Rachel McElhany

Review of ADAM'S MARK HOTEL (now Blake H...

I had my daughter s birthday party here and it was...

I had my daughter s birthday party here and it was a disappointing experience. Firstly, the website says that paper plates, napkins, etc. are provided. They were but it was leftover odds and ends of cheap paper plates and plastic silverware in wrappers. Every other waterpark or funpark type place provides matching tableware in a fun color for a birthday party. Secondly, they didn t have a knife or spatula to cut and serve the cake with. This is also normally provided. The party hostess didn t do anything. Again, at any other place like this that I have had a child s birthday party (and with three kids, I ve had plenty,) the hostess serves the pizza, pours the drinks, cuts the cake, etc. The hostess was in the room for a couple of minutes at the start and then left. We had to track her down to get the drink pitchers refilled.

The arcade is super tiny. My daughter s friend hit the jackpot and won over 1000 tickets and had trouble spending them because there were hardly any choices of items to redeem them for.

After our time in the party room, we moved on to the private cabana I rented for the afternoon. It was nice to have our own area to throw our stuff but just know that it s not luxurious in any way. The flatscreen TV is small, maybe 19 or 22 inches and was hung way up high from the ceiling. I didn t see a remote for it anywhere which was fine because even if we could have turned it on we wouldn t have been able to hear it. We could barely hear each other talk, it so loud in there. The cabana does nothing to shield one from the general noise of the waterpark.

Lastly, I ordered a pretzel with cheese from the snack bar that was very over cooked and hardly had any salt at all on it.

My kids had fun in the waterpark area but it s small and they were ready to go after a couple of hours.