Buy pre-sale tickets. Once you show it to the bouncer, you skip EVERY line. I've never gotten into a club that fast before. It only took 5 minutes to get into the club. Now, the bar line, thats a whole different story...
Since the last time I came to XS years ago, the music and type of dancing has changed a lot. Its much more of the EDC crowd so its not much of the traditional "grinding with a girl" anymore. So much more jumping up and down and telling the person next to you how awesome the (insert celebrity DJ) and (insert B-rated celebrity next to him) is.
The venue size-wise is really big and the grand entranceway makes you feel like an A-lister. And the pool area gives guests a breather from the hot sweaty mess that is inside. Warning though, the last few times it was cold and windy out there. On the plus side, there's a bar and some gambling tables in the pool area in order to hang out for a little bit and not fight with the bar line inside. We got table service outside last time but we probably wouldn't do it again. All the girls got really cold sitting down in their thin dresses. The solution was either a boyfriend or more alcohol, both of which was fine for the guys.
Only thing I can knock on this place are the creepy wall fixtures. Reminds me of Han Solo frozen in carbonite. But instead, all naked women looking like they're in pain.