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| - Went to Dayclub on Saturday....actually...I was kind of dragged here by my 2 guy friends who were just dying to go. Me, on the other hand...let's just say clubs are NOT my scene. So my review is from that perspective.
When we arrived around 1pm or so, we didn't wait in the general admission line for long. Maybe 5 minutes before being prompted to pay a $20 cover (for me) and $40 for each of the guys. I really just paid $20 to get into a pool. Yay.
When we got in I was shocked at how small the pool area was for the amount of hype there was for this club. There was literally NO WHERE to go. No place to put my stuff. No place to lay out a towel. Actually, the only place there was to stand was in the pool. So, we went back downstairs to store our stuff. A salesman by the lockers informed us that it would be the reasonable price of $20 to get a locker. And I though the $5 lockers at Disney World were a ripoff. So yes, we paid $20 for a locker. My group of 3 is already $120 in the hole and we haven't even started to party.
Back in the club we go, and we head straight for the bar. I skipped rounds of drinks here and there to save money, but I learned very quickly I was going to need a drink if I wanted to survive the afternoon without going completely insane. I will say our bartender was great and it never took too long to get to drinks. Mixed cocktails were poured strong, and even girly drinks (like my strawberry mojito) were made with care. Total bar tab ended up around $300 for the 3 of us.
The party itself... meh. Since we were basically stuck standing in the pool I experienced a lot of not super fun stuff. The party monitors (people with whistles?) spent a lot of time making sure the sexy party didn't turn into a frat party. We were constantly reminded to keep drinks by the edge of the pool. However, that didn't stop the water from getting nice and murky by the end of the day.
Many beach balls were tossed around the pool which basically served the purpose of men showing their manliness by seeing how hard they could volleyball spike it towards opposite ends of the water.
Finally, splashing. One guaranteed strategy to make sure you go back to your room alone is to arrive at Dayclub buzzed and proceed to splash all the girls on the edge of the pool that clearly spent time prettying their hair that morning. Eventually splashing became standard as songs got hyped up, but definitely don't go around just splashing people.
I experienced a LOT of pushing and shoving around, trying to get to the front, not moving when I shouted "EXCUSE ME PLEASE!!", because almost everyone who comes here thinks they're better than everyone else. I realize this is normal club behavior but for goodness sake, make a little room when a girl is carrying 3 drinks.
I did find that the staff (bartenders, DJs, party monitors, etc) were all great. I really appreciated that the dancers were not totally slutted out, they were wearing cute one pieces.
So basically I didn't have the greatest time. I would have really appreciated this place a lot more if it was probably half as full as it was so people could actually move around the space. Also I probably would have enjoyed it more if we had a much larger group-- probably 5-7 people is the sweet spot.
I can understand why guys love it, because there are tons of hot girls (and if you're a gal, you better be super confident in whatever body you have, because I guarantee there will be 3408324 better looking girls than you). The two guys I went with said it was the "highlight" of our 4 day trip. As for me... probably the least favorite thing I did.
Instead of spending $100 and basically not being able to move, I'd rather spend $50, relaxing and sunning on a chaise, and having a server bring drinks to me instead of fighting my way for them. But that's just me.
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