Let me say this:
I was pretty excited to come to TAO Beach. Out of all the times I've been to Vegas I haven't been able to go to a pool party! Well here was my big chance!
I was with a group of 4 people total, 2 guys and 2 girls. My boyfriend and I came early, with my hosts' recommendation. At about 1030-11 am the line was pretty much empty. We walked right up to the door man with this clip board. I gave him the name of my host, and He gave my boyfriend and I a wristband and ticket. I told him we had two others coming and he told me to let my friends know that they would be good if they told him they were also on the same list that we were on. So we walked in with no problems...
We walked around searching for more square footage...which we never found because this place is as big as my parents backyard.
So my BF made an executive decision and we decided to leave and wait for our friends outside by the Much Bigger pools that the guests of the Venetian get to enjoy.
Fast forward to about 15 mins later:
My friends show up and I told them who to talk to the door man and to tell them they were on the List. I get a call from one of my friends telling me that they were trying to charge my guy friend cover.
So I walked over to the door and tried to talk with the doorman, who was a different guy then the one I talked to. I told him the situation and he told me "it was their policy to charge the guys cover." I told him I was just inside with my boyfriend and he didn't have to pay cover. I then asked him, in the nicest way possible "if their policies had changed in the last 10 mins?" he told me No. SO I asked to speak with someone else.
It took another 10 mins to get my friend in, with the original doorman. But After this political debate, my boyfriend and I were uninterested in staying at TAO Beach. We went back to our hotel.
About an Hour Later, our friends returned as well. my girlfriend told me that they blow whistles at the drunk people who try to bring drinks into the pool.... what kind of pool party doesn't allow you drink in the pool... OH yea! When the pool is the size of a suburban backyard, I guess I can understand...
See ya NEVER TAO Beach!