Bluegreen Vacations At Atlantic Palace, Ascend Resort Collection

So can’t tell here. Was told by front that blue green sold their interest and that the only rooms available to blue green members are the unrenovated ones.
My room was ok — not bad. Very clean. But it was circa 90s. Small box shower reminiscent of a college dorm. Bath in second bathroom was old — but very clean. Soaking tub in master was old — but again very very clean.
Furniture had lots of marks — very simple to what u get on the casinos. This definitely isn’t a property where they ensure it is always perfect — but again the one thing I can’t complain about is cleanliness. This is an older property — slightly modernized apparently depending on who u book thru — but it is clean. I liked the dishes and such. We were missing a few to make a whole set — but I really didn’t need a whole set anyway.
And it was nice and quiet!

Decent hotel. There a many mixed reviews on this place being that it is part timeshare/​part hotel. This place goes by Atlantic Palace and Fantasea as well. I am reviewing the timeshare portion (Fantasia).
Inside the hotel there is a small restaurant, however it wasn’t open and there was nothing that said when it would be… weird. We stayed on the 20^th floor and had an amazing view! There’s a nice big ledge that’s perfect for laying on and looking at the waves. I would suggest calling and requesting to be placed higher up, or asking once you check in… they are very accommodating. And don’t worry, the elevators are listening fast!
The room itself was pretty decent. The bed was clean and comfortable… it had a leather headboard. Which I didn’t like because it showed wear and tear, which took away from the niceness of the bed. The couch was also leather, again same thing. The Jacuzzi tub was nice, seemed a little dated. There’s a mirror right next to the tub (so you can watch yourself shower?) But it seemed foggy. Also there was no lighting in the tub/​shower area so it was kind of dark.
All in all this is a decent place. No you’re not living in the lap of luxury but if you plan on going out and exploring, it’s a nice place to lay your head. And the Jacuzzi tub will definitely relax you.
Also Fantasea customers receive free parking (one car) and free shuttle service.

Well, I’m back home. Was at Atlantic Palace/​BlueGreen/​FantaSea Resort the week after Thanksgiving 2015. Review is also on TripAdvisor. It’s probably nicer at casino hotels. Some of them. The kitchen area was clean and nice. The view was good despite the weather. There was no housekeeping for me. It was a time share. It’s not the worst place to stay in Atlantic City.

We’ve stayed at the Atlantic Palace Suites a couple of times and haven’t had any problems… The parking garage is indeed small and lacks an elevator and there isn’t a valet, so if you have issues with walking, you are probably going to have a problem. The check-​in can be a little confusing — the timeshare desk is the first one you see when you walk in from the street entrance — the hotel part is a little further back. Anyway, once you figure out the parking garage and check in situation, as we have, it’s a breeze getting checked in.
We have enjoyed the ample sized suites that we’ve stayed in — there’s a great view of the boardwalk and the ocean, a nice sized kitchenette, the air was kicking, the room was clean, and the hot tub was great — what more can you really ask for? I guess the only complaint I would have would be that the pillows on my last trip weren’t very comfortable — they felt like plastic to me — but I don’t remember having a problem with that on my last trip.

