Bryan Stinchfield

Review of Wet Republic

Extremely disappointing. I completely understand t...

Extremely disappointing. I completely understand that places like this need to protect their interests by restricting items like backpacks and bags, but then to take advantage of you for that is over the top. We paid over $120 to see calvin harris on 6/6/2015. Considering the money we were spending I guess I had different expectations. We went in with a backpack and bag but were told we had to check them. No problem, except that they wanted $20 a piece - $20 for each bag. Alright, no worries, we'll leave our things by a chair when we get in, put a towel over it, we're good. Turns out they didn't give us towels. They didnt even have chairs to sit on or water available. The only chairs in the place were either the over priced day beds, cabanas or the steps that go into the pool. So we look for a locker and they had the same ones the flamingo pool was charging $10 for. They charged $50 for a locker at wet republic!! So not only do we have to pay $20 per bag to check them, we then had to pay $50 for a locker, after spending over $120 for the both of us to go to the show, and we hadn't even bought a drink yet! The only shade was inside the bar area, but in the SMALL pool area there was no shade to be found unless you bought a cabana! They had warnings about heat stroke everywhere, yet you couldn't even find a water fountain! So we finally decide to get drinks. They sell them in 32oz sizes, which is awesome, except that they cost $38 each and don't come with much alcohol. I hardly had a buzz after 2 of them. I thought of getting a bucket of beer but it was $60 for a bucket!!! The prices were insane.... for everything.

Maybe I'm past my prime for going to something like this, I'm not sure, but I think its more that I feel like we were completely taken advantage of. I don't mind paying good money for tickets for a show, but to not even have a place to stash your stuff at a pool, for the pool to be smaller than they MGM Guest pool, and for it to have NO chairs, no free water and then take advantage of me by nearly forcing us to get a locker, then I guess I do feel a bit taken ...

On top of everything I left my hat in my bag ... and it was HOT out ... I asked how I was supposed to go to the bag check, I mean, we spent $20 for the bag check, only to be told that if I went down, I most likely wouldn't be let back in! I talked to several people, one of whom finally told me to tell them I had to get medication, and then every whisked me thorugh. Yup, I had to lie to get a hat, in my bag that I paid $20 for a bagcheck for, and if I didn't tell them it was for medication then I wasn't going to be allowed back in? SUCH madness.

Save yourself the time when you want to go next time. If you pay to go to the mgm pool you can completely hear the music from wet republic. Just go sit where you can hear it and eat/drink for a fraction of the cost!