Beyond its basic pseudo-Polynesian weirdness, the featured highlight of the Sip'n'Dip Lounge its its mermaid shows. Shows, however, might be a little strongly put: this is no fancy water-ballet titillation like the Weeki Wachee Mermaids. No, the lounge is simply built along side the bottom of the hotel pool, and during its open hours a woman in a (relatively modest) mermaid costume just kinda hangs out, swimming back and forth, occasionally tossing around plastic fish and seaweed. She wears goggles and is pretty chill, just kinda doing her thing on her side of the glass and waving to people who wave to her. In my odd personal taste, I really dug it, much more than if it had been some sort of more complex or sexualized performance. I sent a picture to my kindergarten-age daughter (who loves Ariel, but informed me this couldn't be a real mermaid, because they're make believe) and left her a thank-you tip in the big mermaid tip glass.
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