I was a little apprehensive about staying here, since it’s not a big casino nor a chain-​type hotel, but the price was right and it was on the boardwalk, so we figured ‘how bad could it be’. Not bad at all… thankfully! check is was basically easy — I wasn’t sure where to go since there was a ‘check-​in’ counter for Atlantic Palace, but also a counter for ‘FantaSea Resort’ (we got a great Expedia deal for the FantaSea Resort — the time share portion??) — I waited for a minute or 2 by the AP counter, but then wandered over to the other one, where Will was very eager to help me. But, he offered the time-​share package to me — some discounts, free nights, coupon books, etc. if we were to sign up and take the 2 – 3 hour tour of the facility. Since we were on a VERY limited time schedule that weekend (Beer Festival), we were not able to partake. And that was the only dealing with the time-​share that we encountered… thankfully! check in was easy — we were given a parking pass ($ 12/​night) for the car and told to bring all stuff into the lobby (asked if we need a bellhop — which we didn’t) since there was no elevator or access to the hotel from the parking garage. There were 3 elevators to all of the floors and we never waited more than a few seconds for one. We entered our room, which was very comfy and what we’d expect for a studio/​kitchenette room. The bathroom was large and clean, filled with Bath and Body works products. The tub was a little high up (it was also a Jacuzzi style tub), so if you have difficulty lifting your legs (small children/​elderly/​etc), then this might be an issue. The room did smell, though — of fish. Not sure if someone had cooked/​reheated fish in the microwave, or if it came from the heating/​AC unit. We tolerated it and after a while, didn’t notice it (there was a small window that opened, but that didn’t help. As for the windows — there is a HUGE window overlooking the boardwalk, all the way south and over the Atlantic Ocean. There was a couch and coffee table, along with a small kitchen table and 2 chairs. It was very comfy — nice for a long weekend, or a week-​long get-​away. A small kitchen, VERY clean, with all the amenities (dishes/​glasses/​utensils/​etc…) All in all, this was a nice and very clean hotel, with very friendly staff. I would definitely recommend and stay here again! (if the price is right!) PS — we didn’t explore the hotel, since we didn’t have a lot of time, but I would hope and expect that everything else was just as pleasant. And we didn’t ask for a Wi-​Fi password, but I think it’s complimentary for time-​share guests; I think regular guests have to pay a daily fee.

I recently just stayed here and I can only tell you the worst service ever. After all day out shopping we came back to a room that was not clean, no towels and the same dirty towels from the day before. We called them and they said they would send someone up around 5 or 6 to clean. That they are behind schedule. But my point is i I traveled a lot. I’ve never been in a hotel with this kind of service and they also had me staying in 2 rooms when I reserved a suite. I recommend you to look elsewhere. But again that’s only my opinion.

Santiago was the best person to check me into a hotel since Four Seasons Bora Bora. His etiquette and demeanor are five star hotel quality. I loved staying here. Thank you! Can’t be the price with free wifi. Parking is $ 12. Definitely a place for 20 to 30 somethings but no unreasonable noise. I will definitely stay again.

I went for a mini getaway in the middle of September while the weather was still nice. Prices for AC hotels were all generally cheaper because I booked it during «off-​peak» season.
This place was awesome! I got a studio on the 15^th floor for 3 nights. Panoramic views of the boardwalk and the ocean. The window must have spanned 20 feet. There was a nice pullout couch and kitchenette stocked with necessary utensils. The TV had all the channels I needed. The bathroom was big too. There was a nice jacuzzi jetted tub with a mirror that was nice to relax in, however I had to wrap a rag around the plug because water seemed to be slowly draining, making the fill-​up time long. No biggie though.
The 3^rd floor had a nice hot tub, pool and sundeck. There was also a nice game room with pool tables and arcade games ($$).
The lady who checked me in was also super sweet. She caught me on my way downstairs after checking in and asked if my partner and I wanted free tickets to see the Miss America competition that night at Boardwalk Hall. A previous couple gave them to her after realizing they couldn’t attend. It was a very nice welcome, especially after seeing the tickets were worth $ 60 each lol.
As for the surrounding area, the hotel is right on the boardwalk near everything. Steps away from the beach, restaurants, and pier. You need your room key to enter the hotel from the boardwalk though.
The reason I gave this hotel 4 stars and not 5 is because of the jacuzzi in my room and the elevators. They were a tad bit slow. There were 3 and one instance I waited about 10 minutes. The wait times were generally longer during the late afternoon and the weekend, so if you came here during the week it would probably be fine.
Overall, great experience! I would come back!

I got this hotel as a Groupon deal, so I wasn’t expecting much. The hotel was fine — it was clean, and right on the beach, so we had no real complaints.
The check in process was pretty awful. I arrived at 9pm, and the attendant wasn’t going to let me check in because my ID says «under 21 until MM/​DD/​YYYY.» She claimed that since it didn’t say I was over 21 (even though my date of birth was on there and I’m over 21) we couldn’t check in. After about a half hour she talked to her boss and the problem was solved.
The room was big. We had a bedroom with a queen, a Murphy bed, a couch, a dining room table with chairs, and a kitchen. The furniture wasn’t super comfy, but it was clean.
The bathroom was really weird. There was a window that looked into the bathtub from the living room. The curtain to the window was in the living room, which was quite odd.
Overall: the Atlantic Palace is fine for travelers on a budget. It’s not luxurious, but it is clean and on the boardwalk.

