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Trump Marina Stuck in the Eighties, August 14, 2009
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Reviewer: misterkup from Aberdeen, MD
Pros:
The view of the marina. If you are a boater, it is ideal.
Cons:
There is nothing there, to keep you there.
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misterkup
saw things this way
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Service of Hotel
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Location of Hotel
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Condition of Hotel
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When you finally navigate your way to the Trump Marina, which is arguably the hardest hotel to get to in Atlantic City, it is hardly worth the wait and stress it took to get there. In fact, when you get there your first inclination is to turn and run. When you arrive you take an escalator up to the lobby, and you are greeted with the wonderful smell of the smoking section of the slots parlor. From the outdated carpet to the cheesy red velvet ropes that you weave through like an airport ticket line, at least you are greeted by a friendly staff, albeit wearing outdated, hideous, gold uniforms.Everything about the Trump Marina is tired, from the Hooters Restaurant to the overall decor. But one of the worst atrocities is the so-called buffet. Eating there for the free breakfast (and they should have paid me to eat there) convinced me that there was no need to go back for dinner. It was, for lack of a better term, embarrassing. The eggs were powdered, the "coffee" was deplorable, and the danishes were overbaked and out of fashion themselves.The rooms are perfectly fine, but we found little things that ticked us off; no racks for the hand towels, or soap dishes in the shower. The coffee pot was never thoroughly cleaned, with the filter from the day before left in. They forgot to stock up our toilet paper. The water pressure was pretty lame. They only offered drinks in the vending area. Since staying in your room is not THE most important thing in AC, you at least expect to not have to venture far from it to have a good time, or at least get a good meal at any time of the day or night. So what does the Trump Marina offer to keep you there? Not much. No poker room, no horse betting, a very small slots floor with a small selection of table games, a terrible selection of late night dining options, and it's location is isolated from the rest of AC. No big name entertainment. No razzle. No dazzle.As soon as you get there, you want to leave. They also do a terrible job of conveying what they do have because of poor signs and a lack of information (like, where they are located)!To add insult to injury, getting out of the self-parking garage was insane. They had exit ramps blocked off on almost every floor, and I was like a rat trying to find my way out of a maze.With all that being said, it wasn't a total nightmare - but I would NOT recommend it, and we will never stay there again. Any money we saved in staying there we spent on taxis and Jintas to go to more appealing properties, like the Borgata and Harrah's-run casinos.Our waiter commented to us at the buffet that things have not been the same since Ivana stopped running things, and it is clear to me that Trump operated casinos, the one we stayed at and the one's we visited, are two steps behind the competition. You feel the neglect.
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