answer questions about art deco. I'm living in Brussels (Belgium) myself in an art deco appartment building and was really looking forward to discover some aspects of tropical art deco. And I did, actually, afterwards, when I did the walk on my own, including in some places that were off the beach. So whatever the goals of he MPDL are (and I believe they have played an active role in the preservation of art deco), what they have made from it in practice is a tacky tourist shop ... and I just use that terminology to avoid calling it a tourist trap.