"The Splash Party" - Complete Hotel Takeover

[JustAskJulie]

Several folks have asked how the Splash Party was. Actually both Pet and I have posted some about it in our blogs.

Just to give you a bit more info on what to expect if you decide to attend one, here's how the whole event worked....

The Splash Party is a COMPLETE hotel take-over from Thursday at noon through Sunday at Noon. Once the "balls hit the water" (beach balls that is dropped in my Dixie herself) the hotel is OURS and clothes are optional in the pool area. Because parts of the parking lot are visible to outside areas you do have to be clothed when going to your room or to the theme party rooms.

During the day on Thurs, Fri & Saturday the pool is full of semi naked to naked people. It is clothing optional and some choose to stay clothed while others ... well you get the idea.

We actually arrived early which I decided was a good thing as it gave us a chance to meet some people early (Wednesday Night) as well as be at the pool on Thursday when it wasn't as busy. Since a lot of people didn't come in until Thursday afternoon or even Friday. The pool was fairly quiet on Thursday (in comparison to Fri & Sat that is). They had a DJ at the pool and a body painter all 3 days as well as a live musician for a bit each afternoon.

Continental Breakfast and Lunch were provided Thurs - Sat at the hotel. So really other than dinner you had no need or reason to leave the hotel unless you just wanted to.

Friday afternoon by the pool they had a hypnotist and Saturday they had some fun couples games out at the pool.

Each night there was a theme dance with good turn out. The dance went from 9pm-1am with the (matching) theme party rooms opening up at 11pm each night. The folks in charge of the theme rooms did a great job with each one and there really was something for everyone.

They had security on hand to ensure that only those who should be there even entered the hotel grounds, which was a good thing. All in all Dixie ran a great party and we are looking forward to going back.

Also, as a follow-up to the weekend, taking what I learned I wrote an article for the Info & Advice section of the site on Making the Most of Your Hotel Take-Over

[Greg & Sheryl]

It's a pity that same atmosphere couldn't be achieved by the Lifestyles Convention while Dixie was running the LSO. Clark County, Nevada regulations wouldn't allow it, but Orlando is apparently much more open-minded. We will definitely have to check out a future Splash Party!

[JustAskJulie]

How did the Convention veer off atmosphere wise? Could it have something to do with the size as well?

The only improvement I could see would be if the hotel were all in one building. The hotel that Close Encounters used to use for Bewitched was a U shape with the pool in the middle and that worked really well IMO as you could go in and once you got past the curtains no worries about clothes or covering up. The Orlando hotel is in multiple buildings so outside of the pool area you had to cover up to go between buildings.

[VegasLee]

The Biggest difference is that the hotel in Florida does not have alcohol License or Gaming License so they did not have the Gods of those Licenses watching over them.

Sin City is not Sin City anymore. Hotels cost a BILLION DOLLARS to build and the licenses are worth more then that. No hotel here is willing to take a chance with those licenses anymore.

Because of that they had undercover cops watching us to make sure that we are good little boys and girls that do nothing to piss off the powers to be.

That changes the whole attitude and atmosphere of the event.

[JustAskJulie]

Originally Posted by VegasLee

The Biggest difference is that the hotel in Florida does not have alcohol License or Gaming License so they did not have the Gods of those Licenses watching over them.

Sin City is not Sin City anymore. Hotels cost a BILLION DOLLARS to build and the licenses are worth more then that. No hotel here is willing to take a chance with those licenses anymore.

Because of that they had undercover cops watching us to make sure that we are good little boys and girls that do nothing to piss off the powers to be.

That changes the whole attitude and atmosphere of the event.

I can see where that would make an issue. Having been to plenty of the web (porn) conventions the "control" was obvious and after I posted above I started thinking about some of the things in those conventions that would just be worse in a swinger convention. Just the nudity factors alone would be a start. The last major convention I went to outside of Vegas was in Miami and it wasn't much better (of course that hotel also had a liquor license). We were expecting clothing optional pool and ended up with childen on premise (some people are just stupid - why would you bring your kids to a porn convention?).

There are many small conventions and hotel-takeovers across the country worth checking out, everything from SwingStock (swinger campout) to Naughty in N'awlins and Splash and many others.

[Close Encounters]

Glad to hear Splash was a blast for those who were able to go. We had plans to attend however a wisdom tooth extraction overrode those plans. We won't make the Halloween Splash (far to busy at the club) but you can count on our attendance again next summer.

[JustAskJulie]

Originally Posted by Close Encounters

Glad to hear Splash was a blast for those who were able to go. We had plans to attend however a wisdom tooth extraction overrode those plans. We won't make the Halloween Splash (far to busy at the club) but you can count on our attendance again next summer.

I wish you guys would bring back Bewitched! That was an awesome party.