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Pooled Resources

Choosing Your Pool Scene, by Amenity

Independence Day means having the right to choose your long-weekend poolside locale based not on DJ, not on pop starlet host, but on... the extras. You know, things that really matter—like the ready availability of champagne-filled Super Soakers. Because hurtling down a Slip ’N Slide just feels like freedom.<br />

UNDER PRESSURE

Champagne Super Soakers at Liquid

The neon plastic high-pressure water guns of your youth get a VIP upgrade at Liquid, where you’ll be using your storied quick-burst Super Soaker technique to spray your cabana mates with champagne. Remember: at least seven pumps.

FLOAT ON

Floating Foot Massages at Bellagio Pool

If you’re in the mood to unwind from (or rest up for) a night of DJ-fueled debauchery, head to the Bellagio Pool, where you’ll lie on a raft as your personal masseuse attends to reflexology points on your feet and hands. If it feels like you’re floating, that’s because you are.

NAKED LUNCH

Topless Finger Painting at Artisan

You’ll finally have the chance to demonstrate your unique take on color composition when you and other people with a strong disinterest in bikini-top lines are given finger paints at Naked Pool at Artisan. The world is your canvas.

BUTLER SERVICE

Meet Your New Personal Lounger Host

Riding the surf of Mandalay Bay’s wave pool—or letting the water roll over your feet with a mai tai in hand—is better when your personal lounger butler is standing by with cold towels and a refill. Good timing too, because your pool floatie assistant has the weekend off.

SLIPPERY SLOPE

Slip ’N Slides at Palms

In the grand tradition of backyard merrymaking, Palms Pool will provide you the Slip ’N Slide arena that you’ve long coveted. So all you, your friends and your bungalow companions have to do is re-secure your swimming attire and leave the rest to basic physics: acceleration equals force divided by mass.