Bluegreen vacations at Atlantic Palace in AC as a Priceline express deal was not a bad place to stay. But it is definitely not up to par with any of the other RCI hotels I’ve stayed at.
Pros: Right on the boardwalk — steps from the beach. Perfect for what we wanted which was an easy beach weekend. Kitchenette with micro, stove and fridge. Overall clean.
Cons:
–The rooms are really run down and definitely need some updating. Maybe some look like the pictures online but ours definitely did not.
–Only 3 elevators for 31 floors. Luckily we were on the 4^th floor and just took the stairs but others who were on the higher floors had to wait 10 – 15 min for an elevator. Part of the problem were employees who would get off the elevator and lock it so no guests could get on and use it. I understand they have a job to do but they were really rude about it as well.
–The parking garage is really small and hard to park in.
Now as to what was UNACCEPTABLE — we were checked in to our room for less then 1 hour when the front desk clerk checked another couple into the same room. They had the key to our room and just walked right in. When we all went downstairs the clerk claimed it wasn’t his fault, he just did what the computer told him to do. One of the other clerks then made a comment that it had actually been his error. It was the start of our vacation and I didn’t want to start off on a bad note so I let it go for the time being. They took off the parking fees for us as an apology. I am really concerned about this though — we were super lucky that the couple was nice and that we were in the room at the time! We made sure we had all of our valuables with us at all times for the remainder of the trip.

Way better than expected! After reading mixed reviews I was honestly expecting a dump. I prepared for the worst. But when I opened the door to the room and saw the entire far wall was a window looking right at the ocean I was ecstatic!
I booked 3 rooms through hotwire for a bachelorette weekend and what we got was a steal!
All of our rooms kitchens with a mini fridge, stove, pots, pans, dishes, dish soap, sponges, pull out couches, dining table and Jacuzzi tub!
The staff was very friendly and helpful in getting our rooms next to each other, changing our parking pass for the oversized vehicle lot, calling us a taxi van that fit all 11 girls (taxi cost $ 4 per person!!) and telling us about preparing for chekout (wash your dishes). I have ZERO complaints. They were so polite to a group of loud girls and extra towels were delivered in minutes.
The location was right between everything we wanted to hit. I will always stay here when visiting AC.

We stayed in a recently upgraded room, with a fantastic view of the ocean and boardwalk.
Booked the room on Hotwire for $ 135 on a Saturday night. (Caesars was $ 546, if that gives you a point of comparison)
The room had a queen bed, sofa and kitchenette.
The check in staff was friendly and helpful, brought a shower cap right away, called us a cab.
The downside?
The parking garage is designed for smart cars, nothing bigger. I drive a civic, which I never have a had a problem parking within the lines and opening my doors. It was almost impossible to get out of the car (and for this I paid $ 12).
Also, the time share guy called our room repeatedly until we picked up. (it’s DST, 9 am, I went to bed at 4:30 a.m., gimme a break)
For the money, there’s nothing better in Atlantic.City.

After going to other bluegreen properties, we are disappointed about this one. The security guard was rude. The receptionists at the desks were not welcoming. There is a restaurant listed with attractive food items but was closed. The room that we were in was of descent size with a small kitchen. But the stove was amazingly slow when it came to cooking. We asked the front desk for extra coffee pouches which would cost $ 1 a bag.
However, there is one good thing about this place: we can look out at the Atlantic Ocean.
Definitely, this bluegreen place does not equal to the other ones.

