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Holidays- there's nothing like them. The hotel makes the holiday- good food, nice clean rooms, massive pool- it's what holidays are about. Nintendo, after agreeing that the console market just isn't enough, have decided to invest in a few hotels around the world. Currently, Tenerife is the tester- it's the first Nintendotel location. It's my half term this week- and I've been given the opportunity to stay here and experience it first-hand. So, let me show you round the Nintendotel.
Reception
Nice theme here- the Kokiri forest. A strange, little man works at reception. Said his name was Milo. Though, for a receptionist, he was rather grouchy... Anyway, DK, working as the porter, showed me to my room.
Rooms
The rooms are amazing! Each one is unique- a different theme showing a slice of Nintendo history. As I slid my room key through the slot, I opened the door- and WOW! I was lucky. Very lucky. My room was designed upon Gelato beach from SMS. I had sand on the floor, the walls were, well, what walls? Each room is capapble of VR- so it seems like you're really there. My bed rocks, though. Although it looks like a sprout, it's really comfy. And if I spray water on it, it grows to massive proportions, so I can really stretch out and sleep. The best thing about my particular room is the Watermelon judging contest. I haven't won yet, but the prize seems to be shiny...
Pool area
This is where it gets interesting. After I had changed into my shorts, I headed down to the pool and nearly fell over in amazement. The main pool area was modeled on Noki bay, also from SMS, with Noki people running around handing out free towels. Slave labour, yes, but at least they're happy...
There's also a smaller pool area. This happens to be based on Animal Crossing, where the staff change every day. Today, however, Samson was working behind the bar. He managed to point out that although my name sounded like food to him, he wasn't hungry, as Hugh gave him a pear. I had better get a pear, or they'll get it when I fill out my customer comment form...
Games room
The games room rules! It's based on Mario Party- there's so many different games to choose from! My personal favourite is the bowling- but I haven't tried basketball yet.
Lunch
Lucnh was.... different. Gazing down the menu I saw Mushrooms, Poison Mushrooms, Mushrooms in Garlic, Mushrooms with Mushrooms, and Mushroom Ice Cream. It came as no surprise when I found Mario was my waiter. Hmm... I should really try Yoshi's bar. At least the dude has fruit...
Beach
The beach is no different to my room really, except it's open to the public. The banana boat was different- DK (He gets around alot) insisted that we should use a real banana. I tried to point out that banana boats get their name because they *look* like bananas, they're not *actually* bananas. He wasn't too happy...
Dinner
Dinner was good. I had Roast Cuckoo in Mushroom sauce- I hit Mario because I ordered A creamy sauce, but nevermind.
Entertainment
The evening entertainment changes frequently. Tonight is the Bowser magic show, with his assistant Kamek. I am certainly looking forward to it- there's a rumour going round that Shigsy might be making a special appearance. Shame I missed him in London though.
Other Rooms
I took a tour with the maids, well, Maid. Peach had been given the task of cleaning all 1000+ rooms, and was quite cynical. Anyway, of the few that I saw, the Starfox and Metroid rooms look the most appealing- you get a free Arwing/Birdsuit! Cool!
Overall
Overall the Nintendotel rocks. There's so much going on, I'm definately coming back here. They're already expanding the facilities- Golf and Tennis are in the planning stages.
Rating- ****
Thanks for reading
Microchips
Reception
Nice theme here- the Kokiri forest. A strange, little man works at reception. Said his name was Milo. Though, for a receptionist, he was rather grouchy... Anyway, DK, working as the porter, showed me to my room.
Rooms
The rooms are amazing! Each one is unique- a different theme showing a slice of Nintendo history. As I slid my room key through the slot, I opened the door- and WOW! I was lucky. Very lucky. My room was designed upon Gelato beach from SMS. I had sand on the floor, the walls were, well, what walls? Each room is capapble of VR- so it seems like you're really there. My bed rocks, though. Although it looks like a sprout, it's really comfy. And if I spray water on it, it grows to massive proportions, so I can really stretch out and sleep. The best thing about my particular room is the Watermelon judging contest. I haven't won yet, but the prize seems to be shiny...
Pool area
This is where it gets interesting. After I had changed into my shorts, I headed down to the pool and nearly fell over in amazement. The main pool area was modeled on Noki bay, also from SMS, with Noki people running around handing out free towels. Slave labour, yes, but at least they're happy...
There's also a smaller pool area. This happens to be based on Animal Crossing, where the staff change every day. Today, however, Samson was working behind the bar. He managed to point out that although my name sounded like food to him, he wasn't hungry, as Hugh gave him a pear. I had better get a pear, or they'll get it when I fill out my customer comment form...
Games room
The games room rules! It's based on Mario Party- there's so many different games to choose from! My personal favourite is the bowling- but I haven't tried basketball yet.
Lunch
Lucnh was.... different. Gazing down the menu I saw Mushrooms, Poison Mushrooms, Mushrooms in Garlic, Mushrooms with Mushrooms, and Mushroom Ice Cream. It came as no surprise when I found Mario was my waiter. Hmm... I should really try Yoshi's bar. At least the dude has fruit...
Beach
The beach is no different to my room really, except it's open to the public. The banana boat was different- DK (He gets around alot) insisted that we should use a real banana. I tried to point out that banana boats get their name because they *look* like bananas, they're not *actually* bananas. He wasn't too happy...
Dinner
Dinner was good. I had Roast Cuckoo in Mushroom sauce- I hit Mario because I ordered A creamy sauce, but nevermind.
Entertainment
The evening entertainment changes frequently. Tonight is the Bowser magic show, with his assistant Kamek. I am certainly looking forward to it- there's a rumour going round that Shigsy might be making a special appearance. Shame I missed him in London though.
Other Rooms
I took a tour with the maids, well, Maid. Peach had been given the task of cleaning all 1000+ rooms, and was quite cynical. Anyway, of the few that I saw, the Starfox and Metroid rooms look the most appealing- you get a free Arwing/Birdsuit! Cool!
Overall
Overall the Nintendotel rocks. There's so much going on, I'm definately coming back here. They're already expanding the facilities- Golf and Tennis are in the planning stages.
Rating- ****
Thanks for reading
Microchips
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Great post Chips.
If anyone does take this seriously I'll laugh :-D
If anyone does take this seriously I'll laugh :-D
Cheers for the replies.
.....did someone actually take this seriously? :D
.....did someone actually take this seriously? :D
Just maybe.
Maybe not.
Maybe froots should be a notable.
Maybe.
Maybe chips should be a notable.
Oh yeah! Great post by the way Chips dude, bound to win GAD, maybe.
Giles16 wrote:
> the nintendo hotwl is in Neather land with G*Y boy Micheal Jackson
>
> Kiddies
Byy the way, gay isn't a swear word.
> the nintendo hotwl is in Neather land with G*Y boy Micheal Jackson
>
> Kiddies
Byy the way, gay isn't a swear word.
Great post here Chips.. deserve a GAD in my view.
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