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Originally Posted by Pete_Peters
Personally, I find these comments about how "nice" the casino was/is hilarious. Granted, I enjoyed the poker room and went there regularly on weekends to play tournaments. I also had some fun evenings playing BJ in the house of blues pit. But, otherwise, the Boat was a dump, especially of late.
(1) The hotel rooms were atrocious. Old; broken down furniture; stained carpets, curtains; overall dirty; showers hardly worked (often just a trickle from 20-year old shower heads) ...
(2) The casino is always empty/filled with old people. Terrible vibe ...
I have to disagree pretty strongly; I quite liked the Showboat, and will be sad to see it go.
I always found the rooms and the casino to be relatively clean. Not gleaming or totally consistent like Borgata, but at least the equal in this regard of anything on the boardwalk (except Caesar's, I guess), and
certainly better than something like Bally's/Claridge, which always makes me feel embarrassed to be staying there.
The clientele is also nice. Yes, there are a lot of old people -- but that's not a bad thing. On the whole they're quiet, clean, and pleasant. Compare this to the Philadelphia-frat-boy/"Jersey Shore" rejects that swamp certain other venues (I'm looking at you, Trop). The other big group is middle-aged drunks, but at the Showboat they're almost always good-natured, as opposed to the nasty middle-aged drunks you tend to find at, say, the Taj.
The staff was competent. The buffet was well above average for AC. The games in the poker room were soft and non-threatening.
And it was cheap! Well into May weekday rooms would be running at $30/night. No one else was really close. RIP Showboat, you'll be missed.
ETA: As long as I'm here, would anyone in the know care to answer my questions about the room promotion at Bally's/Showboat/Harrah's
in this post? Thanks.