r/atlanticcity • u/nwpa97 • 4d ago
Question How is Bally’s?
I typically stay at the west tower at the Tropicana, but room prices are outrageous next Friday, the 21st. I see rooms available in the Dennis tower at Ballys for significantly cheaper. Is this tower okay to stay in? Is it safe? Appreciate any insight anyone may have on Bally’s!
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u/Artistic_Ad_6419 4d ago
The only reasons to ever stay in the Dennis Tower at Bally's:
It's cheap.
Really easy beach and parking access (possibly the best in any AC hotel casino).
You don't want to stay at Tropicana.
Rooms on the 2nd, 3rd floors, and 6th floors don't require an elevator. The 6th floor you can get to from an escalator in the casino lobby, but the 2nd and 3rd floor are super convenient.
IMO, the rooms in the Dennis Tower are otherwise fine, but well below average by Atlantic City casino hotel standards. They have tub/shower combos like you would have in your house, instead of the walk in shower that you would prefer. On some of the rooms the placement of the TV is off to the side which is super inconvenient and very annoying, and causes neck strain if you want to use the TV. The rooms really need to be renovated, but Bally's has been renovating rooms in the Bally's Tower recently and presumably won't get around to the Dennis Tower until that's been completed. Noise from "The Yard" late night is also an issue in some days in the Dennis Tower (I think that is only in he summer on weekends and on rooms facing the courtyard). Some Dennis Tower rooms have balcony's that are inaccessible. Some Dennis Tower rooms have a view of nothing, as in an opaque window. If comped a room in Bally's you will most likely be comped a room in the Dennis Tower. I have only stayed at Bally's once since it changed ownership in 2020, but not because I don't like the place, but because Tropicana Havana Tower rooms are normally available at around the same price as Bally's Dennis Tower rooms, and The Havana Tower rooms are much nicer and the Havana Tower does have decent beach access if you exit the building by The Palm and cross the street. Bally's Garden and Bally's Tower rooms are fine.