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| - Thanks to a seminar Husband was attending, we spent four nights here. Hotel is definitely of 3-star quality. Bathroom, towels, amenities...all 3-star. Bed was comfortable enough. TV worked. Dislike: when I asked for a refrigerator upon check-in was told we would have to upgrade to a "petite suite" for an extra $25 per night. Uh, no thanks. Meanwhile, friends were able to get one for $10 per night. Didn't make us feel all squirmy good that we didn't get the ten dollar offer. Another dislike: our room was near the ice machine/vending machine room. For three days of our stay the ice machine beeped non-stop. After two days it was totally out of ice and still beeping. Right before we left it stopped beeping. We figured we were being punished for not upgrading to a petite suite for a fridge. Oh well, who needs cold drinks, right?
Parking: If you are staying in the hotel, park in H. This means you get nice and close to the hotel. But there are steps to lug luggage up to, and a clunky door. Again, 3-star. But at least FREE parking.
Pool: At last I have free time at a "resort" and can actually utilize a pool and guess what? It's not open on weekdays! wtf? Finally open on Friday and oops, closed for wind! Saturday, open...finally got to peek at it, but wah! didn't have time to hang out. (looks nice enough for those of you that can actually utilize it)
Likes: FOOD! Restaurants are doing it right here. Will review separately, but the cafe, Italian place and seafood all ROCK. We avoided the buffet as the first words our friends said to us when we arrived were "don't go to the buffet".
Another like is the security. They always have a security guard inside the hotel entrance and by the entrance to the pool. You have to show your room key to get to the elevators and you have to use your room key to get up the elevators. Kudos for security!
Casino: sigh, I wanted to love it. Did have some fun. The obsession with the player's card and tracking gets really really old fast. I'm just not that interesting. Case in point: four days of playing and buying things equaled a six dollar burger. At one point I was informed by a pit boss that I had a duplicate card. Uh, I didn't sign up twice. Required dealing with the sign-up place again and made to feel slightly like a criminal when I hadn't friggin' done anything.
As for dealers and pit bosses, some were friendlier than others,but there wasn't an overall feeling of let's have fun (as I experienced later at other casinos).Machine-wise, they were generic, looked old, none of the gimmicky trendy machines we saw elsewhere. Played some, nothing exciting. Overall quite smoky. There is a small area near the back that is "smoke-free". And I do mean small. Looked kinda like you were being punished if you wanted a smoke-free area. Not to mention, machine choices are limited and certainly no table games. In other words, stick with smoky.
Shop: Had some time to kill. Perused the shop. Bought a cute top on the sale rack. Fortunately I wore it one night while we were there, because now that I have come home and washed it, I can pass it on to a toddler as it shrunk ridiculously. And the ring? Knew it was a cheap one, but expected it to last more than a month before tarnishing.
Movies: Can't go to the pool? Well there's a nice stadium-seating theater with current movies, one of which I enjoyed. Also enjoyed a movie in the room at another time for about $11.
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