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| - My husband and I went there for the 2014 New Year's Eve Party, plus stayed the night at the Radisson. In making the reservations, the first person I talked to in reservations was very rude and said she knew nothing about the event and that it was not showing on her computer. She then connected me to the front desk and somehow it rang back to the reservation person. She was so upset it got sent back to her and I was finally connected to the front desk. The lady at the front desk knew about the event, apologized for the rudeness and inconvenience I had gone through, and made the reservations for us, giving us a pool side room for our trouble.
We got the New Year's Eve Package, which included: doors opening up at 9:00pm, champagne toast at midnight, hors d'oeuvres in the ballroom, live music featuring Cameo, party favors, a bottle of Champagne in your room, breakfast served at 2:00am at the Red Rock Buffet (located in the casino), and deluxe guest room accommodations.
When we showed up the day of the event, we found the Radisson to be a lovely place and the people at the front desk were very nice. The room was lovely and very clean. I had made reservations to eat at 6:30pm at the Ahnala Restaurant and the dinner was delicious. We were glad that we had eaten before the event because we tried the hors d'oeuvres at the event and they were not good.
The event ballroom was decorated very nicely. The bad part was that they had set up small high tables with "no chairs" and there were not very many tables. The worst part was having no chairs to sit in. Dancing in heels and not being able to sit was horrible. My feet were killing me after standing around and dancing. A lot of women were taking off their shoes and some women ended up sitting on the floor. It was not good. All night long, we heard complaints from so many people about the "table and no chair" situation. Even some of the men were complaining about their feet hurting after standing for so long. By the way, if you did want a table with chairs, you had to purchase VIP tickets, which were $95 for each person. We think that was a rip-off. When the reservations were made, we think we should have been informed about the "tables with no chairs" situation.
They did have some music playing when we got there, but the band did not start until 11pm. It turned out to be more of a concert because people were just standing around watching them. The band, Cameo, was good, but they only played until a little after 12:00am and started taking down at 12:15AM. Like us, a lot of people were thinking they were going to play until at least 1:00am, since the breakfast was at 2:00am. Because they shut down so early, we didn't want to wait 1 hour and 45 minutes to be served breakfast and we didn't want to stand in anymore lines. We think that was a rip-off, too.
We would never go back to the Radisson Fort McDowell Resort for NYE!
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