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| - Definitely a classy experience! But you have to go in with the expectation that you're going to be spending $16/cocktail at the main bars and $20 during the show (they auto-add gratuity/fees).
Despite the pricey cocktails, the ambiance is amazing and the allure of the hidden mysteries that lie behind secret doors is too tempting to miss.
We purchased the livingsocial deal for the 10pm canto and picked up our tickets around 6:15 on the night of the show. We were seated in the second row of section 100, but in the corner... so while we were very close to the action, we were behind the entertainers and couldn't see the images on projector screen.
We were fortunate to be "invited" back to both the Cloak Room before the 10pm canto and the Study after the show. We had just purchased drinks at the bar in the Music room and were waiting patiently when a male/female duo approached us and asked us what our plans were for the evening. We told them we had tix for the 10pm canto and said perfect... they'd swing by to pick us up and take us to the Cloak Room after the performer finished her song. In the cloak room, we saw two mini-acts (the tap dancers and the sideshow freak Captain Frodo) and also enjoyed a complementary tequila punch! They then led us out another secret door and to the show room just in time for the 10pm canto.
After the show, we went back to the bar to wait out the transition for the 12:00am show. We purchased another set of drinks and after sitting at the bar for a few minutes, the same woman approached us and asked if we'd like to visit the Study. Through another set of doors, we were led into another large room with a bar and a sideshow with the Dragon and his dog Mr. Piffles was taking place. Apparently, there is one cocktail special to this room (Down the Rabbit Hole) which we didn't get to experience. But the Dragon asked me to check behind a mirror in the wall and his chihuaha Mr. Piffles was behind it. He told me to get him, but didn't give me more direction... when I asked, he said hang on to him... :) so I got to hold cute Mr. Piffels and then I passed him on to another patron for a bit until staff retrieved him.
All in all, a lovely/exciting experience. My partner and I were trying to discern how you got "selected" to visit the other rooms... it definitely seemed like they were picking pairs of two, and since both of our times we'd just purchased a drink... my partner said "you have to pay to play!".
Which may not be wrong... during our stay in the study, there was an "auction" for a stale croissant... and a woman bid $55 which she actually paid! they took her into a back room and apparently did a strip tease!
At 12:30a, we left the Study and realized the main bar/restaurant were mostly empty and a whole new crowd had taken over the show room with the club. Some of the original patrons were still dancing, but it definitely seemed like an entirely new crowd.
If you can still get the Living Social deal, do it. I'd def recommend going early to get your tickets (which have assigned seats). We arrived back at about 9:25pm (no line, but escorted into main bar).
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