If I could vote a 3.5 I would.
I selected this property due to its relative budget price compared to the casino-​hotels located on the Boardwalk. I snagged a room for $ 120 for one night, but it was the Saturday night after Valentine’s Day, so considering all of that the room price was reasonable.
Check-​in was fine. Parking was challenging. As a guest you get free access to a parking space in the property’s garage, and the garage presents some challenges. First challenge is that the garage is compact. The garage was probably built to stuff as many vehicles in the garage in a small a place as possible. The result is that parking spaces are very close and fairly difficult to get in and out of while trying to avoid other parked cars, cars entering and exiting the garage at the same time and poles. The second challenge is that there is no elevator to take you from the property’s lobby floor to the floor of the garage where you are parked. I’m healthy and was able to climb four flights with no problem, but others may be challenged by the lack of an elevator in the garage.
In the property the three elevators seemed to be sufficient to get guests up and down without long waits. My room was on the 20^th floor, and one of the walls of the room was a completely glassed view of the Boardwalk and Atlantic Ocean to the north of the property. The view was splendid.
The room itself was clean and resembled a suite-​hotel room with a kitchenette. The room had a double bed and a foldout leatherette couch. The TV was flat screen and had a good selection of cable channels.
I would have preferred a queen-​sized bed, but given the dimensions of the room, perhaps that size would have been too large.
The temperature control in our room worked well. Too well. My son turned up the heat before we retired and I woke up 3 hours later in a sweat, turning the system off. Later on, it became cold so I turned it back on again. So, the heating system worked very well. Just make sure that you turn the thermostat to a level to which you are comfortable before you retire for the evening and you should be fine.
The bathroom was stocked with a few bottles of shampoo, body lotion, conditioner and lots of towels. The towels were very nice and thirsty.
The tub was a Jacuzzi type with a shower. This was not a romantic getaway, so I just showered. The shower itself earned my three stars out of three (temperature, water pressure, drainage). The one uncomfortable part was that the wall of the shower was mirrored (I suppose for more romantic stays), and I wasn’t really comfortable looking at myself while showering! :)
To recap, the property was comfortable, well placed on the Boardwalk, had a tremendous view from our room (on the 20^th floor) and was reasonably priced. A larger bed would have been nice, as would an elevator in the garage, but if those are my only criticisms, that’s not too bad!

All bluegreens are not created equal. After staying in a Bluegreen in Las Vegas and seeing the lobby of this one I expected a decent room. Should have known after I checked in and had to park in that tiny garage. There was barely enough room for a full sized vehicle to navigate and park in there. Forget about a car going in and coming out at the same time. Then there was a broken drainage pipe leaving the garage into the hotel.
Now onto the elevator, it smelled like mildew. Then the hallway on my floor had a spot of carpet held down by duct tape. There was also a portion of wallpaper that was peeling off. I should have headed for the hills at that point but I decided to stick it out.
My room did have a nice couch and TV. The bed looked like a full size but was supposed to be a queen. The sheets were very worn and had this little fuzz balls when they have outlived there usefulness. The heat in the room was just one little knob to adjust it. The bathroom is poorly laid out. There was and old work whirl pool tub that looked like one my parents had in the 90s. The shower rod was old as completely rusted out.
I would never stay here again. It’s just not worth it. The pictures they have up are not accurate.

The room I stayed in looked nothing like the «upgraded» versions shown in the Unilocal pictures. But I will say that it was a very nice, basic room. It had what we needed — a clean room, a comfortable bed, a nice shower and a TV. The room was spacious enough with big windows to take in the view.
The staff here are friendly and got us checked in pretty quickly. Security also seemed pretty friendly and helpful.
Parking is tricky. I never had trouble finding a spot, but the garage is very small, making it hard to navigate around without feeling like you’re going to smash into other vehicles. Please note that the garage use is only for one car per room. Everyone else has to find a pay-​for-​parking lot.
The location of this place is pretty tricky too. It’s on the boardwalk and is close to some things, but is a bit of a walking distance from most of the things my friends and I wanted to do while there. So just be willing to walk or pay those crazy people who will pull you in those buggies (I have stories for DAYS about these inebriated people literally FIGHTING each other for passengers. Hilarious). Also this area gets a tad sketchy in the later hours of the evening/​early morning hours. Just like any other place you visit, be aware of your surroundings. It certainly wouldn’t keep me from coming back here.

