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| - The good: The music (even the warm-up DJs play great stuff). The layout and venue are clean, modern and easy to navigate. Parking is easy and right next to the pool so you don't have to shlep your crew and your gear through a huge casino.
The bad: All good pool clubs will cost you some money once you get in, but this one is off the charts. Every last thing costs an inflated amount of money. If you come in the day time without renting a cabana or bed, find a little concrete to sit on the towel (that you had to rent) if you're not going to dance. Water is $10. Drinks are $11 and up (way up). Some of the other Yelpers here have accurately laid out how much things cost, which explains why most every daybed and cabana stayed empty. I'm not averse to spending some cash if I get a great experience in return, but sadly there is nothing to set it apart from most any other pool club on the Strip. The location is also a little odd; unless you want to go over to Mandalay, there is no place you can easily walk to when you're done. Seems dangerous to stick people in their cars right after you fed them (overpriced) drinks and sunshine all day.
The Ugly: There is more security than I have ever witnessed for ANY music related event. Metro Police, Sheriff's Dept, plain-clothes police, and the venue's own massive security staff outnumbered the patrons at one event, and was about 1 to 1 for the other event. Don't get me wrong, I understand the implications of water, alcohol, and party people (to say nothing of the illicit things people like to sneak in), and I appreciate the efforts of those assigned to keep people safe, but it felt like a Police State where every action was observed. When we were getting ready to go, my girl and I were scolded for putting on our dry jeans because it wasn't "swim wear" and we needed to wait until we left. Really? After the ridiculous money we just dumped in your new venue? As we were leaving? Not exactly a great atmosphere to "cut loose".
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