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| - it's like when you go off to college and you realise what it means to be "treated like a number"..... 3000 rooms? Omg! Don't expect anything in terms of service or anything above the basics... Yes, the rooms are very nice.
that is the big bonus. We were traveling with our 18 month old (to visit friends, not gamble/play) and the big hotel room was a good fit. The space was large enough for him to explore but not filled with dangerous obstacles.
check-in: what the hell is going on here??? No sense of order... There were 4 "double sets" of line open, and I couldn't figure out if there was one line or if I'm just taking my chances to see which line would be fastest... Either way the simple process of hecking in took 30 minutes on a thursday, for god's sake.... And seriously?? Have you considered just putting in a SELF CHECK-IN kiosk and save yourself a few salaries?? It doesn't take a brain surgeon to look up a reservation and spit out keys.
for someone like myself who was not going to be looking for an upgrade (i'm not a big haggler by nature, we weren't gambling, and I just wanted to get our toddler upstairs and into his jammies!!)
so, we finally get keys and head upstairs. The maze of these big resorts never ceases to amaze me. If I can't make heads or tails of how to get somewhere when I am completely lucid, I don't see how anyone remoty drunk will find themselves out of these places safely.
the bathtub??? A few loose hairs from the nether regions of some blonde person were still in the bathtub!!! WTF. This, I expect from a motel six or even a crappy days inn, but please. I was so grossed out but so drained from our trip that I just wiped them away, ran the hot water like hell in the tub. There are sometimes not enough words to explain my horror. (we were on the 8th floor on may 13 and 14.... like I said, a basic room (we didn't need or want a suite).
the line for the (free) valet was insanely long. hm.... if I can self park and get into the building faster than if I valet parked the car.... self park was easier for us.
self parking lot: very hot and muggy and no ventilation. I can't imagine what it must be like when it's 104F outside??? the horror!
overall, the staff there know that this place has made a name for itself so they've stopped trying.
going back to my original analogy, it's kind of like that relationship in college where your sweetie used to do so many little things for you.... pick you up at the airport.... flowers "just because"..... throw six month "anniversary" celebrations.....
and then, at some point... IT ALL STOPS! (
that's what mandalay bay is. She used to make you dinner before you came home, put on lacy lingerie on a monday night, picked up your dry cleaning and got your mom a mother's day card for you to send to your own mom.
now she is sitting in her cozy chair with a box of bonbons watching DWTS, facebooking about how excited she is about planning to go see SATC 2 with her girlfriends next weekend, and you can't even remember what her lacy lingerie looked like. You probably care for her deeply and like her a lot.... But she makes NO effort whatsoever.
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