This is a hard review to write because during my stay here, the Bluegreen at Atlantic Palace was under construction.
Main question: Is the place called Bluegreen or Atlantic Palace?
I am a Borgata Princess and have never stayed at a place in Atlantic City other than my palace of Borgata, but I was excited to try something new. Unilocaler Ben Y. stayed in a room and friends of ours stayed in the room next to us during a celebratory one-​nighter in Atlantic City. Our rooms were literally right next to each other, but the difference in the rooms was staggering. Our room was completely redone from floor to ceiling with new future, a new bathroom with a huge tub, new flooring, walls, décor, appliances — you name it. The room was awesome. Gorgeous, big, clean, comfy kitchens, had a full kitchen and one of the biggest and most spectacular views I have ever had the pleasure of having while staying at a hotel, let alone on a beach-​front hotel. Our friends next door however, while they still had the view, had an older room with old and outdated furniture, décor, bathroom, etc. Even though the rooms shared a wall, the difference between them was vast.
Service was very nice. When we returned at 3am and wanted to order Chinese food, the guy at the security desk was super friendly and gave us a great recommendation for a place and then told us his personal favorite items.
The location of the Bluegreen is awkward. It’s not near the main hub-​bub of the casinos but it is right on the beach.
Parking was not that great; the deck for guests was THE tiniest parking deck I’ve ever been in and almost caused a claustrophobia attack! I was so nervous someone would hit my car coming around the bend or by simply standing too close! SO SMALL!
Other than a few qualms, the place was nice. We absolutely loved our room and our view!

I chose BlueGreen for my fourth AC trip because I’d been to their hotel in Hershey and it was the nicest place I’ve ever been in. So I figured it would be just as nice in AC. It was the cheapest one for cinco de mayo, and I was kind of nervous it wouldn’t be the same.
Check-in’s at 4pm. Apparently we were lucky ones, we reached there at 11am to park our car ($ 12 come and go whenever) until check-​in time and a room was available. We eventually get into our room, surprised how big and nice it was because the lobby gives you a different opinion of how the room may be. We had huge window the size of basically the whole wall just viewing the ocean. The window had a sill you could sit on comfortably. Had a good size TV, and leather couches. I think we were set for our stay.
It is a suite, so it had a microwave, stove top, fridge, utensils, juice jugs, cooking supplies, dishsoap, sponge, drain board, etc. The dining table was nice. My favorite thing about the room was the bathroom which had a Jacuzzi tub, a huge linen closet, and Bath & Body Works for your bath supplies! That surprised us all, I’ve never seen that before.
There were only a few negatives I’ve found in the room. The bed was horrible, backaches when I woke up. Lighting in the room was bad. The brightest light in the room is the kitchen. On the «living room/​bed» side is just lamps. Thirdly, the only big mirror available was behind the Jacuzzi tub which you wouldn’t be able to see your shoes in (for the shorter people like myself).
I’ve tried out 4 different hotels and this by far was the best. It’s so convenient, right off the beach, walking distance to everything on the boardwalk, we can cook in the room instead of spending money elsewhere. The hotel has a pool, sauna, steam room, gym, and included breakfast. It was definitely worth it all!

Not sure if it was the particular room that we booked or the year we went but I really enjoyed our stay here.
Yes it was your basic hotel, the entrance was barely noticeable on the busy boardwalk. However our room, located on the upper level, was very spacious complete with a kitchenette equipped with all utensils, pots/​pants, dishwasher, full size fridge to store groceries and alcohol. Very useful when you are on a group trip. I don’t remember having any amenities in the bathroom but it had a nice Jacuzzi tub. King size comfortable bed.
The ocean view from our window was just captivating.
The roof had a small kiddie pool but we didn’t spend time there. Why stay indoors when you were right by the beach?
Fond, fond memories. I would consider staying here again.

The rooms are perfect for a party or mass gathering. We got a corner room, compete with stove, full size fridge, fully sticked cabinets (pots, pans, plates, glasses), and a sink. It was like a studio in Manhattan with a giant window overlooking the boardwalk.
I don’t understand all the hate, this room was absolutely perfect for us to comfortably host a ten person gathering.
Although, the TV was kind of old and decrepit, but who goes to AC to watch TV