Doing a tour of this Dennis Tower room is going to be difficult because the room was so small, but here goes nothing. Upon entry I see a close to my right and the entire seating area before me.
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The seating area was small and the chairs were not comfortable at all. That made it difficult to sit in the room and drink a cup of coffee and watch the news like I enjoy in the morning. Because of the lack of a comfortable sitting area, I spent almost no time in the room besides sleeping.
Maybe Bally’s designed the Dennis Tower rooms to force people out to gamble. If they did, it worked and that sucks.
From the sitting area you can see the sleeping area which has a bed, a mirror to make the room look bigger, an HDTV and long dresser for clothes.
The lamps didn’t work so the only lights at night were above the bed shining down on the bed. I’m not sure who would like this, but I didn’t. There was an abundance of pillows; 3 of which just stayed on the floor. The HDTV was nice, but that didn’t make up for the rest of the room.
The dresser and TV covered up two thirds of the windows. It’s too bad, because my awesome view of the Wild Wild West would wow anyone! (read with sarcasm)
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Before I get to the bathroom I want to mention that the closet was also tiny. There wasn’t room for me to place my suitcase on the luggage rack, because there wasn’t room for the luggage rack to fit in the closet. I like easy access to my suitcase when at a hotel. I rarely put my clothes in a dresser. There’s less of a chance I’ll lose something.
Continuing on the small theme we have the bathroom. The bathroom was very small, but it was nice and clean. There was a poorly placed telephone and toilet paper holder which made sitting on the toilet bowl very uncomfortable. In fact, I had to sit sideways on the toilet bowl to do my business. I’m only 5’7″ and my knee was banging against the toilet paper holder.
It wasn’t a good look or feel for a toilet area. However, in an effort to cover up for the lack of space, the granite counter top made the bathroom look nice.
The tub area wasn’t even 5 feet from the toilet and counter. The water pressure for the shower wasn’t great, but it wasn’t bad. It was good enough to keep me clean for 3 days and that’s really what matters.
While I was writing this review I began to get angry about how small and uncomfortable this Dennis Tower room was. Overall the room had a few flaws; it was small, there was no view, the toilet area was cramped and the chairs in the sitting area was very uncomfortable and uninviting.
After reviewing the negatives, there was only one thing I really hated – the uncomfortable chairs in the sitting area. Everything else about the room is tolerable and most important the room seemed to be clean.
If given the choice, I would not make the Dennis Tower at Bally’s my number one choice of rooms at Bally’s. I would save my #1 selection for the Garden Tower. At the same time, I wouldn’t recommend that anyone choose these rooms. Unfortunately, when reserving a room at Bally’s they retain the right to have you stay in any tower they choose.
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Good review! I sometimes wonder about whether casino/resorts really want us to be comfortable anywhere but in the casino, too. Or is it just that whoever designed the room was only thinking about color choices and patterns and aesthetics, but not really comfort? I don’t mind a small room, but that bathroom sounds crazy small.
Gray, I used to think the same thing about uncomfortable rooms at casinos but I’ve had a great run in both Vegas and Atlantic City. I can’t say the same for Mohegan Sun which had very nice rooms but they were not very comfortable.
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