We knew they were closing and since my husband spent a lot of time there with his family as a child we went for the memories and a final goodbye. I can't speak to the actual casino part because we were there with our little one so weren't doing any gambling really. The service was mixed, the few housekeepers and employees we ran into were friendly, but the front desk was snarky when I called and the workers at both Earl of Sandwich and Canal were slow as molasses. Also, I know it's outside and there are many seagulls/birds but it looked like the lounge chairs were rarely wiped down, if ever, so you definitely want something between your body & the chair. This wouldn't really be a problem except that I didn't want to bring anything with us so I had my husband let us out with his card and then would've been stuck without a towel if he hadn't come back out.

It was pretty small and even though you needed a key to get to the pool, you also needed to show one & have them test it in order to get a towel (apparently a lot of people try to sneak in). Speaking of coffee I went to Earl of Sandwich, and Canal, both in the casino, both with terrible coffee.

The bathroom was clean so thats a plus, but the coffee pot is kept in there which I am not really a fun of. The chairs and carpet in our room had stains that have clearly been building for years, and while the bed was okay I did notice some stains that looked like scuff marks or maybe ashes on the bottom sides of the sheets. The hotel was run down, pieces of molding missing here and there throughout the room and hotel, and there was an overall dirtiness (did I just make that word up) in our room. Showboat will be closing their doors on August 31st 2014, and I don't know if they are closing because it was terrible, or if it was terrible because they are closing.either way it wasn't good. Typically I don't like to 'kick someone when they're down,' but just in case anyone got a great deal and was thinking about a last minute trip, read this first.

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