5. Among the disadvantages of the age and the 'discount hotel' status: the pool heater usually was on the fritz, leaving the pool too cold to swim in, even when temps were in the 80s; the pool sometimes overflowed and caused water to stream across the pavement and into the landscaping, because the drainage system apparently has flaws; the hot tub doesn't bubble, because the jets apparently are broken (but the tub was hot and relaxing, nonetheless); the room decor is dated and downmarket; the paint job in the rooms was pretty sloppily done; the pool bar and cafe is really neither--it's actually a snack bar with microwave type food, bottles of beer, and what I assume were packaged, pre-frozen fruity drinks with very little alcohol; the pool snack bar and cafe accepts only cash, but does have an ATM, if you're willing to pay the $3.25 fee; the cafe and bar has a tip jar, but I'm not sure why--the woman behind the counter was more interested in watching television than in helping customers; the nearly two-hour wait to check in--yes *two hours* of standing in a line that wound through the lobby.