Heading To Harborside tomorrow.....

[tomandrobin]

We are heading to Harborside tomorrow, its been two years since our last visit.

Anyone have anything you need me to check about?
I do not think we will be doing an owner's update. I am not buying or selling, and the reward for taking time out of my vacation is not worth it.

 

[CPNY]

We are heading to Harborside tomorrow, its been two years since our last visit.

Anyone have anything you need me to check about?
I do not think we will be doing an owner's update. I am not buying or selling, and the reward for taking time out of my vacation is not worth it.

I wouldn’t consider one day of free wifi a reward lol.

 

[DanCali]

We are heading to Harborside tomorrow, its been two years since our last visit.

Anyone have anything you need me to check about?
I do not think we will be doing an owner's update. I am not buying or selling, and the reward for taking time out of my vacation is not worth it.

Last time we were there they offered 10,000 points to attend an "update", which is the lowest we've ever been offered anywhere in our 15 years of ownership.

I'll do 1-2 "updates" a year for the points, and it's paid off for them too as we did make (informed) purchases over time to enroll resales. But I will give my time to the highest bidders, and it's not HRA.

 

[sponger76]

We are heading to Harborside tomorrow, its been two years since our last visit.

Anyone have anything you need me to check about?
I do not think we will be doing an owner's update. I am not buying or selling, and the reward for taking time out of my vacation is not worth it.

I was there in late May. I know most people might not be excited about this, but when I was there they were building a Shake Shack location right by the lagoon near the Royal Baths pool. Hopefully it'll be open by now.

 

[DanCali]

Last September they were renovating what used to be the Splashers kids pool area (was still open in June 2022 on our earlier visit that year). It was totally under construction for something brand new. Please post what became of it!

 

[tomandrobin]

Last September they were renovating what used to be the Splashers kids pool area (was still open in June 2022 on our earlier visit that year). It was totally under construction for something brand new. Please post what became of it!

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We will be definitely seeking this out. We have kids aged 9, 7, 5, 3, 3, 1 going on this trip.

 

[tomandrobin]

I was there in late May. I know most people might not be excited about this, but when I was there they were building a Shake Shack location right by the lagoon near the Royal Baths pool. Hopefully it'll be open by now.

I am hoping so too, but the website still reads coming soon.

 

[tomandrobin]

I wouldn’t consider one day of free wifi a reward lol.

Give me wifi for the week, dinner voucher for Fish, transfer to the airport and the points......I am in!

 

[CPNY]

Give me wifi for the week, dinner voucher for Fish, transfer to the airport and the points......I am in!

Haha even then I still don’t think I’d endure their sales pitch. The last time I went on one at harborside I was asked by the “closer” why I was wasting her time and doing the sales presentation if I wasn’t going to buy. They can keep whatever they are offering

 

[emeryjre]

The cellular service at the resort has strong signals from the local providers
Depending on who your stateside provider is, you can sign up for an international service that will provide WiFi in accordance with your stateside plan
The Wi-Fi at Harborside is not free at this time
There was a period when the Wi-Fi was not being charged for
This was because of a system wide upgrade that was being performed across the Atlantis complex
The upgrade is finished and Wi-Fi is again being charged for if you are staying at Harborside
If you stay at one of the towers of the Atlantis complex, there is a resort fee that covers the cost of Wi-Fi

 

[CPNY]

The cellular service at the resort has strong signals from the local providers
Depending on who your stateside provider is, you can sign up for an international service that will provide WiFi in accordance with your stateside plan
The Wi-Fi at Harborside is not free at this time
There was a period when the Wi-Fi was not being charged for
This was because of a system wide upgrade that was being performed across the Atlantis complex
The upgrade is finished and Wi-Fi is again being charged for if you are staying at Harborside
If you stay at one of the towers of the Atlantis complex, there is a resort fee that covers the cost of Wi-Fi

So I was lucky enough to receive free wifi during the upgrade. However, as far as cell service. If you have an iPhone, I would recommend going into your phone settings and turn off automatic network selection. You’ll want to select Aliv for better service. I found that when I was on the BTC network the data speeds and cell service was horrible. When it switched to aliv, the speeds were far superior and I nearly always had full service. By turning off automatic network selection and only choosing aliv, it will always be on the aliv network

 

[EnglishmanAbroad]

We will be definitely seeking this out. We have kids aged 9, 7, 5, 3, 3, 1 going on this trip.

Take that lot to the owner's update and you'll be out in 5 minutes

 

[tomandrobin]

Take that lot to the owner's update and you'll be out in 5 minutes

Brilliant!
But only after we sugar them up good. Plus, I will tell the kids they are giving out free ice cream.

 

[tomandrobin]

So I was lucky enough to receive free wifi during the upgrade. However, as far as cell service. If you have an iPhone, I would recommend going into your phone settings and turn off automatic network selection. You’ll want to select Aliv for better service. I found that when I was on the BTC network the data speeds and cell service was horrible. When it switched to aliv, the speeds were far superior and I nearly always had full service. By turning off automatic network selection and only choosing aliv, it will always be on the aliv network

We are all on Verizon. A few have iPhones, I will have to pass along this information.

 

[tomandrobin]

Back from our Vacay.....Family had a great time. Those units are really looking dated. We hated our mattress, no support and really need to go. The Point restaurant is still closed. The kiosk at poolside is limited and only opened to 5pm, even though the pool closes at 7pm.....I don't understand why. We did not go to the owners update and wasn't hounded to go on one. The overall occupancy at Atlantis is still way down from precovid levels. Even the crowds on heavy cruise ship days seemed way down. We had a hard time getting dining reservations on property for our group of eight. There are still a lot of restaurants not open or just abandoned, which I am sure did not help. There was a bunch of renovations happening on the Casino floor. We had a great time regardless and look forward to going back in 2025.