We were back to the Tropicana for the last weekend in March -- it was March madness, spring break and everything else was booked. As I said before, location is the main reason to choose the Tropicana. My friend and I were looking forward to hanging by the pool and were so bummed to find out that the POOL WAS CLOSED FOR REMODELING (MARCH 2010). They did give us a ton of free drink tickets to compensate and other comps as well. MAKE SURE YOU GET GOOD COMPS! We were staying in the tower that you have to walk far from the entrance ((tried to look at their maps on the website and they SUCK!)). It's the Island Tower -- with the whole rooms being bamboo furniture and mirrors along the headboard & ceilings. Kind of jarring, but these rooms will be new soon. The bar/lounge (Tropics Lounge?) near those elevators was decent and they had a fun guy who was doing decent covers of all kinds of music. There was also a Starbucks cart there (very convenient!). I'm sure that each experience here is different because of how the remodeling is progressing. We were a bit confused in the layout because most of the front entrance was closed off for remodeling, so it was difficult to get to certain places. Hopefully it will be better soon!
** They do have 2 of the new Sex and the City SLOTS and they are so much fun! I'm not a gambler, but it was really fun to sit and watch the characters and movie quotes come up as I won! To quote Carrie, "Me Likey!!!"
FOOD: The South Beach Cafe is a total joke. We went there once and I would rather walk 20 minutes just to go anywhere else. It is lowered and somewhat dark. They have can lights and then ceiling fans which cause strange shadows and bad ambiance. It was making me dizzy and nauseous!!! The food was passable, but I wouldn't go there again. I guess I was expecting more since this place had been being remodeled when we were here a year ago -- the remodel of this space was HORRIBLE. I would have never guessed that it had been remodeled. Bacio had a passable breakfast buffet, but nothing to get excited about.
My friends on a budget liked the Hypnosis show since they got free tickets & said it was pretty good!